Life With Jules, and other stuff

First and foremost, a salute from one veteran to another: Happy Veteran's Day! Secondly: a big WELCOME to any new followers!! I am happy to count you among my bloggy friends. Many don't know the history of Veteran's Day, so I am sharing a link with you. I haven't been stitching this week, but plan to round out my holiday weekend with a few stitches. More to follow at a later date. I have some busy weekends ahead of me this month. This weekend is a holiday weekend, but I also attended a birthday party for my little 5 year old 2nd cousin.  Today there was a Turkey Shoot in town, so I participated in that event. It was a fundraiser for Operation Outdoor Freedom, an organization helping wounded veterans get back to enjoying the outdoors. The highlight was of course the parachute jump. The diver was from Skydive City (right here in Zephyrhills) and he had an American Flag as part of his jump. AMAZING!!! While I am not brave enough to jump from a plane, I do lov...

To all of my fellow veterans, and especially to my grandfathers, uncles, and cousins who served: Thank YOU!!!

 Well, I promised another giveaway, something of the patriotic sort, and decided that Memorial Day would be the date! Now for the giveaway part: it will be a SURPRISE!!!  :D To start things off, I want to pay tribute to the veterans and currently serving members of our Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (formerly Army Air Corps), Marines, and Coast Guard. Yes, the Coast Guard is part of our defense system and even served during WWII in an active capacity. I visited one such ship in Key West last summer. ***** What is a Vet? Some Veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a Vet just by looking. Wha...