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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Links I Love

1) Ebates! Ebates! Ebates! I had signed up for this site awhile but didn't fully start to utilize it until I was pregnant. I wanted to save some money that I was getting on these maternity clothes since I know I had a limited time to wear everything but they were necessary. However, my love for the site quickly surpassed that and it's been my online shopping life line every since.

Seriously, just with my holiday shopping alone it's been an absolute God send! If you don't really know how it works I'll give ya a quick run down.

Ebates is a site that will give you cash back from certain stores, but there are many stores they are partnered with. I won't go into all the details but please read the "how to use ebates" FAQ & instructions before you start going because you do have to go through ebates to the store in order to get the cash back, different stores offer different percentages, etc.

2) Now if this doesn't bring you some holiday cheer I'm not sure what will :)

The Story of Christmas told by Kids!

3) I might be a little bit biased on this one but I'm pretttty excited for the Victoria Secret Fashion Show this evening. I work for LBrands (the company the owns VS) but don't do any work directly related to the show but I know people that to and it's a lot of hard work! So, it was nice to see this article about 16 things you didn't know about the VS fashion show to pop up to give a little behind the scenes look at just a few of the things that others have to do in order to get this event up and running!

4) Hi, I'm Megan and I'm a cinnamon roll addict...and these from Ashley over at The Sweet Season look AMAZING!

5) We should all say more nice things, more often right?! The Kid President thinks so with this "20 Things We Should Say More Often" video. I think we should all listen to him more than most of the people actually running this country!

Happy Tuesday!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

OHP: Is it time for Fall yet?

The a weeks ago in Ohio the weather felt like fall and despite the rising temps the last couple week the feeling of fall made me quite giddy and even more ready for the glorious season to be upon us!

Like most people, fall is definitely my favorite time of year.
I honestly think the biggest part is that it's my ideal temperature which then leads to the clothing, the yummy food, and all the fun activities that take place.

I can only hope that this year we get a little bit longer of a fall around this parts because it always comes and goes so quickly!
Can it be fall yet?

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Happy Wednesday!

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Golden Graham S'mores Treats

The moment I found the pin for these golden graham s'mores treats I knew I'd have to make them!

I posted the same pin last week on OHP and got a bunch of comments on how delicious they looked, and can I just say they really, really are!

Even better is that they are super easy to make.

Here is the original pin:

And here are mine:

Mine don't look quite the same but I think the main difference is when I added the chocolate chips they ended up melting a bit with the hot marshmallows.
However, there are still some chucks of chocolate so it was kind of a nice mix and I feel like I like that even better than just the chocolate chips chunks.

Ingredients:
- 3 Tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 package (10oz/about 40 marshmallows) regular marshmallows.
OR 4 cups mini marshmallows
- 6 cups of golden grahams (add more if you'd like them to be less marshmallow-y)
Chocolate chips (I did not have a set amount, I just put what looked like a good amount into a bowl, maybe about 1/2 to 3/4 cup?)

Directions:
1) In a large sauce melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.

2) Add the Golden Grahams cereal & chocolate chips. Stir until well coated.
*Now this is where I did things a little differently. Instead of adding the cereal and chocolate chips I already had them per-measured in a mixing bowl and added the marshmallows to that as my sauce pan wasn't large enough to have all the ingredients added to it. Not sure if it makes a huge difference or not, but that's probably how the chocolate ended up so melted.
* Also, I'd think about buttering the spatula/spoon before mixing the ingredients as it did end up getting pretty sticky.

3) Use a buttered spatula or some wax paper and evenly press the mixtures into a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan cooked with cooking spray. Cool.
*Really any pan size will do, just depends on how thick you want the treats. The pan I used was bigger than what they say so they were a little thinner but I was ok with that!

Best if served the same day, but let's be real people they are delicious the next day, and the day after that as long as you make sure they are in an airtight container!

*You can also follow the mircowave instructions but I seem to do better with the stove overall.

Pretty simple considering it's just the Rice Krispie treat recipe, only with golden grahams and chocolate!

Now go make a batch and enjoy!

Happy Tuesday!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

I'm back for some OHP

Ya know...I thought eventually I would get bored with Pinterest like I do with most internet fads.

Whelp, that has yet to happen and lately I've been finding some really good stuff.

Now, if the rain would just stop for a second I think I could get out of the gloomy mood and find some motivation to take on some of these projects or recipes I would be in great shape!