Land of The Free Because of The Brave Veteran’s Day Blog Hop

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Land of The Free Because of The Brave 

Veteran’s Day Blog Hop

1.  KarelJ at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity  http://karelj.blogspot.com 
2.   Celeste at Touched By a Butterfly  http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com 
3.    Deb at Tidbit’s Place    http://tidbitsplace.blogspot.com
4. Michelle at Peanut Butter and Jelly Designs   http://peanutbutterandjellydesigns.blogspot.com
5. Jennifer at Young’s Scrapping    http://youngsscrapping.blogspot.com
6. Diane at Crafting This Moment    http://craftingthismoment.blogspot.com
7.   Judy at Be Present Be Real    http://bepresentbereal.blogspot.com
8. Marianne at Life From Marianne’s Table    http://number1aunt.blogspot.com
9. Deb at If It’s Groovy    http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com
10. Christel at One Scrappin’ Sista   http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com
11. Belinda at Queen Bee’s Musings       http://queenbeesmusings.blogspot.com
12. Colleen at Col’s Creative Corner     http://scrappycol.blogspot.com
13. Summer and Jennifer at Cricut Diaries  http://cricutdiaries.blogspot.com
14. Rachel at Suburban Crafter     http://www.rachelstampshappy.blogspot.com/
15. Gina at Gina Thornton Stamping  http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com
16. YOU Are Here!     Becky at  Sew in Stitches   http://sewinstitches.blogspot.com 
17. Rebecca at Creations With Becca  www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com
18. Bobbi Jo at Sweet Sassy  Diva  http://sweetsassydiva.blogspot.com
19. Angie at Gypsy  Paperie  http://gypsypaperie.blogspot.com
20. Linda at The Tulip Collector  http://thetulipcollector.blogspot.com

Edit to let you know that 17. Rebecca and 18. Bobbi Jo had some sort of misfires so you can skip their blogs and still WIN!!

But their blogs are still cool to read!!!

Hope y'all are having fun!
 
We all hope you will have a chance to read the stories we share of friends, family and others who served our country in times of war and times of peace.

Check each blog in the list and read of the courage, love, bravery and people.

There are some awesome bloggie gifts around too!  

More on that in a bit.

My BillHubby is sort of obsessed with all things World War II. 

His Dad served proudly, as did mine.

Imagine our delight upon finding a treasure trove of WWII history in an old box that belonged to my Great Uncle!

My Maternal Grand Daddy, his younger brother and their brother-in-law all served in the Navy during WWII.  Grand Daddy was the Naval Post Master in Morocco!  I wish he has lived long enough to answer all the questions I have had.  Seems like such an exotic assignment doesn't it?

But not nearly as exotic were the assignments served by my Great Uncle Sam (really, Uncle Sam!) and Great Uncle Henry.

Both were stationed aboard ships in the South Pacific.

Uncle Sam was a Torpedo man and Uncle Henry was a Machinist.

When Uncle Henry returned to his North Carolina home the Navy sent his belongings along in a wooden box.  I have that wooden box!

In it we found pictures, stationery, and some communications that we believe maybe should have been destroyed!  

Here's a newspaper - December 11, 1943

 Here's  the cutest cocktail napkin!

 Souveniers from Hawaii

A Naval Training sheet on Japanese words the sailor might need.

I am proud to be related to so many brave folk who fought for all of our freedoms!

Thank you one and all.

Now for bloggie fun and giveaways.

There are two big Blog Hop Big Prizes!

The rules for entering are the same for both prizes: 

Hop along our path and leave a comment AND a way to contact you on each and every stop. 

Please leave contact information in a safe manner 

(i.e. written out like beckysews [at]hotmail [dot] com)

On Friday, November 12, KarelJ will use random.org to first select a blog number (1-20) and then a comment number from that blog for each prize. 

She will post the winner’s name on her blog and notify the bloggers, so they can also post the winner. KarelJ will contact the winner, using the information left in the comment. 

If there is no information available, she will choose another winner from the same blog. 

It is up to the winner to contact KarelJ at ksjennings(at)gmail(dot)com. 

If she has not been contacted by Monday, November 15, another winner will be chosen. 

Our first prize is a wonderful Pink Scrap’Ntote to store your Cricut Cartridges in! It comes to us from Marlo, at ContainYaCrafts. You can see the wonderful way this binder system keeps all your carts together, and ready to go in a flash on this link: http://www.cricutcartridgestorage.com/index.htm They are simply flying out of stock! We got one of the final donations for the year, and are so grateful to Marlo! 

Our second terrific prize is a set of Spellbinders Nesties in the Crown Circle Shape. It comes to us via the generosity of Anne, whose family has an incredibly strong military heritage. You can read more about Anne and her husband on Linda and Gina’s Blogs. You can also check out paper Patch Crafts here, to see what other incredible things Anne has to sell! http://stores.ebay.com/Paper-Patch-Crafts?_rdc=1

And I am offering your choice of a full or half apron made from these darling red, white and blue fabrics!   Sort of reminds me of the Poppies the Veterans sell today! There will be more goodies tossed in too!

Simply leave a comment here.

I'll use random.org to pick a winner on Friday too.

And please take time today to Thank a Veteran.

Now go, shoo, Blog Hop already!