Heads at Ease pillowcase project - our motto is: ALL OR NONE

Thanks for doing that Maryellen!   Glad that you made it safely to AL.  I see that it was raining there yesterday.  Dodge those drops haha.

AWESOME job crew!  I still can't hardly believe how many pcs we were able to mail to the troops last year.  To think that over 14,000 heads were put "at ease" thru our collective efforts is just amazing!

HAPPY New Year to all!  Today is the 3rd already!  Time flies by so fast for me.

I am catching up on some thank you notes that have come in.  I am posting them in the various threads.  Check them out.  I also brought the 2013 misc thread up to date.

check out the very cool photo in the 2013 thread.

Anyone have a child/friend/family member deployed right now?  I always like to do my crew 1st.

Just found this photo of me on FB.  It's from the 3rd Great Pillowcase Challenge held a the Quilters Maket in Tucson, AZ on 6-29-13.  I was being interviewed by a local TV station about HAE.  I think that I look pretty passionate about it.

Stay warm everyone!

Nice to put a face with your emails! Nice to meet you Sue :)

thank you and the same to you!

Sue, my neighbor/Sailor son's friend from across the street is stationed at Pearl; his brother is in the Coast Guard on the east coast.  I'd love to do both of their ships but don't know how to proceed.  I gave my son's friend a pc before he went to Pearl but am sure his shipmates would like some too!  Not sure how to proceed with the Coast Guard son though.  Any help would be appreciated!!!

Nice picture too!  :)

are they deployed at the moment?

Nice picture Sue you look very passionate.

We are heading back to FL from ALabama, we found a cute 3br/2bath house to rent in a very quite area. then we wil be leaving FL on the 20 th to move back to AL and start our new chapter in our lives. Please keep us in your prayers as we make the move.

WOOHOO!  Very exciting news for you and Teddy!   And we will probably get to meet!

Praying for you!

Maryellen, how nice that you found a place. My husband's best friend moved down there about 4-5 years ago so that's where we have vacationed for the past 4 years. We enjoy it there and have even discussed retiring there (the taxes are low!). Have a safe trip back to Fla.

Hi ladies,

Just got this message from Maryellen.  You know that old saying "when it rains, it pours"?   Well, Maryellen is in a downpour and it sounds like it might turn into a torrential one.  Please pray for her and Teddy:

I am starting a 2014 Misc thread.  Please check it out.

Sue I have 23 pillowcases ready right now. I would be happy to take Maryellen's place.

Maryellen, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I'm sorry so much is happening to you right now. Please concentrate on your family and remember to take care of yourself too.

Jodi,

Thanks for the prayers, please Pray for my Sailor, she is take emergency leave to go see her grand-pa. Her Cheif was with her when I told her and he is letting her have 6 days. She will be leaving Norflok tomorrow after her Division Officer signs off on her leave. Thank you Sue for posting for me, Its been a rough week and I just couldn't get it together. My Father Inlaw is retired Army and is very close to my heart.

No worries Maryellen.  You sure took care of posting things for me when my family has had a crisis.  Glad to be of help.  So happy that Dani will get to see her Grandpa!  That is important.

Jodi, I'll take your 23.  Boy, I sound like I am playing poker haha.  I'll send out the address in a day or so.  We are mailing Thursday thru Saturday.  

Sue,  my morning class wasn't as productive as my afternoon class.  I have 19 total with maybe one more tomorrow.

Kelley, That's good!   Those will fit a medium box nicely.  Thanks!  address in a couple of days.  

Urgent prayer request for Nancy Babcox.  She is the head of a ladies quilting group at her church in Grand Junction, CO.  Around Christmas, she was diagnosed with

2 brain tumors.  She just gave me an update:

Sue
Couldn't remember if I updated you, sorry I can blame it on my brain tumor. Anyhow we are leaving here Wed 1/15, repeat MRI and pre-op visit with Dr Spetzler at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix 1/16, surgery first thing Friday 1/17/14 at St Joseph's. Happened all really fast thank the LORD. Claude the tumor has his eviction notice! Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. If all goes well I will fly home 1/28. FYI, our ladies are working on more pcs as we speak. In his service, Nancy

I put her on the list as Nancy B and the group has produced hundreds of pcs for HAE.

Please pray for her!

Mary Ellen, am sending many prayers your way to you and your family.  God Bless your FIL and we all thank him for his service.  Hugs to you.

Prayers also for Nancy B; surely with her positive attitude the outlook will be good!

Bless you all!

You have my prayers, ME.  

so thankful that we have people who will pray for us.  thank you all.  I know that I have appreciated it over the years and know that Maryellen plus Nancy do now.

here is what Nancy said today:

The ping pong ball sized one behind my right eye is number one to come out cause its causing lots of symptoms and screwing with my eyesight Nancy

Nancy had her surgery yesterday but I haven't heard anything about it.  I don't expect for a while.  Please continue to pray for her.  Also, Terry D needed prayer for her family.

The mailing for the Nitze is beginning.  

I am catching up on thank you notes again.  Check out the Boxer etc thread.

At the end of January, we have a large Army group we will be mailing to.  Let me know if you have some pcs ready.

And welcome to 2 new members this past week:

Echo3 and alys1145!  We are happy to have you both join us!

Sue,

I will be back home by the end of Jan. and I'll have at least 20 to mail to the next group.

that will be great Lyn!  thanks!  I;ll put you down.  Are you warm yet?

Not even close! Its only 14 degrees here in PA. We leave tomorrow for Florida and I am so looking forward to thawing out.

oh, I thought you were already there!  14!  brrrrrr.  I"m cold at 60 haha.  

I just got this from Nancy B who had surgery to remove a brain tumor yesterday!

God is good-she emailed me herself!

Hi sue thanks for the email my surgeery went well yesterday still in neuro icu at st joes but might get moved to regular neuro unit later today needless to say I look like h... but claude the tumor is gone nancy b

That's great news Sue!!!  Whew!!

yes it sure is!

thanks T!  I was just thinking about her and wondering "where are you?"

Praying!

YES, I have become a real wimp since I moved to AZ.  I was born and raised in Milwaukee so know what that cold stuff is about-that's why I live here now haha.

I explained this once to my parents who said the same thing.  When you are used to 100+ temps, often around 110 in the summer, 60 is a 40-50 degree temperature drop.  

Not that it's cold like you have!!!  YIKES, can't imagine living in that kind of cold again.  I'd really be an "eskimo".  I do bus duty in the mornings at work, 7:30 am.  Our bus lane borders a wash and when the wind comes down off the mountains I freeze because it's damp.  So I call myself an eskimo cause I have hat, scarf, gloves/mittens and heavy jacket on.  I have to wait about 30-40 minutes outside until all the kinders are safely in their classrooms and I am freezing when I am done!

Yes, good snuggling weather and lots of hot soup!

2014 mailings have begun.  The USS Nitze was completed today as I am the last mailer.

check out the new numbers.  AWESOME!

We have made it to Birmingham Alabama, we have been busy looking for a place to live. The house we had lined up fell through so we are working hard to find a place. Please Keep my hubby Teddy in your prayers he has a job interview in the morning at 10am. This will be the first of many. I will keep everyone posted as time goes on.

Maryellen, good luck both on your husband finding the perfect job and you finding a new home.

Maryellen, so happy you and your husband made it there safely.  Good luck wishes for a successful interview, probably right about now actually!  I'm 3 hours earlier out here!  I'm sure you'll find a nice place to live.  What an adventure!!!

Well hubby got a call back today from the interview, they want to check his referances again and then they will make him an offer on pay. It will mean a lot of travel but I am use to that so its no problem.

Hooyah Maryellen!!  That's great!!!

What does your husband do, out of curiosity?

good news Maryellen.

Thanks for praying for Terry D.  here is an update from her:

Hi Sue -

Here is an update from Nancy B:

Hi sue. Doing well. Got staples in my head taken out today vision in right eye not good but hopefully will improve with time. Fly home in the morning thanks for checking on me Nancy

Please pray for a safe journey home tomorrow and for Terry D's mom's surgery tomorrow.

Prayers coming their way!  

thank you!

here is an update from Terry:

Thank all of you for your support today, thru emails, texts, phone calls, etc and especially through prayers.  Please continue for God's healing hands to be on my mom as her body recovers.  More tomorrow.  God bless.

-- 

Terry

Glad to hear Terrys mom is ok, continuing to pray.

Well it is 19 degrees and it snowed today, They closed a lot of major roads here in the Birmingham area.

YUK!  glad to have you check in ME!

Just checked USPS for myself and found that Military Priority large flat rate is now $15.45 at the post office and $13.80 Click 'n Ship (online). Medium looks to be still the same $12.35 at post  office and $11.30 online. Sue's boxes of fabric are now $17.45 at the post office or $15.80 Click 'n Ship (online).

yep, I found that out today when I ordered 2 shipping labels. PLUS, the click and ship form changed!  I was frustrated this morning.