Cyber Monday is the Internet’s answer to Black Friday deals. The official observance takes place the Monday after Thanksgiving.
While Internet-based companies traditionally offered their best holiday shopping on Cyber Monday to compete with Black Friday deals in brick and mortar stores, things have been changing. However, in more recent years, Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals tend to run together. Some start as early as the week of Thanksgiving and run right through the holiday season. But don’t neglect online deals. There may still be savings to be had.
Some of the most popular online purchases are likely to be tech items, especially wearable technology as well as traditional small appliances, clothing, gift cards, and digital media.
When it comes to holiday shopping, we all want to get the best deals on the best gifts. While we’re on the internet, it’s important to be safe while we’re being savvy shoppers, too.
Check your favorite retailer’s social media feeds for the best deals. Maximize your savings by using the card with the best points. When all the shopping is done, be sure to monitor your credit cards and bank accounts for suspicious activity. If you notice anything you don’t recognize, report it immediately.
Make your list early and stick to it. This will also help you to stay on budget. Stick to trusted websites and be wary of spam, scams, and spoofed sites. Shop local websites. Many small businesses also participate in Cyber Monday. You may find a deal you didn’t expect.
Get your computer out and enjoy those online deals. Use #CyberMonday to post on social media.
Few ingredients make a meal richer and more flavorful than butter. On November 17th, National Butter Day gives this creamy ingredient, and those who make it, a pat on the back
Butter has been used by humans for thousands of years. As recently as the first half of the last century, the butter churn was an essential tool in many kitchens. When butter was rationed during World War II, households struggled to get along without this delicious staple.
“With enough butter, anything is good.”
Julia Child
Butter can be used in simple and complex ways – spread a pat of butter on warm toast for an instant hit of flavor and texture or use it to create the light, flaky layers in a croissant. It also enhances the mouthfeel of hot drinks, like coffee and cocktails, and it keeps meats tender while roasting. Butter is the crucial ingredient in mouthwatering sauces, rich cookies, creamy mashed potatoes, hearty casseroles, and so much more.
The average American eats 6.3 pounds, or about 25 sticks, of cow’s butter every year. Around the world, butter can be found in cuisines of every culture, and each one uses it to enhance their recipes and enrich their lives.
Around the dinner table, the phrase “Please, pass the butter,” connects us to those we break bread with and to the food we love to eat. National Butter Day invites you to celebrate your favorite dishes and baked goods with butter.
Dinner Bell Creamery – a cooperative owned by the dairy farm families of AMPI – founded National Butter Day in 2021 to celebrate this culturally important and incredibly delicious food. They also honor the modern-day process of butter making, from raising dairy cows on family farms to crafting butter for sale in stores and markets.
HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalButterDay
National Butter Day offers so many avenues for celebration. Whether you set to work in your kitchen making family favorites or test out a new recipe, take a moment to recognize the role butter plays in our food.
Bake cookies with the kids. Be sure to let them mix the butter and sugar together. Make compound or brown butter and reap the flavor benefits. Thank a dairy farmer, milk hauler, or butter maker, like those at Dinner Bell Creamery, for the butter they make possible. Compliment the chef who made the delicious, buttery sauce for your seafood meal. When you celebrate, be sure to share your stories and photos on social media using #NationalButterDay and tag Dinner Bell Creamery on Facebook and Instagram.
Every year on November 9th, World Adoption Day encourages adoptees to share their stories. It’s also a day for adoptive parents to connect with others and reflect upon their adoption journey.
On the other side of the spectrum, there are many reasons children are given up for adoption. An unwed mother may feel she is too young to take responsibility for a child. Or, a mother may realize they do not have enough resources to adequately care for a child. Sadly, many children become in need of a home when one or both parents die.
While adoption is a beautiful process, it can also be sad to realize the number of children in need of a home. According to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) more than 150 million children throughout the world are in need of a home. This number includes the nearly half a million children that are in the U.S. foster system.
For couples experiencing the pain of infertility, adoption can be a wonderful way to become parents. However, there are many other kinds of people who adopt children each year. Maybe they simply want to provide a home for a child in need. Or maybe a woman has a medical condition that would make it dangerous to carry a baby. Others adopt because they are single, but still wish to have children.
WORLD ADOPTION DAY HISTORY
Hank Fortener founded World Adoption Day in 2014. Hank had also founded AdoptTogether, an adoption crowdfunding platform. His goal for the day is gathering support for his mission to reduce the number of orphans in the world and provide a family for every child.
HOW TO OBSERVE #WorldAdoptionDay
Each year on this day, those affected by adoption are encouraged to draw a smiley face on their hand and take a photo. To help raise awareness for adoption, they are to share their photo on social media. This is also a great day for both adoptees and adoptive parents to share their unique adoption journeys.
Whether you are affected by adoption or not, you can participate in the following ways:
Become an ambassador for this day.
Donate to a family and help them fund their adoption.
Learn about famous adoptees, such as Babe Ruth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Melissa Gilbert, Steve Jobs, Leo Tolstoy, and Dave Thomas.
Watch an adopted-themed movie, like Disney’s Tarzan, Lilo and Stitch, Annie, and Meet the Robinsons.
Volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center that supports adoption.
Be sure to spread awareness for this day on social media with #WorldAdoptionDay
The definition of gratitude is being glad that something has or hasn’t happened; that something or someone exists; experiencing thanks. I started practicing gratitude about more than 15 years ago. I have refocused on it after suffering a burst aneurysm in 2013.
Being thankful on a regular basis improves our relationships, sleep, general well-being, and health. Science has shown that there are many benefits to being grateful, and these are just a few. Despite being a very simple exercise, when performed on a daily basis, it can have profoundly transformative results. The habit of identifying things for which we are grateful each day creates new neuropathways in the brain, the more we practice being grateful (or, for that matter, anything we focus on). For the brain, this process—known as neuroplasticity—is comparable to physical exercise.
Eventually, being grateful becomes a habit, which leads to a more optimistic perspective in general, especially during difficult situations. We can be thankful for every moment as a chance to develop, learn, and discover a new way of being in the world, but we cannot be thankful for horrible things like this pandemic. This is resilience.
Observe the abundance of creativity, ingenuity, and kindness all around you. We are pushing ourselves to discover new ways to thrive rather than just survive. The question, “What do I actually need?” is becoming more and more common. What is most crucial? We’re talking to loved ones about our deepest emotions and recognizing what matters most in life.
For 30 days, I want you to locate at least one item for which you are thankful every day. A new habit takes around 30 days to form. Don’t worry if you skip a day; just keep going. As you write it down, acknowledge and experience the emotions it evokes in your heart. Although you can do this at any time, it helps you sleep if you recall these things before bed. Join me if you want to express your gratitude. Share to Social media using #Jen’sPerspectiveGratitudeChallenge .
2024 has been an interesting year. So here is a brief look back month by month. While it’s not physically possible to list everything that happed this year, Jen’s Perspective continues to focus on love, laughter and love while making lasting memories. This year I introduced Jen’s Perspective Magazine as well. Each monthly digital magazine covers a variety of reasons to celebrate.
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