{"id":7184,"date":"2009-12-15T05:50:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T09:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/?p=7184"},"modified":"2009-12-15T01:18:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T05:18:53","slug":"thanksgiving-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/?p=7184","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

See, told you I was behind. With 10 days left until Christmas (holy crap, I haven’t started shopping yet!) I thought I should get these up before posting Christmas stuff I have waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n

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Here’s Grandpa Jack’s speech for this year’s Thanksgiving. He does one at every family gathering and they are so, so great!<\/p>\n

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So here we all are in 2009<\/p>\n

As the days wind on down in the month of November<\/p>\n

And the people assembled are all doing fine<\/p>\n

Cause it’s Thanksgiving Day and they all remember<\/p>\n

How lucky we are to be here together<\/p>\n

And waddaya know, it’s even good weather<\/p>\n

There is Grandpa Ken, a juridical fellow<\/p>\n

When Marilyn’s with him, he gets very mellow<\/p>\n

And then there is John who’s my first born son<\/p>\n

A loyal, steady, reliable, son of a gun<\/p>\n

but there was a time when he pulled a boner<\/p>\n

And decided on Fordham instead of Iona<\/p>\n

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And his sweetheart Beth who’s really the one<\/p>\n

Who merits a first class and triple A booking<\/p>\n

Cause she got Uncle Nelson to do all the cooking<\/p>\n

And then we have Jack, our eldest Grandson<\/p>\n

He reminds me of me, well that can be fun<\/p>\n

And his brother Patrick whose talent’s revealed<\/p>\n

When he hits a baseball it goes to left field<\/p>\n

Only last week was Grandma’s birthday night<\/p>\n

So I called up the boys and asked them to write<\/p>\n

Just a few lines that they could recite<\/p>\n

And what they produced was a total delight<\/p>\n

Now they may be young but they’re both pretty wise<\/p>\n

As you may have gathered we’re proud of these guys<\/p>\n

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And they’re joined by Timmy, a boy who is clever<\/p>\n

Does he misbehave? The answer is NEVER<\/p>\n

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The list it continues as onward we forge<\/p>\n

And so we acknowledge my dear brother George<\/p>\n

When I get up to say grace, he’ll listen and then<\/p>\n

After each line he’ll shout out “amen”<\/p>\n

We turn now to Bobby who’s laid back and cool<\/p>\n

He went to Connecticut Broadcasting School<\/p>\n

And his brother Billy who can split your sides<\/p>\n

But watch him at weddings- he likes to moon brides<\/p>\n

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And now we have Joseph, what a guy! Holy cripes<\/p>\n

One of these days he may bring back my pipes<\/p>\n

Of course there’s Aunt Gail, she’s married to Joe<\/p>\n

Just why she did that we’ll never know<\/p>\n

On Thanksgiving weekend people watch games<\/p>\n

But Grandma and I get to host Baby James<\/p>\n

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Now I’ll finish this speech as fast as I can<\/p>\n

But I can’t forget my sweet sister Anne<\/p>\n

Of course we have Jen, now a comely young lass<\/p>\n

but when\u00a0 she was a kid, what a pain in the ….<\/p>\n

She came here with Mike, a most welcome guest<\/p>\n

He’s FDNY so we know he’s the best<\/p>\n

And of course there’s another, we can’t forget him<\/p>\n

How ’bout some applause for old Uncle Jim<\/p>\n

Finally my bride, the lady I brought<\/p>\n

Las on the list, but first in my thought<\/p>\n

So three cheers for Nelson, our chef of the day<\/p>\n

We’re lucky he came and we hope that he’ll stay<\/p>\n

He’s a really nice guy with nary a hassle<\/p>\n

I see good times in store when he buys a White Castle<\/p>\n

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So the story is over, the long, short and tall<\/p>\n

So Happy Thanksgiving…and God Bless us all!<\/p>\n

And yes, I certainly did hire Nelson to cook the entire meal (less the brownies, paper bag cookies and apple pie- that was still me) and it was the best idea. Ever.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading if you made it this far. And happy Thanksgiving! Yeah, I know…too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See, told you I was behind. With 10 days left until Christmas (holy crap, I haven’t started shopping yet!) I thought I should get these up before posting Christmas stuff I have waiting in the wings. Here’s Grandpa Jack’s speech for this year’s Thanksgiving. He does one at every family gathering and they are so, so great! So here we all are in 2009 As the days wind on down in the month of November And the people assembled are all doing fine Cause it’s Thanksgiving Day and they all remember How lucky we are to be here together And waddaya know, it’s even good weather There is Grandpa Ken, a juridical fellow When Marilyn’s with him, he gets very mellow And then there is John who’s my first born son A loyal, steady, reliable, son of a gun but there was a time when he pulled a boner And decided on Fordham instead of Iona And his sweetheart Beth who’s really the one Who merits a first class and triple A booking Cause she got Uncle Nelson to do all the cooking And then we have Jack, our eldest Grandson He reminds me of me, well that can be fun And his brother Patrick whose talent’s revealed When he hits a baseball it goes to left field Only last week was Grandma’s birthday night So I called up the boys and asked them to write Just a few lines that they could recite And what they produced was a total delight Now they may be young but they’re both pretty wise As you may have gathered we’re proud of these guys \u00a0 And they’re joined by Timmy, a boy who is clever Does he misbehave? The answer is NEVER The list it continues as onward we forge And so we acknowledge my dear brother George When I get up to say grace, he’ll listen and then After each line he’ll shout out “amen” We turn now to Bobby who’s laid back and cool He went to Connecticut Broadcasting School And his brother Billy who can split your sides But watch him at weddings- he likes to moon brides And now we have Joseph, what a guy! Holy cripes One of these days he may bring back my pipes Of course there’s Aunt Gail, she’s married to Joe Just why she did that we’ll never know On Thanksgiving weekend people watch games But Grandma and I get to host Baby James Now I’ll finish this speech as fast as I can But I can’t forget my sweet sister Anne Of course we have Jen, now a comely young lass but when\u00a0 she was a kid, what a pain in the …. She came here with Mike, a most welcome guest He’s FDNY so we know he’s the best And of course there’s another, we can’t forget him How ’bout some applause for old Uncle Jim Finally my bride, the lady I brought Las on the list, but first in my thought So three cheers for Nelson, our chef of the day We’re lucky he came and we hope that he’ll stay He’s a really nice guy with nary a hassle I see good times in store when he buys a White Castle So the story is over, the long, short and tall So Happy Thanksgiving…and God Bless us all! And yes, I certainly did hire Nelson to cook the entire meal (less the brownies, paper bag cookies and apple pie- that was still me) and it was the best idea. Ever. Thanks for reading if you made it this far. And happy Thanksgiving! Yeah, I know…too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7192,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions\/7192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsquaredphotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}