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Happy Thanksgiving Joan and family. We are going to my sisters for dinner. I can't wait:) I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travel to all.
Our younger daughter and her family (husband and 2 teen-age boys) will arrive here tonight and will cook the Thanksgiving dinner for us. We always enjoy their visits, just wish they could be longer. They have to head back to Mass. on Friday.
I hope all of you have a happy thanksgiving. I'm thankful none of our family will have to fly this holiday.
I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving with their LO and family. My DH and I are going out to eat just as we have done the past 2 or 3 years. The only family is DH's sister in an ALF in Ohio and she has AD also so it is just me and DH but we will have a good dinner and give thanks for other blessings in our lives.
Same with us, Jean. Just the two of us so we'll go out to eat - a late "lunch". He doesn't do dinners well now since he's in bed by 6 or so. But...we also will give thanks for the good days that we have, and that he is doing as well as he is after 7 years! A Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! We are having dinner at noon with our daughters & their families & then we are leaving for Ohio to spend the rest of the weekend with our son & his family. We have dome that for the past few years & it's kinda a family tradition. This year will be special because I will be meeting our very own lmohr (lois). She lives about half hour from my son's house & we are meeting for lunch on Saturday. Can't wait!
I have decided to make my stuffing and go buy a chicken at Costco. I will buy the chicken tomorrow, strip it down and save for Thursday. I might even make him a custard pie -I use to every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Charlotte...You simply cannot have a chicken on Thanksgiving....When the Indians invented the feast, there were plenty of chickens around, but they decided that Turkeys were more in line with the reason for the feast. Turkeys are majestic, and were meant to be eaten only on special holidays...Indian lore dictates this. Therefore, you must buy a small turkey, and save the chicken for an ordinary meal. You cannot violate the Indian traditions buy cooking chicken....Please pacify the Indian spirits, and get a very small turkey... This is a small price to pay for being an American!!!
Phranque, I am relieved to see you back in fine form!!!! <grin>
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! No matter what you eat, where you eat, or with whom you eat, we all need to acknowledge that even though we are experiencing the trial of our lives, we still have a lot of other people in our lives for which we are grateful, along with our home and our country, and our friends here at Joan's, and the fact that we can get up tomorrow and face another day!
Mary, Thank you for your post. I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself. The transmission went out on our car Monday night. And am waiting to hear how much it will cost to fix. I am trying very hard to look on the bright side and finding it very hard today. But you are right. I have so much to be thankful for, I have money put away to fix it, and need be have tons of stuff I could sell to raise some money if I need too. It just seems lately I no sooner step out of one mess and step right into another. Hard to stay upbeat.......but will try. I am thankful for the roof over my head as so many are homeless, for my job as so many are unemployed, for my children and grandchildren they may not be here but are all healthy, for my DD still at home, she makes me laugh so much, for my DH who still is by my side, and gives me big hugs and tries to comfort me when I am upset.
I am particularly grateful for all the wonderful caregivers on this site, who constantly support me, give advice, keep me from the depths of depression, encourage me, and most of all, laugh at my stupid humor. I find that there is little I can do to change the nature of this disease, nor can I stop or even slow its progression. But I can laugh in its face, and let it be known that I will not fall as a victim... I continue my fight and my never ending research... I believe I am close to finding the causes of EOAD.
a. 100% of all AD patients have attended schooling..grammar, high school, college, etc. b. 100% of all AD patients have eaten at fast food restaurants. c. 100% of all AD patients have worked for a living. d. 100% of all AD patients have driven a car (vehicle), at some point in their life. e. 100% of all AD patients have used a phone and have watched television.
Conclusion: AD is caused by driving the kids to school, on the way to work, stopping to get an egg Mcmuffin, and then calling on the phone. So, quit your job, skip school, ride a bike, get rid of the phone, eat only at upscale restaurants, and listen to the radio instead of television. Your chances of having AD will be reduced by 563%. Gosh, it was so obvious that I cannot believe I am the only one to figure it out.
"Beginning with George Washington in 1789, annual presidential proclamations had declared the last Thursday of November as the Thanksgiving date. However, in 1941, a United States Congressional declaration officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as the date of the Thanksgiving holiday."
And as for that other american delicacy (snort!):
"It is as American as Apple Pie (1697), if not more so. True, the English had the name pompion, from which pumpkin derives, before they had any American colonies, but the first pumpkin pie was apparently served on our side of the Atlantic. Even the first attested use of pumpkin is in writing about America, The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America (1647). But it is in Edward Johnson's 1654 History of New England...until...1652, or the Wonder-Working Providence of Sions Saviour that we find both pumpkin and pumpkin pie given their just desserts: "And let no man make a jest at Pumpkins, for with this fruit the Lord was pleased to feed his people to their good content, till Corne and Cattell were increased." He also mentions pumpkin pies, but regrettably without a recipe: "This poor wilderness hath...plenty of wine and sugar...quince tarts instead of their former Pumpkin Pies."
If any holiday can be called American it must be Thanksgiving (1621), and there are no more American foods for that day than Turkey (1607) and pumpkin pie. Later our menu expanded to include pumpkin pudding (1805), pumpkin bread (1819), pumpkin soup (1884), and pumpkin butter (1893)."
Enjoy your holiday yanks from your friends up north! And may god bless us every one. (Oh that's not the right holiday or country. Oh well. You may fire when ready Gridley! One by sea two by land! By the people for the people. I have a dream where ALL the people. No taxation without tea parties! (I might not have that last one quite right). Happy thanksgiving everyone.
We don't have Thanksgiving here in Aus., but I somehow know it means to give thanks for what we have - and that is a nice idea. Even though we have a special sadness in our lives, we do have the blessings of a roof over our heads, nearly enough money etc. so should give thanks. I have been to several third world countries, so do know how much we have to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone !