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OMG! I had no idea..I am so terribly sorry about everything. Thanks for the information, Tina.

Don't be sorry about wondering about warnings. I know how much warning I may have in case of wild fire. It is something I dread. We have bigger winds than they do up north. There was about a 50 mph wind fanning that fire. I have watched a fire blown by a hundred mph. It's scary during daylight hours. Twice as scary during the dark. And the fires black smoke can make things dark even during the light of day. Even San Francisco had to use headlights all day long from the smoke 170+ miles away, for days.

Bless you and have a Happy THANKSGIVING !

goodnight and sleep tight.

Sweet dreams all.

Happy Thanksgiving...anyone want to come pick me up? I'll bring the dessert.

It's -23* this morning...the cold is setting in quickly. Good old Arctic lows,

I'll send Rod right over. You had me at Dessert.

Happy Thanksgiving from me as well.

We are grilling for our evening meal today. I will make mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, a salad ( not romaine) and rolls do go with. This morning I am baking off a Butter Braid for Breakfast, and then I will make a Pumpkin Pie. Rodney wanted me to make oatmeal cookies, but that is a lot of work for me right now. Perhaps I will try to make them Friday. Thing is I have no Lard. My Grandmother's recipe was half lard and half butter.

I wish you all a wonderful Thankful Day !

Sounds delicious. I have some bread rolls rising at the moment...I'll bring them as well

I'm watching your parade on tv

Oh good, fresh rolls. That will be wonderful ! Those will be much better than canned biscuits.

Pie is in the oven and the kitchen is cleaned up. Resting now. Gee, Sunny, I feel like I am watching the Parade with you. Thanks !

That Ronald McDonald float still creeps me out

I missed the parade and things. But did not miss dinner. My son only ate mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. So I'll be making him something soon. Maybe scrambled eggs.

we ate supper here..we just got done

Glad to see everyone has had a nice day. Same here. Sunny thinking about you and your cold because we've had a beautiful, sunny, 56 degree day. So nice.

Yesterday I got Christmas decorations out of the attic but didn't get the tree put together today as planned. Hopefully will do it tomorrow.

Christmas Decorations.........who wants to get my new tree and deliver it to me. This girl is not going out to buy a new one this year.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day !

Sweet Dreams to you all.

Sweet dreams, Carol.
Sheri have Johnny get your tree down for you. It and you will be safer.

Went to bed a bit after 10:00. Woke at 1:30 to go to the bathroom. Been awake since. 3 hours off sleep is plenty, right ?

I take turns cursing the Urgent Care facility in Va. and the Dr. I saw here.....At least I have books to read, and pie to eat.

Junie, order a tree from Walmart

Sheri, that's my plan for Sunday...I need to take out the decor. We buy a fresh tree so that has to wait for a bit.

Tina, I hope you had a nice family day...and prayers for your daughter in need of surgery

It is a 'frost bite warning' day. I hope the wind dies down...GB wants to come for a sleepover later.

Keep warm, Sunny.
Rest is what you need, Carol.
Happy leftover day, all.

well I got a few more hours of sleep. I went to the Grand-kids bedroom. The mattress on the twin bed in there is very firm. It makes it much easier to move around in.

yep, leftovers here as well. Thanks Tina, same to you.

Sunny, sorry for the frigid weather. yes, I may well order a tree..that would sure surprise everyone.

Sheri when you are done at your house come on over and do mine. I am closer to you now.

Goodnight everyone sleep tight !

Sweet dreams all.

Hi all.

I went for GB last night and took DD for a quick grocery run. I treated myself to a red poinsettia plant as well. The red ones were 75% off for Black Friday...the other colors are so beautiful though. Oh well, for $5...it sure makes my table look pretty

I also got a parcel in the mail yesterday from Junie for my birthday. Customs sure did a number on it. It had a beautiful card, notebook and a special cream set for dry, chapped skin. I was sure in need. Thank you.

Better late then never, huh ? So glad it got there...I was concerned.

Good Morning ! This is MY Thanksgiving,,,,Going home to my sister's. The "Dudleys" get together and have Italian food. But mainly we get together. My DH thought I should stay home---but nope. We are staying the night, so I will see you all tomorrow afternoon.
I wish you a great day !

Have fun....eat lots of lasagna.

Sweet dreams and safe travels, Carol.
It sounds like a wonderful birthday gift, Sunny.

Hi all.

DH just left with one of our pigs to take to the butcher.....next Saturday, my freezer will be stocked. It's a strange feeling to farm...I get a sad, yet accomplished sense of it.

We are having a milder few days...I think today is a good day to take out the outdoor lights and string them up somewhere outside.

Good morning. Sunny, share pics of your lights!

Good afternoon. We had a great time! With it being a different house, the girls were not so sure, but that worked out for me as I was familiar to them. Sunny I had Bagna- Calda I hear the pasta was wonderful but I have not had the Bagna-Calda since my dad passed away, so I had a salad and then that. I was a happy camper.I

going to bed soon g'nite sweet dreams

I had too look up bagna calda. Looks good. Sweet dreams, Carol.

I looked it up also...it looks good. Glad you had a good time with family.

GG and I dug out the Christmas lights and of course most were not working again. I will not spend another dime on string lights....we took what we had and wrapped them around a wagon wheel then put the wheel against the front of the house. We will finish our wreath tonight. DH said he was buying one of those projection lights that show a pattern against the house...especially since they are on sale for $14. They look nice against a white house....I won't argue.

Today is a clean and mop day...not too much got accomplished inside yesterday.

I am watching all 4 kids today. Apparently the teachers had to go but the kids did not.

That or it is a short inservice and then Val is going shopping.

Henry is a big help so that is good.

Having a helpful big brother is wonderful, Carol.
I've given up trying outdoor decorating, Sunny. We have such strong wind that it takes a lot of hardware to keep stuff together.

We have a whole nativity set and 2 candles for outside decorating. Rod is hoping that none of the neighbors will decorate so he does not have to.LOL. He will be sad when he sees everyone out out decorations.


The girls have discovered that one of the toys plays music. So now they hit the button again and again and dance....... :)

Cute.

Tina, the winds are bad here as well. We have to use metal wire to tie up our lights. All those blow up and plastic type ornaments never last here

Junie, make the grands tell Grampy to decorate

Henry would but it is too early yet.

I finally got the girls to bed. Heidi and Nora did not bring their babies here today, so at bedtime, Heidi thought she should have her baby...Henry tried to pacify her with dolls I have here, but that did not wotk.finally singing " rock a baby" did the trick

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite.

Sweet dreams, Carol. Do you have the girls tomorrow?

You have your hands full now Junie, I hope your leg is up to chasing toddlers.

We got freezing rain through the night that turned to snow...and now it is raining.

Hi all,

We got back about 11pm last night, unpacked what had to have and hit our beds... 12 hours on the road is a long trip but we wanted to be home... so today is laudry and unpacking day... put stuff away and think about getting Christmas stuff out but that will wait till Wed.. hubby didn't get his hearing aids before we left so we have appt tomorrow for that, have to set it up with his I phone too.. makes it really convenient to adjust for different background noise situations... so looking fwd to not having to yell...LOL!

We had a wonderful time with the kids and kidlets…Nicoli and I got to go see the Second Incredible Beasts movie... that was fun... nice one and one time... Joe helped Timothy get tires for his car (Mom's old one) the ones on it weren't safe for the winter, will feel better knowing he is safer.. Derek was so funny, he just wanted some new clothes so that will be his Christmas present.. money for that... we do gift cards too, so much easier.... they know what they want so we just put it on cash cards they can use anywhere.. so much easier.. they want to come down for a month next summer too so we will do that and have some quality time then.

Well off to get laundry started and a grocery list too... may need another cup of tea to get moving first... got very stiff in the car for so long..

Glad everyone is safe and Junie get better... being sore all over is not fun... I know... already hit by jacuzzi tub once today.... may do it again tonit…

Nana