Friday, November 19, 2010
Flashback Friday # 20 ~ Jim's early Thanksgiving
Linda asked several questions about early Thanksgivings with family members and school activities. Click her icon, right, if you want to read others or participate in this with a blog post of your own.Linda's questions and then my answers: (you will note that some of these I did not answer as they did not apply to my family situation--they may apply to you)
What was Thanksgiving like when you were growing up? What days did you usually have off from school? Do you remember any Thanksgiving activities at school, such as a play or a meal? During the Thanksgiving weekend, did you travel to spend it with relatives or did you stay home? Or did relatives travel to you? What was your family's day typically like? Did you watch the Macy's Parade or something else on TV? Have you ever attended a Thanksgiving parade? Was football a big part of the day? And of course, we have to hear what your family ate! Were there any traditional foods that were part of your family's meal? Which of your growing-up traditions do you do with your family today? And if you are married, how did it go merging your two traditions/expectations?
My early Thanksgivings that I can remember involved an activity in school with Pilgrim and Indian stuff. Then for the Thanksgiving Day my family and all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins on Dad's side of the family would go to his parents for a noonish plus dinner
At Grandpa's we ate very lavishly and then went outside for pictures. Later in my teen years my grandparents got TV and we watched that some of the time. When I was small we cousins would play. Teen time? I am not sure what we did then.
Two things I remember about our noon dinner. First was my grandmother's delicious scalloped oyster dish. She cooked them in a big round glass baking pot, probably Pyrex. Second was the duck. I don't like duck but we had it every Thanksgiving and Christmas. My Aunt Mabel made that. We didn't have turkey.
One other thing was my Grandpa's command when it was time to eat, "You kids get in the wood box now!" The wood box was full of chopped wood and corn cobs to be burned as fuel in the iron cook stove. We all knew he was teasing.
One of my first memories was when I was just walking (nine months) I used that wood stove to hang onto as I walked back and forth around it
One of the awfullest thing I didn't even back know then was our turkey dressing. Not until I moved to Texas did I ever have corn bread turkey dressing. That is so good! Up north and in the Midwest regular bread was used, making the dressing very mushy.
I used to tease my mother-in-law about putting egg into her corn bread dressing. She thought that was terrible but a hard cook egg or a few help things a lot. Mrs. Jim puts egg into her corn bread.
Labels: Flashback Friday, Holiday Posts, Jim in his Younger Days
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Meet Doggy Duke — MidWeek Blues — He has a new home!
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You are looking at Doggy Duke. Cats may have nine lives, Doggy Duke has three for now. First he was a present to our Karen from a nice lady who made him. Next he slept in a box in our attic for thirty some years resting up for his third lifeDoggy Duke has had a flight to London. He stowed away in Mrs. Jim's luggage to hide from those security cops who take little kids toys away.
I hope you heard about that, they grabbed the child's stuffed toy and put it on the scanner belt. The kid squalled to Heaven and somehow made the news. That may have been a put-on in preparation for National Opt-out and Resist the Body Scanner Day which will coincide with Thanksgiving.
Doggy Duke is now residing in London and will stay and be loved by KP for his third life. BTW, the original Duke lived on the farm with my parents.
Mrs. Jim thoroughly washed Doggy Duke several times as there were quite a few smudges on his soft cotton hide. Then she gave him new baby-safe eyes. Finally, she stuffed him with new doll stuffing and sewed him shut. I think she did real good on making those eyes.He came out looking real nice, don't you think? He is about eighteen inches long all stretched our like our Adi (that's Adi on the right above). Adi is about 28 inches stretched out. She is an old (14 years) hound dog also. She is a beagle who thinks she is people like us.
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If you want to post a MidWeek Blues picture, go get directions from Rebecca by clicking on the logo picture on the right. She has a Mr. Linky and good directions . Just do what I did. Or do less. All she requires is a BLUE PICTURE or BLUE THOUGHT, you don't have to write.
Labels: Adi, Doggy-Duke, Dogs, Midweek Blues, Toys
Monday, November 15, 2010
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Sunday had come. Pancho wore his new poncho.
Rain was his only fear as his colors would run.
Pancho stepped on a snake.
Pancho ran.
140 Characters
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© 2010 Jimmiehov
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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River
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You might like to try this. It's fast, easy, and fun.
Sunday had come. Pancho wore his new poncho.
Rain was his only fear as his colors would run.
Pancho stepped on a snake.
Pancho ran.
140 Characters
µ-fiction
Story Copyright
© 2010 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River
Check over at Susan's blog, Stony River, for more microfiction Monday! They should read quickly because our requirement is 140 characters or less.You might like to try this. It's fast, easy, and fun.
Labels: Microfiction-Monday
