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Today we give thanks. Thanks for our family, thanks for our friends, thanks for our freedom. Thanks for our many blessings.  Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I hope your blessings are many.  p.s. Who else thinks it's tacky that many retailers are opening late on Thanksgiving night? Shouldn't this day be reserved for family activities and not having to worry about going to work? Ugh...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Hope your day is filled with good times, good company and good food! Go ahead - have the dessert! Enjoy your day. 

As we travel, cook, decorate and prepare for the Thanksgiving festivities tomorrow - remember to inject a little humor in every situation. Holidays can be very stressful - financial pressures, dealing with your least favorite family member(s), traveling to different celebrations, etc...It can all take a toll.  Just for a good laugh this evening, I've pulled some hilarious quotes for you. Enjoy and remember, have fun and enjoy this time of year!  I love Thanksgiving turkey... it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. Arnold Schwarzenegger Coexistence... what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving. Mike Connolly I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even...

Are you busy planning your family's Thanksgiving meal? With just a few short days until the annual celebration, I am making grocery lists and running back and forth to Publix. (You could say they know me there...)   If your family is like mine, we all have dishes that we prepare to bring to the celebration. Once you make a great dish that everyone loves, then you are expected to bring that same dish every year. Today I'm going to share a recipe that I prepare every year for my family's Thanksgiving meal. Mine for Thanksgiving is Sweet Potato Souffle. Please let me apologize in advance that I don't have a photo of this dish to share with you guys - but I didn't want to make this until the day before Thanksgiving. :-)  Sweet Potato Souffle Ingredients: (3) Large sweet potatoes, roasted and whipped (1) Cup Sugar (I only use 1/2 cup but recipes calls for a full cup. Personally I think a full cup would be way too sweet!) (2) Eggs, Beaten 1/2 tsp. Salt (1)...

Happy Thanksgiving, Shopaholics! On this day most of us are celebrating the holiday with our family and friends. Activities include: eating more than we should, having more than one dessert, partaking in a little bit of wine, taking a late afternoon nap, watching a football game (Go Cowboys!). What are you thankful for this year? Of course I am most thankful for my wonderful DH, family and friends - as you would expect me to say. However, I am also thankful for the following... My health No "visible oil" on our beaches - note I said "visible" because it's still there. The fact that I can wear my Lilly Pulitzer collection all year! Not leaving on a jet plane every Monday and Friday to make a living, for a company who never appreciated it anyway... Living At The Beach Empty laundry baskets Kiehl's hair straightener and my BaByliss Flat iron - those two products changed my life! Tide Pride Season Tickets (...