What are you thankful for? - Page 2

**crickhollow** · 11-27-2002, 11:10 PM

I'm thankful for my family. cliche, I know, but it's really been driven home to me the last few weeks what a blessing they really are.
-Mom's home cooking (I'm really a decent cook, but mom's cooking beats all)
-school. Icomplain about it so often, but I'm paying a lot of money to be here, and my parents are helping me pay for tuition--a huge blessing!
-I have more, but that last one reminded me of that paper that I haven't finished yet...

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all

oh yeah--the Relatives are coming over this year, but not very many of them, so it will be a nice, smalll bunch. My sis and I will drive down after my morning class

Lizra · 11-27-2002, 11:52 PM

I'm thankful for EVERYTHING! It's not much, but I sure do appreciate everything I have. Things are hard to come by!

I'm thankful....
1. to be a modern woman, in a free country

2. for modern medicine, and all the appliances and utilities that make my life so much easier than the women of old.

3. birth control, if I had any more than two kids, I would permanently lose it! (now it's just temporary!)

4. my husband, the most wonderful person in the world

5. I'm Thankful I'm not having Thanksgiving at my house this year!

cassiopeia · 11-28-2002, 12:04 AM

I grumble about a lot of things, but I really am grateful for:

*Living in a free country like Australia, barely touched by war or strife.

*Living in a society where women can get an education and vote.

*My parents who pay for me to learn at university (and everything else!)

*JRR Tolkien for writing the greatest novel of all.

*Having things like a computer, TV, the internet, good food to eat, CD's and books to make life pleasant.

*Peter Jackson for letting Viggo be Aragorn instead of Stuart Townsend.

I was being all serious 'till the last one.

Happy thanksgiving Americans! I don't know much about it, but I know you have turkey. Have fun!

jerseydevil · 11-28-2002, 12:39 AM

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Originally posted by cassiopeia
Happy thanksgiving Americans! I don't know much about it, but I know you have turkey. Have fun!

Here are some sites about the holiday -

Thanksgiving: Traditions and History
An American Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving on the Net
The Truth About the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING(Pilgrim Hall Museum)

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

BeardofPants · 11-28-2002, 01:14 AM

I'm thankful I'm not a turkey.

Coney · 11-28-2002, 01:46 AM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
I'm thankful I'm not a turkey.

LOL

.........makes two of us

Erm, do the native americans celebrate thanksgiving as well?

jerseydevil · 11-28-2002, 01:53 AM

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Originally posted by Coney
LOL .........makes two of us

Erm, do the native americans celebrate thanksgiving as well?

Yes my friend Trish who is Indian celebrates Thanksgiving too. Now that she lives on Six Nation Indian Reserve again though in Canada - she celebrates it in October. And it is celebrated on the reserve.

Coney · 11-28-2002, 02:23 AM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
Yes my friend Trish who is Indian celebrates Thanksgiving too. Now that she lives on Six Nation Indian Reserve again though in Canada - she celebrates it in October. And it is celebrated on the reserve.

TY for the info

I was only wondering as I've yet to see a N.American celebrating Thanksgiving in the US.........ah well, back to the power of media again

.........must have been a right ho-down on the reservations tho

Eruviel Greenleaf · 11-28-2002, 06:04 AM

i'm thankful that i can go to a good college and my parents are nice enough to pay for most of it, and that i go to school close enough to home that i can be at home for thanksgiving...though admittedly more so i can see my friends than for the 'holiday itself...i've never been big on thanksgiving, really. far from my favourite holiday though i am quite thankful for having a few days off school. even though i'm greatful for my wonderful education i do need a break sometimes!

and i'm thankful there's a working computer at home so i can post on entmoot

i'm thankful i have three grandparents who are still alive and pretty much healthy. furthermore, i am thankful my grandmother got to the hospital quickly enough this summer when she had a heart attack and i am very thankful she is alive and healthy again today and that i'll probably get to see her in march.

tomorrow i think we'll just have some people over and do lots of cooking and i'll be rather bored and get annoyed at everyone as usual

and i'll get to spend some time with my brother, which can be nice.

Sween · 11-28-2002, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
The brits started it.

oh dear me thats what my gf little nephew says when i get him into trouble

.

i myself am very thankfull for

My lovely gf

My lovely local pub

My lovely locals pubs beer supplier

My lovely local pizza and donna kebab shop

Easily wound up americans from new jersey

Football and any other sport that takes my mind off work

the other thing that takes my mind off work

Christmas wooo hoo god may suck but christmas rocks

Lock ins

Khadrane · 11-28-2002, 01:04 PM

1. God
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Tolkien's books
5. House/clothes/car
6. Books in general
7. That I can go to a Christian school
8. Entmoot

Lief Erikson · 11-28-2002, 01:31 PM

The Lord! Thanksgiving! Fencing! Delightful family! A brilliant father (I love to boast about him

)! Living in America! Writing skill! Entertainment too

. Always entertainment

.

Splendid taste (A severe egotistical tang in me, I'm afraid), Hypercard (Me and my brothers make computer games using an old fashioned computer technology called Hypercard), having a mother that loves art. She decorates our walls with beautiful paintings that she made, and me and my brothers and sisters have inherited a drawing ability from her. My brothers and I don't develop ours as deeply as we could, but we make good use of it, as the thousands of paper drawn, colored in and cut out figures that we have can bear witness

.

Oh my goodness, I can't believe I almost forgot this one: Having a mother that's also an incredible cook! She doesn't do it for a profession or anything, but me and my family are incredibly spoiled by her talent

.

A beautiful house! We underwent mold remediation and our old house has been torn down to give way to a newer one, and it is truly beautiful. I suppose it's even worth the hours of moving furniture, tearing down wallpaper, etc. that we had to do to get it looking that way

.

More refrigerator space! Chocolate! My parents homeschool us, so we're blessed in that way too!

Elenka · 11-28-2002, 01:59 PM

Elenka is thankful for...
~All her very bestest friends, including Laurelyn
~Her pony
~Her cat
~her family
~her computer and internet
~her books
~Entmoot!

galadriel88 · 11-28-2002, 02:21 PM

11. Not having to fear for my life
12. Having true friends who really care
13. A caring, loving family
14. The unnecessary, earthly blessings that make my life so much fun
15. Being able to look out my window and see great natural beauty
16. People who are patient!
17. Freedom to worship God without fear of an oppressive gov't.
18. Christ's love for me and the rest of the world
19. The power of prayer
20. The ability to be content at the mo
21. Being able to worry about trivial matters, because it means that I don't have to worry about major things like whether or not I'm going to be shot when I walk out my door
22. Being able to eat not just what I can find, but what tastes good, and eating till I'm full
23. Two loving parents who are comitted to my welfare and helping me grow in the Lord

Today I am at my grandparents' house. Some of my extended family is here, and my grandparents have invited two men from church who woud have been alone today to come share with us. We'll be eating in a few minutes. Right now I am quite content and happy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone, and God bless!

The Lady of Ithilien · 11-28-2002, 03:48 PM

I am thankful:
- to be alive;
- to have my cat, Archie, for six years now, and he's in great health;
- to have a delicious home-made cherry pie in the oven right now - yum!;
- to live in America.

Er, the pie kind of sums up one of the most important things I do on Thanksgiving Day.

Am sorry to hear about your mom. Such things do give us a deeper perspective on what thanksgiving can really mean -- how can we possibly really understand it without loss, first?

Renille · 11-28-2002, 03:52 PM

I'm thankful ...

for friends, family, God, home, food, sleep, all the wonderful basics

that my mom let me have over 15 minutes on the moot! (Maybe this can change into something PERMANENT! *I hope, I hope...*)

My education!

The chance to someday fufill my doctor-dream!

For being short...you see the world in a whole new perspective

For being happy!

AND FOR ENTMOOT AND TOLKIEN IN GENERAL!! YAY!

11-27-2002, 11:10 PM	#21
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	I'm thankful for my family. cliche, I know, but it's really been driven home to me the last few weeks what a blessing they really are. -Mom's home cooking (I'm really a decent cook, but mom's cooking beats all) -school. Icomplain about it so often, but I'm paying a lot of money to be here, and my parents are helping me pay for tuition--a huge blessing! -I have more, but that last one reminded me of that paper that I haven't finished yet... Happy Thanksgiving, y'all oh yeah--the Relatives are coming over this year, but not very many of them, so it will be a nice, smalll bunch. My sis and I will drive down after my morning class __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

11-27-2002, 11:52 PM	#22
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I'm thankful for EVERYTHING! It's not much, but I sure do appreciate everything I have. Things are hard to come by! I'm thankful.... 1. to be a modern woman, in a free country 2. for modern medicine, and all the appliances and utilities that make my life so much easier than the women of old. 3. birth control, if I had any more than two kids, I would permanently lose it! (now it's just temporary!) 4. my husband, the most wonderful person in the world 5. I'm Thankful I'm not having Thanksgiving at my house this year! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

11-28-2002, 12:04 AM	#23
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I grumble about a lot of things, but I really am grateful for: Living in a free country like Australia, barely touched by war or strife. Living in a society where women can get an education and vote. My parents who pay for me to learn at university (and everything else!) JRR Tolkien for writing the greatest novel of all. Having things like a computer, TV, the internet, good food to eat, CD's and books to make life pleasant. Peter Jackson for letting Viggo be Aragorn instead of Stuart Townsend. I was being all serious 'till the last one. Happy thanksgiving Americans! I don't know much about it, but I know you have turkey. Have fun! __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

11-28-2002, 01:14 AM	#25
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm thankful I'm not a turkey. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-28-2002, 06:04 AM	#29
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	i'm thankful that i can go to a good college and my parents are nice enough to pay for most of it, and that i go to school close enough to home that i can be at home for thanksgiving...though admittedly more so i can see my friends than for the 'holiday itself...i've never been big on thanksgiving, really. far from my favourite holiday though i am quite thankful for having a few days off school. even though i'm greatful for my wonderful education i do need a break sometimes! and i'm thankful there's a working computer at home so i can post on entmoot i'm thankful i have three grandparents who are still alive and pretty much healthy. furthermore, i am thankful my grandmother got to the hospital quickly enough this summer when she had a heart attack and i am very thankful she is alive and healthy again today and that i'll probably get to see her in march. tomorrow i think we'll just have some people over and do lots of cooking and i'll be rather bored and get annoyed at everyone as usual and i'll get to spend some time with my brother, which can be nice. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

11-28-2002, 01:04 PM	#31
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	1. God 2. Family 3. Friends 4. Tolkien's books 5. House/clothes/car 6. Books in general 7. That I can go to a Christian school 8. Entmoot __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

11-28-2002, 01:31 PM	#32
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	The Lord! Thanksgiving! Fencing! Delightful family! A brilliant father (I love to boast about him )! Living in America! Writing skill! Entertainment too . Always entertainment . Splendid taste (A severe egotistical tang in me, I'm afraid), Hypercard (Me and my brothers make computer games using an old fashioned computer technology called Hypercard), having a mother that loves art. She decorates our walls with beautiful paintings that she made, and me and my brothers and sisters have inherited a drawing ability from her. My brothers and I don't develop ours as deeply as we could, but we make good use of it, as the thousands of paper drawn, colored in and cut out figures that we have can bear witness . Oh my goodness, I can't believe I almost forgot this one: Having a mother that's also an incredible cook! She doesn't do it for a profession or anything, but me and my family are incredibly spoiled by her talent . A beautiful house! We underwent mold remediation and our old house has been torn down to give way to a newer one, and it is truly beautiful. I suppose it's even worth the hours of moving furniture, tearing down wallpaper, etc. that we had to do to get it looking that way . More refrigerator space! Chocolate! My parents homeschool us, so we're blessed in that way too! Last edited by Lief Erikson : 11-28-2002 at 01:32 PM.

11-28-2002, 01:59 PM	#33
Elenka The Negative Soul of Entmoot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Middle Distance Posts: 651	Elenka is thankful for... ~All her very bestest friends, including Laurelyn ~Her pony ~Her cat ~her family ~her computer and internet ~her books ~Entmoot! __________________ W00T for the M00T!! War doesn't determine who is right - war determines who is left.

11-28-2002, 02:21 PM	#34
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	11. Not having to fear for my life 12. Having true friends who really care 13. A caring, loving family 14. The unnecessary, earthly blessings that make my life so much fun 15. Being able to look out my window and see great natural beauty 16. People who are patient! 17. Freedom to worship God without fear of an oppressive gov't. 18. Christ's love for me and the rest of the world 19. The power of prayer 20. The ability to be content at the mo 21. Being able to worry about trivial matters, because it means that I don't have to worry about major things like whether or not I'm going to be shot when I walk out my door 22. Being able to eat not just what I can find, but what tastes good, and eating till I'm full 23. Two loving parents who are comitted to my welfare and helping me grow in the Lord Today I am at my grandparents' house. Some of my extended family is here, and my grandparents have invited two men from church who woud have been alone today to come share with us. We'll be eating in a few minutes. Right now I am quite content and happy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone, and God bless! __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

11-28-2002, 03:52 PM	#36
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	I'm thankful ... for friends, family, God, home, food, sleep, all the wonderful basics that my mom let me have over 15 minutes on the moot! (Maybe this can change into something PERMANENT! I hope, I hope...) My education! The chance to someday fufill my doctor-dream! For being short...you see the world in a whole new perspective For being happy! AND FOR ENTMOOT AND TOLKIEN IN GENERAL!! YAY! __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)