Have a Blessed Thanksgiving...

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to wish you all a truly blessed Thanksgiving day...

and while i'm here, as mentioned in a previous post, i will post the entire lyrics to that carrie newcomer song...

you can find carrie's website here...

when one door closes (another door opens wide)
carrie newcomer

when one door closes another door opens wide
it's hard to believe all of these locked doos i've tried
and you can't pray for what you want, or what you'd have instead
you can only offer up your heart and ask that you be led...

life's gonna take you where you never thought you'd go
when you finally think you've got it down, it isn't so
there are windows and doors you're not finished with yet
it's not always getting what you want or wanting what you get...

when one door closes another door opens wide
it's hard to believe all of these locked doos i've tried
and you can't pray for what you want, or what you'd have instead
you can only offer up your heart and ask that you be led...

it's not getting easier so i'm not going to pretend
that i know this story from it's beginning to it's end
oh believe me when i tell you, believe me if you can

if i could turn down the noise of my own will and choice
i could hear the truth of my life in a clear voice
i will bow down my head to the wisdom of my heart
cool my heels and hold on to the best parts...

when one door closes another door opens wide
it's hard to believe all of these locked doos i've tried
and you can't pray for what you want, or what you'd have instead
you can only offer up your heart and ask that you be led...

when one door closes another door opens wide
it's hard to believe all of these locked doos i've tried
and you can't pray for what you want, or what you'd have instead
you can only offer up your heart and ask that you be led...

....

see why she "speaks to my condition" so much?...she really is an incredible artist...you would be wise to check her songs out..many are available to listen to on her website under the "listen & shop" tab...then under the "jukebox selections" click on any of the little titles..."regulars and refugees" is her current album full of stories of all the different patrons at betty's diner... "wilderness plots" is a cd she made with several other people..."additional selections" is all the sings from her "best of" cd including three songs that hadn't been relesed before...and unreleased demos are just that...under that section, "geodes" is one of my favourite tunes...

you can also "turn the page" by clicking the little double arrow things on the right hand side of the jukebox....

anyhow...i must be on my merry little way...we're having the meal at pam & bob's this year (actually, that's where we usually have it...) but many of my siblings won't be in attendance...tony & ning are in virginia...albert is mad at us and basically disowned us so he won't be there...patrick is coming with mom & i, since he lives here to....mike & becky & rebecca are coming down...joe is in enfield with aunt elaine, uncle john, uncle frank, and aunt elaine & uncle john's two kids jj & brenda...jim & tanya & the kids are in anchorage...it's their first Thanksgiving in their new place...i think they like being there, but i wonder if jim misses the quaint-ness of anderson - where they lived before...and ray & kelly are spending teh day with kelly's folks so they won't be around today, which is kind of sad...

i hope ray sends some jack daniels over for the burbon mashed sweet potatoes, because that's been a bit of a staple these past few years...(it's about one shot of jack daniels to a rather large vat of sweet potatoes...not nearly enough to phase anyone or mess with anyone's medications, don't worry!...) ohhh...and we'll be missing his maple butter, too...that has become one of those "expected" things...maybe i'll call him for the recipe for the maple butter and make my own...

and ning usually brings lympia and pancit, which will be missing this year, too...she's a really good cook, and before her i didn't know that they had such delicious foods in the phillipines...i know if i ever go over there for any reason, i'll look for banana ketchup and lympia, and i could probably live on that and be happy for the length of my stay over there...hee hee...

okay, i'm off...have a truly wonderfully blessed day, everyone!!...

-ramona anne