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

Wave 3

I received this message from a Marine on board the MKI for a pillowcase I sent her.  Made my day.

Thank you so much for all the pillow cases you made, we really
appreciate it! We are so grateful for you taking your time out of your
day to make these for us.  Thank you again so much!

LCPL HOWELL, XXXXX

new numbers posted!  We are starting the USS San Diego tomorrow.  If you have some pcs, please let me know.

Good note Donna!  thanks for posting it!

Sue,

When will we be mailing to the San Diego? I'll have 15 done sometime next week.

The kids are coming home this weekend and I don't get any sewing done when they are here.

Hi Lyn, I added the SD to the MkI thread.  wow, I am talking in code haha.

wave 1 is this week, 11-19 thru 11-22

wave 2 is 12-1 thru 12-4

And wonderful.  Wave 2?

just go this from Diane B who sews alot for HAE:

Our daughter, Kari is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday.  However, the nurse called her last nightt and told her that if they didn't hear from the Insurance Co. by today that they would have to postpone the surgery.  Kari has rapidly growing uterine fibroids that her Doctor would have taken out a month ago if he could.  It seems that we need a miracle to get the insurance to come through today.  Kari is just 30 years old, and having to have a hysterectomy.  She is terrified, and prolonging the inevitable only makes her more terrified.   We would really appreciate your prayers tonight and for the next few days.  If the surgery goes as planned, she will have about 6 weeks of staying at home, without work.

from Diane yesterday:

Wednesday UPDATE: Praise the Lord....Kari is scheduled for surgery tomorrow at 1 pm. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts, and kind words of encouragement.

Wave 1 for the USS San Diego is finished!  Check out the new numbers.

Catching up today.  5 days off!  woohoo!  I hope you all have your turkey's thawed.  I'm working on it.

Posting lots of Thank you notes in the Makin Island thread today.

Happy Thanksgiving!  this is from a couple of years ago!

I made these at school with my Kinder class and my afternoon class.  I made one, which I forgot to bring home-my tail feathers are red, white and blue because Thanksgiving is an American holiday.  

They are made with baby food jars.  The instructions say to put water and glitter inside and I thought "NO WAY".  That's a mess waiting to happen.

So we painted glue inside the jar, put glitter inside and gave it a few shakes!  Turned out great.

Sue I Love the Turkey jars they came out great. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

thanks Maryellen.  Next week, I'll take a photo of the one that I made.

Wave 2 for the San Diego is next week.  If you have some pcs made, please let me know!

Sue,

I have 15 pcs to mail. I can mail on Tuesday.

EXCELLENT!  I'll be in touch.

WOW, it's December already!  where does the time go?

Finishing up the USS San Diego.  Got some thank you notes from wave 1 today that I will start to post.

the USS San Diego is finished!  I posted the new numbers.

next week we are slipping in 1 more unit this year.  If you have any made please let me know.

I just received notification that the Heads at Ease story was published
at Navy.mil. Below is the link to the story on the Navy's Official
Website:

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=84887

Thank you so much for all you did to brighten our Holiday's while
deployed.

Very Respectfully,
CMDCM(SW)Kenneth W. Robertson, USN
Command Master Chief
USS SAN DIEGO (LPD 22)

AND I changed the numbers!

Merry Christmas to all!

I am celebrating today with JOY for the blessings from the Lord.  We have had some family issues and today I choose to be happy.

Happy Birthday Jesus and I am glad to know you as my personal saviour!  Here are some balloons, cause they are just so much fun, even digital ones!

What a great story Sue!!!  Thank you for sharing it and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!

thanks Sandy!  are you geared up for January?

Hi Sue, yes I'm ready for January!!!  I have a big rubbermaid tote filled to the top with pillowcases and more ready to sew!!!

FABULOUS!  can you give me a count?

I can when I go home for lunch!!

wonderful!  Barbara P is mailing to this ship too. 

is this for the Michael Murphy?

yes it is and I'd like to mail next week if we have enough.

Ok! I've probably got at least 60!

Happy New Year!  boy, the year is flying by already!  I just don't know where the time goes.   I woke up to this on Jan 1 in sunny southern AZ:

2014 ended with the posted numbers!  Awesome job crew!

I have started a thread for 2015, as we are  mailing on Monday.  This ship is filled.  On Jan 19th, we will begin the waves for the USS Comstock.

If you have pcs made, please let me know.  As always, we can use fabric if you want to clean out your stash a bit.

Thanks!

I moved the Comstock up to start this week, on 1-12.  If you have some pcs made to send let me know.  Thanks!

Sue,

 I won't be ready to mail to the Comstock, but I will be ready to send some pcs to the next ship and the USS New York. I did the command pcs for the New York for her commissioning and I don't want to miss this go round.

Hi Lyn,

That's just fine!  Thanks so much.  It was the NY and your making the command, that started the whole pc for the command.  I think the NY will be late March.  Depends how many waves it takes to get the Comstock and Iwo Jima done.

Thanks!

I have added new numbers.  I am mailing out 33 today to the Michael Murphy, so that ship is done.

Wave 1 for the USS Comstock begins today.  If you have pcs made and can mail, let me know.

I brought the pillowcase instructions up to the top.

Hello!  boy, time flies when you are having fun!  haha

I had a work training today and that was fun.   I posted some new numbers from the Comstock wave 1.  Wave 2 began today for the Comstock and then that ship will be finished.

Feb brings us another ship. Will post more on that later.

For those in the northern part of the country, hunker down and stay warm!  I hear there is much snow.

I posted new numbers.  I am constantly awed by what the HAE crew does for our deployed military!

We miss those who have not been involved for awhile. Here is some inspiration for us to do more.  This sailor is said goodbye to his 6 month old today as he is leaving on a deployment for a long time:

We begin wave 1 for the USS Iwo Jima today.

Tucson is having spring like weather right now.  I imagine that winter will hit again before it is all done.

If you are missing your winter, Sue, Pittsburgh has it. I would like nothing better than to send it back to you. Temps here are expected to get down to the low teens by the end of the week.

Oh, I don't miss it at all!  I do like snow BUT only when I want to be in it.  Which is about every 10 years!

Spoiled!!!!  haha  I admit it,.

Wave 1 for the Iwo Jima is done.  I updated the numbers.

I love Friday the 13th!  My hubby and I were married 34 years ago today.  I don't believe in luck, good or bad, but in God's grace and mercy!

thanks Dana!

Hi Eagle,

I got your message and thanks for  making some pillowcases!

The pillowcase inserts/labels are to be put inside each pillowcase so the person receiving knows who made it.

Once you are ready to mail, let me know,  I email out the address to the ones who are mailing in that wave.  I am going to friend you.

Thanks!

The USS Comstock is back stateside!  Happy to have them home safe.

Wave 2 for the Iwo Jima is being mailed this week.  Wave 3 in 2 weeks, so get those machines ahummin'.

Sue,

I have 20 pcs I can send in wave 3 to the Iwo Jima. Let me know the exact mailing date.

Wish I could say it was good to be back from Florida, but it is so cold here.

I posted the new numbers from the wave 2 mailing.  Check them out!

Wave 3 is the 1st full week of March Lyn.  Thanks for those 20!

Ginnie C, who has been a real blessing to HAE and has made many pillowcases sent me an email yesterday.  Please pray for her and if you'd like to send her a card drop me an email for her address:

Sue,

 I need the address for the Iwo Jima

Thanks,Lyn

I will send it out this weekend. I changed wave 3 dates to 3-9 thru 3-11.

thanks!