The Thanksgiving Post

Hi All,

One of the best holidays of the year is coming up.  I'm talking about Thanksgiving!  And all the trimmings!  What other holiday lets you eat, watch football, spend time with family and friends - and not have to buy gifts for everyone in attendance? Yep - Thanksgiving is the day!  Enjoy.

Click on this link from Wikipedia to learn more about Thanksgiving and the holiday. 

For some great Thanksgiving recipes - click on this link from CountryLiving.com. 
The FoodNetwork has a great site that has information on Thanksgiving Side Dishes.
Of course AllRecipes has a link to pages with Thanksgiving recipes.


 And hopefully you have guests that are fun, respectful, polite, fun and not silly.  Hopefully your guests will click on this link from TheKitchn.com titled '10 Tips For Being a Great Thanksgiving Dinner Guest'. 

And if you have kids at the Thanksgiving dinner, you might want to click on this link from Woman's Day - titled '16 Thanksgiving Games You Kids Will Obsess Over'. 


Enjoy the holiday and enjoy the time spent with family and friends.  And of course, enjoy the links!

Regards,
Stu

The Thanksgiving Post

Hi All,

Its official - anything you do for two or more years in a row qualifies as a tradition!  Hence the Thanksgiving Post.

Everything you need to know about Thanksgiving is in this post. Okay...well, not everything.  Just a lot of great, timely links to make your Thanksgiving more festive, less stressful, taste better and more fun for you and for your family and friends.

Thanksgiving weather for the Long Island area...and from News12 - the forecast is....more wet, snowy weather for Thanksgiving.  See link for more.

For a brief history of Thanksgiving, click on this link from The History Channel.  For another view of Thanksgiving, click on this link from National Geographic Kids - kid friendly and still interesting.

For a menu of what is served at a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, click on this link from the Food Network.  And, from AllRecipes.com come these recipes for cooking a turkey. Bon Appetit has an interesting article on Thanksgiving Stuffing and Dressing Recipes.

Jericho Cider Mill is a great place to get apple cider - its a family favorite and goes great with turkey, stuff, gravy, etc... on Thanksgiving. Link above is from Yelp.

Need some information on how to carve the bird? Click on this link from Good Morning America for ways to carve the turkey. Yum. I'm hungry already. 

Okay...now that you've served the meal...its time for some football. Click here to get a listing of the football games that are being played on Thanksgiving 2014. Link is from NFL.com.

And don't forget to drive carefully after the Thanksgiving meal...

Happy Thanksgiving.

Stu

Save Your Sanity During the Holidays

Hi All,

The last minute rush is getting here. Get ready, get set...go.  There is officially less than a week to go before Christmas Day 2013.  And it is probably getting a bit hectic in your life right about now.

So this is the perfect time to offer up a quick and easy blog entry about 'Saving Your Sanity During the Holidays'. As a matter of fact, that is the title of the first link I'm going to share with you this morning.  Click on this link to connect to the article. Note that the article comes from the Farmingdale Patch - a local, Farmingdale based, newspaper.

This next link comes from a law firm - no, I am not advertising for the firm. I'm just connecting to an article from Panish, Shea & Boyle, entitled 'Exercise Patience and Common Sense During Holiday Shopping'. The article talks about shopping mall safety, credit card safety and long check out lines.

The holiday season brings with it its own set of stresses and strains. Families get together and there is a limited amount of time to get a lot accomplished (shopping, wrapping presents, buying presents, cleaning the house, coordinating plans with family members, possible flights in airplanes and possible pickups at airports...and more.)

Hence the appropriate topic of this last article - which comes from the Mayo Clinic website.  Entitled, 'Stress, Depression and the Holidays: Tips For Coping', the article is timely, well-written, and unbiased.  It also gives a lot of information to the reader on how to de-stress from the holidays.

Here's to a stress-free, entertaining, pleasant holiday season.  Enjoy the sites.

Regards,
Stu

Getting Ready For the Holidays

Hi All,

It is that time of year again...we are between Thanksgiving and the Christmas/New Year's Holidays - and that means parties, holiday gift giving, shopping, invitations to mail out, wrapping, cards to send and much, much more...

How is a person supposed to make head or tail from all the anxiety that this season begets?  Easy, click on the following links and you'll be well on your way to holiday season bliss.

Click on this link that will relieve you of the stress any time you have guests coming over during the holiday season.    For another perspective on simplifying the holidays, you can click on this link so that you can be organized this holiday season - and celebrate the season to boot!

From Styleathome.com comes this article entitled, '99 Ways To Get Ready For the Holidays'.  Yes, this is a long article, and yes it is an actual list - from 1-99 - on how to prepare for the holidays.  Cool stuff!  Especially number 12, 46 (who would have thought!) and 85.

Well, if you are having guests over, you will probably have to vacuum, or at least get rid of some of the clutter.  Click here to learn just how to do that....one room at at time.

Finally, click on this link - from MyWell-Being.com - which will, like the other links above, help you get ready for the holidays. 

Enjoy the holidays - hopefully they'll be stress-free, relaxing and filled with classic family get-togethers.

Regards,
Stu

FREE US Government Publications

Hi All,

Just found this very educational and informational site about US Government Publications. I know what you are thinking: 'Is he serious?  How can he make this interesting enough for me to want to visit this website?'

Fair enough.  Give me a minute and I bet I'll be able to whet your appetite so you end up looking at the website.  Here goes...

Publications/USA Gov has sections on 'Animals', 'Cars', 'Employment', 'Family', 'Health', 'Money', and 'Travel'.  When a user clicks on the 'Family' link (for example), you'll find topics like 'Adoption', 'Disaster and Emergency Planning', 'Family Records' and 'Family Safety'.

And if you click on the 'Family Safety' link you'll find other resources like 'Know Your Rights: A Guide For Victims and Witnesses of Crime', 'Read the Label First, Protect Your Household', 'Super Sitter' and more.

Other interesting publications include: 'Taking Charge: What to Do If Your Identity is Stolen?'. 'Holiday Decoration Tips', 'Ask Questions: Questions You Should Ask About Your Investments'  There are many, many more publications with similarly helpful topics on the site!!! 

Interesting and educational stuff that's for sure.Enjoy.

Stu

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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That Time of Year! Family Get-Togethers

Hi All,

The weekend might have come and gone, but there is always a next weekend on the horizon.

That means 2 days off from work...and most (if not all) folks have family. And what does that have to do with a blog entry? Simple - todays topic is family entertaining and fun stuff to do with the relatives once they are over at the house.

As frequent readers know by now, I really, really like using About.com. As a matter of fact, if you click on this link, you'll find an article on 'Getting Together For the Holidays - Taking The Stress Out of These Gatherings'.

If you click on this link, you'll find some ideas for things to do once your guests arrive. These are some fun activities and games that you can play once your guests arrive.

Not sure how to put together a family get-together? Click on this link to get the scoop on this aspect of getting everybody together in one place

Finally, because of all the great advice I've imparted to you in this brilliant blog entry (note: humor alert), you will possibly want to photography this event. Click here to find out how to take memorable photos of the event - and to prevent everybody from moving when you take the 'family picture' at the end of the day.

Enjoy - and I hope you have a memorable family get together very shortly!
Stu

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