Happy Thanksgiving And A Holiday Giveaway
I wish each and everyone of you a totally awesome and wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope you will be enjoying the day with family and friends. The food is important it’s what is the driving force behind the holiday but without our loved ones and friends to enjoy it with we might as well just have a bowl of cereal. I have a lot to be thankful for, family, friends, great job, the sweet memories of my pugs. I am also thankful for each and every one of you, YES YOU, without each others support and inspiration what would be the point of having a blog. I am thankful for each of your wonderful and uplifting comments, thank you so very much. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, not just because of the food but I love a holiday where there is no pressure to gift anyone, it is a day when we all come together to enjoy each other, catch up (if you haven’t seen each other for a while) eat, drink and be merry.
I start cooking in the morning, it’s a busy day and usually by the time all is said and done I am exhausted but in a good way. The day after Thanksgiving is also the official start of the Holiday Shopping season, I avoid the stores like the plague on Black Friday.
As a holiday gift to you I asked the UBER talented Michael of Michaels woodcraft to make a cutting board which will be given away to one lucky reader. Michaels workmanship and devotion to his craft is inspiring. Thank you Michael!! This is open to US residents only, again, I am sorry that we cannot ship to my international friends. All you need to do is leave a comment and you will be entered. Thank you all for being there and putting up with me and for being so supportive. I truly appreciate it.
Farmers board
This board is gorgeous, made with love by Michael and will last a lifetime if cared for properly. I have to admit I have an addictiion to his boards, everytime I see a new one I have to have it. They really make a gorgeous presentation on the table.
The drawing will be on Wednesday December 2nd, Good luck my friends and have a wonderful Thanksgiving feast!!
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Thank you and same to you!
Happy Thanksgiving dear Suzanne! Love to you.
Thank you so much and the same to you.
Happy Thanksgiving to you!! Have a lovely day!! 😊
You have a wonderful day also and a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Suzanne, wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday! Lots of love.
Thank you so much and the same to you! Have a wonderful day.
Happy Thanksgiving, Suzanne to you and your family. I truly enjoy your blogs, sharing your love and talent for cooking. Enjoy your day. Love, Maria and family
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Thank you Maria wish you and your family and Bernie, Maddie and Molly a wonderful day!
Happy Thanksgiving to you yours Suzanne. 😀
There you are, thank you so much, hope school is going well for you.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody ! 🙂
Thank you so much!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too Suzanne! I hope your day of cooking goes well 🙂 This is one of my favorite holidays as well!
Thank you so much Heather and a happy Thanksgiving to you as well.
Hi Suzanne. This is a delightful post. Loved the “pugs & kisses” photo.
I’m sincerely grateful to count you as a friend. I don’t know who coined the phrase, but it’s true — our friends are the family we choose. Wishing you and yours a satisfying, relaxing, happy Thanksgiving. Mega hugs!
Teagan, thank you so much. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving, hope you have a wonderful day. No relaxing today but it’s a good busy. Thank you!!!
“Good busy” is excellent, Suzanne. I confess that I let someone bring me down early this morning. But thanks to you and all my blogger friends I’m well on my way back up. (And a mimosa didn’t hurt any! LOL.) Enjoy this truly special day. Hugs.
Yay!!! Glad you are feeling better, cast away the negative forces you are too wonderful and talented and sweet to let them get you down. Know you are loved by so many! Have a great day!!
happy Thanksgiving Suzanne! Love the pictures of your pugs! Hope you have a wonderful day. This is one of my favorite holidays too. Michael sure is a talented artist!
He is incredible. Thank you so much Sandhya. Have a wonderful day and a fabulous Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to you! You are the sweetest and my wish for you is that this year bring you the most amazing beautiful gifts ever!
Georgie, thank you so much and to you also. Haven’t seen you post in a while. Hope all is well. Thank you so much and have a wonderful holiday.
Thank you! I’ve been on a huge assignment… amazingly, beautifully busy. I’m super happy, though, as a side effect the blogs been neglected. I’m living the blogging life vicariously through all my favorites bloggers 😉
Happy Thanksgiving Suzanne!
Thank you Jeff, Happy Thanksgiving to you also.
A very happy Thanksgiving to you and the family as well Suzanne! You are a rock star, whose presence make so many blogs light up :).
I love Michael’s boards! He is a very talented man! This one looks gorgeous!!
Have a fun day Suzanne!
Sonal
That is so kind of you to say that and coming from you it’s a great compliment.Hope you have a great Thanksgiving and thank you so much I count you as one of my dear friends.
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Happy Thanskgiving! What a gorgeous cutting board! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
ErinLoves2Run at gmail dot com
Thank you so much Erin and Happy Thanksgiving!!
Oh my dear friend Suzanne, I loveeeeeeeeeeee the pics of the “Pugs” Izzy and Nando sent their love to you today as I do! (No, I am not entered in give-away!!!) Happy Thanksgiving! xo Cheryl
Thanks Cheryl ok I know better than to enter you. LOL, thank you yes I sent my love back to my babies. Thank you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!
“Gratitude is the music of the heart”… how touching! Happy Thanksgiving, Sweet Suzanne!
I love the photos of the pugs. Have a wonderful special dinner with your loved ones. 🙂
You too Fae thank you!
Happy Thanksgiving, Suzanne!!!! That board is such a gorgeous shape! I love my board, honey dipper and hand mirror from Michael!! Beautiful stuff. xo
Thanks Em, I love the shape of the board too, I also have the honey dipper and hand mirror, LOL, his work is just so beautiful. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.
I love Michaels woodcraft, I wish I could buy it here!!
I hope you are having a wonderful day, happy thanksgiving, and thank YOU xx
I am sure he could but it’s so darn expensive to ship oversea’s it’s terrible. I have checked into pricing and it’s really high. Thanks so much Elaine. So far so good, things are going right accorning to plan here.
Wonderful 🙂 I know you will be missing your babies, but I hope you are also enjoying the day xx
Thanks Elaine I do miss them but having a nice day!
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awww, pugs and kisses to you Suzanne!
Thanks so much Happy Thanksgiving Mimi!!
Happy thanksgiving , Suzanne! have a wonderful day :)The cutting board is really gorgeous!!
Happy Thanksgiving Freda, thank you so much.
Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping all is going really well.
Hi Johnny, guest have left, dishes are done, leftovers put away. I have collapsed into bed watching a movie and catching up on stuff. It was a good day, thank you so much.
Happy Thanksgiving Suzanne! I love Michael’s work. I am sad that your pugs aren’t here this Holiday, but I hope that their memories are easing your grief.
Hi Julie, thank you so much. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving Suzanne, and a restful day on Friday. That is a beautifully crafted board!
It truly is a beautiful and well crafted board. Michael does amazing work. Thanks so much Hilda.
I hope you had a superb day Suzanne xxxx Massive Hugs xxxx
Hi David, had a busy and tiring and but great day. Thank you so much, see you this weekend via wordpress.
Beautiful board. I have one I love made of myrtle wood. This one would love to hang out with the other.
Not familiar with myrtle wood, have to check that out, thank you so much Char.
Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving Suzanne! It looked fabulous from the Instagram photos 🙂 That board is gorgeous!!
Everything was really good, hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!1 Thank you so much.
happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you so much Lynn.
lovely post Suzanne!
Happyly thanksgiving to you! Have a great weekend.
Thank you so much Amanda hope your weekned is wonderful as well.
Very happy, very belated thanksgiving to you too. I’m sure you had a delicious time! 🙂
Thank you so much. It was a delicious meal and am still recovering from the ordeal. How are you?
Happy Thanksgiving Suzanne and pugs (they are still with us in spirit)! You have one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know and I wish you could have fed your pugs turkey this year. The pictures all made me smile. I made a turkey for the first time in 20 years; as you may (or may not) have noticed, no greetings from the beaches of Maui this year. It was a wonderful meal.
Wow you didn’t go away and made a turkey. Well I am sure it was wonderful and your two sweet babies enjoyed a turkey dinner. Thank you so much Stacey, I hope you and your two little cuties are doing well and a very Happy Hoidays to you all. I missed my wonderful pugs terribly, I felt like they were with me as I cooked, standing there staring at me wanting a bite of food. How I wish they had really been there with me.
Your fur babies are totally adorable and that is such a beautiful board! I have to admit I would want them all too! Hope your holiday went wonderful! xo
Thank you Starla, hope your holiday was great. I had a nice time.
I love your blog and I’d love to win this board. It’s gorgeous! Happy Thanksgiving, Suzanne and all.
You are enters Mike, hope you had a wonderful holiday! Thank you so much.
Thanks! You, too.
Suzanne, although I can’t get involve to your fantastic give-away gift. But I still so happy to see it. I’m so busy to look after my hubby in this few weeks, because he had a knee operation last week. He is getting better but still need more times to get well. Wish you have a lovely time!
Thank you so much Mochi, I am sorry to hear that the hubby had surgery. I know you are taking very good care of him and he is eating nutritious food that will help him heal. Wishing you a very happy Holiday and thank you again I hope you are doing well also.
Thank you, Suzanne! 🙂
What a beautiful cutting board, Suzanne. It is so nice you support other people’s small businesses and blogs in your give-aways. I am glad you had a nice Thanksgiving. The picture of your pugs is so cute!
Isn’t it though, I actually put the wrong picture it’s the same walnut but a different board. I will be posting the correct photo the day I announce the winner. Thank you so much.
Happy Thanksgiving Suzanne!! 🙂 thank you for including one my of boards as your giveaway!!
Someone is going to be a happy camper!!
Thanks so much Michael, yes someone will be a very happy camper indeed!!
Hi Suzanne, just saw this email, hope I am not too late. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, take care. Cheri
Hi Cheri, the winner was announced today. I am sorry you didn’t see it before today. There will be another one.
Wow those pugs pics are so cute…. hope you had lovely holiday…. 🙂 🙂
Certainly did, thank you Chitra.
There’s a whole lot of food going on at Thanksgiving– but you are so right Suzanne– without family and friends, we might as well have a bowl of cereal!! loved that!