Posts from — November 2009

As part of Amazon.com’s Black Friday Deals Week, you can buy subscriptions to the following magazines for $5 each: Real Simple, Sports Illustrated Kids, SmartMoney, People Style Watch, Popular Science, House Beautiful, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Cosmopolitan, & Southern Living.

The offer expires on November 30, 2009, along with the rest of those part of Amazon.com’s Black Friday Deals Week.

Thanks to Jennifer Maciejewski, Atlanta on the Cheap, for finding this one.

Here is a coupon you can print for 50% off any one item that costs $30 or less  on Saturday Nov 28th only at participating Ace Hardware Stores. As always, call first to make sure your Ace Hardware is participating.

Calling all children–decorate your own mini gingerbread house & take it home!

Use your imagination, plus some gum drops, cereal, candy, and frosting to turn a graham cracker house into a gingerbread dream. Dress to get messy.

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If you’re new to Audible.com, they’re offering a Thanksgiving deal for you: First-time listeners can download a free audiobook. There’s no credit card required, and you have until November 26, 2009, to take advantage of the deal.

There are a good mix of titles to choose from: My Man Jeeves by P.D. Wodehouse,  Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charlie Wilson’s War by George Krile, A Christmas Carol Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens,  I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key, The Wild Things by Dev Eggers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle…and several others.

Thanks to Jennifer Maciejewski, Atlanta on the Cheap, for finding this one!

In honor of the olive season, Sonoma Valley offers several places to taste olive oil and olive products from Dec 1-3, and Dec 5, 2009: [Read more →]

Xerox has a website where  you can pick out a thank you card (designed by kids, very cute)  and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. It’s FREE and it only takes a minute.

If your holiday family gatherings have inspired you to trace you family’s history RootsMagic, Inc., a Utah-based software company, is offering free downloads of RootsMagic Essentials, desktop genealogy software based on their $29.95 RootsMagic 4 program.

Free online tutorials are available on the company’s website. Use this link to download your free copy of RootsMagic Essentials.

Thanks to Madison on the Cheap and Genealogy Gems News for finding this one.

Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner this year?  Do you have table decorations? One thrifty choice is gorgeous fall leaves and pepperberry branches pulled from your yard, perhaps interspersed with a golden mum or two.

You might also check out local blogger Censational Girl’s round-up of Thanskgiving craft suggestions: including a gratitude tree,  a lovely gratitude sign, and a Thankful journal.

And the Hewlett-Packard website has some nice Autumn and Thanksgiving paper craft ideas for you to download, print, and construct.

If you need to occupy the kids while you cook and clean, check out this turkey table decoration in the section for “kids table” projects. Other paper craft projects include place mats, coasters, and name cards.

If you’re looking for something to do with your guests over the holiday weekend, check out this list of free and cheap Sonoma County Holiday events.

As part of Sebastopol Walks, Richard Nichols will lead a free walk along the West County Trail on Saturday, November 28. Meet in the Sebastopol Plaza at 10:55 am and take the 11:10 am bus to Forestville. Then walk back to the Plaza on the West County Trail (7.5 flat, easy miles), with a stop in Graton for coffee and a snack along the way. Rain cancels.

Ring in the Holidays with a reception, wine tasting & hors d’oeuvres. Free.

November 27, 2009 11 am to 4 pm
Kendall-Jackson Wine Center
5007 Fulton Road, Fulton
(707) 571-8100

Looking for more affordable holiday events  in Sonoma County? Check out this comprehensive list.