OT Happy Thanksgiving and What are your Plans?

You made the right decision to stay home. Seeing your Dad wasn't
worth all the rest of it.

Kathy N-V

I agree! Maybe he will come to visit you by himself durring this holiday
season. Tell him that's what you really want for Christmas...


..Stephanie.

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Yee haw Sooz!! Reclaiming your power and your right to have a happy holiday
of your own making. whoohooo!
Hugs to you and yours and a scritch to the Merc man. *he doent much like how
your mum behaves either*
Diana

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"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
...
I'M MAD AS HECK AND I"M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE!

I cancelled our Thanksgiving-dinner-participation, and we're not going!
YAAAYYYYY!! We'll have our own little turkey (slices), yams, pumpkin pie,
etc.
Read to each other, bead, watch football, walk the dog (who was going to
spend
the day stuck in the car). I'm so GRATEFUL.
~~
Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character;
business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without
sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi

Ok... what is *your* (the collective your) dream Christmas/holiday? Mine is
snowy, there is a slow ride on a sleigh thru moonlit paths... ending with a
cup of hot cocoa before a roaring wood fire. Family around, all getting
along... mellow.. :-) A tree full of memorys in the form of special hand
made ornaments being discussed by the family. Carols, sung softly...
sounds nice, eh?

I've had a few "dream Christmases" so far. The first was when my brother
flew in (his own small plane) with wife, my 3 YO niece and brand new nephew.
We picked them up at the airport, watched him land in the moonlight, then
got them home, where my niece stood in awe in the doorway looking at the
tree. Mom and I had decorated it with lots of tinsel and Mom had left all
the room lights off, so the tree just sparkled with its own light. Alison
looked SO hard! G That was my first peek at my nephew, who's had my heart
ever since.

Several years later, they were bratty teens and picked on my BF of the time
mercilessly. It had snowed on the 23rd and we all had a major snowball fight
in the front yard after dinner. Both kids nailed my BF but he had the good
grace to laugh it off (and give as good as he got). It was just plain FUN.

And exactly 10 years ago we had our first Christmas in our new house. Some
rooms were bare floors, recently sanded, and we were without my Dad for the
first time. He'd passed in September and I told Mom it wouldn't be right to
make her have Christmas so soon after losing Dad. Despite missing him
terribly, it was a great feeling of Family. My brother and his brood were
there, plus my favorite aunt & uncle, the food came out fine, and it just
felt good all around. We piled in two cars afterward and drove around
looking at all the lights on houses and listening to music on the radio (a
long-time tradition).

I can't wait to make a new memory in our new house, next year.

KarenK

Congrats, Sooz, for getting to do it your way! Have a fabulous day.

Hugs,
Carla

Dr. Sooz wrote:
I'M MAD AS HECK AND I"M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT

ANYMORE!


I cancelled our Thanksgiving-dinner-participation, and we're not going!
YAAAYYYYY!! We'll have our own little turkey (slices), yams, pumpkin pie, etc.
Read to each other, bead, watch football, walk the dog (who was going to spend
the day stuck in the car). I'm so GRATEFUL.
~~
Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi

Oh good. Doing it on your own terms. Starting your own new traditions!

Tina


"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
...
I'M MAD AS HECK AND I"M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE!

I cancelled our Thanksgiving-dinner-participation, and we're not going!
YAAAYYYYY!! We'll have our own little turkey (slices), yams, pumpkin pie,
etc.
Read to each other, bead, watch football, walk the dog (who was going to
spend
the day stuck in the car). I'm so GRATEFUL.
~~
Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character;
business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without
sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi

You made the right decision to stay home. Seeing your Dad wasn't
worth all the rest of it.

I agree. Hope your day was as lovely as sounds.

Cheri
(Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive - Bon Jovi

Wouldn't that be a great way to spend time together.

Tina


"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
That sounds loverly! I know a couple of gals in the UK who would be happy
to
have us come round on Boxing Day for leftovers of the Christmas pudding.
Could we go to the Shed and pretend the torch flame is a Yule log?
One request, that after the meal is consumed and the feeling is nice and
mellow, we each make an ornament to exchange with one another. That would
be
a truly memorable Christmas, and thanks for asking, Sis.
Diana

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Weird people need beads, too
"Su/Cutworks" wrote in message
...
Diana wrote:

There comes a time when we *the collective we* need to see what we
have
bought into as far as the Christmas myths go. Im not speaking of
anything
more than how our culture has reflected our own desires for that
perfect
Christmas of our youth, and what we are willing to do to achieve that
impossible and elusive goal.
Christmas lasts longer and longer every year. Its time we
said..*again
with the collective we* I'M MAD AS HECK AND I"M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE!

Absolutely! We have to regain whatever it is that we need from the
holidays, and use it to make us happy. Forget commercialization, forget
what the televisions scream at us, and stop thinking that Gene Shepherd
will
make our present holidays anything like the nostalgic ones were. 'A
Christmas Story' is a story! It's up to us to create tomorrow's
nostalgia.

Im excluding those of you who really need to give your buyers a little
nudge
to get their beads now while they still have time to make things with
them.
Thats legit.

*phew!*

Ok... what is *your* (the collective your) dream Christmas/holiday?
Mine
is
snowy, there is a slow ride on a sleigh thru moonlit paths... ending
with
a
cup of hot cocoa before a roaring wood fire. Family around, all
getting
along... mellow.. :-) A tree full of memorys in the form of special
hand
made ornaments being discussed by the family. Carols, sung softly...
sounds nice, eh?

Yep. Since I'm family you can come here to the UK, we'll have a
Christmas
Day cruise if the ice isn't on the canal. About an hour or two down the
canal from us is a lovely section of Middle Earth that happened to land
in
Yorkshire. We'll put the ready-roasted turkey in the Remoska to warm
through, and all the stuff that we bought in advance that's ready to
just
heat up will be sitting in the oven or on the stove warming through
while
we
make a few last-minute items. We'll be all warm and happy from a bit of
gentle exercise outside in the sunny winter weather, and the cocoa will
be
ready. No wood fire, sadly but a nice flame in the stove up in the
front
room and lots to drink.

How's that?

-Su

Oh, yeah. It's a small tree so the ornaments are all beads!


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That sounds so much better. I am especially glad for two things:
that you don't have to deal with your mother and her childish ways,
and that Merc doesn't have to stay in the car. (Couldn't he have
stayed home instead?)

We had the MOST perfect day. I beaded all afternoon, and we had gorgeous
full-on turkey with trimmings from the local caterer's shop. BTW, Kathy, in
answer to your question about Merc -- he'd have preferred the car-all-day,
because I would've given him walkies at intervals, and we'd have been with him
-- and he loves the car! As opposed to being home alone all day.

I'm going to make some gravy for Bob (only thing he
can't make), and then we're going to eat. And then I'm going to
sleep - the weather has been all over the place the past few days,
and I'm a hurting pup.

I took two naps! Yay!

You made the right decision to stay home. Seeing your Dad wasn't
worth all the rest of it.

I'll meet up with my dad later. It was definitely the right decision!
~~
Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi

Hope your day was as lovely as sounds.

Me too you, Cheri.
~~
Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi

Yee haw Sooz!! Reclaiming your power and your right to have a happy holiday
of your own making. whoohooo!
Hugs to you and yours and a scritch to the Merc man. *he doent much like how
your mum behaves either*

Haw haw haw!

For years, I went out of town to Mendocino every Thanksgiving. I didn't want
to be there with the family that day -- it was too fraught. And sort of
pointless in many ways. It's too difficult to do that these days.
~~
Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi