Yes, HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you all! My Garden Web Junking friends mean the world to me. Since we moved to the country 8 years ago, friends have drifted away although we tried to maintain the friendships. Distance makes things hard... Carol and I are having a low-key Thanksgiving with just us and our 2 youngest children, Olivia (8) and Benjamin (1 1/2). Our 2 oldest will be elsewhere. Our son Tyler (21) was just stationed in Italy in the Army for 3 years after serving 2 years in Iraq. Our daughter Sarah (18) will be working. We will take dinners to Carol's parents later in the day as they are elderly and get overwhelmed by holidays and the hub-bub. A low-key Thanksgiving Day but am so looking forward to it after the busyness of parent-teacher conferences. Again, thank you, my Garden Junking friends!!!! You're THE BEST! Bear Hugs! Kirk

Hey Pauline, what beautiful roses you have and I love your home:) It's nice to put a face to your 'voice' too. Thanks for the complement and the link. Carla, I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your family, I'll be thinking of you. Kate, thanks for your so very kind words and I enjoy your friendship very much too. I hope tomorrow is a lovely day for you and Joseph. Thanks Judy, ham, potatos & stuffing for me:) Thank you Randy, I always enjoy pics of your roses also. I have the smell of pumpkin pies baking in the oven and roses in a vase at the sink, all is right in my house tonight and I can hear the sound of rain that we need so bad outside. Sweet:) Les

Our first Thanksgiving this year was the end of October, because one of my sisters would be leaving for Arizona for the winter. Then we had a smaller one yesterday, at Mom's. She is 84 now and she made the sweet potatoes, and us "kids" did everything else. My younger sister Ginny and her DH brought the turkey to fry up. I asked, "Had you done it before?" "No, but our friend Brian does it all the time." Uh-huh, do you see where I'm going here? Well they set it up next to one of Mom's flower gardens. And I mean RIGHT next to it. The garden was covered with dry oak leaves, of course. As the heated up the peanut oil, my brother-in-law came into the house and proceeded to read the instructions. (Well at least he brought them along!) "Do not cover pot while heating oil" it read. And he dashed out and uncovered the pot. To make a long story shorter, Mom was on pins and needles the whole time, and nothing happened after all. Besides, it was a small garden and bordered on all sides by sidewalk and gravel drive. Had it gone up in flames, I speculate the only loss would have been a rose. The turkey was good, and Ginny's vegan stuffing was most excellent, as was everything else. We closed the evening playing spoons and a good time was had by all. Anyone else have an "interesting" Thanksgiving? Rick

Yeah, I always stay home on Black Friday or do a non-shopping outing, like a movie or theater trip. I hate crowds. I've been doing more and more of my Christmas shopping on the internet every year. I also buy "stock' gifts, the same thing for everyone. This year it's a Breakfast package for our siblings and their spouses- a package of pancake mix, maple syrup, etc. I like sending food gifts- hey, everyone eats, and no one has ever asked to exchange my gift. One year I gave everyone a coin-counting bank, another year it was a Christmas wreath, and another year a good flashlight.And if you order online, you can get gifts delivered right to the recipient. I can stay out of the store. Yay! And I am genuinely happy there will be a New Baby for next year Thanksgiving and Christmas.!!! This post was edited by jannie on Sat, Nov 29, 14 at 8:49