Happy Thanksgiving!!...

Thanksgiving Quotes

"Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty,
enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority,
flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks."

- Tony Snow

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for
everything that happens to you knowing that every step
forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and
better than your current situation."
 - Brian Tracy

"Thanksgiving Day is a jewel,
to set in the hearts of honest men;
but be careful that you do not take the day,
and leave out the gratitude."
- E. P. Powell

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest
form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness
doubled by wonder."
- G. K. Chesterton

"If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it!"
- Mathilda Gage

"When I started counting my blessings,
my whole life turned around."
- Willie Nelson

"I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take
my craziness and make it work for me."
- Fritz Scholder

"Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing.
Thanks for blessings past received."
 - John Sheffield



If you would like to read some humorous Thanksgiving
quotes click the link below:

Funny Thanksgiving Quotes

I also have some Thanksgiving humor at the link below:

Thanksgiving Humor

I have been running this blog for a few years now,
so if you do a search you will be able to find quite a bit of
Thanksgiving material!

I wish you and yours a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Sending out joy and gratitude... Val =)

Happy Thanksgiving!...

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have

into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos

to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast,

a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes

sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision

for tomorrow. ”

- Melodie Beattie

I have a list of links for you to explore while you are waiting
for the cook of your home to prepare the feast.  I hope you
enjoy these.  I have tested each one.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey And Thanksgiving Trivia Quiz

Apple Season Game
(fun and easy!)

Thanksgiving Coloring Game

(for kids, but adults can have fun, too!)

Say "Thank You" To A Soldier
(please!!)

History Of Thanksgiving

I want to wish everyone a safe and warm and wonderful

Thanksgiving Day! I appreciate each and everyone of you!

Sending out gratitude... Val =)

Happy Thanksgiving!...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!


Pilgrim, Pilgrim
- by M. Hubbard

Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see the king refusing my plea.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see the Mayflower ready for sea.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see a new land to set me free.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see a hard winter, tough as can be.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see a green bud on a spring tree.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see an Indian helping me.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see corn growing, 1, 2, 3!
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see praise, for thankful are we!

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Thanksgiving Facts


What was served at the First Thanksgiving?

There is no record of the exact menu. The only two items that historians know for
sure were on the menu are venison and wild fowl, which they found in a diary by
Edward Winslow, a Pilgrim.

Historians say the main course was meat, probably venison, pigs and chicken. It is
not known if they served turkey at the first Thanksgiving. They also had some sea
food like lobsters and eels. There was corn and possibly potatoes, carrots,
cranberries, and maybe some wild blackberries. No cakes or pies were served, as
there were no ovens, but they did have bread which they cooked on flat stones over
a fire.

More Facts...

* The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts in December, 1620.

* By the fall of 1621, only half of the Pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower,
survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast.

* The Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land. They were
invited to the First Thanksgiving feast by the Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford.

* The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.

* Thanksgiving became a legal holiday in 1941 when Congress passed an official
proclamation.

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Thanksgiving
- by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.


What are you thankful for today?

Being Grateful...

A special friend sent me this in an email. I loved it!
Since it is about being grateful, and it is nearing Thanksgiving,
I thought I would post it. I hope you can take something from it.
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends!! Love, Val xox

Being Grateful

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were
meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to
help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be (possibly your roommate, neighbor,
professor, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger), but when you
lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life
in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair
at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you
would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower or heart.

Everything happens for a reason.

Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love,
lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test
the limits of your soul.

Without these tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved,
straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable,
but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls
you experience, help to create who you are and who you become.

Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the
most poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart forgive them,
for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being
cautious to whom you open your heart.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because
they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how
to open your heart and eyes to things.

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from those
moments everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able
to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before,
and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high.

Hold your head up because you have every right to.

Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't
believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.

You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then
go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.

Most importantly, if you love someone tell them, for you never know what
tomorrow may have in store. And learn a lesson in life each day you live!
Today is the tomorrow you were worried about yesterday.

Was it worth it?

- M. J. Ryan, Attitudes of Gratitude

Thanksgiving and Gratitude Quotes

Thanksgiving and Gratitude Quotes

"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.
No Americans have been more impoverished than these who,
nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."
- H.U. Westermayer

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
- W. T. Purkiser

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as
a result of getting something we don't have, but rather
of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
- Frederick Koenig

"On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit
down to dinner at the same moment - halftime."
- Author Unknown

"What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set
aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets.
I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?"
- Erma Bombeck

"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
- Mother Teresa

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
- John F. Kennedy

"Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion
each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty."
- Michael Dresser

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all the other virtues."
- Cicero

"Gratitude is the heart's memory."
- A French Proverb

Thanksgiving Giggles!

Six - Legged Turkey

An industrious turkey farmer was always experimenting with
breeding to perfect a better turkey.

His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner and there were never
enough legs for everyone. After many frustrating attempts, the farmer
was relating the results of his efforts to his friends at the general store
get-together.

"Well, I finally did it! I bred a turkey that has six legs!!"

They all asked the farmer how it tasted.

"I don't know," said the farmer, "I never could catch the darn thing!"




Grocery Store Turkey

A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store,
but couldn't find one big enough for her family.
She asked the stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?"

The stock boy answered, "No ma'am they're dead."




Bruno

Little Bruno was sitting in his grandmother's kitchen,
watching her prepare the Thanksgiving meal.

"What are you doing?" Bruno asked

"Oh, I'm just stuffing the turkey," his grandmother replied.

"That's cool!" Bruno said.
"Are you going to hang it next to the deer?"




Turkey Man

A man said, "Doctor, help me! I can't stop acting like a turkey!"

"I see," said the doctor. "How long have you had this problem?"

"Let me think a second. Mom laid the egg in 1954..."