I'll be alone on Thanksgiving
 

I was supposed to go with my family out of town to have Thanksgiving with relatives. We were going to be there for a week and planned all kinds of things to do, prepaid them too. My lupus is acting up and told them to go without me. This is my first Thanksgiving alone. I don't know what I'll do. They left early this morning, and I'm so bummed out. I have been painting, sketching, and crocheting, but at least I have my pups. I am so grateful for having such loving little buddies.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and don't eat too much!!

Yuck! I'm so sorry! Hope you're feeling better real soon!

oh dear...
 

Sorry you are not feeling well!! Hope you feel better soon! Make yourself a little Thanksgiving feast for you and your furbabies tomorrow, and light candles, put on some cheerful music, and have a little party! Call everyone you know, and wish them Happy Turkey Day! Talking with a friendly voice will help those doldrums go right away!

I hope you find some enjoyment in your day tomorrow, and trust me, as long as you are online with US, you know you are NOT alone!!

HUGS!

Thanks so much. I'll be on YT for Thanksgiving!! That makes me feel better. My husband was refusing to go, but I didn't want them to be disappointed, so I said I wasn't in the mood for Thanksgiving this year anyway (fib), and I convinced him to go. If anyone has any good fwd's send them to tidd@comcast.net thanks again.

Oh I'm sorry to hear that ! I don't spend mine alone.... but do go to all my family dinners alone now ....my husband stays home by hiimself with the girls as he is too ill to be out....but I always feel bad leaving him...

I do his holidays the day before, so he can have what we have on the real day...but it's not the same is it ? Maybe you can have a private one when they get back ?

I know sometimes the holidays can just overwhelm us when we are around poeple who seem to have great health and happy lives - just remember ...you have US to talk to and your family will miss you....I hope you feel better and Happy Thanksgiving to you - You can hang out with those of us that will probably be here that day...I know I'll be checking in

I am so sorry to hear that and hope that you will be feeling better real soon!! Just watch a lot of good bad tv and spend time with you pups. Zeus and I are sending hugs and happy thoughts your way! :)

I am sorry you are not feeling well. I will be checking in off and on tomorrow. I have some good one's I will forward on to you.

I'm so sorry. Lupus is not something to mess with! My neighbor has it and she has been though alot. She is a very strong woman and has the will. I wish you all the luck in the wold. Take care of yourself. I'm sure your family wants you to take care of yourself so that you will be around for other holidays!

Oh no! I've spent Thanksgiving alone before and it really wasn't all that bad. Got to do what I wanted to do and had the tv all to myself. Hope that you get to feeling better.

Oh, I'm sorry. It must have been hard watching your family leave without you. Take care of yourself though. This is a good time to pamper yourself and do those little things that you ordinarily don't do for yourself. Lean back and cuddle with the babies, too.

I'm sorry to hear that waistfull. I believe there will still be some activity around YorkieTalk, so at least you can have some "YT company" to keep you company tomorrow, if that is appealing at all to you... :)

Immerse yourself by watching the Thanksgiving Day parade, football, or movies and the day will pass in no time!

I am sorry you will be alone on Thanksgiving. I wont be alone but it will be just me,My husband and My daughter. My Son is going to his Dads this year and the rest of our family goes to other places. I watch the parade. There also a dog show on right after the parade this year.

If this makes you feel any better, i live in Holland and we dont celebrate Thanksgiving here, so tomorrow is a normal working day for all of us and ill be around on YT as normal... :) im sure there will be other people on here too, if not then it will be VERY quiet around here :eek:

Waistfull,

I work for a company that has transferred me over 10 times in 15 years and have never married so I spend most of my holidays by myself. At first I had trouble with the Holidays but now I really enjoy myself those days. They are my totally self indulgent days. I do everything I want to do those days that I normally wouldn't do.

1. I don't make my bed
2. I stay in pj's all day
3. I have a marathon day watching movies
4. I cook all my favorite things even if they are not healthful
5. I eat chocolate right out of the box and if I don't like it I throw it away and go for another piece
6. I let the dishes stackup in the sink
7. I do no work around the house
8. I read a good book (hardback)
9. I take a wonderful bubbly bath
10. I hug my furbabies all day long

Okay, by now you see I break all the rules my mother :rolleyes: gave me but hopefully you get my point. Enjoy the peace of the day!

Prayers for you to feel better
 

I read your posting and we know what it is to have a debilitating disease, do hope you are doing better. We keep praying that one day there will be a cure for these diseases afflicting so many. My husband has Progressive Parkinsons, we just lost our Cassie Nov. 5th. it has been very hard on both of us, I am looking to get another, she was so much comfort to him and to me too. We are at a loss without her. She was 10 years, and always so healthy, this was quite sudden. Our Cassie was such a Blessing to us, in fact the week before she passed I held her and told her how much she was loved and that we was the luckiest people in the world to be Blessed in having her, I always had good conversations with her, which I am thankful for. Oh, she knew she was loved very much by the both of us. I have to look at it this way, God brought her in to our lives and so it was HIS time for us to give her back to HIM, knowing that she is in a happy place and enjoying all the joys that HE has prepared for her and all our other special pets. Please pray that we will find the perfect little yorkie to help fill the void that we are feeling, we can never replace her that would be impossable but I know there is a little one out there waiting for us to love. Our prayers are with you to feel better and for one day there will be a cure for lupus, parkinsons, etc. sent with all sincerity, Patti

My best friend had Lupus since she was 7(God rest her soul), I know what she went through, so my thought's are with you...Have a Happy Thanksgiving...

I'll be alone tomorrow, too, but I'm THANKFUL that I don't have to go to my MIL's and pretend to like her horrible cooking!! ;) (Bless her heart she's a wonderful person, and I love her dearly, but she just can't cook!)

Hubby wanted to stay with me, but his father has stage 4 lung cancer, so he might not be around for many more holidays, so I insisted that he go see his family.

I'm with Cindy. Indulge, indulge, indulge. And I'll be on YT. You and I can make up silly rumors about all the people that aren't here! :p

I know you don't feel well, but please don't be sad. Want some of my drugs? ;) JK I've been offering them to everybody!

I felt a bit sorry for myself when I posted this. I am so blessed in my life to have a wonderful family and two adorable, loving yorkies. I will have a great Thanksgiving and be greatful for all that I have and to all of you, for being there when I was down. Thanks again, and I loved the fwd's sneri13, keep them coming! :)

Waistfull - Sorry about your lupus.

I know this isn't the case with your or me --but I had to laugh at a talk show on the radio this morning. The narrator was going on and on about how Thanksgiving and Christmas are holidays when family members who really don't like each other have to get together for a meal. Then he went on to describe all the people in his family who drive him crazy.....Then he started getting calls from people whose relatives drove them nuts. It was all meant to be funny --and it was.

You know you're not alone when you have two little dogs with you - I hope you are all going to spoil yourselves with your most favorite foods tomorrow.
And - please make sure some Thanksgiving dinner leftovers get back to you.

Get on line tomorrow - I'll certainly try to find time to visit with you. At least, you won't be exhausted tomorrow night like everyone else is going to be.

Save your energy for Christmas and I certainly hope you are feeling better by then.

Carol Jean

Cindy has the right idea, waistful. Don't do any work. And watch the Dog Show after the Parade. Sue has to work and I think Steve does, too. At least part of the day. Hopefully, they will get home about the time the Turkey is done!! At least, that's the plan. In the meantime, I will be checking in on YT and watching lots of TV.

Have a great Thanksgiving, Waistfull. I'm thankful for YT members like you.

Yeah, AY - you go enjoy your turkey tomorrow. Meanwhile, waistful and I are gonna be playing on YT, popping bonbons and making up silly rumors about you! LOL The sillier the rumor, the better!

We do have a date, waistful, don't we??? :p

It is just my husband and I home alone tomorrow for Thanksgiving. My daughter is going to spend it with her fiance's family and my son, whom just turned 21, is getting ready to leave now to spend it over at his friend's house. We normally have everyone over or drive down to Florida to spend it at my husband's sister's family home. But since he had all his heart attacks back in August and Sept. we are just going to be home buddies. Which is fine with me. I remember all those days and hours cooped up in the car driving back and forth to Florida and hoping everyone got along or thought well of you and your family. And the years of the kids fighting - so this one will be nice and quiet. Don't worry they plan to be home for Christmas - they want gifts. LOL!!

So, plan to treat yourself - pamper yourself. Order in, rent a really good video you have been dying to see. And give yourself a manicure/pedicure and a good warm bubble bath. Sounds so good - I might do the same. :p
T.

You better come visit us on YT, topnot, or we'll have to make up silly stuff about you, too! :p

I'm making SURE I check in from my parents house - I may not even log in just so I can SPY ON you ....

I you want to stay clear of the rumor machine, Villette, you better check in!! LOL

Okay, Okay I'll check in with you guys! No, seriously - YT is adictive and you guys are great. Of course I will have to check in with you all. :D
T.

LOL. I'll be at the top of Mount Alyeska drinking fine wine, eating roast pheasant and hobnobbing with the Alpine ski crowd. But I'll secretly be thinking about the good conversation I'm missing here. Well, the good TEASING I'm missing here.

You'll just have to catch up with all the teasing after the hobnobbing!! :p

I know exactly how you feel. My dad had lupus and although he is no longer with us due to other complications, I have learned so much about the disease since 2002. You are in my thoughts and prayers and I hope you get to feeling better real soon. My mom set up a fund in my dad's name in Winston Salem to donate to the research of Lupus. If you ever want to talk, pm me and I'll give you my cell number that is free to talk on nites and weekends...According to my dad's doctor's we were told that this is a disease that really affects men alot worse than women. I guess that can be a good or a bad thing depending on who you are. Most women can live a long healthy life and have this disease if the doctors are correct. I will be keeping you in my prayers and you hang in there!