You’ll Be Thankful for These Preparation Tips
When you are hosting the annual gathering at Thanksgiving (or any holiday), it requires quite a bit of effort on your part. At the heart of it all is planning your menu, making a shopping list, buying the ingredients and preparing the meal.
You also want to take steps to make sure your home is a welcoming and warm place for everyone to enjoy themselves. Here are some tasks you’ll want to complete before the big day:
- Give your home a thorough cleaning
- Decorate the house—inside and out
- Make note of food/drink contributions your guests will bring
- Check to ensure you have enough seating
- Make sure your guest bathroom is properly stocked
- Finalize your table seating plan
- Prepare pies and other food you can make in advance
- Order/buy fresh flowers
- Decorate and set your table
- Map out your final cooking schedule. Attach it to your fridge or a kitchen cabinet for easy reference.
- If you’re cooking a frozen turkey, make sure you start defrosting it early enough. The rule of thumb is 24 hours for every 4 pounds.
In our part of Texas, November is typically when temperatures start to drop. This is why it’s so important to make sure your heating system is ready for guests. The last thing you want is a house full of guests with chattering teeth and cold noses! To prevent that from happening, you should consider scheduling an appointment with the team at Blue Ribbon.
Annual furnace maintenance is the best way to prevent any unexpected problems throughout the upcoming winter. When you give your furnace the attention it needs, you will be rewarded with fewer repairs, fewer breakdowns, greater efficiency, lower energy bills and more!
To keep both your heating and cooling systems operating as efficiently and reliably as possible, we highly recommend signing up for our Blue Ribbon Champion Plan. It will save you money and provide you with peace of mind. The benefits include: a 10% discount on repairs, bi-annual tune-ups, priority scheduling and more.
Our trained and experienced technicians will carefully examine your equipment and make any necessary adjustments. We’ll also alert you to any minor issues that should be fixed before they escalate into major problems. The kind of problems that, when left untreated, can come back to haunt you at the worst possible time—aka Thanksgiving Day!
If your heater is on its last legs, we offer a wide variety of heating systems, including gas furnaces, oil furnaces, electric furnaces and heat pumps.
We’re here to provide whatever you need this holiday season. To take the next step, call us at 512.866.9161 or contact us through the convenient form on our website.
As the holiday season approaches, we would like to say thank you to our customers in Bastrop, Austin, Cedar Park, Kyle, San Marcos and throughout our service area. We truly consider it an honor and a privilege to keep your homes cozy and comfortable throughout the year. We look forward to helping you in the future!