Scattelogical ramblings and desultory humor - Epilogue

Eleanor, Good luck with your surgery!

Dave - thanks for the wishes. I'll be heading out soon!! Eleanor

Good luck Eleanor, will be thinking of you today!

Best of luck, Eleanor.

Yes! Good luck, Eleanor :-)

Eleanor - if they offer you drugs, take them! Hmmm - that didn't sound right, did it . . .

I understand you completely, Emily! Been there, etc. Love Eleanor's china, in fact I WANT Eleanor's china! When my first daughter was tiny, I knew I'd have more kids, but didn't know what gender it would be, and although I love intense, cobalt blue, baby blue does nothing for me. I wanted to buy her gender-neutral clothes so I could reuse them. So she ended up wearing a lot of purple and red, often at the same time! Like those dishes, in a younger infantile way. xx, Carrie

I'm home!! Got home last night about 8:00. The ride down to Albany Med was horrible - snow, sleet, freezing rain and finally just rain. Lots of cars off Route 87 and accidents but we made it after 2 hours. And to top it off between exits 11 and 8 the cars justed crawled and sometimes didn't move. It was rush hour and it was due to entering and exiting traffic not the condition of the road. So far so good with the surgery and I'm up and around but not moving to swiftly!! Thanks for all of the good wishes - I appreciate and love my good friends on DG.
Carrie - are you talking about Louise's dishes? Eleanor

Glad you're home Eleanor! Take it easy for a day or two!! Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

Great to hear Eleanor! Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm so happy that things went well for you, and that you made it safely there and back. Now, I know tomorrow is a holiday, but try to take things slowly!!

Great to hear that all went well, Eleanor. I DO hope you will make yourself take the time to recover even though Thanksgiving calls. I hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving and that everyone serves you and waits for your compliments!! LOL

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!! Enjoy!!

Louise

Yeah Eleanor!!
Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm at work, I should just go home beacuse I'm not working, but something might come up.

Hope you're off tomorrow, Deb! How late do you have to work today?

Thanks everyone!! Don't worry, I'm not cooking Thanksgiving dinner. My DD#1 is cooking and enjoying it. I will go over early and can sit and supervise!! We planned everything out before the surgery and went grocery shopping. It should be a fun day (I won't have cleanup duty either)!! I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Eleanor

Victor, I'm home now - left work at 4:50, just a few minutes early. Don't go back til Monday, then next week is a short week too, coming down to NYC for the weekend.

Hope everyone has a great holiday with lots of good food and family!

Enjoy the city, Deb! Hope you were not counting on a Broadway show. If you can put up with crowds, try to see the Holiday Train Show at the NY Botanical Garden.

We were planning on seeing the Grinch Friday the 30th. Hope to still see it! We did see it last year.
I looked at the train Botanical Garden on line last year - thanks for the reminder!

Enjoy your long weekend and your trip to The City, Deb! (Happy, Victor???? that I remembered to use proper capitalization???) LOL

Very good, Louise, but bold might be in order! Deb - the Grinch was supposed to re-open on Monday but that fell through. There is also a train display in Grand Central.

Thanks Victor - DH loves trains - AND I get to tell him I found it on DG!!!

Deb - good news for the grinch (from playbill.com):

thanks Amy!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

If you haven't already read this one, it's a cute little email that's been making the rounds this season ...


'Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn't sleep.
I tried counting backwards. I tried counting sheep.

The leftovers beckoned ~ the dark meat and white.
But I fought off temptation with all of my might.

Tossing and turning with anticipation,
The thought of a snack became infatuation!

So I raced tot he kitchen! Flung open the door,
And gazed at the 'fridge full of goodies galore!!

I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes ...
Pickles and carrots! And beets and tomatoes!!!

I felt myself swelling, so plump and so round
Until all of a sudden I rose off the ground!!!

I crashed through the ceiling, floated into the sky
with a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie ...

But I managed to yell as I soared past the trees ...
Happy eating to all!! Pass the cranberries, please!

This is to wish every one at NE forum a very happy Thanksgiving, enjoy the food and your family and friends

Maria

Good one, Candyce !

Thank you Maria!

Great poem Candyce!

amy & Debi, Are there 2 Seuss musicals?? Seussical & Grinch?


Happy Thanksgiving all!

Yes, but Seussical closed on b'way years ago. it has a continued life on tours and in regional and school productions. It was written by Ahrens and Flaherty, who also wrote Ragtime (IMO maybe the greatest american musical EVER), Once on this Island, Dessa Rose, and (currently at Lincoln Center) The Glorious Ones - among others.

This is the Grinch's 2nd year as a special "limited engagement". It was SO successful last year that this year it was booked into the St. James, former home of The Producers, pushing Young Frankenstein into the Hilton (formerly the Ford Center, which opened years ago with Ragtime). The Grinch had to do special contracts because they are pushing the limits by doing such a large number of shows a week - which of course maximizes profit when you are doing a "limited engagement."

Hi NE Forum Friends! And a very Happy Thanksgiving!! You have all enriched my life with interesting chatter and warm, friendly thoughts. Thank you!

Guess who came to dinner today.......Oh, My......At least he's still in the baby stage!

That's a big baby!

Hope you had a great day too.

Thanks Amy. That makes sense because my daughter's school will do Seussical this year. She has been bitten. Crewed on South Pacific last year, acted in their one acts this Fall then crewed again for Metamorphoses which ended last weekend. She is all about theatre and animation.

That's a baby????
I hope he didn't eat too much!

Well, Candyce, the one who came last year was longer and much bigger around than the skinny guy who showed up yesterday. I'm not happy......hate to have to tippy toe around my own garden when I come outside. But, we did notice that this one did avoid our lava rocks, placed where the other Gagonzo one last year liked to hang out, so I guess we'll be buying 50 bags more of lava rock and blockading the entire yard perimeter........LOL

Between the burglars and the snakes, I don't know, gang! I may be back up there sooner than I thought!!

Louise - no snakes up here this time of year!! In fact there's not much of any wild life out there except a lot of chickadees!! Hope the lava rocks help keep them away. Eleanor

Oh, Thanks, Eleanor. How are you doing???

We have named the visitor snake, Sidney, and Molly has been put in charge of announcing his arrival for a visit. I prefer the visit of the yellow-rumped warblers that visit our orange trees every morning. We also have Rhoda Ring-neck Pigeon and Spot-Butt the squirrel, who was a regular last year as well. He has a big spot just above his tail. He likes to drink from my homemade bird bath.

Is anyone else in a food coma today?

Louise - I'm doing really well, thanks for asking!! My only problem is lifting - I look at things to be picked up and remember I CAN'T LIFT OVER 5 POUNDS!! I will obey the doctor's orders as I don't want a repeat of the surgery!! JD - I'm definitly in a food coma and probably will have leftovers again tonight. I love Thanksgiving but wish it was celebrated just one day instead of several days with all of the leftovers. Eleanor

I managed to eat until I hurt on Thursday. Then, for Friday night's supper I did it again! I just can't resist the melding of the marvelous aromas and tastes of Thanksgiving.

I am always sad when the leftovers are gone. But I am thankful, too, when there is no more to nibble!!

I'm with you Candyce, I love the leftovers. They never last long enough for me.

Glad you're feeling better Eleanor.

Coma - yes. Gotta switch gears to some other menu tonight.