When you have kids in the house, especially younger ones, football, the Macy’s Day Parade and a huge meal will not go very far in keeping them entertained.  Why not spend Thanksgiving Day with a mix of kid-friendly indoor and outdoor activities?  The following are a few ideas for spending quality time with your family […]

We all love having a big meal for Thanksgiving but most of us don’t need a 25 pound behemoth turkey and enough side dishes to feed a small invasion force.  If your family is anything like mine, after the gargantuan Thanksgiving dinner we were eating turkey sandwiches, turkey salad, turkey soup, creamed turkey, turkey casseroles, […]

It seems that as soon as the Halloween candy and costumes begin showing up in stores we all flip a switch in our heads that puts us in a “need to spend” mode.  With only a couple of months to go until the holiday season hits full force, we start thinking about all of the […]