What's making you happy today? - Page 570

BigV · 10-08-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Ali can control for that though. Just make sure the Australian equivalent of the Disney Channel is blocked so she isn't taught to be shallow teen at 5 years.

being vaccinated against Princessia is huuuuge.

BigV · 10-08-2012, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaydaan

My oldest son and his girlfreind, her 2 yr old son are coming over for thanksgiving dinner tonight. The kids come over almost every other sunday, but most times the boy is at his dads. It is just so nice to see the child we were not sure would intgrate back into our lives on ANY level, is now doing so very well. He has held the same job for a year and a half, he lives with his girlfreind and her child. And now... they are expecting! I am so very proud of him.
I'm going to take the dogs for a long walk before they get here, so that Cameron can actually walk around hopefully, without getting knocked over to get kissed and sniffed by my boxers.

On the thanksgiving front: Turkey is ready to be stuffed and put in the roaster, ribs have marinated for 24 hrs and are ready to go out on the smoker. Cranberry sauce was made last night. Potatoes and carrots are peeled and waiting. Just have to do the broc, cheese sauce and gravy. I will be making a quick apple crisp as well. Kitchen is cleaned up already, and it is 8 am. I will have all day to spend with family, and look like a miracle worker when I say "dinner is ready".

!?!?!?! whaa????

Oh.

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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year.[1]

On Thursday, January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:
“ A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.

Blessed Thanksgiving, eh!

Clodfobble · 10-08-2012, 02:27 PM

This morning my first-grader taught me that we actually do celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, we just call it Columbus Day instead.

infinite monkey · 10-08-2012, 02:31 PM

Barney Stinson: Did you just say Canadian Thanksgiving was, and I'm quoting, the "real Thanksgiving"? What do Canadians even have to celebrate "aboot"?
Robin Scherbatsky: Canadian Thanksgiving celebrates explorer Martin Frobisher's valiant yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt to find the northwest passage.
Barney Stinson: Why are you guys even a country?

infinite monkey · 10-08-2012, 02:44 PM

p.s. I kid Canada. Canada is cool.

Sundae · 10-08-2012, 04:28 PM

Why is Canada called Canada?
Because there's nobody there.

monster · 10-08-2012, 04:52 PM

I am an expert in Canada because I can almost see it from my front porch, eh.

infinite monkey · 10-08-2012, 04:57 PM

Eh, yah. You live on a beauty view of one of the lakes, eh? Nah, you're farther inland; the lake is a couple clicks away, eh?

monster · 10-08-2012, 05:01 PM

I live by the beauty that is the Detroit River, which one could swim across to Windsor if it were not for the pollution. One could also take one's chances dodging cars on the Ambassador Bridge. I can definitely see Detroit's polution from here....

Lamplighter · 10-08-2012, 08:50 PM

In a family scrapbook, there's a 1940 picture of 5-yr old me at Boblo Island on the Detroit River.

There was a ferry ride out to the island and it's amusement rides,
but now, I guess, it's the only the for the landed gentry.

orthodoc · 10-09-2012, 07:14 AM

Canadian Thanksgiving, hooray! Getting to celebrate twice - what could be bad about that??

@Jaydaan, your feast sounds fabulous. I'm guessing there weren't many leftovers.

Trilby · 10-09-2012, 08:46 AM

I thought everybody celebrated Thanksgiving twice...like the Hobbit tradition of Second Breakfast.

footfootfoot · 10-09-2012, 09:39 AM

Hobbit tradition?

Make Way For Ducklings:
...and they had a second breakfast better than the first.

glatt · 10-09-2012, 04:15 PM

I'm choosing to be happy about this.

We live in a great neighborhood. My wife just called me to let me know that she forgot to close the front door this morning, and it was wide open all day. She just got home and called me after checking the house and everything was fine.

Screen door was closed, but not locked. We have a mail slot in our front door, so the mail lady just dropped the mail on our living room rug since the door was wide open.

I love my neighborhood.

footfootfoot · 10-09-2012, 04:47 PM

Where, exactly, did you say you live?

10-08-2012, 02:27 PM	#8538
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	This morning my first-grader taught me that we actually do celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, we just call it Columbus Day instead. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-08-2012, 04:28 PM	#8541
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Why is Canada called Canada? Because there's nobody there. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-08-2012, 04:52 PM	#8542
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I am an expert in Canada because I can almost see it from my front porch, eh. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-08-2012, 05:01 PM	#8544
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I live by the beauty that is the Detroit River, which one could swim across to Windsor if it were not for the pollution. One could also take one's chances dodging cars on the Ambassador Bridge. I can definitely see Detroit's polution from here.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-09-2012, 07:14 AM	#8546
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Canadian Thanksgiving, hooray! Getting to celebrate twice - what could be bad about that?? @Jaydaan, your feast sounds fabulous. I'm guessing there weren't many leftovers. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

10-08-2012, 02:31 PM	#8539
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Barney Stinson: Did you just say Canadian Thanksgiving was, and I'm quoting, the "real Thanksgiving"? What do Canadians even have to celebrate "aboot"? Robin Scherbatsky: Canadian Thanksgiving celebrates explorer Martin Frobisher's valiant yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt to find the northwest passage. Barney Stinson: Why are you guys even a country?

10-08-2012, 02:44 PM	#8540
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	p.s. I kid Canada. Canada is cool.

10-08-2012, 04:57 PM	#8543
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Eh, yah. You live on a beauty view of one of the lakes, eh? Nah, you're farther inland; the lake is a couple clicks away, eh?

10-08-2012, 08:50 PM	#8545
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	In a family scrapbook, there's a 1940 picture of 5-yr old me at Boblo Island on the Detroit River. There was a ferry ride out to the island and it's amusement rides, but now, I guess, it's the only the for the landed gentry.

10-09-2012, 08:46 AM	#8547
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I thought everybody celebrated Thanksgiving twice...like the Hobbit tradition of Second Breakfast. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-09-2012, 09:39 AM	#8548
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Hobbit tradition? Make Way For Ducklings: ...and they had a second breakfast better than the first. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-09-2012, 04:15 PM	#8549
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm choosing to be happy about this. We live in a great neighborhood. My wife just called me to let me know that she forgot to close the front door this morning, and it was wide open all day. She just got home and called me after checking the house and everything was fine. Screen door was closed, but not locked. We have a mail slot in our front door, so the mail lady just dropped the mail on our living room rug since the door was wide open. I love my neighborhood.

10-09-2012, 04:47 PM	#8550
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Where, exactly, did you say you live? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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