THANKSGIVING NOTICE 2025

Thanksgiving notice starts at the front door?

Uh oh, that’s where my pooper scooper is.

That ought to cover the first three items on the list.

And the next seven.

Once you add a dog to the mix it throws off all ten virtues of a Thanksgiving notice.

Either keep the lights low? Or . . .

Turn the judgment off.

My house is a guilty party in all infractions.

If this were a list of day to day living it checks out. But?

Whenever we have anyone over for the first time we go like bats out of hell to make a good first impression.

You don’t get two chances on a first impression so the list becomes a cleaning schedule.

Do it right and people won’t look for alternatives when you invite them over and sit down, when they look for a place to sit but it looks sketchy with the pet hair, mail, magazines, files, and books covering everything.

Some people prefer to stand instead plopping down on an allergy cushion? Nooooo.

Are you giving a notice this year?

 

Thanksgiving Notice In 1950

This was the menu for the boys in 1950.

If what we’ve heard is true, this could be the first Thanksgiving dinner for some of them.

For others it was the last.

My Dad got the business in Korea a year later.

 

Participating in the attack against heavily defended enemy hill positions when his squad was subjected to sudden and intense hostile small arms, automatic weapons and mortar fire, inflicting several casualties, including the squad leader who had to be evacuated at once, Corporal Gillespie bravely moved from man to man through the fire-swept area to assume command of the unit.

 

If my sources are correct, Corporal Gillaspie spent Thanksgiving 1951 in a hospital in Japan.

 

Reorganizing the squad, he skillfully led an assault to overrun the first objective and, after evacuating several wounded men, directed a final devastating attack to completely rout the enemy.

 

Thanksgiving isn’t a combat mission, but you’d never know from the level of planning and execution some people go to.

Everything has to be just right, or it’s all a disaster.

This is the choice? A real Thanksgiving, or a facade?

 

Real Or What

Instead of a checklist of poor housekeeping, I have an idea: relax.

If you’re a guest, be thankful anyone invites you over once a year.

You’ll know you’re a regular with other regulars when everyone enjoys being together and it feels real.

You’ll get the vibe of ‘if this isn’t good I don’t know what is.’

 

 

No matter how you spend the day on this Thanksgiving, notice where you are.

Are you at peace? Feeling calm?

Good. Then go ahead and share the peace, love, and understanding.

Give thanks.

 

 

PS: If you don’t feel so thankful this year, or just today, pet a dog and see how thankful they are. Any dog.

 

PSS: If you can go out of your way for a dog, think of what you could do for yourself. Even if you don’t feel it, people are thankful for you.

(That’s my list and you’re on it.)