For what are ye thankful?

Thank you for remembering our best gift in your Thanks-giving KD.

You are going to have a wonderful holiday season this year. What a blessing for all of you!!! Enjoy.

Probably not once she finds out that you and RO were at the LSU/Alabama game and the media caught you in a compromising position.

As they say on the internet "I think I just threw up in my mouth a little."



I'd better get my fishing rods in the divorce.

As they say on the internet "I think I just threw up in my mouth a little."



I'd better get my fishing rods in the divorce.

:rofl: :funn:

:rofl: :funn:

They may be my only source of income

GB is thankful for Otters




and Golden Retrievers

I am thankful for the many things that make me happy and content and the many things that make me laugh. And what makes me proud. Especially of my husband and children.

And SoWallers, you're all up there in my big list, too! You're a great bunch and I love you all! :clap_1:

My list is way too long, but I will throw out one thing for which I am thankful, good peeps like most of you guys.

When I first saw your post, I thought that you, SJOe, are a great addition to my SoWal life...absolutely! My list is long as well.

Oh my, please don't let me be a thread stopper

Oh my, please don't let me be a thread stopper

Okay, I am thankful for my pups, friends, family, roof over my head, food on the table (or in cupboard), future friends, a beautiful environment, life, limbs, health (even though I am still sick, I am well), knowledge and ability to learn, who I was, who I am, and whom I will be.

Oh my, please don't let me be a thread stopper

At my house that's called getting the last word. ;-)

Giving Thanks

Here's wishing every one of you a very happy Thanksgiving and safe travels if you are outbound on this holiday. Getting to know each of you on this board, knowing that we all share a love of our South Walton coastal area, has been one of the really fun things for me over the past year. It's my only message board, but I sure spend a lot of entertaining time on it.

Husband and I were riding the ferry into San Francisco today, having a discussion about how fortunate we are to have health, family and good friends, and good humor. As I read through the threads on this board, it appears that all of us have much to give thanks for. Here are just a few.

Thanks for surviving all these horrendous storms relatively intact and being left in a position that we can extend help and assistance to others not so fortunate. Thanks, in advance, for a less eventful year in 2006.

Thanks to the powers that be who do the right thing about our special environment down there. (Well, most of them and most of the time.) I am thankful for County Commissioner Cindy Meadows, who I have not even met yet, for being the voice of reason in a room of angry and frightened people sometimes. Some of them are not even sitting up on the dias with her! Just kidding, sort of.

Special thanks to Kurt for bringing us all together and for loving the area so. Mother Nature likes it when that happens.

Special thanks to Smilin' Joe for going out there every day and bringing our favorite place right into our homes via the miracle of electronics. And thanks for the perspective, too, SJ.

Thanks for elections every four years, and term limits and thanks for the strength to survive the current state of our globe.

And thanks to God, first and last and in the middle of all things.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone...gobble, gobble!

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Beautifully put, Donna. It's good to be reminded that Thanksgiving is about a lot more than the turkey on the plate. :clap_1:

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Happy Turkey Day Sowal and Friends!

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Well said, Donna. You have a gift for words.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Okay, I am thankful for my pups, friends, family, roof over my head, food on the table (or in cupboard), future friends, a beautiful environment, life, limbs, health (even though I am still sick, I am well), knowledge and ability to learn, who I was, who I am, and whom I will be.

Well said, SJ. Great thread.

My family,of course, and the joy they bring. The opportunity to be able to work in a job I love each day. My dogs and those people who challenge me to be a better person. Being able to enjoy the simple beauty of each day and last, but not least, those folks who post wonderful pictures for me to enjoy of an area I do not get to often enough.

I am thankful for the "basics"- my patient husband, 2 kids that haven't put me in the nuthouse (yet), wonderful friends and neighbors, our health (and health insurance!), my animals, my job, our future, vacations, and sunrises and sunsets.

Getting to "know" y'all has been fun. This is where I come when I need a laugh , want to daydream, find some info, or just relieve some stress and goof around. I can't wait to come to the beach next summer after learning more about the area and hearing Donna and Steelemama's stories. I have a mental list of the businesses that I will frequent. I have a new appreciation for "our" beach and everyone who works so hard to protect it- and I am thankful for those people.

I am also thankful that Sueshore is always up first scouting out the day and the board! Reading her posts are a great way to start the day!

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Thanks Donna, your words ring so true. I used to be amazed that I was on a message board...but when I found this group of people that loved the area as much as I do, it was a no brainer! I am thankful that I found y'all and that I have been able to actually meet two wonderful ladies that I call my friends now! I always wondered if you could really make GOOD new friends at this age....I am here to tell you....YES, indeedy! Here's to this board and to the new friends I will meet in person in the future!

One more- I am very thankful for the recipes- just printed out a bunch. Maybe y'all will be the cure for my cooking burnout!

Morning jdarg....I really want to hug that dog of yours!!!! I am so happy when you show up in the am!!! I wrote a bit about being thankful on Donna's thread...Giving Thanks. One thing I am most thankful for after my wonderfully wacky family is the ability to laugh at and with myself! A sense of humor has saved my sanity (?) many times! Thank you to all of you that make me laugh!!!

Morning jdarg....I really want to hug that dog of yours!!!! I am so happy when you show up in the am!!! I wrote a bit about being thankful on Donna's thread...Giving Thanks. One thing I am most thankful for after my wonderfully wacky family is the ability to laugh at and with myself! A sense of humor has saved my sanity (?) many times! Thank you to all of you that make me laugh!!!

You are right about the laughter- during our worst times, the laughter has pulled us through. My dad had the most incredible sense of humor- and when I want to cheer up, I think of him and chuckle.

That dog of mine gets so many hugs and kisses it's ridiculous. He has Great Dane in him somewhere- he leans against my leg when I am on the computer. The shelter called me yesterday- they are giving us first dibs on a female version of him that supposedly has the same disposition. On one hand I'm thinking that a buddy would help his separation anxiety issues, but do I really want 2 dogs right now? Would I end up with TWO dogs that worry if I leave the house? Guess I should be thankful that I am so adored! :funn:

freedom (constitutional,not the Bush/war version)

freedom (constitutional,not the Bush/war version)

You don't really have freedom when the gov't steps all over the Constitution, as they do today.

that's why I'm so thankful for what we have left - we can still travel without permission and assemble in groups and own property and bear arms


(and bare arms at the beach!)

that's why I'm so thankful for what we have left - we can still travel without permission and assemble in groups and own property and bear arms


(and bare arms at the beach!)

I still need permission to travel. The gov't requires seatbelt usage, driver's license, proof of insurance, passport in some instances, etc. Then there are some who need permission from the spouse.