Eat, Drink, Be Merry

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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Wishing you such goodness this Thanksgiving.

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From our home to yours

oxoxox

Fireplaces

There is something so comforting and so relaxing about a fireplace.

It is a great place to unwind after a long day, a place to gather with your family and talk.

I like to cozy up and read a book or my latest magazine. I especially love to hook a rug while the fire is burning.

We are lucky to have one outside too and this is the perfect time of year to sit

outside with the kids making smores.

Marc and I like to sit outside at night with a glass of wine

listening to Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett.

A fireplace adds warmth to your home & creates an inviting space.

It also adds so much charm during the holidays.

These are some of my favorite fire places from magazines I have gathered through the years.

Thank our Troops this Thanksgiving

What a great way to Thank our troops for all they do for us.

Xerox is giving us all an opportunity to send a card

to thank our Military who are stationed overseas.

It only takes a few minutes to go to

 Let's Say Thanks to our Military 

Once there you can pick one of many cards that children have drawn up and Xerox will print it and send it for you. It's free!

Please let all those you know about this.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our military received many cards this Thanksgiving letting them know how much we all appreciate everything they are doing!!

Getting ready for Thankgiving.....

I am thinking of the dishes I will make this year...there are so many to choose from.

We are having a traditional dinner I bought a 20 pounder yesterday.

 Will make stuffing, sweet potato souffle, cranberry apple sauce, biscuits...haven't decided on the green veg. just yet.

Of course pies galore........can't have Thanksgiving with out pumpkin pie and coconut custard pie. YUMMY!

No matter where you are this year for Thanksgiving I do hope you are surrounded by family and friends building great memories together.
Good food, good drink, good friends & family.

Salute!

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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

                                                                      Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

Veterans Day Tribute

My grandfather Angelo Delio & his brother Carmine Delio in WWII

My grandfather in Italy during WWII with fellow soldiers.

God Bless my grandfather and uncle for their service &
 Marc Argenzio my husband. We have so many family members who have served too.
For all they sacrificed for us.
To all our military then and now...thank you for all you have given us!

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Veteran’s Day Tribute

When America had an urgent need,

These brave ones raised a hand;

No hesitation held them back;

They were proud to take a stand.

They left their friends and family;

They gave up normal life;

To serve their country and their God,

They plowed into the strife.

They fought for freedom and for peace

On strange and foreign shores;

Some lost new friends; some lost their lives

In long and brutal wars.

Other veterans answered a call

To support the ones who fought;

Their country had requirements for

The essential skills they brought.

We salute each and every one of them,

The noble and the brave,

The ones still with us here today,

And those who rest in a grave.

So here’s to our country’s heroes;

They’re a cut above the rest;

Let’s give the honor that is due

To our country’s very best.

By Joanna Fuchs