Thanksgiving Thought

Thanksgiving day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. --Edward Sandford Martin


Recipe to share: Cranberry Jello Salad
1-6 oz. pkg. raspberry jello
2 cups boiling water
1-16 oz can whole cranberry sauce
1-20 oz can crushed pineapple, in juice
1-15 oz can mandarin oranges, drained
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional

Boil water in saucepan. In 9 x 13 glass dish, mix boiling water and jello. Stir until dissolved. Break up cranberry sauce and add to gelatin mixture. Stir until cranberry sauce is dissolved. Add pineapple with juice and drained oranges. Stir. Stir in nuts if desired and refrigerate until firm. Very yummy!

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Misplaced a Halloween page....just found it! This beauty was done by Pat Blackwood-Condra. Love the vintage girls, the orange german scrap, the moon, etc.....just awesome!

Thought for the Day

Remember....happiness is a way of travel...
.....not a destination.

Today is Veteran's Day

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 everyone of them,
The noble and the brave,
The ones still with us here today,
And those who rest in graves.

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 - www.poemsource.com

Haunted House Book Swap

The following are pages made in the "Haunted House Book Swap" organized by Heather Bloom in the Vintage Photo Images Group I'm in. They will be made into a book with rings to attach the pages and finished with a front and back cover created by me. I was totally blown away today when I received these pages in the mail. They are so creative.......such a talented bunch of ladies! This will be a one-of-a-kind book to be treasured for years to come. I just want to say thank you, Heather, for all the hard work you put into your page and organizing and carrying through with this swap. It was alot of hard work...and to all the ladies for all their wonderful pages. I will truly treasure this amazing work of art.
First page...and not in any particular order....was created by Carrie Rees.....

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Created by Rosalie Ackerson.....

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Created by Carolyn Utter.....

back of page.....with one of my favorite sayings....Heebie Jeebies!

Created by Barbara Stapleton.....

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Created by Heather Bloom.....our wonderful organizer of this project......

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Created by Muriel Fulgione....

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Created by Teri Chinen......

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Created by Heather Robinson.....

Created by April Dudko.....

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Created by Vonda Roberts.....

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back page with door open.....

By JoAnne Balaz......you can see there's something attached at the top I could not scan....it's a skeleton as long as the page is tall! Awesome!

the back......

By Connie Anne Camp...

windows open....

Back page.....

This page was done by Laura Carson. The door opens up with her name and the saying...The 13th Hour, when anything can happen and things aren't always what they seem.

Page open.....

Page open with door open....she has skeletons in her closet!

The back.......

By yours truly....the front.....

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