This week’s favorites in no particular order;

• As our economy changes, can we truly afford Black Friday instead of days building family and community?
• The list maker and journal keeper that I am, loves the idea of Christmas book to keep track of gifts thought of versus gifts given.  I think it’d be great to keep one for every occasion including birthdays.
• Total self-sufficiency may not be possible, but it is possible to “become more personally involved in the day-to-day activities of “living.”
• I keep recipes in three ring binders and I’m very OCD about their organization, with that in mind, I love the idea of giving a binder with tabs and a few recipes as a gift for the new bride or for the new scratch cook in the family.
• I may just have to had brown butter brown sugar shorties to my Christmas Cookie list.

PS: You may or may not have noticed that I’ve taken down my favorite reads blogroll.  I just wanted to make a quick note saying that its nothing personal but its just something I find difficult to manage and keep updated.  I spent a day recently updating it only to find 3 broken links the very next day.  I can’t find a way to keep it manageable, but my favorite reads (all of them) are mentioned from time to time in these Friday Favorite segments.