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Twas the night of thanksgiving,
I just couldn't sleep,
I tried counting  backwards,
I tried counting sheep.

The leftovers beckoned, 
the dark meat and white.
But I fought the temptation
with all of my might,

Tossing and turning
with anticipation.
The thought of a snack
became infatuation.

So, I raced to the kitchen,
flung open the door
and gazed at the fridge, 
full of goodies galore.

I gobbled up turkey
and buttered potatoes,
pickles and  carrots,
beans and  tomatoes.

I felt myself swelling
so plump and so round,
'til all of a sudden,
I rose off the ground.

I crashed through the ceiling,
floating into the sky 
with a mouthful of pudding
and a handful of pie.

But, I managed to yell
as I soared past the trees..
Happy eating to all -
pass the cranberries, please.

May your stuffing be tasty,
may your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes 'n gravy
have nary a lump,

May your yams be delicious 
may your pies take the prize,
may your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off of your thighs.

May your thanksgiving be blessed

I'm truly thankful I don't have to spend hours in the kitchen preparing a meal that takes 30 minutes to eat and then spend the rest of the day cleaning up the kitchen mess!

On a more serious note, I'm grateful every day for the many blessings in my life, and wish each of you a happy and peaceful day of thanks-giving. May we all recognize each and every day the abundance and love we have.

QuoteI'm truly thankful I don't have to spend hours in the kitchen preparing a meal

On that note . . .

A reminder that everyone is invited to the West Elk High School on Thanksgiving  to share in some good food. The community-wide (area- / county- wide) meal is served at noon. Come join us.

And on that note... Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all a good night.

It's been a rotten day.  I've had way too many of those lately.  Howemsoever, my photo that I fussed over today, the one that didn't look like spit on e-mails, don't look too shabby on here, at least in the preview.  Actually, it might be a tad too big on here.

Smaller size:

That is beautiful.  Thank you for sharing.

Let me take this opportunity to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving.
May all your turkeys be of the feathered species and cooked.

Better yet, may all you turkeys be sober.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

May you all have a peaceful day, full of family and friends.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Terrell and I spent the last four days at Harmony (our name for the former church building) scraping, painting, cleaning and getting downright grungy. Hard work but a labor of love.  It was the most fun Thanksgiving either of us could recall having in a very long time. While this year's holiday was spent mucking around the homestead, we have already made plans to attend the community dinner next year.

We've reached the conclusion Poplar's Pizza is one fine restaurant, and is a godsend to the town. Everything we have tried so far has been awesome. Terrell's partial to the pizza, while I think the chicken fried steak is likely the best I've ever had. The half-pound burgers are wowie-zowie as well.

We both got a big grin and giggle standing outside about 5 a.m., looking at all the stars and listening to coyotes yipping from somewhere on the southeast part of town. Also thrilled to be able to walk a few blocks and get all our shopping done. We even relieved the library of several books during the "Buy 10 for $1" sale.

Yes, I think we're going to love being Howardites.

Wilma, I really like your updated photo of the cardinals. Terrell and I are both amateur bird watchers (don't know all the scientific what-not....we just love watching them!) and "cardies" are probably our favorites. While I'm a bit sad there are not trees....nary a one....on our property, it was nice to see a pair of cardies flittering around the trees in our neighbor's yard to our north.

We're thankful for so many things, each and every day. Today, I'm most thankful to be able to take a long hot shower and not have to traipse down to a cold basement to use the toilet!! LOL

Have a great evening all!

Indygal,

If you are bird watchers, then you need to be sure and read the Elk Falls News that is in the Flint Hills Express every week.  The Flint Hills Express is our local paper that comes out on Wednesdays.  You can buy it at P & J's for .75 cents.  Anyway, the writer of the Elk Falls News of Gloria Jones-Wolf who is a retired postmaster from Elk Falls.  Don't know what her connection is to the area except she became postmaster a few years ago and retired at Elk Falls.  Gloria is a bird watcher and she always writes about the birds that she has seen coming into her yard and the area.  I'm sure you would find it interesting.

Thank you for the bird-watching info, Janet. I'm sure we'll enjoy reading that column as well as the rest of the paper.

By the way, please call me Lynne...Indygal is my longstanding internet handle, but since we're neighbors who just haven't met yet, I hope you consider me (and Terrell) as folks you know and not strangers and call us by our names. :)

Then, by all means,

Hello, Lynne!

:D

Thanks, "Mom"! That's more like it!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ;D

Lynne and Terrell,

How about that?  I get to call someone by their first names.  How about that, Ms. T? :o

The wife and I and my mother went to West Elk High School for Thanksgiving dinner. 

This was about our fourth time over the years to do so and it was great.

A donation set by yoursefl is all that is needed. For the women it is no fush, no muss, no hassle.

Waldo -

I missed you !  :(

We were out there - I was serving sweet potatoes and rolls. My Jim did some home deliveries and my daughter was out roaming - I think she spent most of her time at the dessert table.

It's a blast serving - a very fun time. I'm glad you enjoyed it. There's a LOT of visiting going on before, during and after the dinner.  :)

How many did you serve?

Over 150 came through the line - and I there were close to 3 dozen take-outs. We had 26 of those before we even started.

This was the 13th year for the dinner at the high school. I don't remember if we helped with the first one or two, but we have every year since then. I know we were helping when the kids were all small. It's become our own family tradition.