The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- (November 23-26, 2006)Thanksgiving 2006

DollyCali and All of the Singles & their FRiends | November 23, 2006 | Dolly Howard

[DollyCali]

In this world of pain, confusion and question, today we give pause. We don’t today focus on the half empty cup but rather CHOSE to look at the joy of life, the blessings of life and the friendships of life.

Today we give thanks to God for his gift of life & blessings in this troubled world.

We give thanks to friends and family for the gifts of friendship and joy they share with us

Today is day ONE of the LONG 4-day Thanksgiving Weekend here at the Singles Thread.

We are thankful that Jim & John Robinson have given us a cozy cyber room in the forum for us to chat.

Our singles “family” is diverse & NOT without internal problems. But we are doing our best to be here for our friends of all ages & all walks of life. If you are single or a friend of any of us, you are most welcome to drop in & chat & share. The doors will be open all weekend to visit.

May our God keep all in His protective love.

Whether with a group or alone, whether at home or traveling , whether content or troubled, may TODAY be a day of peace & of reflection of the blessings we do have.

Feel free to share your greetings, graphics, joys, pains. This is a thread of openness & friendship & sharing.

I am grateful for many things this day..my God, my family, my friends, but profoundly grateful I was born in America. I am thankful to my president for his leadership and the fine example in marriage he provides. I am thankful for the troops who are serving and far from the homes & families that today have an empty seat. I love my country

Dolly.

Give Thanks
Music Here

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son

(Repeat twice)

And now, Let the weak say "I am strong"
Let the poor say "I am rich"
Because of what the Lord has done for us

(Repeat twice)

Give thanks !

"Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him and praise His name.
For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations."
(Psalm 100:4-5)

"I do not think of all the misery,
but of the glory that remains.
Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun,
go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God.
Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself
within and without you and be happy. Anne Frank

"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds."—1901 Theodore Roosevelt

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

"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor." George Washington October 3, 1789 in his first Presidential Proclamation.

Thanksgiving Links

Thanksgiving Timeline

Jackie Lawsons 2005 offering

FR Thanksgiving Threads

Pumpkin Pie (Jackie Lawson)

11 Commandments of a THANKSGIVING DINNER

Thanksgiving Dinner Family Debate: Liberals vs. Conservatives

[RockinRight]

Good. Just hangin' around.

[rzeznikj at stout]

whats happening?

[darkangel82]

Lol, you ate too much too?

[rzeznikj at stout]

considering wednesday's fast food dinner (didn't get home until about 10:30), yesterday being thanksgiving, and the potluck lunch at work today...

[darkangel82]

Lol(and I need to lose weight too, this isn't helping)

[ilovew]

I'm trying to pack and watch TV and FReep at the same time. I go back to DC at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning.

[ilovew]

Howdy :)

[rzeznikj at stout]

yeah, i had to have put at least 10 lb over the last several months (weddings, parties, and now the holidays).

unnngh.

[rzeznikj at stout]

damn, you're good...;)

[ilovew]

I'm getting ready to go back to DC tomorrow. It was nice to be home. But it's also very nice to make that time limited. I'm gonna be back in two weeks anyway.

[rzeznikj at stout]

cool...

three or four weeks left in the term...

[ilovew]

I always forget how early my school ends for Christmas. And we start later than most schools too. Not really sure how that works but I don't mind...

[rzeznikj at stout]

yeah, you're lucky...

not to mention your fall has been much more interesting than mine, LOL ;)

[ilovew]

Lol well...working at the DoD is pretty cool :P It'll be even cooler if I get to go back next semester.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Yep--and I hope you do...;)

BTW--changed my profile pic on fb. Went nutts with Photoshop, and I've got a few different ones to choose from...

more info in frmail...

[ilovew]

Lol yeah I saw that. I had the same picture up from the time I first signed up October 2005 until this past summer when I put up a picture of my leg in the splint.

[rzeznikj at stout]

One of the edits I did makes my face look so gory (in reality it was a polar distort)...

[ilovew]

I don't really know what a polar distort is.

[rzeznikj at stout]

In Photoshop, what I did is "cut" out my face, copied the selection over to a new image and ran the distort.

What it does is it selects a point in the center and then shapes the rest the image around that point--everything then looks like it revolves around that point.

Kind of like when you see observatory pictures of the stars rotating through the sky--that would be another example of a polar distort...

[ilovew]

Oh, okay. Sounds cool. Photoshop is a mystery to me. I can crop photos and take out red eye. That's about it.