Subj : Chilies
To : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Nov 29 2024 15:29:12
Hi Shawn,
RH> So Canadian Thanksgiving is a fixed calendar date? The American one
SH> No, it's the second Monday in october I believe. So always around my
SH> birthday (Oct 11)
OK, thanks. I had some Canadian friends in college (The school always
did a Thanksgiving meal for them.) but never asked about the date. They
usually had class on their date but got the American holiday off. (G)
RH> alwaays have a extra special day around this time of year. Our first
RH> grandson was born on November 29, 2003, another special day.
SH> Very special day!
Yes, he turns 21 today. Doesn't seem that long ago that he was born. I
flew over from HI to AZ with a suitcase full of nursery stuff--crib
sheets, quilts, diaper stacker and bags, wall hanging, etc that I'd
made (per mom to be's request). Steve joined us about a week later, then
we went to my sister's for Thanksgiving dinner. When Robert was born on
the 29th, her older son (who's birthday is Nov. 30) commented that he
just missed sharing immortality by one day. That kid turs 40 tomorrow.
RH> Save a piece of the blueberry pie for me please. (G) I don't care for
RH> pumpkin pie;
SH> Will do. No pumpkin just blueberry and mincemeat (and some mincemeat
SH> cookies after you told me they were a thing)
OK, you can eat it; I had a piece of pecan pie tomorrow and brought home
another one that I enjoyed today. We also brought home the turkey
carcasse and the ham bone (both with a good bit of meat on them) to use
for soup once we take more meat from them. The turkey soup is a
tradition in my family, usually done with the Christmas turkey, that our
older daughter has carried on with her family.
RH> but they kept it up until my older brother moved too far away to
come RH> home for Thanksgiving--my brothers would always play tic tac
toe with RH> their pieces of pumpkin pie.
SH> Laugh. Funny how "traditions" continue on. :)
It got to be a joke, how they always did it and never let any of us 3
girls have a part. (I had married, moved away from home while the
tradition was in its early years, haven't spent Thanksgiving with my
family since.)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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