It's here - November.

It starts the busy holiday season.

Let's start at the beginning.
Tomorrow, November 2 is Election Day.
Please, if you are legally registered get out and vote.

What I love about tomorrow is, it will be the end of those annoying political robot phone calls. Well, that is until the next election cycle.

Next weekend November 7 it will be time to turn the clocks back one hour. Yes, you will finally regain that hour you lost in the Spring.
Remember it's Spring ahead and Fall back.

November 11, is Veteran's Day. Please, remember to thank a veteran for his or her service.
Does your town still have a Veteran's Parade?

In our family it is a month of birthdays.
November 15 is our older son's birthday as well as my husband's sister's on the same day.
November 21 is my baby sister's birthday.
November 28 would have been our late mother's birthday.

November 25 is Thanksgiving Day.
Are you thinking about what you will be serving this year?
My menu has been mulling it's way through my head.

Of course November 26 is the day the shopper waits for, Black Friday.
Ladies get your lists and credit cards ready.

As for me I always avoid the malls and shopping areas on Black Friday.
Instead I start my Christmas decorating.
This plan worked well for me last year. After I had finished all my decorating I ended up in the hospital and donated my gall bladder to the bio-hazard trash heap. So I really didn't have the energy to do much decorating after that.

So I believe in the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared", and being a former Girl Scout I take it a step further, "Prepare in Advance".