a most thankful thanksgiving.

the wednesday before thanksgiving, i am heading to the grocery store. i know, crazy. dreading the crowds, i stop off at post office first. to postpone the inevitable chaos. i see a little yellow slip in my post office box. a sign that a package is being held. already, my mood is elevating. it's my books! a shipment of my latest book "baby animals" which is filled with colorful photographs of what i love most on our farm... baby goats, baby geese, baby pigs, baby sheep, and baby chickens.

now i'm back in my car and still procrastinating. anything to delay grocery shopping on such a busy day. so i thumb through my mail. there are a couple envelopes from the department of social services. i open the first one. it looks like some sort of bill. i open the second one. another bill? i can't tell. i open the third one... i have been approved for medicaid under the "aged, blind and disabled" program!!!!!! can this be true??? i read some more. yes, my records have been reviewed my a medical board and i have BEEN APPROVED for medicaid with a very affordable spend down monthly premium!!!!! WOW! suddenly i can't stop smiling. i feel like buddy the elf.

i am no longer procrastinating anything. i am just giddy. at the store, i float down the aisles. greeting everyone with a huge grin. i want to yell out, "i can go to a doctor! i can have my PET scan! i can receive chemo, if necessary!"

the next day, we have our family over for rosemary's first thanksgiving. we enjoy our homegrown turkey and pork. rosemary enjoys her organic rice cereal (which she just began to feed on by turning the magical four months of age). and we all go around the table and say what we are thankful for: family, continued health, delicious fall harvest food, and health insurance...

oh, and of course, rosemary!

thanksgiving update

thanksgiving came and went. our turkeys are still walking. they lucked out. being heritage breeds, they have a longer growing period. so they get to enjoy this nice weather a few more weeks. also still walking are the pigs. the weather has been in fifties. and not suitable for pig harvesting. i'm kinda glad. i've grown attached to those clowns. dagmar told me he's gonna try and hold out 'til christmas.

dinky dog came by for thanksgiving. she has a lot to be thankful for. a home, food, and a killer outfit.

dinker

ralphie, the remaining puppy from a recent litter at mother in-law's got adopted. but he's staying in the family. jason's brother & wife fell for the cute face.

ralphie

and me, i'm just trying to snap the winter blues. this time of year always does it to me. hopefully my eight foot tall wild cedar christmas tree will do the trick.

jason got a chainsaw

the ghostdog of thanksgiving night.

the rooks usually fall prey to long naps after huge holiday meals. porkchop is no exception. he retired to his floor pillow in amber's room at grandma rita's after devouring a turkey leg, some ham, and who knows what else. i wanted to get a picture of him dreaming his fat-beagle-belly dreams. i snuck into the room only to be surprised by the ghostdog of thanksgiving night. oooooh, spooky!

abraham's thanksgiving feast.

we got home from rita's around 7pm. we all were happy and full and satisfied. all except abraham, that is. he looked so pitiful when we walked in the door rubbing our bellies. so, we decided to prepare him a little feast of his own: turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. i think he liked the pie the best. me too.

turkeydog.

porkchop's all dressed for thanksgiving. he's off to potosi, where his grandma rita lives. he can't wait to eat some turkey and stuffing. he said he's thankful for being so good looking, for having 4 pet cats, and for gravy.