A Thanksgiving Limerick

Not that we need it at my house.  (Recipe Courtesy of/http://www.pinterest.com/tripn_dicular/)

I'm thankful for family and friends

And hoping this limerick sends

Good fortune your way

For Thanksgiving Day

(Or else a bartender who blends.)

Happy Thanksgiving Rhyme

Wishing you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving.

Eldest son came home last night for his Thanksgiving break.

Want to spend some time with him and then I have to bake...

Also have to clean my house since we'll be playing host;

Therefore, I'm not gonna have a lot of time to post.

I'll be gone 'til Monday when, again, I'll have free time

And come back to hit you with another silly rhyme.
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving.  Bye.  I have to cook...

But I'm very thankful that you've stopped to take a look.

Procrastinators Unite... Tomorrow!

Photo/Wei Fang

Foliage is past its peak and trees are shedding leaves;

Landing on the dying grass, collecting on the eaves,

Drifting on the driveway, and they're covering the deck.

Once I thought them pretty...  Now? A big pain in the neck.

Oak trees haven't shed their leaves, although they're turning brown.

Not until Thanksgiving will the last one flutter down.

This year I've decided I will give myself a break;

I will wait 'til that one falls before I start to rake.

Happy Thanksgiving (A Little Bit Early)

Norman Rockwell's iconic Thanksgiving.  Notice how he doesn't show you what this poor woman's kitchen looks like...  Or mention the fact that she's only 42?

Here I sit - the place a mess - Thanksgiving on the way
(In the winter we're the hosts for every holiday).
Have to get up off my bum and go and clean the house;
Don't want to embarrass either children or my spouse.

Thankfully our guests are all extended family...
They're aware of what they'll get when they come visit me.
There'll be lots of food and drink and, if you've room, there's pie.
There'll be food to take with you when you must say goodbye.

There'll be people who you love and they all love you back
If you can ignore the fact the china's got a crack,
Carpet is a little worn, and Bailey always sheds,
And (with Dr. Seussilitis) I use wine for meds.

Since there is so much to do and there's so little time
I will not be back before Thanksgiving for a rhyme.
Thanks to those who, in my youth, invited in a stray.
Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday.