A wonderful Work It, Mom! member sent me a link to this ultra-useful website called blackfriday.info. I am sure all of you deal hounds already know about it but for the rest of us, this is a great resource.
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I am sure for now all of you making Thanksgiving dinner have it all planned out and ready to go.

For the rest of us, here are some last-minute ideas for side dishes, appetizers and desserts.

Ordering Disorder: Baked sweet potato fries. Pure heaven in 20 minutes is how I would describe the result of making this recipe. And not because we simply adore Chris and Ordering Disorder.
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For an annoyingly organized person I’ve been unhappily disorganized during this past year of non-stop work, two moves (yes, two) and general life chaoticness (yes, it’s a word, I’ve checked). So I am inaugurating this Getting Organized weekly feature on the Problem Solved blog as a purely selfish gesture. OK, not purely selfish — I think we can all benefit from some practical tips for getting our lives a bit more organized. Every Thursday we’ll go digging for some practical and helpful organizing tips and post them here for your perusal. Sounds good?

It does to me so here we go. Here are the links for our inaugural Getting Organized feature:
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By Org Junkie

Clutter at some point or another invades everyone’s home. The trick is to stay on top of it before it gets out of control. Is it already out of control? Does your clutter have a grip on you so tight that you feel overwhelmed with how to get rid of it all and don’t know where to start? Here are some practical solutions to help you.

1. Start with one room at a time, break it down into manageable steps and don’t get ahead of yourself

2. Create a designated space for everything and put things back when they get misplaced.

3. If you have to think about why you want to keep something, you most likely don’t need it.

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