Today, visit a local craft fair that supports a charity or school. Buy gift items made by local artists and baked goods for your family.

We're going to see it next week. Are you? Here's a review to help you decide: http://ping.fm/iUPz7

Back to work - there are houses to buy, sell, organize and stage! www.buysellorganizeandstage.com & www.buysellorganizeandstage.blogspot.com

The Busy Couple's Guide to Sharing the Work & the Joy (K.Peel) just arrived! 214 pages of "smart solutions to dozens of household dilemmas"!

Tried baking soda to polish silver serving pieces. Results were great, with less cost & odor than commercial products, & my hands are soft!

Spread some holiday cheer: Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by 12 & 13 year siblings to provide calling cards. cellphonesforsoldiers.com

Want to chat w/siblings, parents and friends at the same time? Use tokbox.com to chat with up to 20 people at once. Import contacts easily.

Help kids create one master wish list that can be shared via email or Facebook: wishpot.com

Hate to bake but love to help? cookiesforkidscancer.org

Who deserves your gratitude? Write or call today, telling them why you are thankful. You don't know that you'll have a chance tomorrow.

CO-based greeting card business that gives to a local nonprofit for women with postpartum depression: www.motherhoodwithattitude.com

Great story on Kurt Warner in newspaper. What are you doing to leave this earth and its people a better place when you're gone? Start today!

Senators: we are watching & WILL remember come re-election time. Choose wisely. Your friends and relatives will be subject to your decision.

Spend an hour or two visiting a nursing home. Ask to bring in your well-behaved dog, or bake cookies. Ask who doesn't get mail & send some.

Grateful for a massage I "won" at American Heart Assoc. auction. Great way to start a Friday! Now, on to Comm class and writing projects...

One week till the holiday! Have you calculated thawing/roasting times for your bird? http://ping.fm/pgcGO

Americans generate 25% more trash in the six holiday weeks. Recycle gift bags, kids' art and comics for wrap. Cut cards to make gift tags.

Think of your clutter hot-spot: how would you feel if all were gone tomorrow? Bereft or free? Act accordingly; treat it w/respect or dump!

Military moms-to-be: need a "belly buddy"? Want to bless a military mom? Visit operationshower.org.

Interested in a nine-week organizing jump start in 2010 via webinar or in person (CO Springs)? Let me know!

I may be shopping for a new laptop computer soon. Any recommendations? (Sorry, but I'm not ready for a Mac.)

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Mine: fresh cranberries (cooked w/ginger and orange) and pumpkin anything! We eat pie for breakfast!

In season this month: sweet potatoes, pears, apples, tangerines and cranberries. Apples and tangerines are on sale today at Albertson's.

"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much." -Oscar Wilde

Like I said, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Start your Holiday Hit List today. Find it at www.familymanager.com, or email me.

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Laminate a ticket stub, punch a hole in one end, and add a ribbon - you've made a one-of-a-kind bookmark, suitable for a gift, for pennies.

Have an avid recycler/reader in your home? Send used books, CDs and DVDs to EcoEncore.org. Profits will be used by environmental charities.

Just because Veterans Day is over doesn't mean we can't show our love to military families. Invite one to dinner, or offer to babysit.

How can you brighten a military member's day tomorrow? Or their family's? Plan now to bless their socks off on Veterans Day!

Still praying for Fort Hood. Let a soldier or their family know you support them, no matter what your political beliefs.

Now more than ever - come support our troops downtown, Saturday @ 10am: http://ping.fm/MrF3Z Weather should be glorious for 10th annual!

Viewers of Busy Moms segment on KXRM FOX 21 News get a free facial at featured spa: www.russiandayspa.com/busymoms/

See how military mom found time for spa treatment on KXRM FOX 21 News, today between 6-9am and 9-10pm (hourly). Also coloradoconnection.com.

So glad that Halloween is over and it is now the season of giving thanks and celebrating our Lord's birth!