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While we don't have this holiday in the UK I do think a day of thanksgiving is admirable. We should make an effort to give thanks more often.

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Agreed.

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Although mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweat potatoes, cranberry sauce, cornbread are all delicious; Stuffing is the only side that is exclusively ‘thanksgiving’ and thus, the best.

I would say all my substack posts are type II fun haha. I really have to force myself to do them but they are enjoyable to look back on.

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1. All of them.

2. It’s been way too long.

3. Definitely.

I was laughing yesterday about how little things annoy me and how silly it is to make them bigger than they are. I do it all the time. I said to myself, “Dude, get a life.” Today I’m going shopping for one.😜

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They might be on sale LOL

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We watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade every year, but this year I found myself wondering if I’d want to watch it with any future children I ever have. Maybe recorded on the DVR for easy fast-forwarding of the weirdness…

Regarding Charlie Brown, we have a DVD with the regular Thanksgiving special and the pilgrim movie they did. Perhaps for next year you could get a disc of the movie so that you and your family can watch it.

Do you by any chance get Great American Family on tv? They just aired a wonderful Christian movie about the history of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. It’s a Civil War movie and has some very sad scenes, so I wouldn’t recommend it for young children, but you and Diana might enjoy it. It’s being aired again Saturday evening. I can’t recommend it enough; it’s one of the best films I’ve seen.

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1. My favorite Thanksgiving side is Chicken-in-dressing. Really it could be as main dish but is obviously a side to the turkey.

2. The last time I experienced type II fun was Tuesday morning at the gym. Had some really great deadlift sets. My last set was 275lbs for 5 reps and felt like I could probably have done more but didn’t want to push it as I had already done quite a few sets.

3. That definitely falls into the category of happy accident.

Thanks for the call to gratitude! Happy Thanksgiving!

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I've never heard of that side, talk about a protein boost.

My man! 275 is a lot of weight for 5 reps. Back in the day I think my max deadlift was like 315.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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