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We do a lot of bulk buying because of the money it saves us but now that there are just two of us at home it takes a lot longer to eat up ten pounds of beef or chicken.  Wrapping the meat up in layers of foil or plastic wrap and then again in plastic bags to freeze is time consuming.  Add to that, it still isn’t completely protected at air getting at it and before we can get at using it up, it often has freezer burn and then we have to toss it.  In which case our savings didn’t end up being savings at all.

Enter in the Ziploc® Brand Vacuum Sealer System.

Decadent treats and wine.  There isn’t much else I need to make a party festive 🙂  And while I like to entertain and provide great desserts and wine offerings to my guests, I’m neither a chef nor made of money.  So this holiday season I welcomed the gift of some dessert and wine pairings from Pacific Rim Riesling wines and Sara Lee desserts.  They are making holiday entertaining easy and fun!

Oh my goodness, there are only 22 days left until Christmas!

I’ve bought most of my ‘fun’ gifts already, but I still do put a few practical ones under the tree for the folks that live here 🙂  You know the ones like socks, flash drives …and toothbrushes.

Lest you think I’m a Scrooge, there’s a reason why those things will be added to the gifts on our daughter’s wish list.

Why is it that the gals that are born with curly hair want it staight and those with straight hair want it curly?  Am I right?!  I have natural curly hair that with age has become more wavy than curly, but give me some curlers, a curling iron or a perm and I’ve got spirals happening! 

While I do on occasion let my hair dry naturally and thus get some great volume (and sometimes frizz!) in it, I do prefer to have straighter hair, but not without some lift.  Alas, I find it difficult to wield the hair dryer, brush, and flat iron with my two hands without burning myself or just having it take too darn long to make it worth the frustration.

It was so good to have our college daughter home for Thanksgiving break.  It was truly the kick off to the holiday season for our family and I was anxious to get out and do some Christmas shopping for her after we took her back to school this past Friday.  College students LOVE electronics (can’t say I mind them myself!) and I want to gift smart this year. Good thing RadioShack can help me out with that.

We decorate for the holidays early around our home.  Firstly because we grew up in Canada, and since Thanksgiving is celebrated in October there once Halloween has passed it’s a free for all when it comes to Christmas decorating.  Secondly not only do I love the holiday decorations, but it takes so much work to get the house all seasonally decorated I want to have it up as long as I can!!  Our tree is up every year on November 11th. 

Last year we bought a brand new 7′ tall LED Christmas tree.  It is bee-you-tee-ful.  It’s the first thing you see when you walk into our home and when it’s all lit up at night, you can’t help but get a warm & fuzzy feeling inside. 

Our daughter has never been a girly-girl.  When most 12 or 13 year old girls were begging their mothers to wear make-up, Amber was more interested in beating the high level in the latest video game or trying to memorize Pi to the 104th digit.  I admit as a mom I dropped the ball when it came to getting her into a skin care routine, part of it was because she really only got a pimple here or there at the time, but the real truth is I didn’t want to fight with her over it.

I have to tell you, prior to marrying my husband I wasn’t overly careful with my things.  It’s not as if I threw my walkman (oh yes, I’m that old!) on the floor or anything, but a few scratches here or there on my camera, or boombox, well that didn’t bother me.  But my husband, he’s all about the pristine.  He thinks that when you’re finished using electronics/tech devices they should still look like they came out of the box.  And truthfully…that man, he’s kind of rubbed off on me.

As I look back upon the Thanksgiving holiday and perused the online sales on Friday, it still doesn’t cease to amaze me how very much my family has to be thankful for.  We are healthy, have a roof over our heads, eat well, have vehicles to drive and even have the ability to go out and buy gifts for each other just to show we care.  Extremely blessed is what we are.  And so while we give to our church and charities all through the year, during the holiday season we make an effort to give even more where we can to organizations where their benefits touch many.

Showing support for Breast Cancer patients and survivors doesn’t have to be contained to October.  You can support the cause all year round and display your support with the Suddora Pink Ribbon Sweatbands.