Today right now as I type this when I think about FREEDOM and what it means to me ~ I think about the PRICE it costs to be FREE. There are thousands of families without their loved ones on this holiday and others because they are keeping us free! My take on this is a little different than some. I DEFINITELY am referring to ALL the men and women in any branch of the military whether serving at home, abroad, reserves WHATEVER! I thank you for giving your life to protect my family. But I am also to referring for another group in uniform who keep our streets safe and work day and night with no "weekends" or holidays off - Police Officers - yes they get to come home at the end of their shift but sometimes that shift lasts an extra 5,6,7 or more hours and even if it is Christmas morning they stay and take care of business, they put away the bad guys. Yes I am biased ~ I am married to a police officer who is the son of a police officer. There are lots of others that come to mind as well deputies, firefighters, EMTs, ER nurses and doctors. So today on the Nations birthday remember ALL the men and women in uniform and the next time one helps you out - thank them.

One of the kindergarten teachers at school has been working with a retired military parent in sending things to a troop over in Iraq. I decided to make some simple cards to send with their next package. The images are all from PIF - a great way to get images of sets you don't have on SCS. The set is called Land that I love. They are from Ellen. The cardstock is not SU - I am using up some of my non-SU cardstock.

Ellen the one who sent me the images has hosted the last two or three can't remember rounds of PIF but fell rollerskating and broke her wrist! She had to have surgery so I am sending her this card. It is made with one of my fave sets Priceless. I think I have convinced everyone on the PPPM board to buy this set! That's all for today!