{"id":5540,"date":"2019-11-27T11:17:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2023-11-19T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:42:00","slug":"kn-p-249-happy-thanksgiving-to-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2019\/11\/kn-p-249-happy-thanksgiving-to-all\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 249 “Happy Thanksgiving to All!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We love to celebrate Thanksgiving in North America. We travel for hours by train, bus, car, and plane to spend the day with relatives and old friends. We jam the phone lines and cell towers with calls and texts to people we won\u2019t get to see face-to-face that day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For some, Thanksgiving is a time to eat out and avoid the challenge of roasting the bird. For others, it\u2019s the highlight of cooking for the year \u2013 who can forget Uncle Ernie\u2019s smoked meats (plus a turkey) feast for twenty-six relatives and twelve of the vets from the VFW? It was an honor to chat with the retired men and women that gave so much to keep us free, but were far away from family that day. That was an event to keep in the memory book forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This year, Sheila busted her knee while working in the garden, and she\u2019s not ready to stand long enough to get the cooking done for a big meal like this. Could I help? Sure, and I always do the prep work and some of the side dishes. BUT, she\u2019s feeling housebound and we\u2019re going to a friend\u2019s house for the day.\u00a0 We\u2019ll take some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies<\/a><\/span>, along with sweet potato pie<\/a><\/span> as our contribution. Good food, great friendships that go way back\u2026what more could we ask?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite some difficulties with getting the (hurricane related) roof replaced and painting done earlier this year, plus Sheila\u2019s tough injury, we still have lots to say thanks for:<\/span><\/p>\n