Happy Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving it is always nice to give thanks for what things that we are grateful for ...but...we really should have a grateful heart all year long...


Its time to remember the generosity of the Indians -&- to give Thanks for all the greatness our country has achieved!?!

A time to connect with family, meet up with old friends
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relive the bygone days!?!

A time to search our roots -&- understand the strength of good relationships.

But most of all a time to thank God again for all he has done for us -&- given to us!?!

‎~4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. Psalm 100:4-5 (KJV)~


Wishing you a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving!?!

Thanksgiving Memories!?!

What is your favorite or most memorable Thanksgiving?!?
I'd have to say mine was in 1999!?!
My Dad was in the hospital, which unfortunately wasn't unusual...but...I wanted to make sure we had the best Thanksgiving that we could so I decided that I would cook the Thanksgiving dinner!?!
And, for desert I wanted to be sure to make my Grandpas favorite Homemade Butterscotch Pie with Meringue!?!
Everything came together pretty good...everyone enjoyed their meal as much as you could while worrying about other family members!?!

I guess it really doesn't matter what you eat, who your are with or where you are on Thanksgiving as long as you can remember to be thankful for everything that you have got!?!


Ingredients:
* 3/4 cup light brown sugar -- firmly packed
* 5 tablespoons flour
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 2 cups whole milk
* 2 egg yolks -- lightly beaten
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 baked pie shell -- 9-inch

Directions:
Combine the sugar, flour, and salt in the top of a double boiler over boiling water; stir in milk slowly.
Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until thickened.
Cover and cook 10 minutes longer, stirring occasionally.
Lightly beat the egg yolks in a separate bowl.
Add about 1/4 to 1/3 of the hot mixture to the egg yolks, stirring quickly, then add the egg yolk mixture back to the pan.
Cook for about 1 more minute.
Add butter and vanilla; cool.
Place filling in pastry shell and garnish with whipped cream or cover with meringue made from the egg whites.
If you cover with meringue, bake at 325 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until meringue is nicely browned.

Happy Birthday Brother...

Happy 41st Birthday!?!

Charles William Knight

Cranberry Relish

About 8 or 9 years ago my Mom started making something a little different to compliment our Thanksgiving Day dinner...
- a little something that only her -&- I really appreciated!?!
Something really delicious!?!
It was a Cranberry Relish that we had sampled in a local grocery store deli...
something her -&- I fell in love with immediately!?!
Even though this is a cranberry dish it is something that is delicious at ANYTIME
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since it is so close to Thanksgiving I thought I'd share the recipe with you today!?!
Enjoy!?!

Cranberry Relish

Ingredients:
* 3 cups fresh whole cranberries
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries pop, about 5 minutes. Let cool add walnuts and serve. This may be made ahead and refrigerated, covered, for up to 1 week before serving.
Makes 2 cups.

Trouble With The Turkey...

Have you had trouble cooking the Thanksgiving Turkey in the past?!?
I may know why...watch this video
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see if you can relate!?!

First Snow...

♪♫*~Oh, the weather outside is frightful~*♫♪

Yep, you heard me "frightful" -&- now we are stuck waiting for it to become better so we can travel again...

Snow is beautiful...-but-...not when it impedes my travel
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my husbands means of making a livelihood!?!

So, sense the roads are closed in some places we need to be...
I guess we will park for night
-&-
will wait for morning light!?!

Yahtzee...

Yahtzee!?!

I ♥ this game!?!
I have re found it after all these years on Pogo
-&-
I am loving me some Yahtzee!?!
I don't know if it is the game as much as it is the memories that I get while playing it!?!
My grandma Mildred Knight, my dad's mom, loved her some Yahtzee as well
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from the time that I could sit at the table
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roll the dice I was her little Yahtzee playing buddy!?!
Grandma also had a life long friend named Gladys Ripley whom us kids affectionately called Aunt Gladys (I am sure you all have a few of them yourselves)
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when her-&- her husband, Uncle Lloyd, were there for a visit...
we had Yahtzee Tournaments while the men fished!?!
I am not talking a game or two...I am talking all day -&- night...
just breaking for cooking -&- eating meals...doing dishes -&- the occasional snacks!?!
Other than that it was play, baby, play!?!
And, now that I think back on it Yahtzee was more than a game...it was actually a learning experience cuz Grandma told me when I was about 3 that I had to learn to count for myself if I wanted to continue to play!?!
Which I learned -&- quite quickly I might add...because when I entered Kindergarten at the age of 4 (thanks to a persistent mother) I was doing all the other kid's Math work!?!
SCORE!?!
Anyhow, now I have the game online...&...I am loving it!?!
Anybody wanna play some...
YAHTZEE!?!