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Thanks for Giving

Mike — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:51:21 +0000

What a great Thanksgiving we had. Of course the food was awesome; smoked turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie. But being with family is the most important. Even if some family are in distant locations, a simple phone call brings you all together. My brother called me, and as we reminsced about our childhood, it brought us together in the same space for that moment.

So thanks for giving us kids so much, Mom and Dad. We are truly blessed this Thanksgiving with your love.

We also observed a couple of other family traditions today. We watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and also watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

Best Deals Online

Mike — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:39:04 +0000

The best deals online are really starting to happen now. Word has it that a lot of retailers are starting their online Black Friday sales early Thanksgiving morning at 1:00 A.M. I set up my Gmail account to get regular alerts about Black Friday sales and online deals, and I’m getting a lot of information about it now.

Here’s the latest…Best Buy appears to have the most items on sale early; their Black Friday items are going online for sale starting at midnight tonight (early Thanksgiving morning.) Other stores like Circuit City and Walmart will probably follow suit by putting their Black Friday items online and on sale starting very early on Thanksgiving morning and throughout Thanksgiving day, and right into Black Friday.

Best Buy has the great deals on Thanksgiving Day, starting at 5 am when their stores open…their ads say they will hand out doorbuster coupons, tickets and vouchers starting as early as 3:00 am!

Sony PlayStation 3 with 80GB package $399
XBOX 360 & 4-game bundle $299
Guitar Hero III Special Edition bundle for XBOX 360, PS3 or Nintendo Wii $79
PlayStation2 games like the Hannah Montana Spotlight
Garmin GPS $189
Dynex 32-inch LCD HDTV $399
Toshiba Laptop 4GB Memory & 250GB Hard Drive $479
Insignia 7-MegaPixel Digital Camera $59

…more info at www.blackfriday.info/online/

Thanksgiving Break

Mike — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:19 +0000

I’m about ready for the annual Thanksgiving break, aren’t you? My sister already has a twenty pound turkey in the freezer. Now she’s collecting holiday recipes and planning a big dinner with all the trimmings.

Ok time for some quick figures…Thanksgiving is on a Thursday. A twenty pound turkey divided among the family, combined with dressing, veggies, sweet potatoes, cornbread, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and various desserts; a sudden weight gain and inertia, allow 24 hours to regain mobility. That puts us into Friday. Black Friday, the biggest retail day of the year. The day of the shopper!

Even with a down economy, national retailers are expecting record crowds this year. Why? Because everything is on sale. Stores don’t have any choice but to offer deep discounts on practically every item in stock, just to draw customers in. Competition is getting fierce for the shrinking American dollar, so take advantage of it.

Prepare to save money this Thanksgiving! Browse the Black Friday ads online at www.blackfriday.info