Thanks so much, you guys, for hanging out with me this month. Congrats, to all the UBCers reading this who participated!

I took a break in the middle of the action, so I didn't get to participate the way I wanted. I got sick and it wasn't really taking time to rest, so finally, I just had to whether I wanted to or not.

But I live in hope of actually doing a future challenge the whole way through, LOL.

And it did increase traffic, so imagine if I had a whole month. Still, it was wonderful to connect with you guys even to the extent that I did.

Looking forward to seeing you again next time!

Love, Jeanine
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It's the Monday after Thanksgiving, and I have questions...

(1) How was Thanksgiving for you?

(2) What are you doing with your leftovers? Any yummy turkey breast sandwiches? That's always my favorite leftover, along with sweet potato pie.

(3) Did you get all of your holiday shopping done? Or any of your shopping done? ;)

(4) Did you watch any of the 7 new Hallmark Christmas movies?

(5) Have you downloaded the free excerpt from my book, yet?
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The Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo is one of the free downloads when you sign up (below) to get my book, and join my newsletter.

See you tomorrow!

Love, Jeanine
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Hey there!

How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was great, and I hope yours was, too.

Are you spending today & the weekend using Black Friday sales to stock up on Christmas gifts for your loved ones? Well, I have two Black Friday offers for you, too, and one of them won't cost you anything!
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As women, we are often natural nurturers. Except when it comes to ourselves. 

So I encourage you to start with giving yourself kindness and self-love. Then, think about who else in your life needs to love herself more.
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​When I found out about The Body Shop at Home's self-love movement, I jumped in immediately! We need self-love so much more than we know.

But it's a self-love journey, not a one-time declaration or action. 
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​Take time to nurture yourself and your skin, and since there's an amazing Black Friday sale going on, now is the perfect time to start. Purchase a self-love gift for yourself or a loved one here.
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Are you a woman who loves and watches Hallmark Christmas movies during the holiday season, but has a hard time letting go once the Hallmark movie season ends? Does winter blues or other losses make the months after Christmas a lot harder than the ones before it?

Join my newsletter and you'll get several things, one of which will give you Black Friday savings...

(1) An excerpt from my book, Year-Round Happiness for Women Who Love Hallmark Christmas Movies: 7 Ways to Create a Life You Love.

(2) A free printable, guided Holiday Journal.

​(3) My super-secret price for my upcoming eCourse, coming in January, which will be lower than non-subscribers will have to pay.

How's that for a Black Friday deal?? It's going to be a deeply cozy hygge winter experience shared with other women just like you who don't want to lose everything they loved about Christmas.

Have a great weekend!

Love, Jeanine
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Happy Thanksgiving!! :)

Pause for a moment, take a deep breath or two, and think about what you are grateful for today, and listen to, and watch this brief meditation video to get ready for Thanksgiving in an emotional sense...
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Want to play a little Thanksgiving Bingo? Let me know if you win!
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Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Love, Jeanine
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Hey, are you ready yet for a cozy Thanksgiving? If not, here are two Thanksgiving design tips that may help...

(1) If you're going to have people over, or you are planning a day of family time in the living room or family room, take a look at the current furniture configuration and see if needs to be tweaked so that you can create good conversation spaces. You want people to be able to see and talk to each other easily, without strain.

(2) And if you will be serving food or drinks that will end up in those rooms, make sure there are plenty of tables nearby, with lots of space for setting down whatever they are carrying.

(3) But once the party's over, or everyone is gathering in the room to watch Hallmark Christmas movies, shift the furniture so that everyone can easily see the TV, make several bowls of popcorn and place them within easy reach, and have some blankets or throws available, in case anyone gets cold.

Hope your day is wonderful!
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Speaking of Hallmark Christmas movies, there's a new one to watch each day, through the weekend, starting tonight. Beneath each video description,

I've got a Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo sheet at the end that you can download & print. See how many times you win.

​Have fun watching!

​Love, Jeanine
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If you and your family have a fun Thanksgiving meal planned, including the desserts, but you would rather avoid some of the caloric overload, without missing out on the sweet treats, consider replacing some of the yummy offerings with tea, for your own menu. 

As a Sipology consultant, I know their tea has all of the above.

Here are several Thanksgiving-treat teas to try...

Cozy Pumpkin Swirl Chai...

Black tea, Cinnamon chips, Cloves, Carrot bits, Apple bits, Sea buckthorn peel, Ginger, Turmeric root, Orange wedges, Pumpkin bits, Anise, Natural flavors.

Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients: Rooibos tea, Safflowers, Natural flavors.

Apple Crumble

Ingredients: Black tea, Apple pieces, Cinnamon, Blackberry leaves, Safflower petals, Natural flavors. Contains Naturally Occurring Caffeine

Canadian Maple Latte...
(this one has have added sugar)

Ingredients: Sugar (maple sugar), Black tea, Cinnamon, Calendula petals, Sunflower petals, Vanilla bean, Natural flavors.

You may be able to find similar ones in stores near you, but if you do indulge on Thanksgiving Day, at least you can have these teas as your sweet treats for the rest of the holiday season.

To order tea, go to bit.ly/jeanines-tea.

See you tomorrow!

​Love, Jeanine

P.S. I'm participating in a 30-day blog challenge and today's prompt is to see if your blog readers will share an image that we post on Facebook. I would prefer sharing my video, and would love it if you'd share it, too. The post is on my page.

Still deciding about your Thanksgiving Dinner Menu?

Here's a suggested menu below, and some Thanksgiving recipes you can use if you want to try a menu item but aren't sure about how to make it. I've also got a free printable Thanksgiving menu planner below.

Let me know what you decide or have decided on, in the comments.

Frankly, I am still deciding. My son does not really care to celebrate, this year, so I am choosing for myself, and am not sure how much fuss I want to make about it. 

And we've got an invitation to dine with friends (*cough* plus one guest who is not a friend. *cough*), so I have that to decide.

See you tomorrow!

Love, Jeanine
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Tomorrow, we're starting a #selfloveuprising
in my cozy self-care Facebook group. It's a
3-day self-care challenge, and I'd love it if
you joined us. As women, we get bombarded
with negative messages that can undermine
our self-love. Let's make a pact to love
ourselves more. Join us here.

​I am so thrilled with the work, the activism and the message The Body Shop at Home is doing & sharing that I decided to join. And for anyone who participates in the challenge, and makes a purchase of $10 or more this week (through Cyber Monday), I will give my self-love kit to you...

GUIDED MEDITATIONS...

​3 guided meditations, 2 of which are professionally recorded, & one that is written but is a video.

You can download them all from my giveaway page…

-Self-Love Meditation
-Letting Go of Regret
-Muscle Relaxation

3 SELF-LOVE ARTICLES…

-The Secret to Loving Yourself
-Increasing Self-Worth in Challenging Circumstances
-Foolproof Formula for Believing in Yourself

But whether or not you purchase anything, I'll hope you'll join the group and participate in the challenge. Each day, I'll be giving you a new self-love exercise or activity to do. 

​Join us here.

​Where would you fall on the scale of self-love (1-10) if you measured it? Are you able to be kind to and compassionate with yourself consistently?

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine
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​In the Hallmarkies Book Club, on Facebook we read romance novels published by Hallmark, and occasionally, one or two that have been published elsewhere. And once we get to the end of October or beginning of November, it's all Christmas, all the time. :)

We're just finishing up with On Christmas Avenue, by Ginny Baird, and I had to read it pretty quickly in order to catch up, because I got a late start.

Y'all - I didn't read it!

I hate to do a bait and switch, but when I got about a tenth of the way through it, I just knew I didn't want to finish it.

I'm usually up for "we're about to lose the..." store, factory, or town, but this was a very slow-moving plot and I just could not stay with it.

So, instead, I am reading Christmas at Fireside Cabins by Jenny Hale. I chose it next, because I always love her books, so it was a sure thing.

And although there is a character I am not yet crazy about, I do like the book! It's neat to get to know the main character, who, after a little bit of deception about the state of the fireside cabins when she rented them over the phone, is nonetheless being very kind to the elderly woman who owns them.

I definitely recommend this book if you are looking for a warmhearted holiday read.

And when you're done, her other books are great, too.

Have you been doing any Christmas reading yet? If not, comment and tell me what you are reading, or the last book you read.

See you tomorrow!

Love, Jeanine
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