Nov. 24th - "I'm thankful for: "

     Food. Delicious, "oh this is g-o-o-d! ", taste buds tantalizing, food.
     According to the way that I wrote that last sentence, you can tell that there are some types of food I am not really thankful for {besides just peas, Dad}. And yes, some of those foods are most likely foods that you are ever so thankful for. Therefore, I'll be generous and let you have my portion of them too o;-b.    

     I have toyed with how to write up this particular subject matter for quite some time. I was going to go this direction with it, then that, but then again maybe.... . I had already done the one about being thankful for pies, so maybe I would stick to doing this one only about the main meal part of the food categories. Then again, I could link in those postings (on our old site) I had done about Jefferson's Monticello. Or the one about how big a library would have to be, to include every families recipes for any and all dishes.
    Then earlier this week Brian posted something on Face-book that I thought I should share part of with you. And then this morning I opened an email from our friend Sharon Or. that I got quite a chuckle out of.
    So, instead of going on and on about different types of foods. I have instead chosen to share those with you. ;-) They are after all, about food. o;-p

    (I have no idea where on the web I had found this years ago. Sorry!)

     From Brian's Face-book page:
          "Everyone knows animals belong in their natural habitat,
           right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy"

    From Sharon Or. via email:
           "Twas The Night Of Thanksgiving"
    (no author was listed, so I do not know whom to give the credit to :-[ )
               (I added the very last line ...)
  

TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,

BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.

I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,

I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.

THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -

THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,

BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION

WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,

THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.

SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,

AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.

GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,

PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.

I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,

'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.

I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,

WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.

BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....

HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,

MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.

MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.

MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.

MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,

MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!

HAPPY   THANKSGIVING   TO  ALL,

AND TO ALL, MAY YOUR BELT GROW TOO TIGHT. 

The 2010 "I'm Thankful for: " Challenge   - if you don't know what this is, follow the lead on our side bar.