My name is Joscie.  {That rhymes with bossy, not jozzy, not joe-sy.  Just so you can say it right in your head ;)} My husband is in the US Navy and stationed aboard a ship at Pearl Harbor, HI  that just returned from a short 3 month deployment a few weeks ago.  While he was gone, I sent him cards to send home to our 2 sons.  On the days when we opened the mailbox and there were cards or post cards from Dad, the boys were super excited.  They would read and reread them and smile.  Our 4 year old would ask me to read and reread his “mails” from Dad, as he is just learning to read.  We are facing a 6 month deployment in the new year and I plan to send my hubby armed with a lot of cards to send home to the boys.  I also want to send cards to Operation Write Home so other family members can have the same joy of happy mail.  Some times during a deployment, it’s the little things that help you get through.

Here are a few cards I’ve made up to send to Operation Write Home:

I am still working on more cards and plan to pack these up and send them on next week! :)

I know you’re asking yourself, self, how do I make cards to send?  well look right here for all the details. Or are you saying, I’m not crafty, what can I do to help?  Good news, you can help too.

The next stop on the blog hop is: Dana :)

In celebration of the blog hop, I am giving away a package of Hawaii goodies.  Leave a comment and I’ll draw for a winner on Monday, November 16. (edited date)

Thanks for Stopping by and have a great day! :)

I can’t believe it’s November. NOVEMBER! It was just september wasn’t it?  We had a great Halloween, all of us in our wizard wear, and we got a lot of cute, oh look, it’s the Harry Potter Family comments.  Dressing up is so much fun!  I had a thought that we should institute a all celebrations should be dress up events… but then we don’t really throw parties in our family.  Maybe I should change that too. ha. we had so much fun.  I am not happy with the rushed pictures we got on Halloween Night, so you know, I’ll be dragging the costumes out for more,  hopefully better picture taking later.  Our pumpkins were fun. Troy’s is the one on the left, mine is the polka dot one (of course) and Jalen’s is on the right.  Jordan’s is sitting up just out of frame, a clone trooper.

Last week I was knocked down in our wintery Hawaii weather, aka rainy, and my throat decided to get mutinous on me.  No fever, so I just held out and tried not to complain too much. (ha, as if) I did have to battle a little woe is me I want to cry like a baby for a little bit, but gave it some thought and figured I know people who are dealing with more than a sore throat out there. perspective is a good thing.

We are lucky enough to have twice a week trash pick up in our neighborhood and last week the city people dropped off recycling bins and information on our new schedule.  Since our housing area has a yard service that takes care of our green waste, we are only adding recyclable bins to our schedule. (i know you are fascinated, aren’t you.  on the edge of your seat? ;) )  I loved the look of these brand new cans lining the street.

so every other week they will pick up our #1,#2 plastics, glass, aluminum cans, corrugated cardboard and newspaper (minus glossy inserts) in these blue bins. I was very excited to drop two pieces of plastic in our bin this week.  We don’t subscribe to the newspaper, we read our news online or watch TV… but we do get the twice a week local interest type paper along with a Hawaii Military Newspaper once a week that will find their way to our blue bin.  I find it strange that they ask us not to bundle, bind, or bag our materials, just to throw them all mixed in the bin…but whatever.  We will still be carrying our HI-5 deposit bottles to the recycling center to get our $1.15 or whatever back.

Jordan’s class took a field trip to the firehouse and Troy and I were lucky enough to go as chaperones.  It was a fun trip. Hey, it was hot. and humid. but fun, fun.  Are you surprised to hear, my child went up to the front row and engaged the firefighter giving the presentation? Yeah, me neither. ha.

It was super cool that they set up a little hose for the kids to spray a cone and knock it over. Jordan about jumped on the nozzle to get it going, it was so funny.

One of Jordan’s friends at school has a Dad who is in the army and just returned home last week from deployment. I was so excited to see him home (he probably thought I was nuts) I was saying welcome home and we’re so glad to see you home… when he brought his son to school.  This week Wednesday is Veteran’s day.  I am going to celebrate it by making cards for Operation Write home.  There are so many family members that would love to get cards from their deployed service members, I want to be  a part of it.  check it out here.  I’ll also be participating in a blog hop on Nov 14. Do you want to join in on that too? check the blog hop.

So that’s what has been up with me lately. What’s going on with you?

There were a total of 109 Comments on the blog hop post so I decided to choose three numbers:

#6 shelly p // May 23, 2009 at 10:10 am

# 58 Mandy // May 24, 2009 at 11:14 am

#79 Kathy Thompson // May 24, 2009 at 6:19 pm

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

Aloha and welcome to my little corner of the blog-o-sphere!  For those of you stopping by for the first time, thanks for visiting!  Feel free to bookmark my page, or add me to your feed reader so you can stop by again!  My name is Joscelyne, but my friends like to call me Joscie, and that rhymes with bossy!  For my regular friends who are stopping by, I’m glad you’re here too!  On this Memorial Day weekend, I’m joining in with 100+ other bloggers to celebrate the http://www.cardsforheroes.org group.  (Here is a link to the start of the blog hop: Cards For Heroes Blog Hop)  These people are people who are showing their appreciation to our Military Members in a real and tangible way.  Do you want to know what they are doing?

They are supporting our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them

Do you think, Wow, I want to be a part of that!?  I want to show my appreciation in a real and concrete way!? I’d hoped you’d say that! You can!

This is a cause that is near and dear to my heart! My husband is in the Navy and my brother is in the army and my other brother was in the marines…and we have so so many friends in the military who have served on deployments.  I also know, as a family member, it is always so nice to get real mail from our service member when they are gone.

Here is a card I made for a hero saying thanks for your service to our country:

Here are some cards I made for some hero to send back to their friends and family members back home :

I’m making more cards this weekend!

Here are some tips to remember when making your cards to send in.

You can also make a monetary donation to help pay for the shipping of the cards!

Thanks for stopping by, I’m giving away a gift of scrappy/crafty goodies, so leave a comment telling me if this is your first visit or not.  also tell me if you’ve participated in cards for heroes before or if this will be your first time! :)  I’ll keep the contest open until Monday and post the winner on Tuesday!

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

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