Those that read my blog and those that are my friends, know my father died 3 weeks ago tomorrow. I have been having a harder time with this then I thought I would. Not because of anything other than the fact I "thought" I had myself prepared. Dad had been having a hard time since December so it was not like it was unexpected. He was 87 years young and had a great and very healthy life. A fall in the hallway with subsequent 2 broken vertebrae because of the fall started the decline in his way of living life.
I just wanted to thank you all for the well wishes, prayers and thoughts in my time of need.
My last little personal hurdle is Sunday. Father's Day. It goes without saying it will be a rough one.
Again, I just wanted to say Thanks. And please stick around, I will start posting after this weekend again on a regular basis.

Yep, with a belly full of Turkey I decided to go surfing. I know it's not the normal thing to do after Thanksgiving dinner, like falling asleep or doing all those dishes, but with Thanksgiving dinner being cooked for just the two of us, the dishes weren't any different than any other day, so surfing is what I decided to do. Late in this Thanksgiving day I know, this is what I found while surfing (the net of course!)
So one last post of some humorous fun on this Thanksgiving Day 2008



Now the floodgates of commercialism and media madness shall begin!

I will be getting up tomorrow morning, (Thanksgiving) like any other day of the year, I will cook dinner like every other day of the year. The difference will be only slight, and that would be that I will be cooking a small turkey for my husband and I. Everything else will pretty much be the norm. We are not football enthusiasts so there really won't be anything different drowning out the quiet of my house on the television. I will wash the dishes tomorrow evening. This year will not bring make-up on my face, nor a dress to wear. I did not go ape shit douching my house this week, nor am I stressed out to the hilt worrying that I have everything, and that everything will be perfect for a wonderful meal between family members. Nope, not this year. Why?

Well because I only have one son whom lives in this town and he will be spending Thanksgiving with the woman he plans to marry in their new home and the other soon to be mother- in- law's home. My other 3 sons all live down in Southern Ca. the oldest will be spending his with his wife and 2 children. My 3rd born will be with his wife and her family and they are having my young one Hunter with them.

By far, Thanksgiving is the one holiday I truly look forward too. I love stressing out, worrying about shit, and douching the house till it's spic and span for my boys. There is not much more out there that satisfies me like feeding a group of hungry boys/men a meal and being appreciated for doing it. It is going to be my loneliest Thanksgiving I have ever had. And yet, tomorrow when I eat my piece of turkey in my jeans without my yearly application of make-up, I will have something to be truly thankful for. And that would be, that I raised my sons to be self sufficient young men, contributing members of society and that all but the young one has now found the love of a woman, and it is time for them to live there own lives, and start making their own Thanksgiving rituals. With that said, I will be thankful for the fact I must have done something right!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!