[elky] Re: - Happy Thanksgiving
- From: "Jim Dos" <jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:01:35 -0600
Much like yours. A great meal, good relatives to visit with, but working
all day today, and just as well. I won't fight the crowds to black Friday
Jim
From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray Buck
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 11:27 AM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: - Happy Thanksgiving
I dunno about everyone else, but I had a nice Thanksgiving. I hate to admit
it, but I'd let my house get into quite a mess. So I spent T-day (and the
day before) catching up on things I'd let go and cleaning. House ain't
perfect, but it's presentable, with some new photos hung on the wall.
I also had a "Beggar's Banquet" of old Rolling Stones music. I found a new
appreciation for their early stuff when I discovered (duh) that they didn't
start out as a rock 'n roll band, but rather an R&B group. When I listened
to some of their covers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly (Ellas McDaniel), Willie
Dixon and even Robert Johnson (Love in Vain, which I'd previously though to
be a very poor parody of a country song), I saw them and their music in a
totally different light. It was an interesting experience; now I have a
WinAmp playlist of almost 300 Stones' songs. I'll pare 'em down to a
"favorites" list. I even played bass for a bit to some of their real early
stuff before organ practice before bed last night.
Tony, Desiree and Josie came to visit for a little while. It was late;
they'd come from my elder son's dinner and were all tuckered out (but they
brought me a yummy care package) and we had a short but nice visit. Little
Josie had her first birthday the day before (we'll celebrate on Saturday)
and although she was tired out, she was a little angel. I didn't shoot any
photos cuz everyone was pooped out and when I looked in Josie's eyes, I
didn't wanna blast a flash into 'em. So we ended the visit (as we'd begun
it) with hugs and well-wishes. One other thing. I'd found a painting that
my mother had done when she was around 10 or 12 years old. It's a still
life with a book and candle in a plain white frame that has to be 50 years
old if not 70. I gave it to them to hang in Josie's room. It can't hurt to
have a painting done by her great-grandmother around. Funny thing about
Josie's name. They named her Josephine after my grandmother (J's
great-great-grandmother) but didn't realize that my mother's first name was
also Josephine, although she never used it. For some reason she chose to
use her middle name, Mildred. Why she refused to be called Millie is beyond
me, but that's the way it was. So it was a surprise when Tony and Desiree
found out that their daughter was named for her great-great-grandmother AND
her great-grandmother as well. And so ends today's genealogy dissertation.
All in all, it was a real nice day and I have a ton of stuff to be grateful
for (like the fact that I'm not out fighting Black Friday crowds.)
I hope everyone else had as satisfying T-day as I did.
r
On 11/25/2010 8:04 AM, Chris Lindh wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving! I have much to be thankful for.
My plan is to do some tidying in the basement... reduce the Sanford & Son
vibe it's got going...
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