Topic: A THANKFULLY THANKFUL THANKSGIVING (Read 8343 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #30 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:18:05 AM »

TWO!!

singdaw · « **Reply #31 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:18:17 AM »

DR Laura - you should, indeed.

Donald · « **Reply #32 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:25:30 AM »

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #33 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:27:58 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #34 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:28:18 AM »

And a very happy Thanksgiving to the lot of yez.

John G. · « **Reply #35 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:28:28 AM »

Good morning, all. Happy Thanksgiving!

John G. · « **Reply #36 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:28:53 AM »

Great news, Jane!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #37 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:29:12 AM »

The turkey is in the oven, the parade is on, and I have just enjoyed an apple cider donut with my first cup of joe.

John G. · « **Reply #38 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:29:38 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on November 25, 2021, 05:30:23 AM

I am thankful today for all of you. And to bk, for making a home for us.

I’ll second that.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #39 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:29:54 AM »

When DR Laura texts us, she just needs to have the private jet ready and waiting.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #40 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:30:57 AM »

Special health and comfort vibes (followed by actual healing ones, of course) for DH Richard!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #41 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:31:41 AM »

I would like some Hotdish.

John G. · « **Reply #42 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:31:59 AM »

I’m going to have a dance practice this morning. Some time later I will make a mushroom tart with puff pastry and have with a salad of things largely from the garden.

John G. · « **Reply #43 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:32:35 AM »

I’ve been meaning to play around with puff pastry for awhile now.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #44 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:33:00 AM »

I missed whatever they sang just before "Tomorrow", but the new Annie sounded good and solid on that.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #45 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:35:19 AM »

I washed, peeled, cut, and soaked the potatoes overnight in the fridge. Whether or not that has any effect on the final product remains to be judged, but getting it all done the night before is the best thing ever.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #46 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:40:32 AM »

BK mentioned Hawaiian dinner rolls. I don't know from Hawaiian dinner rolls, but we do have the King's Hawaiian package brand here if that counts. We also have a package of Kerrygold butter I splurged on. That's pricey compared to the everyday stuff. But SO good. Someone told me there are even better ones in that category, but they aren't readily available here in our stores.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #47 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:57:20 AM »

The laundry is finished, and I am very relieved. My legs were beginning to call it a day.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #48 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:02:17 AM »

BK, thank you for this site. I am very thankful HHW exists. I was never good at love, but I was blessed with the best of friends, many of whom I met here between 2004 and now. Some have since 2004 died, some left because of personal clashes with a few of the more unpleasant DRs, and some drifted away in search of a better party or new priorities. I do keep in touch with many of them and I occasionally ask them to think about coming back.

Thank you, BK.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #49 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:15:05 AM »

Happy Thanksgiving to all the mavens at HHW and to Mr Guy Haines himself for giving us the wonderful forum of legs and laughter.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #50 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:15:32 AM »

Continued vibes for DR ELMORE......and vibes for Fr. Richard and Cherry Ames!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #51 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:17:52 AM »

And now I shall tell you the story of Uncle Wayne's Funeral.

You shoulda been there. Chris, the funeral director we always use, said to me afterwards: "Well - that was something!"

Jrand74 · « **Reply #52 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:21:37 AM »

My sister Paula and I were the first to arrive. We gave Kay our framed photographs to put in the room.

My brother Mike arrived and my cousins Carol & Marcie came. It was before 10 a.m. We had decided to let our Aunt Martha go in first and alone for a bit....and we left the first line in the Guest Book for her to sign.

She arrived.....she and her daughter The TroublesomeTina spent about ten minutes in the room....and then Chris opened the door and asked us all to come in.

Uncle Wayne looked good, he was dressed in his favorite golf sweater and trousers.....he had his golf hat under his arm and a rose in his hand.

We had a chair up front for Aunt Martha. The flower arrangements were all nice.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #53 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:24:59 AM »

I gave Chris the FIVE cds of music and the time and order each should be played - yes it was a PRODUCTION - and a bit of this and that to be done.

Family continued to arrive.....and Ron - the speaker- and his wife Judy arrived. I expected to see Ron with notes, but instead all he had were the scraps of paper and envelopes with notes scribbled on them that he had at my house on Sunday.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #54 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:25:38 AM »

When we met on Sunday, he would begin a story and veer off into his own life and carry on and on. Then he would say, but of course I won't be saying that then.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #55 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:28:17 AM »

So then my cousin Sue and her 4th husband Lee arrived. Aunt Martha said "Keep THEM away from me..." It's a long story, but she is certainly justified in her feelings.

But of course Sue marched right up to her and engaged her in conversation - for several minutes as Aunt Martha seethed.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #56 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:30:21 AM »

Then Ron marched up to the podium and said.....there's not enough light.....I've lost some of my vision. I need a lot of light to see my notes.

The podium light seemed insufficient. So I went to find Nick, the owner's son, to see if there was another light.

He took the podium light to put in some new batteries. In the meantime Ron had MOVED the podium so that now he was blocking the view of the casket to a lot of the folks on the family side.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:32:17 AM »

The new batteries gave more light, but Ron didn't want to move the podium back...I guess adamant is the word. So Nick gave up.

I had a script that I had given Nick & Chris about what time to play which CD....

At 12:45 - Uncle Wayne's four chosen songs (the first cd was about an hour of his favorites played on a loop starting at 10 a.m.)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #58 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:34:29 AM »

My cousin Rusty had written a song titled "Open Windows" that Uncle Wayne wanted played - and Rusty decided he would do that live....which was fine.

He and Ron and I were waiting out by the guestbook. Chris started the 4-songs CD on time.

And Ron said...."When do I go on? Right after the guitar guy, right?"

And I said: "No.....Rusty plays, then I do 'The Rose' in sign language....then you come on."

"Oh yea that's right....."

Jrand74 · « **Reply #59 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:37:24 AM »

1 p.m.

I had set up a nice chair for Rusty. He went out and sang his song - really nice.

Then I walked out and signed the Conway Twitty version of The Rose.....whew!

As I walked to sit down beside my cousins Carol & Daryl on the front row....my brother Kent heard Sue say: "He didn't even know the words to that song....."

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