Thank You

My husband was in the Navy when we met.

He only served two and a half years and he was never deployed so he said is doesn't count.

I say it does count.

My Dad was also in the military.

Today I want to say thank you to all those who have served and are serving our country.

Thank you.


I have already picked up a couple of boxes of Christmas cards for the Holiday Mail for Heroes program.

Won't you join me? You have until December 7th to send the cards in.

My friend and co-worker DeAnn took some pictures of us for our Christmas cards at the beach this weekend.

She did a wonderful job. Here's a few.











She even got a couple really good shots of just Joe and believe me, that is no easy feat! :)









This is one of my very favorites:



Here's a shot of the photographer herself:



Thank you so much DeAnn! We are so very happy with how they turned out.

Now I must decide on which one to use!

Halloween Pumpkin

This was from one of those "Pumpkin Masters" kits.

The pattern was listed as "easy".

It was not.

It took me over an hour to trace and cut out. But I'm happy with the way it turned out.

We were supposed to go to the movies last night. Joe said he wasn't in the mood to give out candy to the cute little kids in costume this year.

That was fine by me but I ended up not feeling well so we stayed home again.

I feel fine today. That actually worries me a little. That used to happen to me all the time before my kidney disease went into remission(feel awful, be sure I was coming down with something, and then feel totally fine the next day. It is actually one of the warning signs of the type of kidney disease that I have).

Luckily I am having some blood work done next week so I won't have to wait too long to find out the results. I'm trying not to think(worry) about it.

In the end we didn't have to worry about any cute little kids in costumes because we only had about 3 groups of trick or treaters come by and they were all around 8th grade and above.
Not cute at all :)

Today we are going to the beach to have our Christmas Card photos taken. I'm trying to get a head start on the holiday madness. That doesn't mean I won't wait until the week before Christmas to mail them out ;)

And the Winners Are............

O.K. I put all of your names into Random.Org and they chose the winners of my giveaway.
(For those of you who got 2 entries I put your names in twice).

And the Winners Are..........

First Prize-----Kayce

Woo Hoo!! Congrats Kayce I've already texted you to let you know that you won and I know your address so I'll try and get it in the mail on Monday.

The second prize winner is...............

Laura

Congrats Laura! I'll be e-mailing you to get your information so I can get your prize in the mail.

I love doing these. They are so fun! Maybe I should just post giveaways on the blog from now on :)

Thanks for playing along!

Last Chance to Enter my Giveaway

Today is your last chance to enter the giveaway below. I'll be drawing the winners tomorrow!