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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | NOVEMBER 2024 | 71 I can buy this costume with my invisible credit card Lol. Emily P. Love the 50% discount. Jean B. at could cause havoc at a Halloween party! Lacey J. Where was it? Didn't see a thing. Frank C. Do you carry invisible collars for the dog? LaVerne P. I hope you can read this. I used my invisible pen. Debbie C. your comments: GET THE JOKE! I found the joke! Resident name (first & last):_________________________________ This was the joke: ________________________________________ Comments (we LOVE your notes - about anything!): _______________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Last month's joke: Now back to the Get the Joke stuff: To win a free dinner, find the ad, article or just weird, out-of-place, completely made-up (and hopefully funny) item in this month's Lifestyles. When you find it, fill out the box and email it to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com before noon on the sixth of the month (or drop it off in the Main Clubhouse). If you are the first correct guess chosen at random, you will win a free dinner. Congratulations to this month's Dinner Winner: DIANE SWEENEY Please call Monica in the Admin. Oce for your Sun Lakes Restaurant dinner. From Courtney, the publisher: We're in November which means it's time to start thinking about what to say at Thanksgiving when the question is asked, "What are you thankful for?" It's an easy question on the surface. Your family is usually there, so saying, "Family" is a great catch-all that makes everyone's cockles warm and your turn is short and sweet. You can get specific for bonus points and reference the person sitting next to you like my husband always does. "My wife." Bang! He shoots, he scores! Nothing but net, every single time. One year my mom got super specific and went around the table laser-focused on each person, one at a time, saying why she was thankful for them. It took a long time. She (inadvertently?) forgot to be thankful for her husband, my step-dad. He noticed. When it was his turn, he said, "I'm thankful we live in a community-property state." (My mom was the bread winner in their relationship.) That same year, my sister and her husband were in a rocky place in their marriage. My sister said, "I'm thankful for all my kids." Her husband said, "Pass." That was the last Thanksgiving we saw him. Another awkward exchange took place years earlier when I was a kid and we gathered around my grandparents table. Their daughters, my mom and her two sisters, were there along with all the grandkids. Thankfulness was being shared in a ho-hum way until it got to my grandpa. He said, "I'm thankful all my kids are here." In a stage whisper from across the table, my granny replied, "Well we don't know if they're ALL here." Everyone froze. The implications! After the longest 15 seconds, grandpa asked for the stuffing to be passed and no one spoke of it ever again (at least not in front of them). For many years, my aunt brought her boyfriends (only one per year, of course). They'd say the most cringe- worthy things, "I'm so thankful for this beautiful woman and all the magic she brings into every moment we spend together." Yes, she's great, but gag me, please. There was a different boyfriend each year for five years straight. My husband refused to learn their names, saying, "I'll learn it after you get one of these" (pointing to his wedding ring). She decided that there was a Thanksgiving curse after the last one hopped on a plane home to Canada on Thanksgiving night. I hope it wasn't something we said. win a free dinner. Congratulations to this month's Dinner Please call Monica in the Admin. Oce Send entries to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com or drop it at the Main Clubhouse

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