Monday, July 27, 2009

Monday's Random Links

Today was full of back-to-school shopping for Dear Daughter at Target and Office Depot, cute-bright-and-matchy apparently being her theme!

Target's dollar bins often turn up some goodies, and today was no different. While DD chose teen-themed pencils for school, I was thrilled to find buttons, pencils, erasers, magnets, mini notebooks, stickers and bags featuring some of Dr. Seuss' most wonderful characters (Read Across America takes place in March!):


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Check out your grocery store crackers/snack aisle and see if you can find these (I can't wait to use them for snacktime!):

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Snacks for children/students are one thing, snacks for grownups, quite another:

~ Baking Bites shares Dulce de Leche Brownies

~ My dear friend Karen once read my cards for me, years ago, identifying my animal totems. My "inner character and spirit" was a hummingbird. When CakeSpy's Primer on the Hummingbird Cake scrolled onto my read feed, I was intrigued (do you use real hummingbirds? Ew!)...thankfully, the cake is so named because it is" so sweet that people are drawn to it like hummingbirds to nectar." Whew.

~ Bakeralla shares a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe, and then turns up the temptation by adding ice cream and sprinkles....

~ Tiramisu Squares... Oh yes, the Super Star Mom or Dad that brings Sweet Paul's Tiramisu Squares to school this year will clearly be in the running for Volunteer of the Year!

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Is it too early to start my 40th Birthday Wish List? Here's a start:

~ The Long Thread offers a wonderful tutorial for making Miss Little Red Riding Hood (no, I don't want the tutorial, I want the doll!)...

~ Saucy made affordable and sweet Hello Kitty BLING ('d love a bracelet!)...

~ This quilt by Frazzy Dazzles (you can SOOOOOO tell I'm a kindergarten teacher!)

~ And of course, birthday dinner at Simon and Seafort's in Anchorage, Alaska!

6 comments:

  1. This post made me crack up because I bought all the exact same Dr. Seuss stuff at Target, and I also have been stocking up on those crackers! Too funny!

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  2. OMG!! I commented before I actually opened any links. I MUST have that quilt!!!

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  3. get your butt up here for your birthday (give or take a few days-or months!-and dinner at S&S is my treat!

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  4. Shannon- yes Ma'am!

    Chi, great minds think alike! :) Isn't that quilt TO DIE FOR?!?!?!?!?

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  5. Snacks for adults (kids too) .... google fairytale brownies...yummy!!!

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  6. I love looking through those bins at target. I always find some sweet little thing to bring home with me. those little dr suess things are perfect for you for school!
    have a great day!
    vivian

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