Giving Thanks

The JR/SR's are part of the lucky few in this world and have a lot to be thankful for. But as I'm sitting here thinking about what to write I realized it is really raing and I'm really thankful that my sump pump is working.

I can rember when I was young and my family would join all my aunts, uncles, cousins and grand parents on their farm outside of Columbus for Thanksgiving. There must have been 20 of us depending on whether my one uncle (career Air Force) was in country and it was always a fun day. I'm not sure what us kids did but the adults always did something like helping with the corn, other farm chores, or hunting before dinner. Cooking the turkey was a big deal (literally) and my Grandmother always started very early in the morning. She had a wood stove on the farm and turkey cooking was a challenge. Since there was no TV on the farm the highlight of the day was the big poker game around the dinning room table. You know you had come of age when you were allowed to play your own hand. I don't ever remember my Grandmother losing. Yes those were simpler times.

We haven't started the turkey yet. Modern appliances are so much faster. The Rabbit Wrangler and Miss Emma will be here for a few days, and that should be fun. I've got to run out this AM and get the paper since my son said he wanted to go shopping on Black Friday for a $3.00 toaster, and wants to see the ads. I'll see if he really makes it up early enough to get one before the supplies run out.

Hope this rain lets up soon since it is no fun having a wet dog around the house. Especially one that likes to go out and stand in the rain and cold like Layla does (that's our grandkids mixed breed retriever). You can guess who she shakes on when she finally comes in.

Hope everyone has a happy one.