It's Turkey Time and I'm Doing the Happy Dance! #thanksgiving #holidayseason #holidays #paranormal #scifi

 

I love Thanksgiving, all the wonderful food and family! And of course, it's the prelude to the Christmas Holidays, my all time favorite time of the year.

This year, I'm cooking the feast. Been several years or more since I have.  Mostly, my middle son Travis cooks the meal and he and his partner, Amber, are excellent cooks! 

I'm going for the usual - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, a vegetable, homemade Parkerhouse rolls, and of course pies, berry and pumpkin.  I've been busy baking and freezing so keeping ahead of the game.

I just wanted to take the time to wish each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving and lots of good food!

Patsy

Thankful at Thanksgiving! #thanksgiving #thankful #holidays

 

Awww! Thanksgiving! One of the eating festivals of the year - and my favorite. Who can resist the turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, and desserts of all types of flavors.  Not me! That's for dang sure!

It is also a time of giving thanks and I give mine. I've struggled to remain upbeat and thankful the last six years but with acceptance, I can be thankful. Accepting!  That was the hardest part but now I can appreciate what I have and am starting to look forward again with hope.  I could list the thousands of things I'm thankful for, but just know I am!

Do me a favor. Give someone you love a hug - even if it's a cyber-hug. Even those are welcome!  And don't forget to be thankful. With the media doing its worst to bring a person down, hang in there and smile!

Sending my own cyber-hug to all of you this Thanksgiving.

Patsy

I Believe!

My faith in the goodness of people was reaffirmed. Hubby and I were out raking a massive and hideous pile of leaves in our front yard perpetrated by the tree across the street which I call the evildoer. We had just finished one side and hubby was resting. He said "What we need is some nice strong young men to help out with this." Not ten minutes later, four long distance runners from Borah High School, led by a young man named Zach, stopped their run, started raking and

bagging leaves and got it all done in no time. They wouldn't take any money, just said we're neighbors and we help neighbors and it's Halloween. I couldn't believe it! But they worked hard and had smiles on their faces the whole time. Hugged me before they left. I am awed and so appreciative. 

My belief in the goodness of people was reaffirmed and I am so thankful.  For those of you who believe only in the bad people do, I'm sorry for you.  There are good people out there, lots of good people and meeting these young men really brought it home to me.  I believe in the good.

November is a time to be thankful!  Let's all give it a try.

Blessings!

Patsy

Thankfuls and Not Thankfuls - Tis the Season

  Tis the season - Thanksgiving at least - and we all have those precious things we are thankful for.  I have a short list:

- My family

- My friends

- My home, the state I live in, the city, etc.

- For surviving the past five years with my hubby still intact (cancer, stroke)

- For my Marine son being stationed someplace safe

- My health and the health of my family

- And last but not least, I'm thankful I'm not a turkey!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND MAY THIS BE THE BEST ONE EVER!

Patsy

It's All Turkey to Me!

Ahhhhhh, Thanksgiving! A day to eat myself into oblivion - at least with good reason.  This year is going to be an especially food-filled day.  We start with brunch at my middle son Travis' house, where afterwards we will have Tannis with us so the kids can begin the Black Thanksgiving/Friday free-for-all.  Then on to McGraths for an early dinner as our oldest son has to work and if we don't go over there and have dinner with him, he will miss out on the festivities.  I am just doing my part to promote the family spirit.  Only thing for me to do is make the pies, which I enjoy so this will be a great Thanksgiving I'm thinking.  

Oh, and did I mention, as of November 30, I am retired so that is a big thing to be thankful for among all my other blessings.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

And now on to Thanksgiving!

Halloween has come and gone and now on to Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving this year is an interesting one for me! I have notified work that I will be retiring as of November 30.  I'm happy, sad, excited, nervous - a whole gamut of emotions, but most of all, thankful for the family I have who have made it possible for me to retire. The last three years have been tough ones for me.  I lost both my parents and my husband was undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkins Disease, so I had to work at being thankful, but I'm thankful for so much and do appreciate every blessing I have, my family, my friends, my home, all the things that truly make my life what it is.  If I don't visit before, Have a Happy Thanksgiving and give your loved ones a hug and tell them you love them.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

And a Happy Thanksgiving to You!

Wishing you the very best on this day of thanksgiving.  Patsy

What's In Your Thanksgiving Feast?

Ahhhh, Thanksgiving!  A time to give thanks, appreciate the good things in life - and stuff yourself until you pop!

As a mature (somewhat) adult, I've been through the food frenzy so many times, it's hard to remember them all.  Small memories surface - like the time Grandma Parker put oysters in the dressing!  Ugh! Or the time the filling for my pecan pie slipped through the bottom crust and glued to the pie pan. (That was interesting!) But mostly I remember the love and family connection that comes with Thanksgiving.

We had the traditional Thanksgiving feast, but with our own little traditions, which I have continued.  Our feast contains the following:

Turkey (of course)
Dressing (no oysters for me)
Mashed Potatoes
Turkey Gravy
Candied Yams
Fruit Salad
And a dish that has survived the times - Sweet and Sour Candied Red Cabbage.
Added to the above:  Pumpkin, Apple, Berry, etc., Pie.

I have to tell you about the Sweet and Sour Candied Red Cabbage.  The recipe comes from my Danish Grandma Parker and it is a taste that is acquired -  more than immediate love.  

Purchase a small red cabbage, slice it up very very thin, put in a pan with water and a good amount of vinegar to retain the color and cook for hours until it is almost limp (best I can describe).  Once it reaches that stage, add enough sugar to taste.  Hard to put down on paper because it is a taste/touch sort of thing.  Anyway, we love it and there is always a bowl on our Thanksgiving table.  You can purchase a reasonable facsimile from the store but nothing tastes like homemade.

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to You!  And may your holidays be filled with love and sharing.

Patsy