Sorry I missed you Rob. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy what you want, leave what you don't want. I'm am very thankful for all of you and what you've shared of your lives for the past 12 years or so.

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. We traveled down to the Stephenville, TX, area for Turkey Day, where our extended family had the largest Thanksgiving gathering we'd had in several years, including 3 new babies born into the family since last Thanksgiving. It was fun and since the weather was so gorgeous, the older children got to run around and play outside all afternoon. The only downside to having Thanksgiving at someone else's house is that you don't have leftovers. I'm thinking about cooking a turkey and dressing tomorrow because I do like it, and don't mind having turkey leftovers for a few days. Larry, It is my most favorite holiday too. We had only Texans and Okies at our gathering though, so not nearly as diverse of a group as yours. I remember looking around the living room/dining room at one point and thinking just how grateful I was that we all are still here and were together for the holiday. I avoided all the Black Friday shopping nonsense too, which is one more thing for which to be grateful! Dawn

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Like Bee, I am glad to have found GW 10 years ago. It seems like yesterday! My daughter-in-laws father works for Ameren in Illinois and just returned from working on the east coast. I prayed for his safety daily and for those who are victims of Sandy. We are blessed with a wonderful family and our extended family of friends. This holiday season, keep the less fortunate in your thoughts and prayers. My children are in education and they share about so many children and families that need assistance. There are families living in domestic violence shelters that operate on limited budgets. The lost generation, the elderly, with no family or visitors. The Salvation Army, local food pantries, churches, youth facilities - they all need assistance. It is not only money, but also time. Five minutes with an elderly person lifts their spirits. Last Sunday we shared in a Thanksgiving meal at my MILs assisted living home. There was a woman I thought was someone from my childhood. I asked the workers her name and it was my childhood friendly lady. I thought she had passed years earlier. I knocked on her door and we had a delightful chat. She asked no less than 3 times my name and when I told her, she lit up. She shared stories about my mother who died in 1980. Our chat meant as much to me as it did to her. Have a blessed season.

sandyslopes most of the cause of the down time was lack of a vehicle. My DD was rear ended at high speed and the car was written off. Thank goodness she was not hurt! That left us with one vehicle for her to get to work. Then it took a few days for the techs to transfer my files once the new tower came in. Of course the old lap top had to conk out too lol. I think you will prefer Windows 10 once you get used to it. I already had that version on the old one, at least I don't have to adjust there. What did tick me off was that Houzz would not let me sign back in with Gardenweb. I tried and tried (clearing cookies, changing the URL) but a page kept coming up that Houzz had redirected too many times. My lack of tech skills will come into play when I try install an email program and migrate the files!!