Happy Friday!

Hello friends. Aren't you excited for the weekend? We'll be moving my sister into an apartment a few floors above ours, preparing for visitors arriving on Tuesday, and doing some of the prep work for Thanksgiving. May I suggest laying out your serving dishes with little notes indicating what should go in them and making a cooking schedule?

Toasted Oatmeal and Bruleed Oatmeal from Martha Stewart

 Oh, and make sure you have an easy and wholesome breakfast on hand for Thursday, so you don't pass out before the turkey even makes it out of the oven. I think we'll be going with baked oatmeal (this recipe is similar to how I make it, though I usually use just a smidge of maple syrup instead of sugar and sometimes I throw in a couple whisked eggs for protein).

Are you visiting someone else for Thanksgiving? Even if you're going to your parents' house, we know you'd never show up empty handed. Here are some suggestions for host/hostess gifts that will make you a welcome guest:

 Small, inexpensive gifts

The very best of hostess gifts

  When it's time to meet the parents

Thoughtful goodies and tasty treats are lovely, but the best host/hostess gift you could give on Thanksgiving is a slide show of wonderful memories (though a photo book of past Thanksgivings would be pretty great as well) . It could be filled with photos of the family and friends you're celebrating with from the past year, images of the various things you're thankful for, or pictures from Thanksgivings past. You could even put a call out for multiple slide shows and have a post-dinner viewing party.

Miya posted instructions for how to put a slide show together using iphoto and included a pretty starting and ending image for your downloading pleasure right here. If you send us your slide show before Thanksgiving day, we'll post some that day (because you guys are one of the things we're thankful for!).

And finally, time is running out to sign up for our Spread the Cheer gift exchange. We have some fantastically creative people signed up already, so we can guarantee you'll have fun with this.  

Have an lovely weekend!

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[Pretty Mommy]

MMMMmmm sounds delish! Happy Weekend Girls!