Thanksgiving Day Thankful Thursday Gratitude List

Istijlál (Majesty), 6 Qawl (Speech), 170 BE - Thursday, November 28, 2013 about 10:44 AM Pacific Standard Time

On this cloudy and chilly Thanksgiving Day I am grateful...

1.  ...for Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen's Health Advice column, which appears in Thursday's Review-Journal, because today the main topic was Pain relief not limited to medication. Drs. Oz and Roizen give five self-care techniques to reduce the discomfort of chronic pain. I already practice one of the techniques on a daily basis, but today I will begin practicing more of them.

2. ...that I chose to spend this Thanksgiving by myself because now I can focus on prayer and meditation without interrupting anyone else's Thanksgiving Day. This gives me a chance to look at the changes of the past year and determine what I want to do for the next twelve months to make my life more productive.

3. ...for the turkey burgers I received when I went to one of the food pantries last week. For lunch I had two turkey and cranberry sandwiches. This is the first time I have ate a turkeys sandwich with cranberry sauce and they are delicious.

4. ...that I have a free senior cellphone with 250 free minutes each month.

5. ...for the beauty of a cloudy Thanksgiving morning with yellow and orange oak leaves falling to the ground.

6. ...that eggnog was in the grocery store when I went shopping yesterday. I had a cup of eggnog for breakfast for the first time in several years.

7. ...for the pumpkin pie I received when I went to one of the food pantries last Saturday.

8. ...that I have dentures so that I can enjoy a turkey and cranberry sandwich.

9. ...for being able to afford a cable modem so t hat I can stay connected with my family on Thanksgiving and every day of the year.

10. ...that I was able to enjoy a piece of pumpkin pie while watching the news this morning. This is a tradition that Mom and I started several years ago and I thought I might cry this morning but I did not. Instead, I remember how much Mom liked pumpkin pie.

Next week is Thanksgiving

‘Idál (Justice), 14 Qudrat (Power), 167 BE – Wednesday, November 17, 2010 about 4:47 PM Pacific Time

Thanksgiving is next Thursday and I am going to make homemade cranberry sauce. I have the cranberries, the nuts, and the sugar. I have brown sugar, so that is what I am going to use. I know it is not traditional cranberry sauce recipe, but I am not going to buy anything for the recipe unless I absolutely have to buy it or have a coupon.

All right, white sugar is not that expensive, but I do not keep it in the house for one simple reason. If I have it in the house, I will use it on my cereal. I keep brown sugar on hand, because I use it on oatmeal rather then milk. I use milk on my regular cereal, but no sugar.

I am going to make the cranberry sauce on Monday or Tuesday. Someone told me to make the cranberry sauce a few days ahead because it taste better. I, also, remember my grandmother making cranberry sauce on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Now the only thing I need to do is find some recipes for cranberry sauce.