Happy Thanksgiving Week

Well hello! I know we have so much to get caught up on. My home is still sllllooooooowly coming along. A crazy thing happened during our renovations, I had some sort of life-altering reality check.

My daughter is a senior in high school and my son is a freshman at the same school. She is working her way through the college application process (it makes the ORC look like playtime in the sandbox) and he doesn't want to hang out with mom. And then it hit me, how do I want to spend my time when I am not catering to their every demand and assisting them through their teen years?

What was my passion?....other than design, the One Room Challenge™, and this site :).

So I decided to get a degree in real estate stalking. Yup! The state of Florida has deemed me qualified to sell real estate. During the last two months I have been working on the One Room Challenge™, coordinating electricians, painters, and everyone else who wanted a piece of this home project, working a day job (did I mention that I had a day job? We really do need to get caught up), and going to real estate school on the weekends. Whew!

I'll tell you all about my plans in a future post, but for now, let the shopping begin. I'm also working on renovating this site. It is long overdue for a fresh new look. 

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My sincerest wishes to you and your family for a healthy and happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for all of you checking in on me with your comments and emails. I will be spending the remainder of this week going through all of the One Room Challenge™ Guest Participants. I have been reading each and every post. Come by over the long weekend, and take a look. One of them has already been featured in House Beautiful! 

Oh, and if you can, please consider dropping something off to your local food bank. 

Restaurant App | Thanksgiving Planning & Centerpiece

Are you familiar with the app Urbanspoon? It's the perfect answer to the question, 'where do you want to eat?" You can search for restaurants by cuisine, location, price, etc. I used it last weekend when my husband and I wanted to try a new to us restaurant. I booked our reservation right on the app. We ended up at Pazzo on 5th Ave. The food was delicious. Hopefully, this will be my secret weapon for getting a reservation during 'season'.

And now it's time for my annual Thanksgiving feast planning. This year, I have ordered catering from The Fresh Market. I will still need to make several of my family's favorite side dishes. My version of homemade. 

All I have left to order is a centerpiece. I really like these two. Which do you like?

Available here

I hope your Thanksgiving travels and meal planning go well. If you can, please drop off some food at your local food bank. Every little bit helps.

 

Will Your Holiday Look Like This?

When I was growing up, my Mother always aimed for a Thanksgiving dinner that looked like this. 
I don't know why, it doesn't even look like fun.

It felt more like this.

And I remember it being a lot of fun.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog...today, and everyday. 
Happy Thanksgiving.

Nantucket Cocktails....also Thanksgiving.

Here are some versatile cocktail recipes for you. First, they all contain cranberries because cranberries are abundant in Nantucket. However, cranberries are also center stage on Thanksgiving. So you see...I have given you your holiday cocktail recipes while doing my 31 day challenge. 

Cranberry Mojito Recipe

Cranberry Martini Recipe

Cranberry Daiquiri

The Cape Codder Recipe

Pear & Cranberry Cocktail Recipe

Rosy Cranberry Cider Recipe

Cheers!

Wine Cozy

I can't believe that Thanksgiving in one week away...yikes....I need to get busy! We are going to my friend's home, and among other things...I am bringing wine. I don't have an artful way of wrapping the wine bottle. In my hunting for ideas....I found this fantastic tutorial from Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces

Stacy will show you how to turn this sweater into this

Bits & Pieces

Hop on over for the full tutorial.....now, what am I presenting drinking for Thanksgiving? Well, today is Thursday, so let's go see what Don thinks....

Kim Macumber

Every Thursday, Don, Kim's husband (from Kim Macumber Interiors),  reviews a bottle or two....of wine, and tells us all about it! Today it is all about wine pairing for Thanksgiving. How do I know that...other than the fact that I read Kim's blog? Because, Don takes requests!! Have you ever wondered who, what, when or where with wine....ask him.

Do you do anything crafty or creative for Thanksgiving?