Thanksgiving 2008

What a great Thanksgiving gathering we had! I can't wait to see all of your pictures! I'm uploading ours here. Click on the photo to link to it!

Love, Greg

"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death." ~Leonardo da Vinci

The Thought for Today

"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by how he has attained liberation from the self." Albert Einstein

It's from my Franklin Planner. I hope I didn't break any copywrite laws. See you soon.
J

Next Week!

Karen and I are really looking forward to Thanksgiving next week. I hope to see as much of you as you can take of us. Karen and I are both feeling well. We'll just have to remember to take it easy.
Tuesday, the 25th, Karen and I will be going to Wichita as Ashley and Dan close on their new house. If any of you are here (i.e., Mary Anne), you're welcome to go down with us. I think I'd like to stop briefly in El Dorado on the way to say hello to the folks. We're planning a fairly early start that day (8:00 am or so), so let us know if you're interested.
"Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable..." , Radio Cure, Wilco

John & Karens' Week

Hello, my friends (and no, I'm not trying to paraphrase John McCain). In my humble opinion, that guy just couldn't generate the charisma to compete.
Karen and I hope you are satisfied with the election results. Me, I don't really enjoy debating politics with people who disagree with me. I am not a political animal. Some people like it, though. To me, we're all a bit like Tom Cruise, as described by Jack Nicholson, in A Few Good Men:"[We] can't handle the truth." Nor are we interested in doing so, really.
Today was a beautiful November day in the 50s. Karen and I worked on winterizing the lawn. Karen worked harder than I did. I use my weakness from chemotherapy as an excuse for taking it easy. Karen will buy this for the most part and, frankly, it is based in truth. My seizure a few weeks ago may have been, in part, a response to fatigue from the prior day's strenuous work. I have also put on 6 lbs since therapy began. Another result of taking it easy (and eating well).
My 14 1/2 year-old pup (a Cairn Terrier, you know, like Toto, named Katy), is fast asleep between Karen and I and that's telling me it's time for sleep.
More soon.

Congrats to Danielle (and, yeah, Nathan too!)

We're very happy for you, Danielle and Nathan! We hope your every dream comes true with the expectation of your first child. This couldn't happen to a nicer, more deserving couple. Karen and I can't wait to become a great aunt and uncle once more. You'll just have to blog the sonagrams.
Please take care of yourselves and keep us informed of every step on the way.
Love,
Uncle John

P.S. It was nice staying with you. Thank you for that. It was also very nice meeting Ellen.