SEASONS GREETINGS SWAP! WHOO HOO!

[mickeydownunder]

Crafty Lady 13 wrote:
Hello all

Sorry I haven't stopped by for a while. I have had my hands full lately. Training a new puppy (5 1/2 months old) who was just neutered this past Friday. Also have been spending a lot of time with a very good friend who just found out she has breast cancer. It was caught very early and the outlook is good. Things have been very hard on her lately...first the news of the cancer and then her husband lost his job. I've been trying to help her out as much as I can. A little cooking and cleaning, but mainly just spending a lot of time with her trying to keep her spirits up.

I received a lovely card and Aussie Christmas Pav recipe from mickeydownunder. Thank you so much...it really brightened up my day. I have my cards ready and am looking forward to sending them out.

Hopefully I will be stopping into the forum again soon. Wishing a very happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate the holiday.

WHOO HOO and a very big thank you for checkin in and yes remember puppy training days too lol....

and yes unfortunately in life bad things happen to good people but is good the cancer was caught early....they have each other and that's more priceless than anything in life...

Life I have found has a way of sorting itself out in time and the pieces of the puzzle usually fall in place...

Thanks again for checking in and hope you have a great day!

WHOO HOO!

[Saralaya]

mickeydownunder wrote:

Saralaya wrote:


I decided to look for a poem for you Mickey and found this one which I dimly remember having seen in the past, but will hang onto now :

Thanksgiving

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies,
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendour,
And quite ignore our daily store
Of pleasures sweet and tender.

Our cares are bold and push their way
Upon our thought and feeling;
They hang about us all the day,
Our time from pleasure stealing.
So unobtrusive many a joy
We pass by and forget it,
But worry strives to own our lives,
And conquers if we let it.

There’s not a day in all the year
But holds some hidden pleasure,
And, looking back, joys oft appear
To brim the past’s wide measure.
But blessings are like friends, I hold,
Who love and labour near us.
We ought to raise our notes of praise
While living hearts can hear us.

Full many a blessing wears the guise
Of worry or of trouble;
Far-seeing is the soul, and wise,
Who knows the mask is double.
But he who has the faith and strength
To thank his God for sorrow
Has found a joy without alloy
To gladden every morrow.

We ought to make the moments notes
Of happy, glad Thanksgiving;
The hours and days a silent phrase
Of music we are living.
And so the theme should swell and grow
As weeks and months pass o’er us,
And rise sublime at this good time,
A grand Thanksgiving chorus.

WOW With a tear in my eye and my skin tingling....thank you THIS poem is PERFECT!!! MUCh appreciated and WOW!! Thanks REALLY!

Hope your day is full of WHOO HOO! LOVED it!

I'm glad you like it Mickey... I do too and would not have found it if you hadn't asked for a Thanksgiving poem...

[mickeydownunder]

Thanks to BB502 ...the swap is now up to 66,67,68,69

WHOO HOO WHOO HOO!

I WONDER WHO will be number 70!

Thank you to all who have made this Seasons Greetings Swap successful...



I even baked a cake in appreciation today too!



And also made some Mickey beignets too! WHOO HOO!



PLEASE...stop by and have a coffee, tea or two

EGGNOG PENDING!!!

Hope you have a great day too!

[mickeydownunder]

Saralaya wrote:

mickeydownunder wrote:

Saralaya wrote:


I decided to look for a poem for you Mickey and found this one which I dimly remember having seen in the past, but will hang onto now :

Thanksgiving

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies,
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendour,
And quite ignore our daily store
Of pleasures sweet and tender.

Our cares are bold and push their way
Upon our thought and feeling;
They hang about us all the day,
Our time from pleasure stealing.
So unobtrusive many a joy
We pass by and forget it,
But worry strives to own our lives,
And conquers if we let it.

There’s not a day in all the year
But holds some hidden pleasure,
And, looking back, joys oft appear
To brim the past’s wide measure.
But blessings are like friends, I hold,
Who love and labour near us.
We ought to raise our notes of praise
While living hearts can hear us.

Full many a blessing wears the guise
Of worry or of trouble;
Far-seeing is the soul, and wise,
Who knows the mask is double.
But he who has the faith and strength
To thank his God for sorrow
Has found a joy without alloy
To gladden every morrow.

We ought to make the moments notes
Of happy, glad Thanksgiving;
The hours and days a silent phrase
Of music we are living.
And so the theme should swell and grow
As weeks and months pass o’er us,
And rise sublime at this good time,
A grand Thanksgiving chorus.

WOW With a tear in my eye and my skin tingling....thank you THIS poem is PERFECT!!! MUCh appreciated and WOW!! Thanks REALLY!

Hope your day is full of WHOO HOO! LOVED it!

I'm glad you like it Mickey... I do too and would not have found it if you hadn't asked for a Thanksgiving poem...

Somethings are just meant to be shared and is all about timing in life...so a very big thank you from thee! Glad we can now share in the wonderful poem you found too!

WHOO HOO WHOO HOO

Best to DH today too

[pammyowl]

I already received your card, Mickey! Wow, that was fast, only seven days! Thank you so much!

[mickeydownunder]

pammyowl wrote:


I already received your card, Mickey! Wow, that was fast, only seven days! Thank you so much!

WHOO HOO Wanted to advoid the holiday rush lol

Please all feel free to scan your cards on the thread for a bit of more fun too!

Thanks for letting me know and hope today is a good day for you!

[pammyowl]

Did you see the eclipse, Mickey? I know it was visible in Queensland, but you are south of there, I'm just wondering.

[Frugal Fifer]

I got my card last week Mickey, not had a minute to let you know. Good to see more people signing up, all my cards are bought and waiting to be written x

[Sharon the Rocket]

Got your card yesterday, Mickey! Thanks so much! I am ready and waiting to put addresses and stamps on my "to be sent" cards. Can't wait!!! Big hugs, Sharon

[Studentchef]

Are we supposed to send cards out now? I haven't got my partners names and addresses, yet!

[Saralaya]

Studentchef wrote:
Are we supposed to send cards out now? I haven't got my partners names and addresses, yet!

I'm with SC..... I thought sign ups were still open......

[lindseylcw]

PM'd you Mickey and can I go for another one please?

[pammyowl]

I don't think it kicks in until the 22nd. She has our info so she has sent early, that's all.

[mickeydownunder]

pammyowl wrote:
Did you see the eclipse, Mickey? I know it was visible in Queensland, but you are south of there, I'm just wondering.

Gday and big thanks No we did not see the eclipse but spoke to a friend of mine in Cairns (northeast Australia) Cairns is about 3 hours by plane from where we live. She said tourism just BOOMED in the area and she was late for work because people were literally sprawled all over the roads etc...

Would have been something to see though...

WHOO HOO

Thanks for highlighting that too!

[mickeydownunder]

Frugal Fifer wrote:
I got my card last week Mickey, not had a minute to let you know. Good to see more people signing up, all my cards are bought and waiting to be written x

WHOO HOO and thanks for letting me know

Feel free to scan any cards you receive too!

Hope today is a good day for you!