[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 3 04:38:48 UTC 2011
I did better than that; I left the state!!!
Sherri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia A Lipovsky" <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com>
To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
> Oh good, I'm glad.
>
> Did you cook dinner this year, or did you get to relax while someone else
> did the cooking.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 03:17:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
>
>>
>>
>> I was laughing because I enjoyed the humorous Thanksgiving email you sent
>> out. It was wonderful.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Patricia A. Lipovsky" <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
>>
>>
>> > Hi Sherry.
>> >
>> > I'm so glad you had a good Thanksgiving. I was just curious though
>> > about
>> > what you were laughing about? I hate to miss anything that would
>> > brighten
>> > someone's day!!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>> > To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:12 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
>> >
>> >
>> >arI hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed all that luscious
>> >arfood. Pat, that was so nice of you to invite people over. I have been
>> >out
>> >arof email communication and just saw this email. It is great and I
>> >needed a
>> >arlaugh! Thank you.
>> >ar
>> >ar Sherri
>> >ar ----- Original Message -----
>> >ar From: "Denise Valkema" <valkemadenise at aol.com>
>> >ar To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >ar Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 6:06 PM
>> >ar Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >>> How thoughtful of you. I cannot join you as I am in Miami.
>> >>>
>> >>> Have a great turkey day:
>> >>>
>> >>> Thankful,
>> >>> Denise
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from Denise's Palm Pre
>> >>> On Nov 20, 2011 5:10 PM, Patricia A. Lipovsky
>> >>> <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> If you live in the Daytona Area, will be alone on Thanksgiving, and
>> >>> do
>> >>> not have any plans, please contact me at 255.0488, or
>> >>>
>> >>> plipovsky at cfl.rr.com.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Now, time for a chuckle.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I wonder how many can relate to this.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Twas the night before Thanksgiving
>> >>>
>> >>> and all through the kitchen;
>> >>>
>> >>> I was cooking and baking
>> >>>
>> >>> and moanin' and bitchin'.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I've been here for hours,
>> >>>
>> >>> I can't stop to rest,
>> >>>
>> >>> This place is a disaster,
>> >>>
>> >>> just look at this mess!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Tomorrow I've got
>> >>>
>> >>> thirty people to feed,
>> >>>
>> >>> They expect all the trimmings,
>> >>>
>> >>> who cares what I need!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> My feet are both blistered,
>> >>>
>> >>> I've got cramps in my legs,
>> >>>
>> >>> The dog just knocked over
>> >>>
>> >>> a bowl full of eggs,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> There's a knock at the door
>> >>>
>> >>> and the telephone's ringing;
>> >>>
>> >>> Frosting drips on the counter
>> >>>
>> >>> as the microwave's dinging,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Two pies in the oven,
>> >>>
>> >>> dessert's almost done;
>> >>>
>> >>> My cookbook is soiled
>> >>>
>> >>> with butter and crumbs.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I've had all I can stand,
>> >>>
>> >>> I can't take anymore;
>> >>>
>> >>> Then in walks my husband,
>> >>>
>> >>> spilling rum on the floor.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> He heaves and he wobbles,
>> >>>
>> >>> his balance unsteady;
>> >>>
>> >>> Then grins as he chuckles
>> >>>
>> >>> "The eggnog is ready!"
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> He looks all around and
>> >>>
>> >>> with total regret,
>> >>>
>> >>> Say's "What's takin' so long?
>> >>>
>> >>> aren't you through in here yet?"
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> As quick as a flash
>> >>>
>> >>> I reach for a knife;
>> >>>
>> >>> He loses an earlobe;
>> >>>
>> >>> I wanted his life!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> He flees from the room
>> >>>
>> >>> in terror and pain,
>> >>>
>> >>> and screams "MY GOSH WOMAN,
>> >>>
>> >>> YOU'RE GOING INSANE!"
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Now what was I doing,
>> >>>
>> >>> and what is that smell?
>> >>>
>> >>> Oh, GOSH, it's the pies!
>> >>>
>> >>> They're all black
>> >>>
>> >>> right down to the shell!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I hate to admit when
>> >>>
>> >>> I make a mistake,
>> >>>
>> >>> But I put them on BROIL
>> >>>
>> >>> instead of on BAKE
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> What else can go wrong?
>> >>>
>> >>> Is there still more ahead?
>> >>>
>> >>> If this is good living,
>> >>>
>> >>> I'd rather be dead.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Lord, don't get me wrong,
>> >>>
>> >>> I love holidays;
>> >>>
>> >>> They just leave me exhausted,
>> >>>
>> >>> all shaky and dazed.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> But I promise you one thing,
>> >>>
>> >>> if I live 'til next year,
>> >>>
>> >>> You won't find me
>> >>>
>> >>> pulling my hair out in here.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll hire a maid, a cook, and a waiter;
>> >>>
>> >>> And if that doesn't work,
>> >>>
>> >>> I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> hmm catering?
>> >>>
>> >>> Now that's an idea!!!!!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Now for some history
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Some Thanksgiving Trivia
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ***
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> During the mid-1800s, poet and editor Sarah J. Hale began
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> President Abraham Lincoln gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ***
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as
>> >>> the
>> >>> national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who
>> >>> argued passionately on behalf
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and silly",
>> >>> was
>> >>> a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was "a coward".
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????his
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> VIDEO CLIP
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Runaway Turkey - Bizarre News
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Turkey is found going for a jog on the tollway!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5738
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ***********************************************************
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanksgiving-that's one sixth of all turkeys sold in the
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> U.S. each year.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ***
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> on the plant resembled a crane's head and neck. The name
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> craneberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ***
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Have a wonderful day.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
>> >>>
>> >>> Have a Great Day
>> >>>
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