YOU ARE NOT KIDDING!!!

MOST PEOPLE THINK THANKSGIVING IS ALL ABOUT THE TONS OF "GOOD FOOD" THEY GET TO EAT WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT CALORIES?  I AM NOT A FOOD PERSON SO I WOULD PREFER TO THINK OF IT AS A TIME TO GET TOGETHER WITH SELDOM SEEN RELATIVES??????.....( WHO HALF OF THEM DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER)......OR MAYBE SETTLE FOR A HAPPY MEAL FROM MCDONALD'S WITH EXTRA FRY SAUCE IN A NICE QUIET CORNER OF THE RESTAURANT....THIS WOULD MAKE A LOT OF TURKEYS HAPPY.  WITH THE CHRISTENSONS IN ST THOMAS....THE COOKS NOT SPEAKING......AND ROB WORKING THANKSGIVING......I GUESS PAM AND I WILL GET A COUPLE OF TV DINNERS AND CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING TOGETHER.....WE NEITHER ONE WANT TO COOK AND BESIDES SHE DOESN'T EAT TURKEY....OR FISH....OR CHICKEN????!

CATCHING UP.......

I ALWAYS SAY......"YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS...."   SOO I BUTTERED UP THE "GRINCH'......HE DIDN'T WANT ANY OF MY POPCORN?..KEN AND I ENJOYED THE MOVIE......

MONDAY IT WAS LUNCH AND PICKING UP PAM'S PRESCRIPTIONS.....

TUESDAY IT WAS A DERMATOLOGY APPOINTMENT AND GROCERY SHOPPING....

WEDNESDAY IT WAS TAKING PAM TO WORK DOWN TOWN....SAT TWO HOURS IN THE CAR WAITING FOR HER AND A STOP TO DROP OFF THE PAPER WORK.....THEN A THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH THE CHRISTENSON CLAN BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF FOR ST THOMAS FOR A WEEK.......

THURSDAY I HAD THE DOMINO GROUP AT MY HOUSE FOR LUNCH AND A FEW HOURS OF DOMINO'S.....

FRIDAY....TODAY.....PATTY CAME FOR COFFEE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ROB DROPPED BREE OFF FOR ME TO TEND OVERNIGHT WHILE THEY TAKE THE RAZOR TO ST GEORGE TO STORE FOR THE WINTER AND SEE HIS BROTHER WHO HAD A BACK OPERATION YESTERDAY.....BE HOME TOMORROW!!!

MY SERVICE PROJECT FOR THE WEEK......PUT A BAND AID ON MY NEIGHBORS BACK WHERE THEY FOUND CANCER......TONIGHT I AM VERY TIRED...READY FOR BED AT 6:30.....GUESS THAT IS WHY I HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THE COMPUTER ALL WEEK.   KEN GONE FOR A WEEK SO HOPE TO CLEAN MY CLOSET AND MAKE TWO BABY QUILTS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!.

THE PERFECT RECIPE.....

WOULDN'T YOU KNOW......I FINALLY FOUND OUT HOW TO COOK A TURKEY AT 86....AND I AM NOT EVEN HAVING THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR....LOVE IT!.......SHOULD HAVE MET THIS LADY A FEW YEARS BACK.....HOWEVER BY THE TIME I HAD GOT TO #17.....I WOULD BE EXPOUNDING MY OWN LITTLE VERSE......" STARKLE, STARKLE LITTLE TWINK.....HOW THE HECK YOU ARE I THINK?.....I'M NOT UNDER THE ALCOFLUENCE OF INCOHALL...THOSE SOME THINKLE PEEK I AM.....I FOOL  SO FEELISH I DON'T KNOW WHOSE ME YET AND THE DRUNKER I SIT HERE THE LONGER I GET"?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

KENNY TIME......

BIG WEEK FOR KEN......WENT TO THE AUCTION WITH HIS DAD AND TRADED HIS BIG RED PICKUP TRUCK ......THAT WON'T FIT IN THE GARAGE......FOR A CUTE LITTLE RED CHEVY .....THAT WILL FIT IN THE GARAGE THIS WINTER.....I GUESS TWO WINTERS OF SCRAPING WINDOWS IN THE EARLY COLD CONVINCED HIM HE DIDN'T NEED A PICKUP TRUCK.....SHERRIE SAID HE IS PUTTING TOGETHER A RECEIPT BOOK FOR THE FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.......HELLO.....WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THAT????  I NEVER KNOW WHAT EACH DAY WILL BRING WITH KEN...HE IS MAKING SUCH GREAT STRIDES IN LIFE.......AND GROWING A BEARD.....WHICH IS GREAT!  I LOVE HAVING HIM LIVE WITH ME AND WATCHING AND HELPING WITH HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.  I GUESS HE IS THE BOY I NEVER HAD!

TO BE AR NOT TO BE........

 

SOME DAYS I AM OLD....SOME DAYS I AM OLDER.....AND SOME DAYS I AM OLDEST......BUT ALL THE TIME I STAY YOUNG AT HEART!!!!!

THE COLD FALL WEATHER HAS A WAY OF REMINDING MY ARTHRITIS I AM A LITTLE BIT OLD!!  KEN AND I HAVE BEEN WINTERIZING MY PLACE....COVERED THE PATIO FURNITURE....TRIMMED THE PLANTS...COVERED THE AIR CONDITIONER  ETC....... THURSDAY MORNING IS "BREAKFAST OUT DAY" FOR US AND WE TAKE TURNS PAYING AND CHOOSING WHERE WE WILL EAT....AND THEY PAY FOR IT!  TODAY DENNY;S......HIS CALL....WENT TO THE BANK AND WALMART...TOOK A NAP AND DID TWO BATCHES OF LAUNDRY....OH YES, PAID MY HOUSE TAXES.  MAXINE AND I AGREE.....YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO......CALLED PAM SHE IS UP NOW AND DIDN'T NEED ANYTHING.  TOMORROW MAYBE CLEAN MY CLOSET......MY NEW FASHION STYLE IS CALLED......WHATEVER THE HELL STILL FITS ME THIS WINTER!

NEVER STOP WORRYING.....

THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE DAUGHTER PAM......DAUGHTERS CAN BE SO SPECIAL AND EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ALL GROWN UP WITH THREE MARRIED KIDS AND A GRANDCHILD......SHE NEVER QUITS BEING MY LITTLE GIRL AND I WORRY ABOUT HER.

SHE HAD SOME SPLIT TENDONS IN HER FOOT OPERATED ON A FEW DAYS AGO AND IS DOWN FLAT FOR FIVE DAYS ......THEY DISCOVERED SHE HAD THREE TENDONS IN HER FOOT WHICH THE DOCTOR HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE....HE REMOVED IT AND SEWED THE OTHER TWO UP......HOPE IN SIX WEEKS SHE WILL BE AS GOOD AS NEW......BUT A MOTHER ALWAYS WORRYS.....AND NEVER LIKES TO SEE THEIR KIDS HURT.

KEN OFF TO VERNAL THIS WEEKEND.....GOT THE HALLOWEEN STUFF PUT AWAY AND CLEANED THE KITCHEN.....CHURCH TOMORROW AND DINNER AT HILDA'S.....A NEIGHBOR.....SUCH A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD!  SHERRIE CALLED AND TOLD ME BRAYDEN PASSED HIS  TEST TO FLY THE HOVER-CRAFT AT WORK.....HE HAS A SMALL ONE AND HAS LOVED IT!...BUT NEEDED A LICENSE TO FLY THE BIG ONES AT WORK.

SO PROUD OF HIM.

NEW MONTH....NEW PUSH.....

HERE WE GO AGAIN......THE STORES DO NOT SEEM TO KNOW....NOVEMBER IS TURKEY MONTH......THEIR SHELVES ARE FULL OF CHRISTMAS TEMPTATIONS ALREADY!!!!  AND VERY FEW THANKSGIVING DECORATIONS AVAILABLE......
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED ASKING ME...."WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THANKSGIVING?????.......MY YEARLY ANSWER IS........ GETTING A HAPPY MEAL FROM MCDONALD'S WITH EXTRA FRY SAUCE!.......THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES IS GREAT???
STARING A LONG TIME AGO....THANKSGIVING IS A DAY OF STRESS......I THINK IT WILL BE EVEN WORSE NOW DAYS AS THE TURMOIL IN OUR WORLD IS SO GREAT AND WE ARE SUCH A DIVIDED COUNTRY........DINNER CONVERSATIONS CAN BECOME LANDMINES,,,,,,RELATIONSHIPS ARE AS STRAINED AS MY JEANS AFTER THREE HELPING OF MASHED POTATOES......FAMILIES HAVE'T BEEN THIS DIVIDED SINCE THE GREAT TOILET PAPER ORIENTATION DEBATE OF 1954!!!....MY FAMILY HAS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED! WE ARGUE ABOUT KNEELING OR NOT KNEELING.......PRESIDENT TRUMP VS A SANE PERSON......WOMEN'S RIGHTS...RICH WHITE MEN....MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS COVERING EVERYTHING...EVEN ASKING SOMEONE THEIR VIEW ON MAYONNAISE COULD SPARK A WORLD-WIDE PROTEST????....SO WHAT DO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AROUND THE THANKSGIVING TABLE.....WELL THAT'S NOT MY WORRY ANYMORE.....MOST THE PEOPLE IN MCDONALD'S SPEAK SPANISH.....AND I DON'T ....SO I AM SAFE THIS HOLIDAY!!!!