You got a guess mike . Old tshirts. Tshirts yeah. Underwear. I was going to, i was torn between underwear and tshirts. [laughter] ten years . Come on guys. One in ten guys. Its not like a huge amount of guys, but, those guys need to go shopping for new underwear. When they always say they dont want socks or underwear for christmas too bad. Thats what my grandma always gave my dad for christmas, new sh tshirts. Joe how long you keep your underwear . He is like i dont know. Dont ruin them. Ten years right there. Great tip on how to not burn out on holiday shopping. I think this is a fantastic tip i will give maybe one each day if we have time for it. Everybody did friday, saturday, sunday then hopefully gave yesterday on tuesday. I think people are a little stressed out. This. Instead of getting five great scarfs for five great friends, all the same getting one same friends at one store you go all over town finding and individual gift for each one to make them feel special. They call it over individualation. Dont for cuss on variety with gifts focus on how much they would like it. That type of shopping when you go all over town. You who hang out in the same circle the same scarf. No, but you could get it in a different color. Yeah. That wouldnt bother me at all. You get one in red, one in black totally different. If you love it they say buy it for somebody. Buy a bunch and give them to everybody on your list. Otherwise that type of Shopping Creates you spend more money, more time. And stress right . Were giving you permission burglary. People get nervous about that this time of year. They have done their shopping. People need money. People get a little more aware of what they are leaving on their car or kitchen counter in plain sight right . Or people have packages delivered. This i find offensive people stealing packages from other peoples front stoops. Thats just, i mean, of all of the burglary and thefts thats just so wrong. I cant stand that. I find that extra offensive. I true you think thats a place you are tg youre trying to give people trust by getting packages delivered. Right. This is a list how to attract a burglar dont attract these things. Written in men in jail for robbery. You like to hear it from them. They say here are tipoffs to an empty house. If you leave the porch light on, but all of the Window Blinds are closed we know youre not home. I dont see that. A lot of people thinkly leave the garage light or porch light closed youre not home. Early morning or early afternoons are prime time. By 2 30 p. M. Anyone home for lunch should be gone and most kids should be in school so 2 30 is their time. That is a safe time right in the middle of the afternoon. This one you would think is counterintuitive, but it attracts them, an nra Bumper Sticker signals to robbers you have guns inside and they would like to get them. Im going to bumper. No they want that they are going to break in and try to steal your guns. These things they want you to do. Im going to find a sign that says beware of vicious dog. That may help. They say the only deal breakers for burglars are hearing a radio or tv on, or hearing a very large breed of dog. Yeah. Make a recording and just play it on loop. Thats the only deal breaker. Vicious dogs or hearing sounds. Tv, radio. I like that. If anyone was home. If someone answered they pretended like they were doing a survey and leave. There you go your tip for the day. Before we make one of my favorite holiday dishes we want to share a sweet story for our picture of the day this is a cute one. Viewer sharon says her four grandchildren are her shining stores. In 2014 she was diagnosed with leukemia. Hospital, but her spirits were lifted when they came to visit her with their smiles. They helped her through that journey and today she is a year and a half cancer free. Fantastic story. They are beautiful. Grandkids love that. If there is someone special in your life and you want to see them on tv. Email their story to pictures themorningblend. Com. Love that. First up today were in the the holidays are forget togethers, office parties, family reunions on a cozy night at home. Chef mike stigler is back hear that sizzle with the perfect space to gather in and get your holiday going. I dont want to hurt you. [laughter] this is, one of our all Time Favorites im glad you are making this today this is fantastic. Thats why im not afraid to do it more than once because everybody seems to love it. Its one of our favorites at restaurant and perfect this time of the y the restaurant if youre just with one other person or by yourself get a small portion. If you come in with a group of 50 people we can make a big portion and put it out that way. You do cozy up for two people right by the fireplace. Or you can accommodate up to 150 people in a party . Yeah definitely. Holiday time, its time for parties. We can definitely accommodate you out there. We have multiple fireplaces, multiple rooms to acome date different size groups. Off site things. If you want your Christmas Party at home still want thunder bay grille we can bring it to you. You can also come out and pick it up bring it home pretend like you cooked it yourself. You have private rooms, open dining spaces and a bunch of cozy fireplaces for people to gather around and enjoy something during this colder weather. We have a huge bar area too. Even if you just want to come out with coworkers after work. Get something to eat is a a couple drinks, spread some Holiday Cheer were there. All right. Seafood fondue. Yeah. Were making a big batch so i have my big pan today. We start off with a little oil. We have diminish rooms going in mushrooms were going to add shrimp. These are shrimped that are peels and deveined so they dont have any that stuff you dont want to eat. Were going to toss those around a little bit too. Is going to help to give it a little depth of flavor too. Is that easy to find . Its easy to find if you know the right people like i do. You can get it in one pound packages with just the tail meat. If you didnt want that is that something you can sub . You can leave that out or you can use scallops. If you really wanted to do something extra special you could do lobster tail meat or soth weve got our shrimp. Crawfish, mushrooms sizzling along there. You may have seen me add some cajun seasoning. Cayenne pepper, smoked paprika, black pepper, salt, onion powder all mixed together. If you were making this at home you could leave that out if that wasnt your thing. Onto that were going to add cheese sauce. That looks like the hard part because getting cheese sauce to have you to make a roux first. Then you add heavy cream and cheese to it after you get it the consistency you want. Shredded . Shredded is usually the way to go. Usually if you add a Little American cheese because it melts so well. Or if you wanted to you could use velveeta because we all know that is fantastic. Why just stay away from mozzarella, prove loan little stringy. What did you use . American and cheddar. We let that come together. Add a little splash of cherry sy wine. I want to ask you while youre doing that, if people call the restaurant right now what should they do if they want to book a bigger group. They have coworkers. They have friends and family they want to get together whether it is open dining or by the fireplace or whatever. Right jackie and just say i have this size group what can you put together for me . Yeah call up and ask to talk to jackie she would be more than happy to talk with you and get the details worked out on whether you want to do a group in the restaurant. A reservation for a small group of people or catering off site. If you want to set up a pick up type order where you come out to the restaurant and pick it up yourself. Call the restaurant ask to talk to jackie if shes not there one of the other managers would be more than and we can help you with the details. This and your shrimp remalod. Thats coming up in february for mardi gras. And yes, seafood fondue you can see the orange is the crawfish in there. You have the shrimp in there. Yeah its delicious. Get in my belly. It comes with a local crusty bread like that. Good stuff. All right heres the information while tiff gives it a taste. You can call the restaurant for the banquet manager jackie shell be happy to take care of you answer any questions you may have about booking your Holiday Party at thunder bay grille located in pewaukee at exit 294 just off of i94 and highway 164. Good stuff. I love it. Thank you so much mike. Appreciate it. Still ahead on todays show, an 8yearold boy collapses on the playground at school. Well tell you the rare condition that caused it and the last year one of the hottest gives around was the hoverboard. Design problems caused some of them to catch on fire. Coming up what the Consumer Product safety board did to make them safer and better this year. And up next, skincare line developed by a dermatologist after years of experience. She knows exactly what ingredients will give you welcome back to the Morning Blend. This skincare line is called the multipurpose product. Its designed to rejuvenate and revitalize aging skin and addresses specific skin problems and areas damaged by the sun. Its a powerful organic green tea developed by a dermatologist faces in her practice. Welcome dr. Anne riordan a Board Certified dermatologist and creator of the azfasst skincare line. Hi ladies. Were both using this line now. Absolutely love it. You guys look terrific. Your skin is just glowing. Thank you. You have to say that. [laughter] no. [laughter] this time of year is so crazy with hustle and bustle of the holidays and getting ready i mean who has time . And the change of the weather. Thats really harsh on the great thing about the azfasst skincare line because it does have the base of the organic green tea which has so many different wonderful properties. Its an antioxidant, great for healing, helps with redness and dryness. All of our products contain that ingredient too which is just wonderful. Yeah. When did you develop azfasst and what brought to you decide to do this instead of just run your practice . You know what happened, ten years ago, i had been in years and so many of my patients were asking me about what to use on their skin. There are so many different complicated product is out there at the department stores, pharmacies, drug Stores People didnt know what to use. I decided to put together a skincare line that was easy, effective, affordable and worked with multiple skin types. Im glad you brought that up. For people with sensitive skin in particular this is just one example of something you do to specifically address sensitive thats exactly right thats my patient population. A lot of people go to a dermatologist because they have sensitive skin. I developed a sensitive skin facial gel which is wonderful. It does have that organic green tea product, but also has the milder acid lacktic acid which helps to exfoliate and lighten those brown spots even out your skin tone. Give you a glow. And we sell that individually as well as with the gift set here also, eye cream is tricky because eye cream a lot of eye creams because they are the delicate skin around the eye people get irritated easily. This is a wonderful cream because it is very rich, but it is also light. It addresses those dark circles. The crows feet, the puffiness that people get lack of sleep around the holidays. We all know about that. Exactly. What else do you think really makes this unique . I like it because its easy. Thats the other thing too. So many of us the rushing around so many different products out there have six, seven, eight steps. You can get a draw full of products. This is really nice because you not only have the cleanser, but you have the facial gel and the moisturizer. Then youre done. Then you can put your makeup on youre on your way. Were showing a lot of different products here. Some for sensitive skin. Some are multiples. The key you need to understand its that simple. There is the cleanser, the the sensitive area around the eyes. Just that three steps. Something else i want to address is the problem areas as we mentioned. Weve got pictures before and after to demonstrate some of these specific things. So starting with sun spots something that treats those brown spots the sun damage, signs of aging that people will often see. And thats, this is a great example of that. This is one of my patients who is very outdoories she likes to cycle, she likes to jog. She did not like the of the brown spots she was get on her cheeks, but she also has sensitive skin. Those photos are about a month apart. This is a big problem for a lot of people. These photos are only a month apart. She used the eye cream loved it what a dramatic change as can you see. A lost people have lip lines too. One of my own par patiented d i said sure why not. Loved it about 50 improved. There is nothing on the market for lip lines women hate that. Their lipstick runs up in the lip lines. What about handses those show aging too. This is very dramatic. As far as aging our hands are on the Steering Wheel you get that excessive sun over time. The facial gel was placed on the backs of the hands of this woman a month later dramatic the brown spots she was thrilled. I love that. I always after i use it on my face i always approximate it on my hands. Thats smart. A lot of times you have extra. Then there is no waste. You can put it right on there there is no waste. Where do people find this this is not in drug stores right . No you can get it online azfasst. Com and were also running a great deal. Lets put that up. All purchases along with Free Shipping. Its Morning Blend coupon code. If you go to azfasst. Com. Its azfasst. Com or call them toll free 888 5545754. Again the coupon code is Morning Blend you will get 30 off of everything and Free Shipping just for the holidays thank you doctor. Youre welcome im glad you love it. Thats great. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Still ahead on the show medicare elm week. An expert is here with what you need to know so you can make important changes to your plan. Next meet a woman who is just 43yearsold, but got a big wakeup call at her Doctors Office. Were going to tell you about her weight loss journey and what she says is the secret to her jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. With chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. Easy to use Chase Technology welcome back to the Morning Blend. Darcy johnson is just 43yearsold. Recently she got a wakeup call for severe migraines and found out she has sleep apnea which can be a dangerous condition. Her doctor said she should lose 60 pounds in order to avoid using a c pap machine. Today she is well on her way lost 40 pounds in two rounds with the nutrimost program. Shes here along with her health coach from 855burnfat, jen great to see you ladies. Congratulations cant wait to talk about your story especially because a lot of people identify with the fact have you a very sedentary job and a long commute. Well get to that in a second. Jen first explain why you think, this is you know will surprise people. You think the holidays are great time to start this program. It absolutely is because think about how many times you feel out of control during the holidays. When you start doing a lifestyle modification like a program like this, youre able to get in control, you dont gain that 10 the holidays and when everybody else is talking about their new years resolution january 1 you have already started it. Even just not gaining would be huge for a lot of people. 20pound guarantee is what you promised with 855burnfat and nutrimost. Sounded great to you right doory . You sat at a desk all day. You work in the financial industry. So you really dont have a job where you are very active. No. Sit in meetings a lot. So two hours a day you ride in your car. Yes. So talk a little bit about what happened to you. What happened at the Doctors Office . Well what i did go in for is a snoring problem. She said were going to test you for sleep apnea and i kind of laughed and said there is no way i have it. She said lets just do the study. She said you actually have severe sleep apnea. Apnea i said i dont want a c pap machine. Thats what you broughtn she said in order to see a significant change have you to lose 60 pounds. That was a wakeup call. I dont want to sleep with that every night. I want to be there for my children and so, what can i do and i called jens office and i was off and running. I said hey i got to do something to change. Have you tried other weight loss programs . I have tried a lot from the shakes and the pills and the different stuff nothing ever worked because it wasnt real there thats the thing jen always says its real food and you are not taking drugs and not doing hormones. Lets talk about the two rounds. We have this side by side before and after picture which i think is fantastic. This is fun for you to look at too. Feeling better too which is great. 40 pounds later. Two rounds explain how that worked for you. They do have a 20pound guarantee first round i lost 20 i was so excited and i said i can do this. And i had the 40. What about the support you got from people like jen at the 855burnfat office . Between jen and becky at the office, i mean i could text and call i could even email. They were just amazing. I mean becky will pick up the phone almost anytime except for when im driving at 6 00 a. M. In the morning. She will pick up the phone she will text me back. That was a huge piece of it as well. How is this possible that people are able to lose this kind of weight in such a short amount of time without exercise . Were able to use 21st century techniques to identify what is going on with your individual body. Its a program that is made for you. Its not going to be the same cookie cutter program you get with every program you know and ten other people are doing the same thing or hundreds of people. You are actually going to have a program for you. So were able to look at what is going on wit learn how to fix that metabolism. We identify what foods work for your body to help you to be able to be in a fat burning state and what food you are needing nutritionally. Youre able to do all of these things and make your body work the way its supposed to be instead of working like youre 30, 40 years older than what your metabolism should be. The education is probably key right doory . Darcy. That was the biggest thing the program too . I did. I talked to my friend al may who was on the show. I talked to al about it