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Chances are there is a bottle of Karo® Syrup in your baking pantry. It's one of those brands every cook uses. It's the season of Pecan Pies, and last week Karo Syrup was in my grocery cart for holiday baking.   Karo ®Syrup has partnered with Chicago pastry chef Sarah Levy to create yummy treats for this holiday season. Perfect to give a s a gift and enjoy with your holiday meals. Your recipe might be a winner! Head over to Karo Syrup's Facebook Page , Like them and click the "Tis the Season" tab. Share your favorite recipe to be entered in Karo's Recipe Sweepstakes for a chance to win a special New Year's Eve package in Chicago-including; a two night stay at Wit Hotel, diner at Mastro's Steakhouse and a chocolate tour. Sounds good!  Happy Holiday Baking! Disclosure: I was entered for a chance to win a Karo Syrup prize package in exchange for this post.  No monetary exchange took place. All opinions are my own ."

CyberMonday is for shopping online, looking for free shipping codes, discount codes, and adding the hot est products to your shopping cart-right? On CyberMonday I left my house around 5:30 PM after a day of:a doctor appointment for a ill child, a prescription pick up, and then after school errands for the other child. The day was falling apart. Was I going to be able to attend?   I was running late leaving for a Holiday Party. I made it there- So here is my story of the party: This is Dave and Busters in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania  where the party was held. My first visit to Dave and Busters, any location. It's really nice inside, and we were in a new party room. The staff was nice, the food was good, I'd go back. The party was a PSMM event. This is a group of Mom Bloggers. An awesome group of Women that use social media for business and for doing good works. Cradles to Crayons   had an information table and also collected socks and...

Have you seen FYRFLYZ? What a hit this toy is! Glo stick are one of my favorite things of Summer, but they are a one night use. FyrFlyz are my new best find! You can turn them off and on. Look at the fun we had on Thanksgiving eve at Toys R US: FyrFlyz are available at CVS, Toys R Us, and Walgreens. Visit their web site to see them in action and learn more about this fun toy.  It is great indoors and out, any season of the year.   The cost is around $8.00, makes  a great gift, stocking stuffer, secret Santa exchange, or just for fun. I bought several. Keep some on hand for those last minute invites or a birthday that slipped by the calendar. young children and old children will find hours of fun play with FyrFlyz.  We sure did! Disclosure: I was given a set of FyrFlyz to demonstrate to shoppers from MomSelect. It was fun!

Today my family and I traveled over the river and through the woods to Grandmother and Grandfather's house we went. We traveled there in the daylight hours, and left in the early evening. I always love the ride home because Christmas lights are out-not many, but enough to put me in the  getting ready  for Christmas mood. Something I always want to get done before it gets too late is having the cards ready to mail in advance of the holiday time. There is a special deal to save big on your holiday order from Tiny Prints. Buy a $25 Tiny Prints gift certificate for someone or even yourself-when you spend $100 on your order of holiday cards-you get $30 off,Plus free shipping. Use code 30OFFHOLGCERT at checkout until 11/27/11 at 11:59 PM (PT) Share the code with friends and family! Read more about this offer here Disclosure: by writing this post  I was given a gift card for TinyPrints cards

There is a new show on NBC starting December 2, 2011! Team up with everyone you know for a chance to win $5,000 for your favorite grade school or high school. All you have to do is register and watch the trailer for "Game of Your Life." It's a humorous and heartfelt video gaming drama about a promising young video game designer who has to make a choice that will affect his future and the lives of everyone around him. Then ask all your friends, family, teachers, fellow parents and PTO members – everyone you know – to watch it so they can vote for your school once a day, too. Because if any one of the people you tell wins, your school wins $5,000. go here to enter Zach, a high school gamer who lands a scholarship to an elite video game design program, has a bright future as long as he can survive the intense freshman year project that eliminates half the class in the first three months. But when Zach learns that his father is in financial trouble, he has to make a choice t...

The flavor of the day in my kitchen is Gingerbread. Nothing like a Sunday afternoon staying at home, watching Thanksgiving specials on television, and trying some new recipes.  Recipe #1 Hot tea with a few tablespoons of Torani® Gingerbread Syrup. Result: enjoyed the cup of tea, the syrup gave it a deep flavor. Recipe #2 Gingerbread cookies I added a few tablespoons of Torani® Gingerbread Syrup to the batter Result: Hubby gave it a thumbs up. Recipe #3 Sparkling water with few tablespoons of Torani® Gingerbread Syrup poured over the ice and sparkling water. Stir. Drink. aha. Result: Fresh taste and refreshing after baking cookies! What are Torani ® Syrups? Glad you asked. They are new to me too! *Torani® Flavored Syrups are made with the best cane sugar and natural flavors.They are also available in sugar free. *Rinaldo and Ezilda Torre introduced Torani® Flavored Syrups to San Francisco in 1925 *T hey pressed fruits, nuts, and spices and blended the extracts w...

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