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ASGHTG A sweet, good hearted, tender gal wrote this for me--There once was a young girl (YG) who went to see her grandparents for Thanksgiving. YG's grandparents lived far away, and she had to travel over the river and through the woods (OTRATTW) to reach their house. When she finally arrived, YG was greeted with hugs and kisses and all the sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie (SPAPP) a girl could ever want. At the end of the day, her grandma piled YG's basket full of leftover SPAPP and sent her through the woods and over the river (TTWAOTR), back to her home sweet home. No wolves, no red hoods, just a happy YG with a full belly and a full basket.

A group of people meet in a social event. The first guy introduces himself, "My name is Larry, and I am a SNAG." Another guy says, "What's that?" "That means I am a Single, New Age Guy." The other one says, "My name is Gary, and I am a DINK". A woman asks, "What's that?" "That means my wife and I are Dual-Income, No Kids". The woman says, "That's nice. My name is Gertrude, and I am a WIFE". Larry says, "A WIFE? What's a WIFE?" She says, "That means, Wash, Iron, Fold, Etc." I had to alter this last acronym, as the Fold was a different word, which was not appropriate for my blog!

TYG—Thank you God. SQ Saturday question—If there was one word I would want my life to stand for, what would that word be?

A LondonTubeDriver said--"Your delay this evening on the PL Piccadilly Line is caused by the line controller suffering from E & B syndrome, not knowing his elbow from his backside. I'll let you know any further information as soon as I'm given any." Another LondonTubeDriver said this-- "Ladies and Gentlemen, I do apologize for the delay to your service here on the CL Circle Line. I know you're all dying to get home, unless, of course, you happen to be married to my ex-wife, in which case you'll want to cross over to the Westbound and go in the opposite direction”.

I get confused sometimes and am not as smart as the smartest dog. I sometimes make an ID ten T error? What's that you ask? Write it out....ID 10 T (a.k.a. IDIOT) ~ I have trouble getting my computer to do what I want it to do sometimes. It’s usually ‘cause I have an EBSAK error. What's that? Error between Seat And Keyboard.

A zillion years ago I fed hogs with a friend. I had the vet out one time and he told me he just came from a farmer who has PPM. So I asked, what’s PPM. He said—pisspoormanagement. That friend who I feed hogs with preaches PPP ~ properpriorplanning. CadeG says—Failing to plan is planning to fail. Yep, that’s what he says so it must be right.

WIDTG (i.e. whenindoubtthankGod) AverageJoe says—Giving thanks can really change a person’s attitude—BT big time—it gets you out of our ST Stinkin’ Thinkin’!

TommieThePeacock says—NFGGR New Federal Government Golf Rules
[cid:FAD97628C5704704B56032F7564114BE@Home] President BHO has recently appointed a GC Golf Czar and major rule changes in the game of golf will become effective in November 2010. This is only a preview as the complete rule book (expect 2000 pages) is being rewritten as we speak. Here are a few of the changes. GWH Golfers with handicaps: - below 10 will have their green fees increased by 35%. - between 11 and 18 will see no increase in green fees. - above 18 will get a $20 check each time they play. The term "gimme" will be changed to "entitlement" and used as follows: -handicaps below 10, no entitlements. -handicaps from 11 to 17, entitlements for putter length putts. -handicaps above 18, if your ball is on green, no need to putt, pick it up. These entitlements are intended to bring about fairness and redistribution of skills, and most importantly, equality in scoring. In addition, a Player will be limited to a maximum of one birdie or six pars in any given 18-hole round. Any excess must be given to those fellow players who have not yet scored a birdie or par. Only after all players have received a birdie or par from the player actually making the birdie or par, can that player begin to count his pars and birdies again. The current USGA handicap system will be used for the above purposes, but the term 'net score' will be available only for scoring those players with [cid:6C2FCDBC0B9F44618AA7DBE238731F58@Home] handicaps of 18 and above. This is intended to 'redistribute' the success of winning by making sure that in every competition, the above 18 handicap players will post only 'net score' against every other player's gross score. These new Rules are intended to FC FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE the game of golf. Golf must be AF About Fairness. It should have nothing to do with ability, hard work, practice, discipline and personal accountability. This is the RTTD "Right thing to do".

Arlene is having Mary (i.e. OF our friend and owner and manager of Peppercorn Pantry) make a pie for our Thanksgiving dinner. It’s just not just ordinary pie; it’s the pie that made the Des Moines's 100 things you should eat before you die. ACT Angel Coconut Torte. MIIG Man is it good!

A golf buddy a.k.a. a friend told me he heard this on TV—A gal said—I’m interviewing AP Arnold Palmer here at APGC Arnold Palmer’s golf course in APL Arnold Palmer’s Lounge. Thank you AP Arnold Palmer for letting me interview you. AP Arnold Palmer responded—Thank you for the opportunity of you coming here. Huh, interesting. My friend said most folks would say—It's nutten or maybe you’re welcome but not AP Arnold Palmer, he thanked the gal for the opportunity. It’s sorta kinda like the Socratic method (i.e. named after Socrates) of teaching (i.e. answer the question with another question). They use that in law school I hear. ANYWAY that’s a pretty neat way of responding—always being thankful. That’s my opinion folks.

Thanksgiving is about thanking God. One form of thanking God is through prayer. The acronym for prayer is ACTS for many. A is for affirmation (e.g. Our Father who are in heaven, you are my savior, my friend, my rock etc). C is for confession (e.g. God I confess that I am a jealous person this day and I ask for forgiveness). T is for thanksgiving (e.g. these came from some songs—Lord when we look to You to recognize Your blessings and give You gratitude, You search us Lord You know our deepest part Please find in us a heart of thanksgiving!~I remember how faithful You are oh God. I say thank you!~ Wonder-a world of wonder-there is wonder-it’s such wonder just to be alive-I say thank you Lord!~Thank you-we say thank you; there is perfect wisdom in all that You do…We say thank you!~We gather with grateful hearts…with so many stories of how good You are-thank you God!). S is for supplication (e.g. give me this and give me that). CadillacJack thinks--The most powerful prayer is the prayer of thanksgiving (i.e. that’s his opinion folks.

A guest pastor at our church told this story—He was subbing for a 5th grade Sunday school class. The assignment was to have the kids write down—what God most wants to hear from them. Joey wrote down—GCMI—God, count me in!

TBTG—Thanks be to God.

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

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KR’s thought of the day—When you are thankful to others, you will be a much nicer person. MyFriendJean says—Do not resent growing old; many are denied that privilege!

PS—Are you doing what you should be doing? http://vimeo.com/16404771