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Thanksgiving Memories

November 24, 2022 by Kimberly Snyder Leave a Comment

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Even in the midst of all the challenges 2022 has brought, there is still plenty to be thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving Buffet Display

Happy Thanksgiving!  2022 has brought its fair share of challenges in to our lives.  I keep reminding myself there is always something to be thankful for.

First a confession:  I did not carve the Thanksgiving Message in the watermelon or put the lovely Thanksgiving display pictured above together!  That was prepared by the staff aboard the Norwegian Jade last year.  My husband & I were disembarking from a cruise  on Thanksgiving Day 2019.  More about that a little later!

Milestones in 2022 to Be Thankful For

Great Aunt Pauline Celebrates 104 !

Cupcakes for the birthday girl

Aunt Pauline at 100th birthday!

In full disclosure, the picture directly above is from her 100th birthday.  The top picture is from her 104th birthday in April of this year.  It isn’t a great picture of her but it a wonderful picture of me!

My Great Aunt Pauline is my maternal grandfather’s youngest sister.  She and my Mom were extremely close.  The house my husband & I purchased in Florida was originally her home.  She is an amazing lady!   She is still very spry and was in two fashion shows at her assisted living facility this year.

We are so thankful to have her in our lives!  More about Aunt Pauline can be found here:

She will be joining us at her son’s house for Thanksgiving dinner later today!

Dave became a Great Grandpa!

newborn baby

Dave’s oldest granddaughter and her husband welcomed their first child in late March.  We were able to meet her in person in May when we traveled to Texas.  She is certainly a welcome blessing!

We weathered our first Hurricane!

Fortunately, our home made it through the storm fairly well.  We do have roof damage and some interior damage to our ceilings.  A few pool cage screens are damaged.  Many, many people lost their homes and several lost their lives.  The devastation in parts of Southwest Florida is overwhelming.

Thankful for Dave, of course!  He got stuck with most of the Hurricane cleanup from Hurricane Ian and all of the prep for Hurricane Nicole because I was off traveling with my friends!  Thank you for all your hard work, Dave!

The Journey Continues-

I am thankful for all the new people that I have met along my blogging journey.  Especially KariAnne Wood, my mentor!  I wouldn’t be where I am today without her help and support!

KariAnne Wood Thistlewood Mastermind Leader

I was able to travel to several different blogging events this year and made new friends & strengthened ties with friends I met last year.  It has been a great experience!

A Few Thanksgiving Memories

blue gray heirloom pumpkin with Happy Thanksgiving tag

As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, my husband & I were disembarking from a cruise three Thanksgivings ago.  We were able to go on a trip of a lifetime last fall.  The trip started in Venice , Italy and ended in Dubai, UAE 33 days later!  It was an amazing journey!  I am so thankful that we were able to take the trip!

A few days before the end of the trip, we were in Jordan.  We visited Petra and Wadi Rum.  Petra is where the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed.  Wadi Rum is known for its red/pink sand, stunning landscapes and prehistoric rock carvings.  We visited a Bedouin camp there.  It was an incredible day!

Camel ride at Petra

For Thanksgiving Dinner 2019, we were at one of the malls in Dubai eating at a BBQ place!  I wish we could have spent more time in Dubai!  One day wasn’t enough! I like to say Dubai is like someone mixed up Miami , Las Vegas, New York City and Rodeo Drive in a blender and made Dubai!

Thanksgiving 2012

While I don’t have any pictures of this Thanksgiving Celebration, it was unique in that we basically took over my friend Bridget’s restaurant and held our Thanksgiving dinner there.  Earlier that fall, my Mom had somehow fractured her knee and by Thanksgiving was midway thru her rehab stay at a local nursing home.  While the house she and my Dad lived in was handicap accessible, I knew if I took her home for the day and had Thanksgiving there , I would never get her back to the nursing home!  Bridget was like a daughter to my parents so she graciously offered her restaurant as a place we could hold our celebration.

My Aunt and cousins from Indiana as well as Dave’s oldest son and his family joined us at the restaurant. We brought in the Thanksgiving feast and spent the afternoon eating and enjoying the family time!  Mom still wasn’t thrilled about going back to the nursing home that day but she was grateful to be able to join us for the afternoon!

Thanksgiving at the farm

I am not sure the exact date of this Thanksgiving.  It was sometime in the late 1990s as we were still living in Urbana, IL and my parents were still living in the farmhouse.  My Mom and I decided to purchase one of the prepared packaged Thanksgiving dinners from one of the area grocery stores.  All we had to do, they said, was cook the turkey for x amount of time, heat the sides up and we would be ready to eat!  Sounded simple enough!  Mom and I followed the directions regarding the turkey and when it came out of the oven…… it was still stone cold and raw inside!

My Mom was not happy!  We had guests and no turkey to feed them!  Somehow we had been given a box that included a turkey that had not been thawed out at the store as it should have been.  Unbeknownst to us, ours was still frozen in the center when we put it in the oven.  We never tried the prepacked Box o’ Thanksgiving dinner again!

In hindsight, we should not have assumed that the turkey would be oven ready.  Even though it was advertised as such!

Thanksgiving In Rochester, NY

Several years when I lived in Cincinnati, my parents and I would travel to Rochester, NY to have Thanksgiving with a close family friend and her parents and husband.  One of the memories surrounds the appropriate size turkey to purchase when you are having twelve people for Thanksgiving.  I will admit, I probably would have bought the same size turkey that my friend, Angie did.  However, our Mothers were both beside themselves that Angie had only bought a 12 lb turkey to feed 12 of us.  Because of the fear that our Mothers instilled in us that there wouldn’t be enough turkey, hardly anyone ate turkey and there was plenty left over!  So now, almost every Thanksgiving, I reach out to Angie and ask if she has her 12lb turkey in the oven!

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Harvest Mass display

Wishing everyone a very blessed Thanksgiving!

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Hello! Kimberly (Kim) Snyder and I'm glad you're here. An entrepreneurial spirit, I've owned a flower shop and antiques store, a pizza parlor and now we're in Florida living a new adventure. Join me as we downsize into our new digs and continue the adventures! WRITER & BLOGGER

Kimberly Snyder shares the adventures of moving to Florida and beginning again in a new space as a herbalist, a creative, and a serial entrepreneur

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