Deck the Halls

Being that Thanksgiving and Christmas are so close there is always a surge of excitement the day after Thanksgiving for Christmas.  People rush around Black Friday trying to find the perfect deal and the best gift for someone special.  Although, there are many more ways other than shopping to get into the Christmas spirit.

I was able to find the coolest website, Christmas.com, all things dedicated to Christmas.  They had a blog post with ideas for getting into the Christmas spirit.  

They recommended, finding the perfect tree, counting down to Christmas day, having a night of hot chocolate and tree decorating, getting crafty, giving back to others, playing Christmas music, having a christmas movie night, making Christmas ornaments, visiting Santa Claus and last but not least driving around to see Christmas lights.

(Thanks to History.com)

I hope people find a way to get in the spirit!

Thankful on Thanksgiving

 

(Thanks to Pacific Grill Tacoma)

Reading blogs on patheos by Mark Roberts was really interesting.

Being that thanksgiving is around the corner I thought it would be fun to have a Thanksgiving themed blog and therefore I searched for someone who had blogged about Thanksgiving.

Roberts's blog talks about how thanksgiving is a great holiday, but can be worrisome at the same time.  Roberts argues that because Thanksgiving is only one day a year the idea of thankfulness only being focused around that day is not good.  Roberts believes that instead every day we should be mindful of our thankfulness.

(Thanks to Struggle To Victory)

In the end Roberts believes that by being thankful more often (than just Thanksgiving) we can share our gratitude which will help people to magnify the good things in their life.

Lesson learned, make Thanksgiving a season of thankfulness!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Around The World, with Only $300?

Sam Huang writes in a blog called TopMiles and he really has picked up a lot of mileage throughout his life.



Recently, Huang's blog was talked about on the MSN homepage.  Huang, had figured out how to travel the world in luxurious first class with only $300.  Huang's trip really should have costed him $60,000, but with the help of loop holes and frequent flyer miles he managed to get around that hefty price tag.



Huang has picture after picture of the interior of the air planes, which in normal circumstances would not be impressive; but the planes Huang was on were nothing less than unique.  Huang's blog opens up possibilities for the general public to indulge in amazing travels.

Her Rudy: Lucky Dog Rescue Blog

Ashley is a woman who started a rescue for dogs called Lucky Dog Rescue.  Ashley has rescued many dogs through out her lifetime and because of her passion for saving dogs Ashely started her own rescue.


One of Ashley's very own rescue dogs was Rudy.  Rudy was found one a three foot chain after his family moved away leaving him without water, food or love.  The pound was about to put Rudy down when Ashley took Rudy in. 


Rudy's life was greatly changed for the better because of Ashley, but unfortunately in 2010 Rudy suffered from an unexpected heart attack and passed away.


Now Ashley looks in shelters for her next Rudy; her next dog that she will save.

Rudy and Ashley (Thanks to Ashley's blog)