Valentine's Treats for the Soldiers!

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Since all of the Valentine's day candy is already in the stores I decided to get a jump on things and put together my gifts for soldiers in Afghanistan. We have adopted one soldier but he told us there are a number of his friends who don't get any gifts or parcels sent to them. Apparently some didn't even get any Christmas mail so I am glad I sent several boxes of chocolates, candy, cookies and other treats to the soldier we support.

I decided to send little buckets of candy and picked up enough supplies to make a dozen gifts. I will send them to our soldier so he can make sure anyone he works with who doesn't get mail will have one waiting for them on Valentine's day.

I found these little buckets in the dollar store!

I filled them with chocolates, candy and little decorated cookies that I found all individually wrapped!


All filled and getting wrapped up!


All wrapped and ready to be shipped to Afghanistan!

If you would like to adopt a soldier please use the following links:

Canadian Soldiers - Chosen Soldier Project

American Soldiers - Any Soldier


Have a fabulous day!

Garden Photos and Helping Soldiers

Happy Friday!

I hope you have a great weekend planned! I will be busy getting my wardrobe changed over for Autumn/Winter and my parents are coming tomorrow for the afternoon. We will get the front of the house decorated with all of my Autumn touches. Photos will be posted, of course!

I took a few photos of my garden this week:

This is the gate and fence the Suburban Prince built this summer. It was very ugly before so he tore it all down and designed and built this himself! Not only is he very handsome, he is also very handy! Notice the neat bell at the top left! The patio will be replaced next spring!

This is a rose I planted a few years ago. It is a Niagara Rainbow rose and I think it is just stunning! With it's sunny yellow middle and striped petals it is certainly a showstopper!

A close up photo of the raspberry bush. This is just one branch! Look at how many berries are on it! The Suburban Prince we out this morning and picked another bucket of berries for the freezer!

Something we enjoy doing is supporting our soldiers overseas. We are assigned one or two soldiers to stay in touch with for their 6 month tour and we send letters, emails, care packages, gifts, food, candy, books, magazine or anything else we think might make their time overseas easier. I cant even begin to tell you how much the soldiers appreciate this! I get the sweetest letters and emails from them letting me know how much it means to them that someone back home is thinking about them. Being a soldier is not an easy job and let's be honest, these people serve their countries every day in war zones never knowing if today is the day.

If you would like to adopt a soldier (this is a wonderful project for children - a friend of mine is a teacher and has her class adopting a soldier!) please use the following links:

ChosenSoldierProject - For Canadian Soldiers

AnySoldier.com - For American Soldiers

Have a fabulous day!