All Blog Posts Tagged 'thanksgiving' (9)

I’m planning to spend big this Black Friday, but I won’t have to get up early, clip coupons, fight the crowds, or lug around armfuls of shopping bags. How am I going to do it? On Friday, I’m going to sleep in, take a hike with the family, play board games and watch movies. And sometime throughout the day, I’ll get online and take the money I didn’t spend shopping on Black Friday and contribute it to charity. So instead of getting more stuff I don’t need maybe I can help feed some people, clean… Continue

I'm a little weird about holidays. Very odd childhood with no real rituals, so I am spastic about creating them with my family. I'm getting better - we no longer have to string real popcorn and cranberry garlands to call it Christmas, but, I'm still a little weird. We usually do the whole turkey dinner with our 5, but tomorrow is #2's b/day, so she gets to pick her dinner. She picks hot dogs (b/c I usually never allow them in the house) and mac and cheese. I decide - cool - I don't have a burni… Continue

Christine Kinney is the founder of Declutter Your Life, Fresh Strategies, LLC. Do the holidays stress you? Are you surrounded by clutter and chaos? Kinney offers practical tips to help you "destress" Thanksgiving and Christmas! Today she is offering not only amazing advice, but a free holiday Declut… Continue

Thanksgiving has never been one of my favorite holidays. When I look back on how we spent it every year as a family, I can certainly see why. In case you don’t already know, I’m Chinese. Growing up in South Florida, many of my friends often referred to me as a “banana”- yellow on the outside,… Continue

I first met Patty at the Weekend of Hope in Stowe, Vermont and I’m so thankful that our paths crossed. Patty Bateson attended two of my classes, “… Continue

Thanks Giving Dinner is already here again. I am a recently retired Gourmet Chef and this will be my second year that I will not have to spend 72 hours in kitchen to make sure every detail is perfect. I have to be honest I have sat down and dined on a Gourmet prepared Turkey Dinner but it is just not the same as home. I would usually celebrate the week before with my family and have to have a scaled down dinner because of timing. Last year was the first year I can remember actually sitting down… Continue

The holidays are upon us, Its Turkey Time! And what better way to spend time with your family then with some fun Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids! Enjoy this fun and easy to make Kids Popsicle Stick Turkey by Kids Craft Zone! Step 1: Cover your area with newspaper or plastic sheet Step 2: Paint 8 popsicle sticks each a different color. Allow to dry Step 3: Draw and then cut out a turkey body. A long oval shape. Step 4: Draw… Continue

I, Suzie Eller, noncook, nonfoodie, married into a family who came out of the womb knowing how to bake sweet bread, turn out perfect pie crusts, and with a pinch of this and a pinch of that create delicious dishes. When the holidays come around I don't have a chance of competing with the rows of… Continue

What are you most thankful for this year? Your health? New baby? Your right to vote? That big fat sale at the mall? Send me your most heartfelt, tearjerking and/or funny blurb about what you're thankful for this Thanksgiving, and I'll be posting these blurbs all throughout November on MamaDivas.com. If you blog or have a website, make sure to send that over to me too so I can include it with your blurb :) email me at kristina [at] mamadivas [dot] com Continue