My Holiday Blues Aren't Working!

Well, I just read your previous piece and then saw that you'd published another. Now I'm smiling as well. Thank you for that, my friend.

Oh Ruth - good for you - I did notice you were a bit down and kinda depressed which seemed unusual for you - I'm just you to always being a good ole gal and not letting things get you down - I'm glad that you're up and about again!!! Wish I were there to help you out and taste that food. We're probably going to go downtown ourselves cause it seems like fun and there may not be anyone else down there anyway! Have a good one and let us know more about your adventures!!! There's nothing like a dog on his back to make anyone smile!!! Salud.

I'm glad you're having a better than expected Thanksgiving :)

Smokey Joe knows how good he has it that's for sure. It is a lesson for us all! Love you, Ruth! Go see the poem on your other article. :)

Happy Thanksgiving, Ruth. It sounds as if it is starting out very well with Smokey Joe being so happy and content and in the middle of all the goings on. Smokey Joe can warm a heart anytime doing anything. He'd be a wonderful sight anywhere to anyone. And so are your articles here on Gather so I hope you know that. Take care this special Thanksgiving.......and let me carve you a slice of turkey. Blessings and Wishes to you, Ruth.

Smokey Joe brought a smile to all of us today. Happy holidays, Ruth, to you and yours.

What a neat name Smokey Joe is. I forgot to buy the pumkin for the pumkin cheesecake I had planned to make. So. it's a plain cheesecake and thats fine with me!

The human spirit is like an air bubble under water - it is it's nature to eventually try to make it to the surface - if you allow it to. Glad you chose to let yours come up!!

Good job Smokey Joe! Enjoy your day Ruth.

Sending you an evening hug, Miz Ruth - we went downtown after all. We went to Joe's Cafe and the husband ordered a Turkey dinner - poor darling, he was hungry! - I had spaghetti - half order. I eat light meals. We had a wonderful time. I was thinking of you and hoping that you and Smokey Joe were enjoying something good! Just thinking of you. Salud.

Happy Thanksgiving to you Ruth.

I am so glad I read this piece after that last piece Ruth, I was a bit worried about you, but knew I shouldn't be, Holidays are a rough time of the year, and I don't like them anymore either, but we will get through them , I sure wished we lived close by, we could get together and chew the fat, not the turkey, love you Ruth,and God Bless you.

Thanks to all my good friends on Gather for your nice comments. You give me a reason to get up in the morning - that is right after the needs of my 12 cats and 2 dogs. No, really, I don't know how I got along without you all these years.

Marianne - I'd rather have had spaghetti with you. I love spaghetti!
The only thing I had bought special for Thanksgiving was two pumpkin pies and a container of whipped cream to put on it. In my cache of spare groceries I found some frozen chicken thighs, a box of Stove Top stuffing, a can of yams, another of cranberry sauce, and frozen peas for a vegetable. My daughter donated a jar of turkey gravey. Actually, I found some little packets of turkey white meat from last year, but it looked a little less than appetizing and I gave it to my cats and dogs. I fried the chicken thighs, made gravey from what stuck to the pan and then added the jar of turkey gravey to it so there would be plenty, added onion and celery to the Stove Top stuffing, heated up the yams, cooked the peas and presto! about three hours later using one burner on a malfunctioning electric hot plate, we had Thanksgiving dinner at about 4 p.m. I served it up on old fashioned Blue Willow pattern plates, added a big dollop of granberry sauce, and took one plate to my daughter who was trying to work at her job as a medical transcriptionis even though she is sick with a new cold. Then I had to face all those dirty pots and pans! I just faced them. I didn't do them. They are still over there givining me guilty vibes as I write. I think I had dirtied at least two dishes or pans for each item on the menu! They are all glaring at me from where they sit soaking in soapy water as they wait to be cleaned up and returned to their places in the cupboard. I'd better stop putting it off and get busy.

:) Blessings indeed. :)

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Coyotes Remember

Rofl @ "faced them, didn't do them" and "guilty vibes" :)

hi Ruth - well,bless your heart - you sound like a good cook to be able to put together a wonderful meal from what you had at your house. Sounds delicious. I'm glad you did get up and cook though - I know that the cats and dogs were happy as well! I'm sure they got to eat a bit of that good food too! Have a good day - just thinking of you! Salud.

Your Thanksgiving Dinner sounds very good. I'd just as soon have chicken thighs as turkey. And a gravy. Love gravy. We actually did bbq this year. We were going to my sister's for the traditional supper, but everyone conked out. Didn't get the dressing and the greens, now that hurts. Am going to see if she has any leftovers today. I don't envy you those dishes though.

I too have a hard time with the Holidays, it started when I divorced my first husband. I had a hard time putting new traditions together for a new life. That was in 1991, and it has become even tougher but I do see a light at the end of the tunnel
Keep on going on ;-o