Thanksgiving.

I think Thanksgiving is the neglected holiday...

I really like when we would see family, and have a meal together.  Okay, sitting at the kid's table wasn't a biggie, but the rest was, especially since a lot of them aren't around anymore.

I remember Husband making Thanksgiving Dinner, it was pizza, because we'd had to make a flying run to Arizona, to take care of my Grandma's stuff after she died.  Mom said it was one of the best dinners she'd had... :)

I really wish that Thanksgiving would be seen as exactly that... Now Black Friday is bleeding into Thanksgiving.  (Dark Gray Thursday?)  I suppose there are some that feel that lunging into the stores to get items is terrific, but I keep wondering...

What do you give Thanks for?  I am being a bit cynical, but I have this image of someone punching someone else, stomping over the fallen, runnning to grab a humongous TV, then fending off hordes to get it home... And then getting upset because they don't have the right remote to go with it, and so they have to return to the scene of the mayhem.  And then complaining.

And I could be wrong.  I have braved Black Friday.  Once.  I wanted to know what the attraction was.

I still wonder, actually...

I guess if something is named THANKS-GIVING, can't it be that, oh, you know, we be thankful for the people in our lives. (ok, some ARE better than others, but hey, just think, if nothing else, be thankful you have a bad example. And they can think the same of you...)  Thankful for the so much that we have, the people that have to work, so we can stay safe, healthy, and secure while scrounging for that 4th helping of turkey, and just the fact we CAN be thankful.

And I am very thankful for my soap box...

Ahem...

:)

Brrr!!

Well, getting ready for Turkey Day.  Had bought the frozen bird, and had just been getting the plastic wrap off.  Let's say I must have not impressed Husband, as he carefully asked if he could do the unwrapping, while getting the knife out of my hand. 

Hey, I hadn't even sworn by that point.  Just a couple annoyed grunts! 

Anyway.

Turns out, the silly knife was dull.  Using a different knife, voila, one frozen turkey.

Whereupon, Husband mentions that this turkey must be quitting smoking.

And I laughed...


I finished three hats for one group, and about 5 for another.  I forgot to take pictures of the 3, but have one of the 5.  I am going to see if I can send a picture with my phone.  I should be able to, I think.  If so, I will post it soonish.  It will have to be in the early morning, or if I switch to using my phone when I am blogging in town.  The joys of figuring out internet service... Meh.

Spent one day just spinning yarn, and knitting.  Sadly, I messed up one item.  I am knitting blocks for couch covers.  We put covers on them, because it's not uncommon for us to have come in from outside, and perhaps not be, um, as clean as we should be.  The covers, hopefully, keep the worst of the offenders off the sitting area.  We *have* blankets on there presently, to do the job, but Husband has mentioned that he would like them to be blue.  (The closest matching ones that are presently on there, are in yellows, greens, and browns.)  So, I decided to knit blocks, I have wanted to try different stitch patterns, this gives me the chance.  Plus, if I don't like the pattern, I don't have a big, long stretch of agony knitting.  So this is my "big" present to him.

But I said I messed up.  Yep.  I knit one square and it was such a simple pattern, just slip one, increase, knit across, increase, slip one, next row knit.  Then you just get smaller by doing decreases, but the pattern is the same.  Or at least that's how it was supposed to be.  Well, the first part came out swimingly.  The second part, the decrease?  It looked off, and when I folded it over, I had somehow managed to make it much narrower, so it comes to a point.  So, that square will not be used.  Frog that one, and go to another pattern.  I am also doing some crochet squares, I made one that was just all single chrochet.  It looks pretty good, so depending on yarn, and my mood, I will make both knit and crochet.  It will give me more diversity in patterns.

I figure, that will give me a bit of education in some stitches I might not have otherwise tried, and it will make a nice, unique and origional cover.  Yay!

But, knowing me, he might get the finished product by Christmas.  2021...

Maybe. ;)

Thanks!

What am I thankful for on this day of food and family?

1. Well, food and family, obviously.

2. The fact my computer is working and I can blog to my bloggy friends. (And emails to a few, later...)

3. That Mom will be cooking (yummers!)... Which leads to...

4. Weigh in was yesterday!

5. My friends at the Sheriff's Office. (Where we take turns seeing who will turn the other pink!)

6. My friends not at the Sheriff's Office. (Which pretty much applies to everyone else, I guess...)

7. I feel pretty good today, to the point I was able to exercise a bit more. (YAAAAY!)

8. Cats. (The small ones, that eat mice... That's plenty big enough, thank you...)

9. Dogs (mostly...  When I can convince them I am not a backstop.)  ;)

10. Llamas. (And being able to duck quickly... 'Nuff said.)

11. Chickens. (When they don't think I am a landing strip.)

12. Books.

13. Knitting.

14. Fireplaces when it's cold. Fans when it's warm.

15. Cocoa.

Hmm.  That last one sounds good.  Excuse me while I go partake...

Please, enjoy your day, and Happy Thursday, even if it isn't Thanksgiving where you are!

Thankful? Yep.

I have been trying to work on my pessimism. It led to this blog.
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The stupid computer won't work, and hasn't been sending out emails.

I am thankful I can still USE the computer. I am also happy to receive phone calls from friends that are "just checking in" because I haven't emailed them.

Husband can't get the problem fixed on the computer.

I am thankful that he has the patience to work on it, (whereas I would just like to use it as a starting block for a semi), and the knowledge to do so.

I am porky again, because I am not exercising.

I am thankful I am not hungry, and that I can at least walk, as there was a time when even that much wasn't possible.

I was 'bitten' by one of the chickens, have a big cut on my finger.

I am thankful it was my chicken and not my dog. :) I am thankful I have healthy animals that can jump, and run, and aren't afraid of me.

I didn't like the ice this morning.

I am thankful that all my animals have thick coats, and that today I was able to see what a wonderful animal a llama is, they had ice on their backs (!!), but when I brushed it off, then lifted the hair, it was dry and warm underneath.

The llamas were butt heads, and wouldn't cooperate this morning.

I am thankful that they are getting comfortable enough with me to BE obnoxious, and not just bolting when they see me, like the did when I first adopted them. I also was able to spend more time with them today, because I had to reposition each of them in different areas to feed.

I didn't get to do anything for Thanksgiving, no cooking, nothing.

I am thankful that I have a Mom that loves to cook, and enjoys it. I am also thankful that I will get to do the Christmas dinner. (If I can keep her out of the kitchen! heh...)

So, Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Holidays! More blog as computer allows...