Thanksgiving 2011 - GRATITUDE!

... my reindeer impersonation with new hips!

thankful for our health!

"Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what's going on outside of us, there is always something we could be grateful for."

~ Barry Neil Kaufman

thankful for our kids and our fur babies!(Stefi and Jack and Kaileigh)
thankful for the clothes on our backs ...
and the shoes on our feet?????

thankful for the roof over our heads and
the National Dog Show on TV ... all the comforts of our home!
thankful for my little sister, Shell!
(pictured above in the red dress as perceived by the artist/me)

thankful for more kids and Thanksgiving day Hostesses
(miss you Bryan)
thankful for food in our cupboards (and holiday juice)
thankful for our gracious Thanksgiving day hosts,
and their crazy cat sharing the holiday feast!thankful for family!
(Kevin and Keisha!)

too much tryptophan!

Thankful for pie!

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

William Arthur Ward

"God bless us, every one!"

~ Tiny Tim

a WHITE Halloween?????

On August 16th I had my right hip replaced. 12 days later, on Sunday, August 28th, tropical storm Irene hit CT. Out comes the generator for 22 hours! On October 18th I had my left hip replaced. 11 days later, on Saturday, October 29th a rare nor'easter slams CT wreaking havoc that continues even as I post. Out comes the generator again for 121 hours (5 plus days)! This freak October snow storm will definitely be recorded as a historic event. The snow starts falling on Saturday, 10/29 ...

Bella hunkering down for whatever comes our way ... little do we know ...

Bella with friends ....

an hour before we lose power on Saturday I boil pasta and shrimp and power down my computer ...

October snow??? Bristol cancels Halloween!

Sunday morning 10/30 begins the 2nd day without CL&P juice

CRAZY snow!

when the snow begins to melt ...

in the still of the night 1 day after CL&P was restored to us, CL&P works to connect wires from a neighbors home pulled down by a tree in his yard.

LOVE this generator (which has been relocated to a friends home in Farmington who STILL does not have CL&P power ... 7 days after power was lost). So ALL is not well until EVERYBODY is back to normal!

p.s. if the hips have anything to do with it ... we're all set .... I'm done having parts replaced.