Thanksgiving 08 is in the can

Well folks, another Thanksgiving has come, gone, and been survived. Thank GOD for all miracles large and small !! We had a really great Thanksgiving. Son Don W. and grandson Mason came all the way up from South Texas to spend the holiday week with us. We had a good visit and Mason and the girls played almost the whole time. Hurricane Hailey and Mason the Mighty are both like a couple of West Texas tornados. Put them both together in the same house, then throw in Kelsey for a mixer and guaranteed it will never get boring.

Don W. brought his guitar. He is learning to play and thought I could help him with a few things. Hope he wasn't too terribly disappointed. I know just enough to be annoying. I remember years ago went my dad was still alive, holidays back home with my folks was always a time to catch up on the guitar picking. First thing my dad would ask when I came in the door was "Did you bring your guitar ?" We would pick until late into the night, long after everyone else had gone to bed. My dad was one of these men who could play just about any stringed insturment he picked up. He played fiddle, guitar, mandolin,banjo and harmonica. Funny how these memories stick in our minds. The bad times, the arguements, sometimes the "knockdown, drag out " brawls are long forgotten. As well they should be when this much time has passed.

Don and Mason are back in South Texas now, Granny is at work today, and Hurricane Hailey and I are holding down the fort here at Poverty Flats. The weather is beautiful today. The sun is out and the temp is in the upper 50's. This is surely an outside day but with this arthritis getting worse each day I think we will just stay inside and read a good book. We're trying to stay out of the kitchen though. I think I must have gained 10 lbs over the holiday but I'm sure I must be the only one in the world to have done that. HA

H.H. and I have to go pick Kelsey up from the school bus stop so until next time, may GOD continue to bless everyone. And as always, Via Con Dios DM