A. Because the turkey could be dressing!
I used to teach math. One year around Thanksgiving I told my class, “I think my favorite Thanksgiving food is Pi, but some people say that’s irrational.”
Yeah they groaned over that joke as well.
I am excited though, this is the first year ever that I shot my own turkey! However, the other people at the grocery store seemed pretty upset with me.
Just so you know in advance, I’ve already decided that I’m not going to spend days eating Thanksgiving leftovers. That’s right I’m quitting cold Turkey.
I know millions of people will be celebrating Thanksgiving next week, however some indigenous people might have reservations. Before that day arrives you need to ask my wife to sing my favorite Thanksgiving song. It’s probably more of a turkey dirge that I’m convinced her family made up decades ago. The lyrics are as follows:
A turkey sat on a barnyard fence and he sang this sad sad t-u-u-u-ne, Thanksgiving is coming gobble gobble gobble gobble and I know I’ll be eaten soooon! Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble. Thanksgiving is coming gobble gobble gobble gobble and I want to run awa-a-ay. Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble I don’t like Thanksgiving Day-ay-ay!
I should probably take a moment and mention some of the things we have coming up in the not too distant future including Small Business Saturday, and Giving Tuesday:
- Thursday, November 28th, Closed for Thanksgiving Day ~ No need to cry fowl, we will be open again the very next day.
- Friday, November 29th, 6:30ish – 9PM, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
- Saturday, November 30th, all day, Small Business Saturday ~ We will have lots of games and activities, along with sales, and door prizes. Be sure to stop in for Small Business Saturday and take part in the fun. A schedule of events is as follows:
- All Day – Balloons with prizes inside and free wassail will be served all day while supplies lasts.
- Noon – Prize ball (aka, the Saran wrap game) will be played
- 1PM – Christmas Bingo
- 2PM – Christmas Jeopardy
- 4PM – Decorate tree and sing Christmas Carols followed by Charlie Brown Christmas.
- 7PM – Hang out with our Bible study when we discuss, ‘What did Jesus say about love?’ and ‘What did Jesus say about hate?’.
- Saturday, November 30th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ Our Tech Help group will still be here, even with everything else going on, to assist everyone with their technology problems.
- Tuesday, December 3rd, all day, Giving Tuesday ~ Be sure to support the non-profits that you care about most.
- Tuesday, December 3rd, 10AM – 2PM, Medicare Information ~ There will be an event with education about what is changing with respect to Medicare for 2025. Come in for part or all of the informational session.
- Tuesday, December 3rd, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Three weeks in and we are still in chapter 1, feel free to join our group to be a part of this discussion.
- Thursday, December 5th, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This month they are discussing the novel Suspect by Robert Crais.
- Saturday, December 14th, 4PM – 6PM, Staff and Volunteer Christmas Party ~ We love all those that help us everyday to make Lost and Found awesome! We will close a little early to have food, wassail, and a white elephant gift exchange to thank everyone that makes what we do look so easy!
If you’re looking to save some money on your over the counter medications, or you were thinking about buying a game for someone be sure to check out our flier for Small Business Saturday.
We also hope you’ll give consideration to helping the various charities you care about on Giving Tuesday. You could give in person or online through PayPal.
Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving a Loaded Hash Brown Potato Soup and Kielbasa sandwiches. Our specialty ice cream is Pumpkin.
Thanks and God bless,
Sean
