Culture
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Recipes :: For a Delicious Thanksgiving Meal
After searching for the easiest yet tastiest looking Thanksgiving recipes this afternoon, I am in dire need of a piece of pumpkin pie at the moment! Marie Calendar’s here I come! We are hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year and I am looking forward to having a big ‘ol feast with our friends and family! But it can be stressful if you don’t have a game plan so I found some tasty recipes for a more traditional Thanksgiving meal. I even found a gravy recipe that is almost exactly the one that has been passed on for generations from my mother’s German grandmother to me! Here are some delicious recipes that include an…
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Dwell :: DIY Decor Ideas for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is going to be here before you know it! It seems like every year my daughter and I have so much fun decorating for Halloween and Christmas that Thanksgiving doesn’t get its due course. It is such a wonderful holiday because it is all about being with friends and family, eating to your hearts content and giving thanks for all that you have in your life. I spent too much time this morning checking out all the wonderful ideas on Pinterest (funny how that happens) and found some really great ideas that you can incorporate into your Thanksgiving holiday. Anything from how to decorate the table, DIY centerpieces, an adorable…
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Parenting :: Celebrate National Young Readers Week November 11-15th
National Young Readers Week is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress that encourages a love of reading in kids. Share the timeless classics your parents once read to you, like The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Engine That Could, with this list of titles inspired by books on Netflix. Introduce your child to favorite characters you grew up with, like Kristy and Claudia of The Babysitters Club or Tia and Tony from Escape to Witch Mountain. National Young Readers Week, November 11 – 15 is a great reason to celebrate these titles. …
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Travel :: Best Places to Visit in California
My parents moved to California when I was around 6 years of age. Both of them were from the Midwest and they told me they always dreamed of moving to California when they were kids. I grew up in Southern California but moved up north to attend college. After I graduated, I moved abroad for a couple years only to move back here in my late 20’s. At times I have dreamed of moving to a climate where we see more of the seasons pass us by (I always dreamed of a white Christmas), but lately I have really come to love where we live. We live less than…
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Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest Airs October 28th
We love Curious George! And we love Halloween! So we are so excited to tell you about the first ever CURIOUS GEORGE Halloween special – CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest. The PBS Kids one-hour special celebrates curiosity, friendship and trying new things, all while providing safe and family-friendly holiday entertainment. CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest features three original songs, including “It’s Halloween Today,” sung by Pat Monahan, the lead singer of Train. As part of this multiplatform event, CURIOUS GEORGE will also feature a new game for web and mobile and new streaming video content this October. And make sure to check out the PBS Kids website for…
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Reflections :: Owning our Emotional Lives
Recently I shared the following quote by Barbara Stevens Sullivan on Facebook: “Our resistance to a feminine orientation is tremendous. We are taught in every setting that we should be in control of our lives and that our lives will proceed in positive directions if we control them properly. We are urged to refuse to give in to depression and despair, to think positively. The consequence of this attitude is not an increasingly widespread incidence of happiness, it is rather a situation in which people feel guilty about their depression and despair, exacerbating their pain by struggling against the legitimate suffering that life involves and that, when submitted to, ultimately…