Today I am thankful for my husband, son, and daughter; for my work, for the delightful weather, for good friends, mostly good health; for my favorite songs, a good laugh, the Watch, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! ~Henry Ward Beecher
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!! 
Xar got here a little before 8:00 last night. He did the drive in very good time.
Been doing some cooking this morning. We'll head to my MIL's in a few hours. I'll have pictures, chronicling Xar's first Thanksgiving. Hard to imagine someone who never had pumpkin pie!
Xar got here a little before 8:00 last night. He did the drive in very good time.
Been doing some cooking this morning. We'll head to my MIL's in a few hours. I'll have pictures, chronicling Xar's first Thanksgiving. Hard to imagine someone who never had pumpkin pie!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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May the blessing of light be on you - light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire,
so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
And may light shine out of the two eyes of you,
like a candle set in the window of a house,
bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm.
And may the blessing of the rain be on you,
may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean,
and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines,
and sometimes a star.
And may the blessing of the earth be on you,
soft under your feet as you pass along the roads,
soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day;
and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it.
May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to G-d.
And now may the L-rd bless you, and bless you kindly. Amen.
~Traditional Scot blessing.
May you all be blessed with things to be grateful for this joyous day.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire,
so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
And may light shine out of the two eyes of you,
like a candle set in the window of a house,
bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm.
And may the blessing of the rain be on you,
may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean,
and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines,
and sometimes a star.
And may the blessing of the earth be on you,
soft under your feet as you pass along the roads,
soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day;
and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it.
May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to G-d.
And now may the L-rd bless you, and bless you kindly. Amen.
~Traditional Scot blessing.
May you all be blessed with things to be grateful for this joyous day.
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Happy Thanksgiving, one and all. Even if you live in another country and don't care.
In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: 'We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice."
In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: 'We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice."
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hihi thank you! I hope you have a great time. It looks like a fun holiday based on a nice meal.wayfriend wrote:Happy Thanksgiving, one and all. Even if you live in another country and don't care.
We want some food pics so we can eat vicariously through you.Monsters, they eat
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Have a good one, all of you 
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Xar's first Thanksgiving went pretty well. Unfortunately, I didn't make the corn pudding. 
Dinner was earlier than expected, so I didn't have time to make it. Ah well. Still, he enjoyed the food. He liked pumpkin pie. However, I also made pecan pie, with golden syrup instead of karo, and that was so freaky good the pumpkin pie was not as important. So here's some pix.
Chatting with Christy's mom on the porch:
Eating turkey:
Me asking him about this turn's processing:
His response:
All in all, a great Thanksgiving!!
Dinner was earlier than expected, so I didn't have time to make it. Ah well. Still, he enjoyed the food. He liked pumpkin pie. However, I also made pecan pie, with golden syrup instead of karo, and that was so freaky good the pumpkin pie was not as important. So here's some pix.Chatting with Christy's mom on the porch:
Eating turkey:
Me asking him about this turn's processing:
His response:
All in all, a great Thanksgiving!!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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Happy Turkey Day!
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Looked to me like Fist was enjoying being slugged by the AllFather... 
Glad you guys had a great day!
Glad you guys had a great day!
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HAH! that was great fun loggin on here and seein those pics!!
ditto me on balon's sentiment.
ditto me on balon's sentiment.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I'm thankful for my hubby, my kiddoes, and math tutoring work.
I'm thankful for indoor heating and for our little car, that gets us where we're goin', and that we even got to our extended family at all this year. (hit a deer carcass otw. it was hard as a rock. minimal damage, though.)
I'm thankful for my church in spite of all its imperfections, the youth of our church, intelligent and hilarious.
I'm thankful for my hubby's extended family - people with whom I automatically feel like I'm "at home" with, and whom we can safely talk like nerds around, and who even gently train me to be a little more socially-competent with wit and wisdom.
We went down to my hubby's mother's side of the family - she has 5 siblings and their families are pretty much amaaazing. Never had those kinds of family get-togethers growing up, but I'm lovin' it now.
Oh, btw, enjoyin' your poetry DPJ.
That one was perfect!
I'm thankful for indoor heating and for our little car, that gets us where we're goin', and that we even got to our extended family at all this year. (hit a deer carcass otw. it was hard as a rock. minimal damage, though.)
I'm thankful for my church in spite of all its imperfections, the youth of our church, intelligent and hilarious.
I'm thankful for my hubby's extended family - people with whom I automatically feel like I'm "at home" with, and whom we can safely talk like nerds around, and who even gently train me to be a little more socially-competent with wit and wisdom.
We went down to my hubby's mother's side of the family - she has 5 siblings and their families are pretty much amaaazing. Never had those kinds of family get-togethers growing up, but I'm lovin' it now.
Oh, btw, enjoyin' your poetry DPJ.
That one was perfect!"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"