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A Thankful Heart

Take nothing for granted, for whenever you do
The "joy of enjoying" is lessened for you.
For we rob our own lives much more than we know
When we fail to respond or in any way show
Our thanks for the blessings that daily are ours...
The warmth of the sun, the fragrance of flowers,
The beauty of twilight, the freshness of dawn,
The coolness of dew on a green velvet lawn,
The kind little deeds so thoughtfully done,
The favors of friends and the love that someone
Unselfishly gives us in a myriad of ways,
Expecting no payment and no words of praise.
Oh, great is our loss when we no longer find
A thankful response to things of this kind,
For the JOY OF ENJOYING and the fullness of living
Are found in the heart that is filled with THANKSGIVING!
~~author unknown~~

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

RhondaSue

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HAPPY VETERANS DAY: Pocket Patriot Freebie

I made this many years ago and have shared it over and over and over....
I hope there is still a need for it ... there are so many of our family members
that are in a service and no matter what their job/position/location/or
training, they are all FIGHTING FOR US TO KEEP OUR FREEDOM!

The word THANKS is just not enough, but it is the least that we can ALL do.
Please ... whenever you see someone in uniform, at the grocery store, at the
airport, in church, walking down the sidewalk,
PLEASE SAY THANKS TO THEM!

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Our son is an Airman in the United States Air Force.
We are SO VERY PROUD OF HIM!

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Copy this poem and send it on
and some glad day when all wars are gone
this little chain of living prayer,
may have helped bring peace for the world to share.

Whisper each word as you write it down,
"O God, who smiles on the king and clown,
shower your love on each human heart,
for only from love can a real Peace start"

So whatever your language, race or creed,
send this on for someone to read -
Let's circle the world with a prayer for peace,
for God alone can make all wars cease.

Nick Kenny

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Ever wonder how to say thank you when you see a
military person in uniform?

See a simple way to do it from across a room or
as you are passing by.

GRATITUDE CAMPAIGN

Pease pass it on to family & friends!



SINCERELY,
RhondaSue

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THANKSGIVING DAY PLACECARDS PRINTABLE FREEBIE

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Layout design by:
http://craftymumzcreations.blogspot.com/

Template by:
Liz Ackerman

This is for PERSONAL USE ONLY!~
Finished design is 2" x 4" after folding

SMUGGLES
RhondaSue

Thanksgiving Seamless Fills

This share is 4 seamless tiles you can use in your creations as a floodfill as well as the 12x12 papers of the same fills. However, they are all only at 100PPI... They are great for craft projects or using for weblayouts, but if you want to print them, consider changing the ppi to at least 200 in your graphics program. My turkey shown here was made by using the tutorial here:
http://www.amandashome.com/tutturkey.html

This is my result of the tutorial:

Is everyone enjoying FALL WEATHER? We finally have some here in Florida. It is only in the 70s all week which for me is like heaven! So I'm having a spendid week. Only thing to make it better was if we were out raking all the leaves of gold, greens, reds, and yellows while wearing layers of fleece!

download link for the zip is:

http://www.4shared.com/file/68788280/87e6c865/WeGatherTogetherfills_RSW_2008.html

SMUGGLES
RhondaSue

HOW TO OBSERVE THANKSGIVING...

HOW TO OBSERVE THANKSGIVING...

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
~unknown~

HISTORY of the wishbone

If you believe your wish will come true when you win the break in a
wishbone contest, then you're following in the footsteps of civilizations
dating back to the Etruscans, 322 B.C. And -- it started with a hen, not a
turkey.

In those days, when a man wanted an egg he waited for the hen to announce
the coming of her product. This made the animal mystical in that it could
tell the future -- and that led to what became known as the "hen oracles."

If you lived back then, and wanted to receive an answer to an important
question from these oracles, you would draw a circle on the ground and divide
it into the twenty-four letters of the alphabet. Grains of corn were placed
in each section, and the cock or hen was led into the circle and then set
free. It was believed that the fowl would spell out words or symbols by
picking up kernels of corn from the different sections. For example, the
first letter of a future husband's name would be the first kernel of corn
picked. After writing the message, the fowl was sacrificed to a special deity
and its collarbone was hung out to dry.

Then, you'd get to make a wish on the bone. Then two other people got a
chance to make a wish by snapping the dried bone in the same way we do now,
with each one pulling on an end. The person with the larger end of the bone
got the wish -- and it became known as a "lucky break."

The Romans brought the wishbone tradition with them when they conquered
England, and that's how we got it.

God's Gold

God's Gold

Oh, the glory of this autumn day,
When the trees unfold their gold!
Oh, how lifted is my spirit, Lord,
When such beauty I behold!
Like precious coins, each leaf holds on
Through sunshine, fog, or haze;
The memory of this rich display
Will warm my winter days.
~~author unknown to me~~

THANKSGIVING IDEAS

Print this poem on a pretty card or layout and give it attached to a Pumpkin Scented
candle for a gift this time of year. Makes a great hostess gift for your Thanksgiving
Dinner if you're going to another person's house!

Harvest Time at Home
When the pumpkin pie is cooling
and it's spicey scent is drifting,
may that cozy, comfty feeling be especially uplifting ...

When the table looks its best
and the turkey's in the oven,
may you have heaping blessings
of hugs and family lovin'!

May this pumpkin scented candle
light your way
to a heavenly harvest of blessings!

-author unknown

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Here's a cute poem for a baggie filled with jelly beans:

Colors of Thanksgiving

Orange is a pumpkin.
Yellow is the corn.
Brown is the turkey
With stuffing to adorn.
Red are the cranberries.
Green are the beans.
Five delicious colors
In a feast of my dreams.

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Thanksgiving Dinner Table Favor:

Corn
Wrap up 5 pieces of corn (or candy corn) in netting.
Print out the following verse on paper,
cut to size and attach to wrapped corn.
Tie with ribbon and put at each place setting at
Thanksgiving dinner.

The first kernel reminds us of the autumn beauty around us.
The second kernel reminds us of our love for each other.
The third kernel reminds us of God's love and care for us.
The fourth kernel reminds us of our friends.
The fifth kernel reminds us we are free people.

*I have made this with colored popcorn kernels.

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Here are a few HOME DECORATION ideas for FALL and/or Thanskgiving Time


~Brightly colored leaves nestled in a woven basket~
~Pumpkins, gourds, dried corn and acorns~
~Bowls of nuts with nut cracker~
~Baskets or bowls filled with apples and pears~
~Stacked magazines tied with raffia~
~Pinecones in decorative buckets or baskets~
~Eucalyptus swags~
~Dried flowers in canning jars or vases~
~Birdhouses~
~Pussywillow branches and cattails~
~Quilts and throws~
~Simmering potpourri~
~Candles and/or oil lamps~


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THANKSGIVING PLACECARDS

Two more Thanksgiving Day ideas to make your dinner table complete. Decorate these place cards and cut out round the hat or the turkey feathers but fold on each side of the hat/turkey to make the hat/tails pop up. You can laminate them if you want to save them to use from year to year. NOTE: Turkey cards are already decorated. Fingerprint cards need your touch!




Snag these printables
Thumbprint Faces
Multicolored Turkeys

THANKSGIVING TURKEY TEMPLATES

On Sunday, Sept 14, 2008, I posted these as well. But now we are closer to Thanksgiving and I thought I should repost them so those of you that are NOW in the mood for TURKEY DAY can snag these templates.






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GOBBLE GOBBLE Templates

Is anyone thinking about Thanksgiving yet? I know Halloween is first, but Turkey Day is just around that next corner and comes faster every year! This is a set of TURKEY THEME templates I made and had a blast using the first year I had them. I hope you have as much fun with them as I did.

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ENJOY
RhondaSue