Gobble, Gobble, Gobble...Thanksgiving is Coming!

Hi All,

If you look at your calendar, you'll realize that Thanksgiving Day is right around the proverbial corner. Coming straight at you in 7 days. Click here for a link to a Thanksgiving Day countdown! Seriously! Who would have thought that there would be such a thing as a Thanksgiving Day timer?

Not all Thanksgiving dinners start at the house. Recently there has been an increase in the number of restaurants that serve Thanksgiving Day meals. Click on this link for a bunch of restaurants that are having Thanksgiving Day meals on Long Island. Note that the link is from Newsday.

Click on this link for an article from Newsday that is a good primer - with even more links - to Thanksgiving Day dinner. For example, the author will be answering any and all cooking questions about Thanksgiving dinner. She'll post answers to the site. Click on this link for recipes and tips from Newsday from prior years.

Click on this link and you will get a feel for the types of links that Newsday has regarding Thanksgiving - the link is for 'Basic Turkey Cooking Tips'.

Click here for a link to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

For the absolute Thanksgiving day beginner, you might want to visit this site called Thanksgiving Dinner Planning - How to Plan Thanksgiving Dinner - Stress Free.

Note that the site has a countdown of sorts - for example, it gives you suggestions about what the host/hostess should be doing for Thanksgiving 2 week, 1 week, 4 days, 2 days, and 1 day before Thanksgiving. Clever idea and pretty darn helpful.

Starting from the top - pretty much the most important traditional food on the Thanksgiving Day table is the turkey. Click on this link to learn about how to choose and buy and defrost the turkey.

For another, similar site that talks about how to buy a turkey, click on this link.

If you've got kids coming to your Thanksgiving Day dinner you might want to click on this link which discusses various fun games to play with kids so that day doesn't become a cranky, yelling affair.

Click on this link (from Apples4TheTeacher) for more kids games for Thanksgiving Day.

Finally, click on this link - from the NFL - to learn a bit more about the 3 football games that will be played on Thanksgiving day (Packers vs. Lions, Dolphins vs. Cowboys, and 49ers vs. Ravens).

Enjoy Thanksgiving Day - and I'll probably do a followup Thanksgiving blog entry next week - it might be about the various 'fixin's that folks can serve on Thanksgiving.

Regards,

Stu

The Post Post Thanksgiving Blog Entry

Hi All,

So we all made it through Thanksgiving 2010. Congratulations and aren't you glad that you weren't born a Turkey right about now? I thought so...

So, now that you've eaten more than your fair share of turkey, stuffing, cranberries, muffins, gravy, apple pie and what not....it might be time to.....

No, not shop. We did that yesterday and well, we've all heard about Black Friday, Small Businesss Saturday, and Cyber Monday.

No, I'm talking about exercising and working off all that extra food we've all eaten.

Click here for a link from About.com entitled 'Post Holiday Recovery'. The site (more like a blog entry) has links for readers who have, how shall I say it? 'overindulged during Thanksgiving. Some links in the entry are 'I have a Food Hangover', 'I Want Something Simple, and "I Feel Bad About How Much I Ate'.

Okay, next interesting site: Gym Finder from Men's Health. No, I am not endorsing the magazine...I'm just using their gym finder so users who are serious about shaping up can actually find a gym in their area. FWIW (For What Its Worth), the site (and magazine) is pretty darn helpful for men who are want to live life more healthy. Note that Men's Health has links (at the top of the page regarding Fitness, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss and more).

Well, now that I've covered half the population; what about the other half: women?

Correct: women have their own magazine and website entitled 'Women's Helath Magazine'.
Click here to find the site. As you would think the site covers many, many health topics including fitness, weight loss, food and Lifestyle. Basically is is the companion website and magazine to Men's Health.

Finally, if you're not sure if you are overweight, click here for the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute website for the BMI calculator. What exactly is the BMI? It is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. Site is easy to use and is pretty informative!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend - and I'll blog on Monday. I'll remember to make it a lighter, more entertaining entry.

Regards,

Stu

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The Thanksgiving Day Entry

Hi All,

Well, we all know that Thanksgiving Day is on Thursday. I can't resist blogging about the gobblers (turkeys). It is just to easy and well, fun!

This might be a somewhat long blog entry since I want to discuss some links related to the history of Thanksgiving, recipes and some humor nuggest regarding the holiday. Hold on to your turkey and away we go!

Click here for a brief history of Thanksgiving, courtesy of the History Channel. Click here for a more comprehensive T-day site from a more entertaining link.

So now that you know all there is to know about Thanksgiving, what are you going to serve on the big day? Click here to find some recipes T-day turkey recipes from Allrecipes.com. Click here to see the Foodtv network link - this link has deserts, side dishes, appetizers and much more! Woohoo! Time to chow down folks!

I wanted to make this entry a bit lighter and more entertaining than some others that I've posted. Click here for a link to Turkey humor/jokes. Seriously. You'll enjoy this!

Now, fresh from Google Images are turkey comics/jokes.

Got kids coming over to your T-day festivities and don't know how to occupy them? Well, maybe the'll watch some football, but if they don't (or get tired of watching the games) click here for some ideas and games to play with the kids. You can also click here for more games for kids on Thanksgiving.

Finally, click here to find out about the various football games this coming Thanksgiving Day. The information on the games comes from Yahoo! Sports.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone - and thank you for reading the blog!

Stu

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