Mixed Nuts: Making Meals Monday

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Monday, November 22, 2010

Making Meals Monday

Would you believe we are STILL eating things out of the freezer? It is like a bottomless pit in there. But this week is short, and this week is Thanksgiving, so I am sure everyone is making their favorite Thanksgiving meal, anyway.

For those of you who don't know me very well should know that Mat and I don't eat turkey. And the reason we don't eat turkey is because we don't LIKE turkey. (Did you think I was going to say to "save a turkey"??)

Yuk.

For many years on Thanksgiving - especially when we didn't have children, and even when Arlingoton was small, we went out to eat on Thanksgiving. Yes, I do believe restaurants should be closed on Thanksgiving so those people can spend it with their families. But since they weren't, we went to give those poor workers some tips. And eat pie. It was all good.

We lived far away from family for the last 8 years, so for just the few of us that there were for awhile, it didn't make sense to make a big dinner. Every once in awhile, we went to someone's house to have Thanksgiving, but most years - we spent it together. Our little family. Eating pie. Wait, do I have a point?

Not really. Except that this year, we will be eating in. We were going to have some people over, but we are in a mess here while we do some home projects, so we decided it would just be the 5 of us. And ham and rolls, and veggies. And of course......pie.

I will see you all tomorrow!