Thanksgiving surprise.......

Surprise! Surprise! or so Gomer Pyle use’ta say.....The California Legislature failed once again t’do anything other than what they allus do.....which mainly consists of taking their paychecks, their per diem, ‘n all the gratuties they c’n grab off while sitting on their butts complaining about the ‘other’ party......
It’s a good thing they ain’t the U.S. Congress or the ‘hull darn country ‘ud be in trubble.....oops! My bad! The ‘hull darn country is in trubble ‘cuz the Congress ain’t any better than the California Legislature......One ain’t any better than the other one....
I wuz gonna say that one thing we c’ud be grateful for is that when the Legislature comes back, there’ll be a bunch of new people to sit around ‘n do nothing ‘n maybe, that’s the best we c’n hope for....(the premise being that a do-nothing Legislature won’t cost us as much as one that actually does stuff)....
Ah well....Thanksgiving is almost upon us ‘n we should prob’ly be grateful for what we got....’n if we’re truthful about it, s’far as family goes, we all got it pretty good....There’s a sappy, saccharine song from days gone by called, “Count your blessings”.....’n even tho’ my choice lost the presidential race, most of my kids choice won so, I s’poze that’s alright.....’n Dave made it back to California in time for Thanksgiving dinner which means I get t’do the bbq turkey thing ‘n I s’poze that’s alright too.....’n the weather guys say it’s gonna be dry this week ‘n I know that’s better than wet outside even if t’is a little chilly....well, chilly for us but would be positively balmy for those of the family that are stuck in the ‘cold weather belt’ back east.....
Ah well, tomorrow is another day if we’re lucky.....’n even if we’re not, the day after is (wait for it)....TURKEY DAY!