Community Thanksgiving Dinner

The Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will take place on Thursday, November 28th at the First United Methodist Church - Hollister Hall in New Smyrna Beach. It is from 11:30 until 3:00 pm. They have a traditional Thanksgiving menu planned including roast turkey, dressing & gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, waldorf salad, rolls & butter and apple and pumpkin pie.

This wonderful event is put on by many of our local area churches and sponsored by Morningstar Mini Storage in New Smyrna Beach. The first United Methodist Church is located at 215 Palmetto Street.

Gifts of Love

Most of us have had economic issues at one time or another. I myself have had a rough two years. I and my family have made alot of sacrifices for the good of my children. I can tell you about my brother meeting me at a gas station with his credit card to fill my gas tank so my son can get to baseball practice, or showing up at my house with bags of groceries and dog food, or my other brother in another state sending me cash to pay bills....We won't even talk about the money my parents have spent in order to keep my children safe and happy. Things are now looking up for us, but that is not the case for many other people in our community. There are too many people right here in New Smyrna and Edgewater that are not lucky enough to have a good support system and are one step away from not being able to feed their family.

That is where Gifts of Love comes in, they are a non-profit organization headquartered in Edgewater, primarily known as a Food Pantry, they also donate school supplies and shoes to local children. They are located at 820 W. Park Ave., directly east of the Elks Lodge. The organization receives no federal, state or local funding and is dependent on the generosity of private enterprise, churches and individuals for all the food and supplies they distribute.

Donations 0f food, personal items, paper products etc. can be taken to the office, 820 W. Park Ave., Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 am-2:30 pm. They are also open during those hours for those that need help to get it. No questions asked.

So...while you are shopping this week, fill an extra bag with paper products or canned goods and drop it off, they will appreciate it and you will be helping someone right here in your community.

Gifts of Love can be contacted at (386) 423-5257.

Who Is Cooking?

If you don't feel like cooking Thanksgiving Dinner you have a lot of options this year.

Chases on the Beach will serve a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner from 12-4pm.

Pub 44 is serving Thanksgiving Dinner from 11am-9pm

Norwood's is open from 11:30am - 10pm

Stella's Skyline Cafe is open 11am-6pm on Thansgiving, with Turkey and all the trimmings.

Manny's Beachside will be open for breakfast on Thanksgiving from 630am-12noon. I checked with the Beacon on Flagler and they are closed Thanksgiving so Manny's it is for Breakfast.

If you want to eat in but don't want to cook, Publix will fix you a great meal in a box at a reasonable price. Lil' Neal's BBQ located on Canal Street will smoke you a turkey and provide 2 side orders. Call them at 428-2864 to order. If you have not had their BBQ you should check it out.

Whether you are eating out or staying in have a safe and happy holiday!

Sunday Stumble

This week we have interesting blogs and sites with a Thanksgiving Theme. Enjoy!

Tip Junkie - she has a day by day planner. I usually fail to plan but it is fun to read.

Thanksgiving for All - this one is from last year but the information is great!

Thanksgiving Recipes - they are all here.

The History Of Thanksgiving - the name says it all.

Fun Stuff For Thanksgiving all sorts of things here, crafts, kids stuff, games, recipes.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is this Thursday, November 22nd. The History Channel has a great exhibit on the History of Thanksgiving.

Take a minute and look thru it you will learn something new, I promise.

Set a Perfect Holiday Table

I was stumbling around the internet today and found this interesting site. I have never been quite perfect at the table setting thing, this site will show you how to do it perfectly depending on what you are having. They also sell discount linens if you are interested.


Proper Table Setting

Holiday Organization

Throughout the year I follow the Flylady principles. This makes is fairly easy to roll into the holidays. But this year we moved, I have a garage full of stuff, a storage unit, closets that are not organized on it goes....

So I started today organizing one thing at a time. I thought I would do the kitchen today, HA, did not happen,I realized quickly I had to take it in pieces. I did the pantry. Just the pantry.

1. Remove everything, clean the shelves and doors inside and out
2. Discard anything that has expired
3. If you have not used it in a reasonable amount of time, toss it.
4. Put like items together, canned good, snacks, pasta, condiments, etc.

Now I can find everything, my kids can find the snacks, it is clean and neat. A few minutes a week to keep it that way, and to put things away properly after a trip to the grocery store will keep you together.

Flylady would be proud...now on to the refrigerator....