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Grateful In November ~ Open Forum

By Pam@IW 31 Comments

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november sliderNovember associates itself with Turkey, stuffing and cranberries! However, November also has a more common and hidden face as it is also Peanut Butter Lover’s Month. Those PB&Js are a traditional wonder, but if you are a lover of peanut butter, you will want to try these chocolate topped peanut butter bacon bars. Pattypie’s review gave them 4 out of 5 pies! Pattypie also teaches us how to make delicious bacon in the oven and the practical uses of parchment paper.

It’s National Adoption Awareness month with National Adoption Day being observed on the 23rd. You can read about one woman’s decision to choose foreign adoption in Naomi’s International Adoption – Why Aren’t You Adopting From Here?

Not only does November 4th mean there’s 50 days until you wake up and it’s Christmas morn, the tomb of King Tutankhamen was discovered on this day in 1922. If you don’t have time to google, or even if you are already an expert on the young King of Egypt; you can easily celebrate the moment by watching and dancing along with this educational video.

 

The 11th is important, as we honor those who served our country’s Armed Forces on Veterans’ Day. What do you do to show your respect to our Veterans?

The 11th is also Young Reader’s Day. Children books are recommended and discussed in a post written by Jennie several years back titled, Childhood Favorites.

We gather to eat and be grateful this Thanksgiving on the 28th. What is your favorite part of the day? I love waking up to watch the Macy’s parade. I enjoy the clips of olden parades interspersed with the present. Then there’s the preparation and eating of the meal! Do you have one particular food that you cannot wait to taste? In the spirit of the holiday, Emil shares his knowledge and gift of poetry in our IW Classic of the month The First Thanksgiving.

There are still a few of us around who remember a time when President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided that the great fall holiday should be celebrated one week earlier. Some felt that he was only catering to retail merchants who wanted a longer Christmas shopping season. Many people disliked the idea. They refused to celebrate “Franksgiving” (as the President’s political enemies loved to call it), and continued to enjoy their feast of turkey, breadcrumb stuffing, sweet and mashed potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and assorted other goodies on the traditional day. Two years later FDR admitted that he had made a mistake and signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day.

Wishing the Black Friday shoppers the best of luck. May your carts be full and your savings be big!

As always, check our Book Nook for Jen’s latest reviews.

Be sure to enter our latest giveaways! The link to IW’s giveaways can be found on sidebar on the right.

We would also like to give a shout out to everyone with a birthday or anniversary this month! Let us know in the comment section below so we can celebrate with you. Grab your coffee, tea or wine and feel free to use this thread for open discussion.

Lily Doe has written for ImperfectWomen.com since 2009. She has never been shy about sharing her opinion and enjoys writing on a variety of topics. Her life’s focus is sharing good times with family and friends.

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  1. Daisy says

    November 1, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    I never knew about Peanut Butter Lover’s Month. We are huge peanut butter fans at our house. Seriously, I can’t resist anything with peanut butter in it.

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  2. Terry (My Journey With Candida) says

    November 1, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    I make bacon in the oven, it is so much easier and less messy than frying it on top of the stove. Peanut butter and bacon bars…. Hmmmmm Not sure I would want to try them but everyones says bacon cookies are really good.

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  3. Michele says

    November 1, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    It is hard to believe that it is already November–no matter who you are or what you believe this is the beginning of a very busy season–My Mom turns a still young 91 on Nov 25th-but she still refuses to go on facebook–she does have facetime cause in February her first great grandchild will be born! Pumpkin Pie–here I come!!!

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  4. Amanda V says

    November 1, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    I didn’t know about the Peanut butter lovers month! My hubby and kids love peanut butter anything.

    I try not to think about how close Christmas is. Although I can’t wait for the holiday cheer to start 😀

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  5. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    November 2, 2013 at 4:07 am

    Ooooh, I do love me some peanut butter. I had no idea all these things fell this month.

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  6. Jennifer W says

    November 2, 2013 at 4:43 am

    It is also the month to bring awareness to Pancreatic Cancer, I will be running a race today to raise awareness. There are so many things that get crammed into one month to bring awareness to, it is hard to get them all.

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  7. April @Pixie Dust Savings says

    November 2, 2013 at 6:58 am

    I didn’t know it was peanut butter month! How fun! I will have to bake something peanut buttery. Adoption month is close to my heart as we are going to be foster adopting int he future!

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  8. Onica {MommFactor} says

    November 2, 2013 at 7:46 am

    Wow who knew that there’s was so many things happening this month. There’s lots to be thankful for. Enjoy your November!

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  9. Bobbi Burleson says

    November 2, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Peanut butter lovers month? WHAT??? Count me in!! I pinned that recipe too!

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  10. Crystal Green says

    November 2, 2013 at 11:38 am

    That’s a lot of wonderful pieces of information about this month. Since I adopted my oldest son, you would think I knew about the Adoption month thing, but I didn’t. I definitely didn’t know about the peanut butter one either. Thank you for all of these details.

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  11. Rosey says

    November 2, 2013 at 11:43 am

    Honoring the veterans is paramount for us. We have a good number of military in the family now (and in the past) including my husband and our oldest son.

    And that video, lol, I forgot all about that song, what a flashbaaaaaaaack!

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  12. Melanie S. says

    November 2, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    Just what I needed…an excuse to eat more peanut butter. Yum!

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  13. Pam says

    November 2, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    Did you say Peanut Butter lover’s month? This calls for some peanut butter cups!

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  14. Growing Up Madison says

    November 2, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    National Adoption Month? I didn’t know about that. Seems like a lot of things are going on in the month of November. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Karen says

    November 2, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    November is a huge month for showing thanks to me, I try and take the extra time for it.
    lots of cool things happen in November

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  16. Teresa Mccluskey says

    November 2, 2013 at 6:54 pm

    November is a great month! It is also my daughter & mothers bday!

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  17. Eric says

    November 2, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    November is Peanut Butter Lover’s month? Peanut Butter lovers need more than just one month. There are too many great things to do with peanut butter for just one month.

    National Adoption Awareness month sounds like a great cause.

    Of course there’s Veteran’s Day and Black Friday.

    Very intriguing thank you for sharing.

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  18. Amanda says

    November 2, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    Peanut butter is great, it deserves a month dedicated to all things peanut butter.

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  19. melanie says

    November 2, 2013 at 11:31 pm

    I had not heard of PB lover month! We absolutely love PB in our house and make all sorts of stuff with it.

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  20. stxmom says

    November 3, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    Happy November everyone! My baby turned 8 on Nov 2, my oldest daughter will be 18 on the 13 th. Last week was her last ever 1st scrimmage of the school basketball season, of course I shed a few tears.

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  21. Melanie a/k/a CrazyMom says

    November 3, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Peanut Butter Lovers month?? Really… lol.. I had never heard of that.. thanks for sharing all the fun this month.. I love November, lots going on and fall is rolling in…

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  22. Pam@IW says

    November 3, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    stxmom,

    It goes so fast, doesn’t it! Happy Belated Birthday to your little one. I hope they had a great birthday weekend! Happy Early Birthday to your daughter! Has she picked out a college yet? Any chance she will play a sport in college?

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  23. stxmom says

    November 3, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    Pam,
    She isn’t interested in playing in college. We visited 6 schools, she applied to 4, was accepted at all 4, has it narrowed down to 2 & is leaning toward a small private college.

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  24. Pam@IW says

    November 3, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    I understand that. My son played 2 years of Jr College level baseball and when that was over and he transferred, he elected to no longer play. He just wanted to get through school and get on with his life. It was a good decision on his part.

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  25. vickie marks allbright says

    November 3, 2013 at 10:02 pm

    i love pb and no clue it has a month of its own

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  26. shawn says

    November 4, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    Can’t believe it is already November and another year is winding down…2013 has been a good year so far…and always so much to be grateful for!

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  27. Antoinette G says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:37 am

    I just added dry peanut butter to my shake… i had no idea it was peanut butter month… fabulous…

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  28. Nancy Dadey says

    November 7, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    my sons birthday is Nov 25 and every 5 or 6 years his birthday falls on Thanksgiving so Turkey and a birthday cake at Grandma and Poppas

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  29. Mer says

    November 8, 2013 at 7:54 am

    Add peanut butter to the list of things I’m thankful for this month!

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  30. Lily@IW says

    November 10, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    I am a freak for peanut butter. I am a chocoholic but peanut butter is right behind it. When it comes to fudge, I want peanut butter not chocolate. I love peanut butter toast w/my tea. It was often the breakfast of my childhood. That’s good stuff.

    Reply
  31. Lily@IW says

    November 23, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    Kind of getting psyched for the Macy’s parade! Always makes me feel like a kid again.

    Reply

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