I've always loved anything related to Ireland. I grew up watching Riverdance (and seeing them a few weeks ago confirmed that I did, in fact, miss my calling to be an Irish dancer). A trip to Ireland only deepened my admiration and fascination with the Emerald Isle, especially after reading "How the Irish Saved Civilization." And I'm not embarrassed to say that I listen to Irish music on the regular. I do my best house cleaning to Irish sea shanties and drinking songs. But whi

I saw this idea on Pinterest, but with waffle cones that had been molded at the end to look more like a cornucopia. I was going to give it a go, but then I found these cardboard tree cones at Hobby Lobby and they looked like a lot less effort. We added candy corn and candy pumpkins, but you could add any sort of trail mix. I cut up plastic wrap into small squares, covered the opening of the cornucopia, and attached with some of my daughter's small clear hair elastics. I added

I had pneumonia during the last few weeks of summer and ended up in the hospital for a few days. Shout-out to Grandview Hospital for...