11/24-25 Happy Thanksgiving

Take time to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Share it with your friends and family. Here are some activities to help you enjoy your holiday. If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart Join the Discussion at MyCampus: What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? (100 points extra credit) Record your thanksgiving message at: Voki: http://www.voki.com/ Post it on your Blog. (100 points extra credit) Email one to a teacher. Post your Favorite quote on your Blog.

Take the Thanksgiving quiz:
http://home.aristotle.net/Thanksgiving/trivia.asp
http://thanksgiving.spike-jamie.com/quiz.html
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/thanksqz.html

Wish someone a Happy Thanksgiving:
http://www.ecard4all.com/greetings/thanksgiving_ecards.htm
http://www.123greetings.com/events/thanksgiving/wishes/thanksgiving57.html
Thanksgiving activities:
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/thanksgiving/
http://entertaining.suite101.com/article.cfm/thanksgiving_activities
http://holidays.kaboose.com/thanks-games.html

10 Memorable Thanksgiving Day Quotes
Thanksgiving Quote #1 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Thanksgiving Quote #2 Edward Sandford Martin
Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.
Thanksgiving Quote #3 Erma Bombeck
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
Thanksgiving Quote #4 J. Robert Moskin
Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.
Thanksgiving Quote #5 James Smith
It is delightfully easy to thank God for the grace we ourselves have received, but it requires great grace to thank God always for the grace given to others.
Thanksgiving Quote #6 W.T. Purkiser
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Quote #7 Phillips Brooks
Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.
Thanksgiving Quote #8 Wilbur D. Nesbit
Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the pathway home.
Thanksgiving Quote #9 O. Henry
There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
Thanksgiving Quote #10 John Greenleaf Whittier
Ah! on Thanksgiving day.... When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?

What is your favorite quote?
Make Thanksgiving Quote #11 yours. Post it on your Blog.


Here are a couple of My favorite recipes. Do you have any you could share? at MyCampus

Country Apple Dumplings

Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes
Yields: 16 servings
"Oh my Goodness!! Who knew that fresh apples, crescent roll dough, and citrus soda could make such a wonderful treat!"
INGREDIENTS:
2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Mountain Dew ™
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
2. Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles. Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end. Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
3.Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon. Pour over the apple dumplings. Pour Mountain Dew™ over the dumplings.
4.Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

Chocolate Cresent Roll

Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes Ready In: 30 Minutes
Yields: 16 servings
"Great for Chocolate Lovers!"
INGREDIENTS:
2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
12 ounce package of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
2. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles. Place about 2 tsp. of chips on the largest end. Roll each crescent roll dough. Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.