Welcome to Seussville

Are you loving all things Dr. Seuss too?  So many of us grew up on Dr. Seuss books, and are excited to now share them with our own children.  My kids learned to read on Dr. Seuss books, and all 3 of them are looking forward to watching the new Lorax movie.  My 15 year old even wants to go see it.  While I did not make anything special for Dr. Seuss's birthday or the opening...

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Shamrock Pretzels

After making my Leprechaun Pops, I had some leftover green chocolate.  I have noticed recently that pretzel tiny twists was similar in shape to a petal on a clover.   I thought why not try and make a clover treat with my leftover chocolate and some pretzel twists. I dipped the pretzels a couple at a time into the chocolate Using a toothpick, I laid them on a cookie sheet...

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Leprechaun Marshmallow Pops

                   I caught some leprechauns, does this mean I can keep the pot of gold? (this post contains affiliate links to products used in this post) Last year, I came up with the idea to make some Leprechaun Pops.  You can see my old tutorial here This year I decided to try and give him a little upgrade.  I...

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St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold

A fun craft for St. Patrick's Day is to make your own  Pot of Gold. I pulled out a small cauldron we had used for Halloween, found some yellow/gold paint from my craft stash, and picked up  few supplies at the dollar store.  ...

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Why I LOVE Kohls!

If you have a Kohls nearby,  I recommend you stop by this week.  Right now they are having their final clearance sale all over the store.  I found rack after rack of items that were up to 90% when you took an additional 25% off the clearance price.  I also had a 15% off my entire purchase coupon AND a $10 Kohls cash to spend.   I was hoping to find a winter coat for me...

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Mission Organization- My Baking Supplies

Having a party blog, I guess it makes sense that  have a lot of baking supplies.  I love to bake and create.  In my kitchen, I have two lazy Susan type storage areas.  While they are convenient where you can see everything, the space is not ideal for storage.   My baking supplies are all kind of jammed into the space, and I was having trouble finding things  I...

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Strawberry Banana Muffins

Last night  we made some strawberry banana muffins using our favorite banana bread recipe.  Our family loves this particular recipe, which also works well with bonus ingredients.   Some of our other versions have been blueberry banana bread, and chocolate chip banana muffins which are also posted on the blog Basic Banana Bread Recipe First mix the dry ingredients 1...

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Cooking with Kyle- Chicken Salad Surprise

I am so excited to share this post.   This is our first day posting  "Cooking with Kyle".  Recently Kyle has acquired at new nickname in our house.  He is taking a  health class  in school, and has turned into  the food police almost overnight.  I wrote about our grocery store adventure in  my shopping with the food police post  last...

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Snow Day and Shout Out

We have our first snow day of the year today. It really isn't that bad at the moment, and we got less snow than expected.   I think the powers that be decided it was better to err on the side of caution especially since we have not used any of our snow days yet.   I can not remember another year like this with the one and only snow day at the end of February.  We live in Michigan,...

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Canvas People Offer is Back!

Canvas People are once again offering special deals on their picture canvas.   One of their best deals is the 16 x 20 for only $37 shipped.  They also have a free 8 x 10, or $35 off a larger canvas, , and a 11x 14 canvas for $27 shipped ,    These would make a great gift, or to keep in  your own home. I have bought two in recent months, and I LOVE them. I bought this...

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