November 27, 2008 - Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving! I have a lot to be thankful for. Family, friends, pets, good health, a warm home, food, nice clothes, a haircut that I'm OK with... xD
There are so many things I can think of - even the things I don't enjoy as much. Like my family's broken dishwasher. It's my week of dishes, and everything has to be hand-washed (under the couch I go!). But, thanks to Tinuviel's and my other siblings' help, things aren't so bad. We like to imagine how it must have been way back then when nobody had dishwashers or even Palmolive.
Also, my wide, stinky feet and my freckles. Don't ask me why God made them how they are; I don't need a reason. I'm just going to accept them and be thankful for them. (The optimist in me: "Hey, at least I have feet at all! And the freckles are brown, so they draw attention to my brown eyes!" Ha-ha-ha...) >.> Also, scorpions. I recently learned that several scientists think something in there venom might be of help to curing cancer! Pretty cool, no? And some scorpions glow in the dark; how awesome is that? xD
So even if it'll just be me and my family for Thanksgiving dinner (all of our relatives live far away - I can't ever relate to the "traditional pies Grammy makes every year"), I'm still very happy and content this Thanksgiving day. The hymn Count Your Blessings always comes to mind when I think of Thanksgiving. Really, everyone has at least something to be thankful for.
Now that I'm done rambling about that, let me ramble about what's happened today so far!
Oh. My. Gosh. My dad dressed up as Gov. William Bradford for the Thanksgiving service at our church -- pilgrim hat, shoes, and all! o.o Normally when this would happen (well, it actually doesn't happen normally, thank goodness), I would probably turn red in the face and shoot for the nearnest hiding place. But I just laughed. Daddy was having such a good laugh, and so were the church members -- who were mostly elderly people so there wasn't much to be embarrassed about reputation-wise. It's good to see him laugh.
Oh, yeah! And, speaking of church, a new species has been spotted in the territory of Hope EPC: young families with kids! KIDS! They may not be teens ("just a few more years, young'un..."), but they really bring spirit to the place. And they're so cute. ^^
Anyway, my dad did a sermon about how the pilgrims got past the raging sea and how the Indians helped them, etc. (the usually Thanksgiving story that never really gets old), and after that we said "good-by" and left in the van for home soon after. Daddy had taken his car to church; Bonnie stayed behind and helped him with a few things before they left, too.
On returning home, we caught the very end of the Macy's ~~Thanksgiving~~ Christmas Parade (seriously, all I saw on there was Santa, his elfs, and people singing holiday songs). We had a light lunch of cheese, fruit, and crackers (saving room for din-din ^^), Tinuviel and I hand-washed the dishes, the boys got on David's new Nintendo GameCube system (long story...believe me), and I got on the computer and started writing this blog entry. Phew! My dad is planning on going to the supermarket to get a few things for dinner (we forgot the cranberry sauce!), then Tinvuiel and I will make a pecan pie and a pumpkin pie. Pecan is my favorite. 8D
Happy Thanksgiving, people - remember what you an be thankful for!

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November 29, 2008 - hello!

Scribbled by thisandthat

I love your blog!! It's so neat!!!!
Your entry was very good!! :) I enjoyed reading it!
Thank you for your comment! And of course you can add me as a friend. :)
You have THREE brothers?! Holy Cow! Are they all older or younger or...?

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November 29, 2008 - Thank you!

Scribbled by ElvishAuthoress

Thanks for the comment on my blog! And thank you for saying it looks nice! I'm glad, I wasn't sure what to think at first!

LOL Yes, I was slightly hungry when I wrote the list. Oh well, I usually am! hee hee :]

Your friend,
~Luthien

PS I have found out that Luthien is one of my Elvish names. :]

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November 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Scribbled by thisandthat

Holy cow you have alot of siblings!!!! hehe! I only have one younger sister (13, nuttyhousemouse on here). We get along OK but there are definetly days when we want to murder each other! hehehe!
I really like the music on your blog!!! I heard the Avatar one and was like "HEY! I know this one!!!" That is one of my favorite shows but I hardly ever get to watch it because mom and nuttyhousemouse hate it! hehe

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