Last week the Porch Team had some great posts for you on the subject of Thanksgiving. If you haven't read any of those yet, look in the archives and check them out! A few of them may have more to offer for this week.
Since November 1st I've seen a lot of posts about being thankful. Several bloggers have taken up a be thankful challenge where they have to list each day, the things they are thankful for. Here is a short list of my thankful fors:
- That Christ is King
- My family
- Taste buds
- A warm house
- Good friends
- New friends
- A cozy bed
- The Porch Team
- Homeschooling
- The bloggers here at HSB (Yes, you! I love the bloggers here at HSB, you have encouraged me, made me laugh, and taught me so many new things!)
I pray that each of you will have safe travels this Thanksgiving weekend, that you will be a witness to all you spend time with, and that your hearts are full of the blessings that the Lord has given to you.
I can't wait to read your posts about how you spent the Thanksgiving weekend!
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
It's my favorite time of the year! I just love Thanksgiving and Christmas too. All month long I have been thinking about all we have to be thankful for dispite all the things going on all around us. I have already shared several great recipes to prepare in the crockpot for Thanksgiving last year. If you need any ideas click here. This time I thought I'd just share some easy appetizers for everyone to eat while waiting for the big dinner.
Sweet & Sour Smoked Sausages
- 2 packages (16 oz. each) Lit'l Smokies
- 2 cans (21 oz. each) cherry pie filling
- 1 can (20 oz.) pineapple chunks, drained
- 3 tbls. brown sugar
Place sausages in a crockpot. In a bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients; pour over sausages. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until heated through.
Hot Dog & Bacon Roll-Ups
2 pounds hot dogs
20 slices bacon
2 cups light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
Cut hot dogs in half crosswise. Cut bacon slices in half crosswise. In a bowl, combine brown sugar, mustard, garlic powder, and chili powder. Wrap each piece of hot dog in a slice of bacon; secure with toothpicks. Arrange a layer of hot dog roll-ups in crockpot. Sprinkle about 1/3 of the brown sugar mixture over the layer. Repeat, making 2 more layers, ending with the brown sugar mixture. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours, stirring gently a few times. Turn to LOW to serve.
Makes 40 appetizers.
Note: You can also make this recipe with 2 pkgs. (16 oz. each) of lit'l smokies. Just cut your bacon into 4 pieces and wrap each smokie.
Why blogging is so great reason #5,287: You get to meet some of your favorite homeschool celebrities without having to attend a conference! Amanda Bennett has been blogging here at HSB ever since it started back in 2005. Blogging builds good business, but it also builds good relationships, and Amanda is very friendly and relational.
You may think that the author of numerous unit studies has her life perfectly organized and that all of her science experiments turn out with nary a problem. Not so! Even Amanda learns from her homeschool lessons.
This Christmas will be a meager one for many families. Yet we can still make it special. The first step is remembering what it is that makes the season so important to us, aside from Christ, it's family. Amanda shares a story about a tough Christmas she had as a little girl. Be sure to also read Christmas: A Study of Love.
As this week, and next, we are talking about Thanksgiving I thought this post, Thanksgiving Learning--Gratitude? would be of interest to you.
Next week there won't be a new Featured Blogger, so you get two whole weeks to explore Amanda's blog and wish her tidings of comfort and joy! (Such greetings aren't just for Christmas!)
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
