Thanksgiving 2008

Bob had a great Thanksgiving. He wondered why we were having a big meal until I told him it was Thanksgiving Day. It is easy for him to lose track of days. Rob and I snuck out of the house early Thursday morning and ran to K-mart. They had some great sales on for just Thursday and since I don’t shop Black Friday, we decided to try shopping on Thanksgiving. It worked out very well with hardly anyone there. We got the rest of the Christmas shopping done and we don’t have to worry about buying anything else.

After we returned home we got the dinner going in the oven and then I got Bob to work on his Christmas cards. He made most of them this year. I bought a box of cards that had a simple, large design on them. Sarah and I took half of the cards and cut the design out. I then had Bob take the design, apply thick foam tape to the back of it and apply it to the second card. This was a great project for him. He had to apply the tape to the back of the card where I had put X’s, second he had to match the design he had with the right card, and last he had to line the design up on the card. It made the cards look so much nicer.

When the cards were finished, we then made a list of people and he signed his cards. This was also hard for him. Some of you may get some funny things written in your cards, but the funniest story was his brother, Dave’s card. He asked me how he should sign the card.

I asked him, “What does your brother call you?”
“I can’t write that, that isn’t nice.” He responded.
I laughed and said, “What does he call you when he talks to other people?”
He thought for awhile and replied, “That still isn’t very nice. I can’t sign my name like that.”
“Oh, come on. What is the name your Mother named you?” I asked him.
“Bob”, he said.
“Right and that is what your brother calls you. Sign your name Bob on the card.” I told him.
“Well, I will sign it Bob, but he won’t have any idea who the card is from.” He said in an obstinate manner.
I told him to sign it in a way that his brother would know it was from him. He signed the card, Bob and under that he wrote, your bother.

After the cards were signed we took a break and ate dinner. That evening he was surprised with a visit from his daughter Tina and most of her family. Pat, Tina, Helen, and Christina came by. He really enjoyed their visit and talked about it most of the day on Friday. They brought a wonderful blueberry pie that Christina made and home made Italian cookies that Pat’s Mother made. The cookies didn’t make it to the next morning. The pie we saved and had it warm the following night at dinner.

Bob worked Friday on painting wrapping paper. I am tired of buying wrapping paper that we throw away and it costs money. I normally buy too much and have no place to store it; or I don’t buy enough. So this year I have collected sheets of brown paper from my work that gets thrown in the trash, and we are painting with stamps on it making our own wrapping paper. Bob has had fun helping Sarah and I paint. We put the paint on the stamps and he applies it to the paper. I get cheap wrapping paper, and Bob gets to do a project that helps him.

Be on the look out for your Christmas cards. I should get them all in the mail by Monday. Be sure to give him a ring and tell him you got it and ask him how he made it. If I missed you on the list, I don’t have an address for you. Send him a card and he will be glad to make you a card and send one back.