[Blindtlk] happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Peter,

That sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration!! Makes me 
wish I was there! Yes, now it's on to Christmas, and I can't 
wait! I love Christmas and everything that goes with it, and am 
listening to Christmas music as I write this! I'm definitely in 
the spirit!!!

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:21:45 -0600
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] happy Thanksgiving everyone!


Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the Donahues,

    It was a joyous Thanksgiving here in South Texas.  We spent 
the morning
watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  My nephew picked us 
up this
afternoon to take us to the ranch where my niece and her husband 
live.  This
Thanksgiving will go down in history in our family as the first 
time we ate
our Thanksgiving Dinner outdoors.  They set up a long table and 
another table
for the food.  We enjoyed great food, fellowship, and shared with 
each other
why we were thankful for what has happened in the past year.  
Mary and I led
the grace.  She sang a verse of "We Gather Together" followed by 
a prayer
that I recited.

    Lee and her husband Jason prepared two turkeys.  One was 
fried and the
other roasted over coals in an outdoor roaster.  That turkey was 
yummy but
the fried turkey wasn't bad either.  We had the usual 
Thanksgiving trimmings
including cranberry sauce, mashed and sweet potatos, green bean 
caserole,
dressing, gravy, and for dessert we had ice cream and pumpkin 
pie.

    It was a feast under a sunny South Texas sky on a grand 
scale.  Eating
outside with the wind blowing, birds chirping, and hearing the 
sounds of the
livestock on the ranch made for a peaceful setting to enjoy our 
national day
to give Thanks.  Here's hoping all of you had similar 
Thanksgiving
celebrations to remember.  Now it's on to Christmas.

Peter Donahue




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