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One of my daughter will be out of state. My son’s family will be having Thanksgiving with his wife’s family and we will be having dinner with my other daughter’s family. I think that sucks. So we are going to have another Thanksgiving dinner wiall my family the following Thursday.

More than any other, this holiday means more to me and my family. We always have our family reunions now and it is FreeLady’s and my anniversary.

While we can still do it we will have all the PA Dutch classics on the table.

I fully intend to eat, drink, and feel Mary, if I can catch her.

My husband, son, and I are with my 91 year old Dad in Pensacola. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

My entire family is with us for Thanksgiving, the first time we have all been together since my father passed. A Blessed day for me tomorrow.Happy Thanksgiving everyone and keep up the good fight!!

My niece and her husband are having the dinner this year and the whole clan will be there…all 40 of us !
I made the pies !

No family
Feel like a fifth wheel wheel when friends invite me for dinner.
Will probably order a pizza and watch the Lions lose to Texas.

No such thing as a fifth wheel among real friends. I sincerely urge you to take your friends up on the offer and have a great Thanksgiving. – Irony

I’m going to the local Kum & Go and buying one of those triangular sandwich packs with a turkey sandwich in it. I’m going to buy a half liter bottle of cranberry juice and enjoy them alone in my home which just happens to be… a van down by the river!!!

My mother-in-law is recovering nicely from surgery and coming home from the hospital tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Curtain is already at her house preparing everything for her to just walk in and have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow with the family.

Next year I intend to crash some liberals tax takers meal and get some of my money back. Why should I pay for mine when I am paying for so many already.

I am spending Thanksgiving with my brother and his family this year.
I recently lost my job. After 30+ years, the owner is calling it quits.
I am bringing the pie and the spinach dip, and I am thankful I have a family to share with.
I will be putting olives on my fingetips, and playing the TomFool as usual.

Count your blessings, everyone, and have a happy Thanksgiving!

@FreeMan and FreeLady — Happy Anniversary!!! How many happy years? (yes, that’s a trick question)

I used to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the whole clan (and loved it), but kids have grown up, moved on and my siblings are going to their kids’ homes — all out of state.

One of my kids has to work tomorrow, so we’re going to her restaurant for dinner just so we can say we were together. Add to the mix a relative that we are now responsible for that does not get along with anyone on the face of the earth.

I’m looking forward to the “after party” at our house with the few family members we get along with.

Geez, now I’m bummed. Think I’ll start celebrating early……

Cheers!

The Lovely Mrs. Doktor and myself are having our sons over (with their ladies, of course) for the usual raucous, rapacious, rousing raising of the rafters. We have both been baking and cooking in preparation so that we don’t have to so much cook as warm-up dinner.

Getting together with our boys is the one thing that I love to do in life. It is what I am most thankful for on this, my favorite, holiday.

I am now going to try to find a theater that has “Atlas Shrugged, Part II” so that we can go see a late showing.

BTW – EVERYONE – Have a joyful and fulfilling Thanksgiving this year. And to all who have family in the military – our most humble thanks for your, and their, sacrifice this year! Be well and SAFE!

A special call out to Larry (folks on FB & Lucianne know who) who recently lost his beloved wife and just yesterday got into a terrible accident which totaled his car and injured him. We still do not know to WHAT extent he is injured and we wish him the best. GET WELL LARRY!!!

My oldest best friend/2nd Mom passed away 2 years ago on Thanksgiving. The day went from my being favorite holiday to one that makes me melancholy. We would have dinner at her house-sometimes with her big family or just me and my husband. I’m still searching for a new holiday tradition.

So, going out to a restaurant with my in-laws. My mother in law and I just couldn’t get it together to plan and cook (I just today finished a big project and have been under deadline FORever). We said the heck with it-let’s eat out. I did make date bread and she made pecan, pumpkin and cherry pies. We’ll have desert here-after desert there.

Happy Thanksgiving iOTWers!
XXOO

Thanksgiving is when I miss my mom. She always did her best to prepare the best meal for us, and it always was the best. Especially her candied yams and pecan pie. I am pretty good at turning on the oven but my best cooking is done over a campfire. So I am lucky to have three daughters, one of which is a very good cook. So that is where I will be. Won’t see my son until next month. He just had surgery and now he is exempt from a third tour in jihadistanighan (hooray!).

One thing I will not be doing is lighting off fire works. Does anybody else have redneck neighbors who light fireworks on Thanksgiving eve?? WTH?

“So, what are your plans for the Thanksgiving holiday?”

Probably going to sleep in. Won’t get up til six or so. Make a pot of coffee, rub the kitties til it’s ready. They like that a lot.

When the sun gets up, I’ll rake some more leaves. Then I’ll start drinking.

These holiday things have really got weird since the wife died last year. She was the one put on the feast, got things together, you know?

The dogs will keep me company while I’m doing the leaves, they’re good puppies, and we’ll do a good bit of ‘ball!’ during this.

Then, eventually, the sun will set and it will be the end of the 421st day since she’s been gone.

I miss my wife. And you would too if you were one who had known her.

There’s a great group of people here and it proves that even a diverse array of folks can pull in the proper direction to help keep a country functioning the way it should.

The future is a serious challenge but not impossible.

I hope the best to everyone that believes in all that America stands for.

@Lowell, so sorry to hear about your wife.
Thanksgiving can be a tough time when loved ones are no longer around to share them.
Believe me, a lot of us will be having very simple celebrations, and counting our blessings, nevertheless.
I’m glad you’ve got your kitties…I have a few critters myself, and know what a comfort they can be.

Dear Lowell,

There’s nothing in the whole wide world that will ever replace a beloved spouse. I think God set it up so that the husband (usually) goes first because He knew how hard it was on the men folk to lose their hearts. God bless you, friend.

@Lowell — I am so sorry for your loss. However, please use the day to be thankful for the time you had with your wonderful wife instead of turning inside.

My dad died on Christmas and it took several years before we released the sadness and began to again acknowledge the joy and meaning of the holiday.

I hope that you can find peace and celebrate the holiday in the way she always wanted.

I will be working Thanksgiving – a new (and much needed) job. I will spend other days in the next month with family and friends. It does not matter what day to me, we try to be thankful all year for what we have.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here. To Lowell and others that have lost loved ones during the holidays, I am sorry for your loss and wish you extra comfort in the season ahead. My mom’s only sister passed away on Thanksgiving quite a few years ago. My mom still has a few sad moments during the holiday.
Once again, Happy Thanksgiving and remember, Dogs like Ham and Turkey both.

My husband is working tomorrow. My son and I will celebrate Thanksgiving with friends at the ranch where George lives. I’ll bring him a bag of carrots and apples; oh, he will be SO happy to get treats!

@JCLady, my Dad died on Christmas morning nearly twenty years ago and my Mom died when I was just starting college. I really miss them. Holidays would not be that enjoyable if it were not for my son.

It’s high time I get outa the pitty pot about being alone on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I’m going downtown to a soup kitchen and have dinner with the bums, er homeless, er whatever.

Someone phoned in to the Dennis Prager radio program tonight, and said that he will be seeing his brother tomorrow. His brother is a big obummer supporter so the phone-in guy is having typical anxieties over seeing his brother.

Prager said, (paraphrased) …well, the first thing you shouldn’t do is say “Hello jackass.”

Cracked me up. Hope it does you. Or maybe one has to be there to think it’s funny.