I was driving home from a client after helping her set up for a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 when I heard a piece on NPR with a suggestion from an organizer about using sticky notes to identify in advance which serving dishes you plan to use. Dag-na-bit, I thought, that was MY clever idea! As you can see from the photos below, this is just what we did to relieve my client’s stress on Thursday.

I have now decided that great minds think alike and that I should feel uplifted by this public confirmation of my clever idea! At any rate, I plan to pull out my serving dishes and label them with sticky notes as soon as I am done with this post. Even though I traditionally get all of the bowls and serving dishes out the night before Thanksgiving, I believe that looking at the menu in advance and taking this additional step will save me some brain energy on Thursday morning. Let me know if you have other idea for making holidays less stressful by leaving a reply on this blog.

Have a wonderful holiday and please send healing thoughts to all of the victims of hurricane Sandy and those struggling in war torn parts of the world as you give thanks for your blessings.