Turkey Week

Oh, the poor turkeys! I cut off their little feet! I tried to download a turkey dance for my blog, but the Turkey Dance I chose on Google turned out to be a male stripper in Istanbul! That might not work for everyone, so I went back to the basic picture of turkeys in a row! And then I cut off their drumsticks!

Turkey Week begins Saturday at our house. I have wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving on our sunroom ever since we built it. So, this year we decided to put all sixteen people in the porch and heat with space heaters. I awoke this morning to snow all over the ground, the turkeys are still thawing (since Monday----today Friday and mom needs the "prime parts" for gravy! Hope the ice crystals have dissolved in the cavity overnight....
oh yeah, which brings me to yet another discovery on the internet.....a joke about turkeys teaching other turkeys how to stuff a human! Not a pretty sight! Where do these people find time to think up these things!!!!

Tomorrow we experiment with "deep-fried turkey"....so I get to tell everyone to not only bring a heavy sweater to the event, but their Lipitor as well! All in all it will be a great day! We will be traveling on the actual Turkey Day....going to Georgia to visit Gayle and her family. For those who don't know her, that is Rodger's (Tom's middle brother) widow. We always have a great time down there and the added bonus.....the weather should be at least 20-30 degrees warmer!!!

So on to my Thankfulness for the year: My mom is still with us and while bruised, not broken..... My Grands are all wonderful! Alison survived her broken leg, Izi has conquered the fear of potty training, Gabi has decided her Kindergarten teacher means business, and Dani is still attempting to solve all the problems in her world.......Ryan and Kitty are employed (and in this downturn that is saying something)..... Chris hasn't had a major accident on his new trail bike..... Tom and I have survived the first year of retirement in pretty good physical (forget the financial, all of us got beaten up real good by Wall Street ) condition, and all our friends -- whom we love so dearly -- are still with us!
My 14-year-old cat, Darla feels feisty enough to traumatize the Grands..... my pet project -- St Patrick's in Lagro -- is still open for monthly Mass, and my friends on Friends of St. Patrick's have become even dearer to me throughout the year...... My choice for Prez didn't make it, but the more I watch OBama, he gives me renewed hope that he might know how to pull our nation out of this awful mess we are in....my sister will become a grandma in 2009 (so I know her prayers were answered for the year) and finally, I am thankful for new friends and faces that are part of my little world.....LeeAnn from Ohio, Dot from Houston, Martha from Wabash (all internet Scrabble buddies) and Courtney, who just moved back from NYC.

I am blessed. Now, if only we don't need to use our fire extinguishers for tomorrow's turkey fry. If only space heaters can keep us warm. If only an ice storm doesn't slow us on our trip to sunny GA, my year will be one to remember! Thank you all for being a part of my life, all 41 of you who receive my Gmails on a regular basis are my closest and dearest friends or I wouldn't share this silly Blog with you .....and one final request from the turkeys.....Eat Pork! Eat Beef!!!