Establishment of Thansgiving

Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful once again to Mom and the the wonderful meal cooked. My Father read the following out of the paper before we ate and prayed this Thanksgiving day. I hope you all can enjoy.



Proclamation
Lincoln establishes Thanksgiving

The human tradition of thanksgiving runs back to ancient times as a celebration of bountiful harvests and the need to be respectful to whatever gods or supernatural forces were thought to have made them possible. It is a tradition that took special root in a religious and fruitful America from the earliest days of European settlement. The establishment of Thanksgiving as a permanent national holiday, set for late November, is credited to President Abraham Lincoln. Then, as now, it was a time of war, with some people celebrating the safe return of loved ones and others suffering from separation or mourning permanent loss. Everyone from the president on down was in need of a reminder that there was still much in the world to be thankful for.
Note that, though he was then a wartime president, commander in chief of what was then the world’s largest army, Lincoln’s proclamation orders nothing. He invites. He recommends. His call upon the Almighty Hand was not to win the war, but to restore the nation to peace and harmony after human agencies has settled the dispute.
Lincoln’s unblinking honest did not allow him to forget the woes of the world, nor the continued needs and pains of those less fortunate. In that, as well as in his recognition of the many things we have to be grateful for, we should continue to emulate him.
In that spirit, we reproduce President Lincoln’s original Proclamation Establishing Thanksgiving Day, dates October 3, 1863.
“The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have be added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.
Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; as the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverance and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, comment to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners of sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purpose to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixes.
Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eight- eighth.”
-Abraham Lincoln

Happy Thanksgiving to all....

Finally the holiday of to much Turkey is here. Rainier and I drove up from Vegas to Salt Lake yesterday in the rain and became happier in Nephi when the rain stopped. We are both really excited to spend the holiday with our family. We send you all a happy Turkey day!

What have you done in your life

I saw this list while blog-surffing and thought let's see what I have done.
If you want copy and past the list into a post and highlight those things you have done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty- it was after 9-11 and closed but I have been on that ground.
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France- The only day I was there the Louve was closed!
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument

Ahead of the time....

First I am the last person to rush a holiday, but I LOVE CHIRSTMAS time. I have always kept my self from any decorations being up or any music listened to until the day after Thanksgiving. But this year that has all gone out the window when I saw them today. So with out any further explination enjoy!

For Tara.....

Along time has passed for the blogging world in this household. You would think that I would be even more diligent since being home all the time. The truth is I have seen a very bitter part of my lift and really did not need to have that shared with the rest of the world. October 2, 2008 was a dark day in the Pioquinto house hold. I was laid off from a horrible job, that paid really well. This was not a shock rumors had gone around and around for a few months. But finally the rumors became fact and 20% of the employees found themselves without a job. Let's just say that I have submitted for 30 jobs, been to 2 job fairs, 1 temp agency and still looking for a job. I guess when 1/2 of the population here is out of work there is more competition than I like. When 7-11 turns you down because you can't speak to Habib it tends to make you feel bad. Good news I have another interview with the College of education in the Nursing Department tomorrow, everyone keep a prayer in your heart.
Being out of work has let Joe and I spend some time together that we did not have before. We were able to go up to Salt Lake for conference weekend, we helped Ben and McKenzie move. OK I watched and packed but we got to go up. We were able to take a quick trip to Phoenix and see a suns game, also to visit with my cousin Nate and his family. I have to say they have some beautiful daughters. We also visited the botanical gardens in Phoenix.
We have had Mom, Ben, and Mckenzie down to Vegas for a visit were we drank some of the most interesting coke products from around the world. Oh, and we also had the best Gelato ever at the Platzo, if you are in town it is expensive but worth every penny spent, I love the lime,pear, and spumoni the best.
We have had Joe's parents here this last weekend let me say I have a freezer full of lumpia...We will bring some up for Thanksgiving...

Some of the things I have done to fill my time is laundry, dusting, vacuuming, watering plants, kitchen floor cleaning, and of course the kamode room. Let me just say my perfect home would have tiny bathrooms and large living, bedrooms. I really dislike cleaning, but I hate a messy house worse. The old catch-22!

Well here are some pictures of our October and November.
I will not lie I will not be back to this blog until after the holiday, so every eat your self silly this Thanksgiving!

Make a Smilebox photobook