A Thankful November: Books

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I love it when a package with a book arrives in the mail, like one did today.

 

What would I do without books? I keep one handy in my purse for passing time while I wait for service, like this morning when I had my winter tires put on the car. I keep several around the house for passing time during the commercial and the boring spots while I’m watching television.

 

Once in a while, I even read one when I’m not just passing time. They’re good for that, too.

 

Other thankful folk

• Ann is thankful for acts of kindness.
  
• Kim is thankful for assurance and meetings that go well.
• Carla is thankful for the critters.
• Connie is thankful that organizations like Desiring God are getting involved in adoption related ministries.
• Kim is thankful that her brother is going to be okay and that she can usually take some things (like thumbs) for granted.
• Tulipgirl is thankful “that the Lord has given me peace to just be in each day, loving my family, not speculating about the future.”  I say amen to that one: When circumstances are tough, peace to cherish each day is one of the great gifts from the Lord.

To participate in this month’s theme of thanksgiving:

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here, and I’ll include it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
  
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in one of the thankful posts, or
• You may post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog and send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post.
• If you’ve posted something thankful and I missed it, please remind me.

Cranberry Salad

This is one of the dishes we have on the two turkey holidays. It came from my aunt, who brought one of these pretty pink (and delicious) salads to a family holiday dinner when I was a child. I use frozen Yukon wild cranberries, but go ahead an use your supermarket ones.

1. Grind 1/2 package cranberries. My aunt used a hand food grinder, but I just throw my frozen cranberries right in the food processer and whirl them until most of the pieces are small. And since my cranberries don’t come in packages, I use 2 cups. Put the ground cranberries in a small bowl and mix in 1 cup sugar. Let the mixture stand overnight.
2. Dissolve 1 package Knox gelatine in water according to directions given. Add water to make 1 cup.
3. Prepare 1 package Dream Whip  as directed. Mix 1/2  Dream Whip, berry mixture, gelatine mixture, and 1 small can crushed pineapple with juice, and pour it all into glass bowl or salad mold. Let set.

Other cranberry holiday recipes:

• Cranberry muffins
• Cranberry apple pie
• Cranberry cake with brown sugar sauce
  

See other holiday recipes at Semicolon. The actual date of this month’s Round Up is next Monday, the 19th, so you still have plenty of time to join in the fun by posting your favorite holiday recipe and adding your link to the list.

November's Recipe Round Up

…has been postponed until next Monday, the 19th. See the details at Semicolon.

I won’t be able to post next Monday, so I’ll be posting my recipe and linking it in Mr. Linky ahead of time. You can do that too, and Sherry encourages it:

Leave the links NOW. I’ll do a post with commentary and links on Monday the 19th.

If you post your recipe early and link it to the Round Up page at Semicolon, it’ll be excellent advertising for this month’s Round Up, too. Let’s make this one the biggest ever!