Being Thankful Today and Everyday!

Today it is Thanksgiving here in America. Much attention is paid to the food (and I do love the food.) especially the Turkey! I'd like to take the time to be thankful today!

I am thankful for the life that I have and I am creating.

I am thankful of the opportunity to bring this blog to you and the rest of the world. I am appreciative of the chance to share what I know and what I learn. Knowledge makes the world run and giving back makes the world go round.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Are You Ready For Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is in a few days!
Are you ready?
I am!
And I am calm.

How am I calm during what is considered a stressful time? I planned!

I am the cook for the family for Thanksgiving. After a few stress filled holidays, I learned to create a binder. My binder consists of:

Family recipes
My recipes
A timeline of events (which can be modified)
Inventory of thanksgiving related supplies AFTER thanksgiving (so I know what to buy later)

Also I have a container filled with Thanksgiving related supplies.

I usually buy my food supplies a week before Thanksgiving. Sometimes I have many of the ingredients already. I open the binder and look in the kitchen and pull out what i have already. And shop for what I need.

All of these things has made my life easier for Thanksgiving. Maybe this would work for you too!!
 Its not too late to start the process.