Topic: GIVING THANKS ON THANKSGIVING, OR TURKEY LURKEY TIME (Read 8278 times)

bk · « **on:** November 22, 2018, 12:59:48 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes gave thanks on Thanksgiving, and now it is time for you to post until the Thanksgiving cows come home - they're currently giving thanks that everyone eats turkeys rather than beef.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:00:42 AM »

And the word of the day is: ORCHESTRATE!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:07:44 AM »

First post after BK!

George · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:11:40 AM »

Today, the family is getting together at my parents' house. I made a chocolate turtle cheesecake that looks like it turned out well. I'm sure that it'll taste as good as it looks.

George · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:16:07 AM »

jan · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:31:12 AM »

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! Love the seven turkeys, George.

George · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:31:51 AM »

Quote from: jan on November 22, 2018, 01:31:12 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! Love the seven turkeys, George.

Thanks, jan!

George · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2018, 02:05:31 AM »

I set my DVR to record the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I like to record the songs from musicals and put them on a DVD. I haven't heard about which Broadway shows/people will perform. It'll be a surprise. But first, time for sleep, and I get to sleep in today!

Have a good day, all!

vixmom · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:18:24 AM »

Good morning and happy Thanksgiving Day

vixmom · « **Reply #9 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:18:38 AM »

I can sleep in today

vixmom · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:19:01 AM »

So of course I am awake

vixmom · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:19:25 AM »

We were going to my Brother and SILs house

vixmom · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:19:54 AM »

I have been tasked with sherried mushrooms and mashed potatoes

vixmom · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:20:14 AM »

And chauffeuring Mom

vixmom · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:20:41 AM »

Today I am thankful for you all. Your support and friendship, your willingness to let me vent, your generosity in sharing your time and talents and knowledge

vixmom · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2018, 03:25:03 AM »

Its always a tossup as to which channel I should pick to watch the Macy's parade. I often bounce back and forth trying to catch all the musical spots and generally failing

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2018, 04:42:52 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 22, 2018, 04:43:30 AM »

And Happy Thanksgiving!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #18 on:** November 22, 2018, 05:27:09 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** November 22, 2018, 05:27:25 AM »

And a Happy Thanksgiving from this corner as well.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #20 on:** November 22, 2018, 05:38:42 AM »

The most amazing little thing happened a while ago. I was thinking about whether I had anything of note to contribute to the TOD, and I decided to pursue what my earliest memories of Thanksgiving might be. The first really distinct memory is from when I was around 6 or 7 years of age. We were living in Whitehall, the then-newest suburb of Columbus, and Thanksgiving was at my grandparents' house on the north side of Columbus. I think we must have spent the night there, and my impression was that the preparation of a turkey required my mom and grandmother to get up, like, before dawn to start on it. An exaggeration, of course, but that's what it was.

So, as I was mulling over that memory and wishing there could be a lot more to it, a part of last night's dream came rushing through like the proverbial freight train. I had just dreamed about that very house, probably for the first time in a few decades. That setting then morphed into another dream that was very distinct and which even developed into a nightmarish moment which is what woke me up. But I hadn't remembered this first part until thinking about the TOD. And so I give thanks to the TOD. Thank you, TOD.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #21 on:** November 22, 2018, 05:49:28 AM »

I might post more later, but this is the house at the time my grandparents bought it in the early-mid 1950s. The property was an acre, which we all thought was huge. They did a lot to the house over the next few years, and that property and the neighborhood hold very dear memories for me. It just happens that last night's dream involved me driving through there on a visit to Columbus, and trying to find traces of the actual property. My grandfather had died in 1959 and my grandmother sold the place when she moved to Florida the following year. It went to developers who wiped everything out and built a few apartment buildings. On actual real-life drives through there in subsequent years, nothing was recognizable. But in the dream I was doing it again, and I was discovering that there WERE traces -- if only I could find the right alley or neighbor's driveway or something. But I even had trouble finding a side road that had connected to it (and that's still there, nothing happened to the roads themselves). Then, as I said, the dream morphed into another in which I was living in an apartment that felt like L.A. and truly seemed to have no connection to apartments having been built on that property. Oy!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** November 22, 2018, 05:51:36 AM »

So there it is. And I must go. Back later.

Everyone please have a wonderful relaxing and healing day.

Ginny · « **Reply #23 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:00:56 AM »

Thanksgiving morning greetings! Woke up on Eastern time, so I’m trying to be quiet while Richard sleeps. We’re not due at Laura’s until after the parade.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:04:32 AM »

Nice story DR CHAS SMITH thanks for sharing!

I am also watching the parade DR GINNY.....and waiting for the Dog Show to start at 1 p.m.

Uh oh....here comes a number from HEAD OVER HEALS....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:08:30 AM »

Not sure what I just saw.....but it was fun.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:08:56 AM »

Vibes for DR LAURA and REX....

And belated birthday greetings for DR KEVIN H.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:09:55 AM »

It turns out that the salt lamps do not take negative ions out of the air - they put them into the air - for our benefit.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:10:24 AM »

The heating man for some reason decided to come today instead of yesterday, if I was going to be home....which I am...

Jrand74 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 22, 2018, 06:11:00 AM »

Birdy Barnum is talking and talking today.....

Could be the Full Moon tonight.....it should be a lively one....

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