As I get closer to Thanksgiving I start to get a bit stressed out about all of the preparation and planning that I typically have to work on, especially if we are having Thanksgiving at our own home. With food for many, purchasing everything sometimes is a challenge and then finding a time to put everything together takes even more time.
This is where HoneyBaked Ham comes in to make my life simpler and the cooking for my family and friends even easier. I have been able to order food from HoneyBaked Ham in the past and have been very pleased with both the meat that they provide but also the great sides that they have too. I have come to find that you can actually make your whole Thanksgiving meal with everything that they provide. On top of this though, you do not have to spend all day in the kitchen either as the meat has already been cooked once, so you are not starting on a whole day journey to have the meat turn out just right.
When I went in to visit my local store I was able to experience first-hand how easy the process was. The people at the HoneyBaked Ham in Okemos, Michigan store were very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful and they were more than willing to answer questions and provide suggestions for what I wanted to offer my guests this Thanksgiving. On top of this I was able to sign up for the Turkey that I wanted and was able to tell them when I wanted to get the turkey too.
When I was at the store I also checked out all of the sides that they had in stock and while they told me that the sides were on a first-come-first-served basis, they had so many to choose from, for which I was extremely grateful!
So now I have peace of mind, as I have my HoneyBaked Ham turkey ordered for Thanksgiving and this year I know that I will be able to breath a bit easier, knowing that someone else will be doing the majority of my cooking!
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Costume Parade
Trick-or-Treat Trail
Spooktacular Story Time
Make your holidays a little sweeter when you dine inside our life-size Gingerbread House! The delicious aromas that drift from this giant Gingerbread House may start a craving for sweets, so we’ve made room inside for you to eat with your pack! Reservations can be made at the hostess stand upon arrival. $20 will be added to your bill and donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Santa Claus is coming to Great Wolf Lodge! He will make his grand entry during our annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, November 30. Additional visits from Santa vary by lodge. Children can also write letters to Santa at Santa’s Letter Depot. He’ll be sure to respond after his world tour on December 25.
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So when I got home (and after a bit of a resting period) I began pulling out the Christmas decorations and figuring out what I would want to put outside (outside of the items I had already purchased from Sears). As I started to pull them out and starting installing them, I found that I could really use more lights that I had initially purchased. I still moved forward, but I did wish that I could have more.
Installation of the lights was easy and I loved the handy light reel that they came on as it made for easy unraveling and I am sure it will make it that much more easy to take the lights down too. Putting together the snoopy that I purchased at Sears was also easy, though I found that I needed something heavier than the small stakes that we received in the box to hold it down in the wind that we sometimes get at our house.
As I finished hanging a wreath and some garland on the outside of my house the sun was just starting to set so I was excited to try out the lights to see how it all looked. I knew that I was a bit short on lights (at least in my perspective) but I continued with vigor and knew that it would look great. As the sun dipped below the horizon I synchronized our timers and turned on the lights and found that the lights looked quite good. I still would have liked to have had more lights, but with what I had it looked very good and the family agreed.
Christmas in our house is always one of my favorite times in the year. We love going all out in decorating inside and outside. Lately thought I have been having some challenges with our outdoor lights in regards to the fact that our lights kept going out and every year it seemed like more and more of them would show up as not working (so frustrating).
I decided to be a bit crazy and get up at the crack of dawn for black friday sales seeing that Sears had their 200 count LED lights at 50% off. Getting up at 3:30 in the morning is not what I call my cup of tea, but I did it none-the-less because I like to save money (I am a bit frugal you know).
Sears was opening their doors at 4:00 AM so I wanted to be there toward the beginning so I could be sure to receive the lights that I wanted. When I got to the store the parking lot was a bit packed, but the doors had just opened and everyone was already inside so I jumped into the craziness.
Amazingly, there was no one in the holiday shop when I got there. I think everyone had gone directly to the craftsman tools or other items, as I was left to shop in peace. The only issue was the fact that there were no carts and thus carrying 6-7 reels of lights was no fun! I looked around for a bit looking for the lights and then found that they had been placed on an endcap (right in front of the nose on my face if you were).
Seeing that I never purchased LED lights before I had to do a bit of comparison shopping as there were two types of LED lights so I had to test them both out. One was much more harsh and stark white than the other and with that in mind I decided to purchase the warm white lights as I thought they would be more similar to what we have had in the past. The only challenge that I found was figuring out how many strands I would need to purchase. I ended up purchasing 5 strands as I thought that this would be enough at the time.
At the same time I saw an animate Snoopy and Woodstock that was just too cool, so I ended up splurging and getting our first item that was animated for our outside decor, I knew that my kids would just love it when I brought it home and installed it!
I got lucky in checking out as I also purchased a jewelry armoire for my wife and thus when I was in the furniture department that were good enough to be willing to let me check out there (no line) and I did not have to wait in the line that had at least 100 people within it (how luck am I).
Overall, I was impressed with the size, breadth and depth of holiday decorations that Sears had in their Holiday Shop. I would highly recommend that if you are looking for some great holiday decorations that you take a look at Sears as one of your first stops this holiday season.
