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Happy Thanksgiving!

by Kaye Swain on November 26, 2009

Words of Encouragement and Thanksgiving Praise and Worship at SandwichINK, your resource for info & encouragement for Senior Home Care Givers and Grandparents

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Psalm 79:13 is a great verse for grandmothers, reminding us to encourage our grandkids in the Lord. This Word-Filled Wednesday photo is great for the fridge. :)

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First Sunday of Advent is 11/29/09. Start with an Advent wreath of 5 candles –4 red, 1 white- and join us weekly for Advent resources for the whole family.

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Simplify, enjoy Thanksgiving flowers, and share the work are just some of the ways Senior Home Care Givers can ease Thanksgiving stress and enjoy it more.

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Many senior home care givers have aging parents with long-term chronic illnesses such as cancer. That doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy the holiday season…

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Twitter resources for Sandwich Generation senior home care givers including Aricept info, resources for homeschooling programs, dementia care help and more.

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It’s time to start thinking about making a special Advent calendar with our grandkids, along with other special ways to celebrate the season with them…

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Tis the season to start the holiday fun – both with local grandkids and long distance grandchildren – and SandwichINK has fun ideas for you and YOUR grandkids.

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Thanksgiving and Christmas and the days in between are often full of family get-togethers, reunions, and holiday parties. They are fun occasions full of laughter, joy, and sometimes even a bit of stress.  Our extended-family reunion was always a highlight of the year for me, until we moved too far away to attend. Now I [...]

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Black Friday. I mentioned it in my post on November 22, http://www.sandwichink.com/caregivers-shopping-tools , but then realized you might not know what I was talking about. Black Friday is the name given by stores and extreme shoppers to the Friday after Thanksgiving’s mega-deal shopping madness and fun. Supposedly stores hope to move their accounting figures out [...]

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One of the traditions I have enjoyed doing on those years when Thanksgiving is hosted at my home is making place cards. Not just any place cards, mind you. I have fun combining cute pictures and Bible verses to make place cards that help set a mood of holiday fun and joyful thanksgiving right from [...]

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Frugal Upstate is one of the blogs I enjoy reading. It is a fun combination of a frugal blog, a cooking blog, and a mommy blog and I find it interesting for all those reasons. If you like fast, easy, and fun recipes for your grandkids that don’t cost a lot, read through her various [...]

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For those of you who, like me, are too busy with senior home care to spend hours prepping, we can also make fun sugar cookie memories with our grandkids…

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My grandkids and I were out shopping at Joann’s. We discovered some fun Christmas projects to start working on now – and they were on sale! Joann’s had really cute wooden ornaments on sale for 40% off. From angels to Nativities and snowmen to teddies, there were all sorts of fun ones to decorate. They [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving! “What,” you say. “Halloween just ended. It can’t be Thanksgiving yet!” While it’s true we have 3 1/2 weeks until the actual date, now is a great time to have some fun with your family in doing preparation projects. Not just the grandkids either. Here are some fun ideas I’ve enjoyed as well [...]

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