Happy Thanksgiving 2011!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving and have a delightful holiday weekend! I'll see you next week!

'Tis The Season!

The holidays are coming up and that means . . . food! Thanksgiving is a feast of gluttony, and then there are the holiday parties and Christmas!

I found a handy gadget on About.com to figure out how many calories there are in a Thanksgiving dinner. Try it out and you will be surprised.

I have heard that the average woman gains TEN POUNDS between Thanksgiving and New Years!

A few months ago I weighed 108 pounds, the most I have ever weighed. (Don’t hate me – I am very small boned). I now weigh 121 pounds. Why? Well, I’d like to blame it all on menopause but the truth is out – I eat too much and exercise too little, even with a gym membership. I hadn’t gone in weeks.

Wordish/Outdoor Wednesday: Thanksgiving in the Country, Part II

Last week I showed you some photos of our time at Thanksgiving in the Country, held in Sergeantsville, New Jersey (part of Delaware Township). The house tours were fascinating, and here are some more photos. Unfortunately I could not take pictures inside the houses (these are private properties), but I tried to take as many as I could outside.

Wordish/Outdoor Wednesday: Thanksgiving In The Country, Part I

For the last 38 years Sergeantsville, NJ has hosted Thanksgiving In The Country. This is a tour of interesting houses and places in the surrounding countryside. The proceeds benefit the Cleft Palate Unit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Sergeantsville (the first syllable is pronounced "surge"), part of Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, is a lovely rural area. Many houses and buildings in the area date to the Revolutionary War days. Many buildings there and in surrounding towns are in the National Register of Historic Places. I was also pleased to see signs on some farms that are designated as preserved farmlands.

Down For The Count!

After several days of no electricity or intermittent electricity, we finally got it back on Thursday! We spent several days cleaning up. We had to throw out ALL the food in the fridge. Slowly we are buying food. It's a real financial hit but what can you do?