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How to observe Thanksgiving
11/28/02

Posted on 11/28/2002 9:18:46 AM PST by kattracks

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.

~~Author Unknown.~~



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1 posted on 11/28/2002 9:18:46 AM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Happy Thanksgiving Katt!
2 posted on 11/28/2002 9:31:00 AM PST by Dog
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To: kattracks; Dog
Right now I'm counting my baking minutes until bird is ready! Don't you just love the smells that the holidays bring? Right now my house smells like the dutch apple pie that I just took out of the oven!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU BOTH!

3 posted on 11/28/2002 9:44:06 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun
Right now I'm counting my baking minutes until bird is ready!

Me too! YUMMY!!! I just finished baking and waiting for the Turkey to cool before carving.

4 posted on 11/28/2002 9:48:37 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: kattracks
Thank you for sharing this with us! Helps to be reminded from time to time.

Enjoy your day with loved ones all.
5 posted on 11/28/2002 10:12:50 AM PST by Thisiswhoweare
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To: Thisiswhoweare
To All "Freepers"
We Gather Together to seek the Lord's Blessing. We ask the Lord to makes us free, Amen!
6 posted on 11/28/2002 10:35:00 AM PST by Blake#1
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To: kattracks
May you eat until you're full, drink until you have to pee and be merry until time for cleanup fore tomorrow brings another work day. Truly Happy Thanksgiving!
7 posted on 11/28/2002 10:41:47 AM PST by lilylangtree
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To: kattracks
That's a lovely poem that I'm passing on to friends and family. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, too!
8 posted on 11/28/2002 11:29:32 AM PST by secret garden
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To: kattracks
Happy Thanksgiving. I just got this one in my email.

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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.

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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.

9 posted on 11/28/2002 11:39:21 AM PST by Mark
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