Happy Thanksgiving To All - 2003

[JRKH]

To the cov’ers living in the US

HAPPY
TURKEY
DAY

We’ll be going to my parents to as usual and totally engorging ourselves. All of us kids bring something so mom doesn’t have to do much. Ours is pretty traditional turkey, Ham, dressing, cranberries, greenbeans etc., three kinds of pie (my wife makes the best pie), couple of different wines and beer, soft drinks etc. ….. and…. Oh yeah… forktrucks to get us up from the table.

What do other cov’ers do??

To those not in the US. Do you have a “thankgiving” feast day? What is your like?

Enjoy All.

James

 

[Atul Khandekar]

To the cov’ers living in the US
Happy Thanksgiving!
& Enjoy the long weekend..

 

[gpainter]

Be thankful for all the blessings that you have>

 

[energy]

Us too

To the cov’ers living in the US

HAPPY
TURKEY
DAY

We’ll be going to my parents to as usual and totally engorging ourselves. All of us kids bring something so mom doesn’t have to do much. Ours is pretty traditional turkey, Ham, dressing, cranberries, greenbeans etc., three kinds of pie (my wife makes the best pie), couple of different wines and beer, soft drinks etc. ….. and…. Oh yeah… forktrucks to get us up from the table.

What do other cov’ers do??

To those not in the US. Do you have a “thankgiving” feast day? What is your like?

Enjoy All.

James

Same as above except we are the parents of grown children with children. So, it's our house. The missus goes crazy with the groceries and puts out way too much food. But, as James pointed out, you don't realize that until the forklift arrives.
Happy Holiday to all

 

[CINDY]

Our family is scattered across the U.S. so we all call each other. For the rest of us in the area, we have Turkey Day at our house and I would not have it any other way. My brother-in-law has family here in Michigan so we invite them over as well. I plan for more than a week. All the kids and other family, friends and neighbors come over and we spend an enjoyable day together. When we all are at the table and before we eat, we hold hands and give thanks and say prayers. After dinner we sit around the table and talk, laugh, and solve all the problems of the world. Towards evening we may watch a movie or bring out the games or both.

I never ask the kids or anyone to bring anything, I enjoy making the meal.

This year's menu is:
Apple Stuffing
Beer
Broccoli and Cheese
Chocolate Cake
Cole Slaw
Corn
Dirt Dessert
Gravy
Home made Croissants
Juice
Marinated Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Pecan Pie
Pop
Pumpkin Cheese Cake
Salad
Sweet Potatoes
Vegetable Tray
Wine

We will have plenty of food so all are invited.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cindy

 

[mshell]

Thanksgiving Plans

Pretty much the same here. All of our family and friends gather at our house and I LOVE it. I do believe that this is my favorite holiday. I have in-laws driving up from Florida and people coming from all over Georgia.

This year we will be having:

Smoked Turkey (2)
Ham
Dressing
Broccoli Casserole
Mashed potatoes
Green Lima Beans
Collards (southern thing)
Biscuits
Creamed Corn
Green Bean Casserole
Deviled Eggs
German Chocolate Cake
Pecan Pies
Cheese Cake
Chocolate Pie
Cookies
Crackers & Cheese Balls
Beer

We will be watching Green Bay and Detroit play and just enjoying the wonderful family and friends that we have.

I hope that each of you have a wonderful holiday.

 

[Cari Spears]

This year we are having Thanksgiving out at my sister's house in Imlay City. My parents are coming up from Indiana for the w/end and her husband's family will also be there. All in all - 8 adults and 6 kids.

My sister is making a turkey and a ham, green bean casserole, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, homemade cranberry sauce, dinner rolls and a fruit salad.

My parents are bringing the desserts - pies (Mom makes the best pumpkin pie completely from scratch with real pumpkin) and that bannana pudding thing with the 'nilla wafers.

We are bringing the appetizers - a huge cheese/meat/olives/crackers tray and a nice shrimp cocktail platter. I'll be peeling and deveining shrimp tonight unless I can unload that job on the hubby!!

My sister's husband's Mom and sister are bringing the soft drinks, beer and ice.

My other sister is in Maine - she and her family are moving to Florida soon - her husband recently retired from the Marine Corps and has been offered a job down there - so they couldn't come to Michigan this year. And my brother is in Tel Afar(sp?), Iraq.

 

[Craig H.]

Thanks for family, friends, the great outdoors, good food, and the Cove!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

 

[Icy Mountain]

Full House

We always go to my wife's parent's house for Thanksgiving. Ever since we took 8 hours to go the 180 miles from Indianapolis to Bloomington, Illinios, in an ice storm about two days before Christmas, it has seemed like a good idea.

The food is great, everybody brings something, but having the family together is the best part: my wife's parent's, their 6 daughters and 1 son, the son's and daughters' spouses, 18 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. What a party!

Whether in the U.S. or not, take some time tomorrow to thank your God for all your blessings.

 

[pilchard]

Thanksgiving

Every year I read to my children the original proclamation of Thanksgiving and why we have this day as my father and grandfather did before me.

JUNE 20, 1676

"The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present War with the Heathen Natives of this land, written and brought to pass bitter things against his own Covenant people in this wilderness, yet so that we evidently discern that in the midst of his judgments he hath remembered mercy, having remembered his Footstool in the day of his sore displeasure against us for our sins, with many singular Intimations of his Fatherly Compassion, and regard; reserving many of our Towns from Desolation Threatened, and attempted by the Enemy, and giving us especially of late with many of our Confederates many signal Advantages against them, without such Disadvantage to ourselves as formerly we have been sensible of, if it be the Lord's mercy that we are not consumed, It certainly bespeaks our positive Thankfulness, when our Enemies are in any measure disappointed or destroyed; and fearing the Lord should take notice under so many Intimations of his returning mercy, we should be found an Insensible people, as not standing before Him with Thanksgiving, as well as lading him with our Complaints in the time of pressing Afflictions:

The Council has thought meet to appoint and set apart the 29th day of this instant June, as a day of Solemn Thanksgiving and praise to God for such his Goodness and Favor, many Particulars of which mercy might be Instanced, but we doubt not those who are sensible of God's Afflictions, have been as diligent to espy him returning to us; and that the Lord may behold us as a People offering Praise and thereby glorifying Him; the Council doth commend it to the Respective Ministers, Elders and people of this Jurisdiction; Solemnly and seriously to keep the same Beseeching that being persuaded by the mercies of God we may all, even this whole people offer up our bodies and souls as a living and acceptable Service unto God by Jesus Christ."

The date was changed to November our First President Nov 26, 1789

Oh we eat too.