You Can’t Escape the News Media and specifically, social media, has changed the landscape on how we as humans get and consume our information and news. If you had any doubt about that, this past election should have made a believer out of you and any other naysayers. As a society, we’ve been reduced to driveling idiots who no longer…
Halloween Movies on Netflix We’ve already determined that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and to keep rolling with that theme, I’m digging deep into the Netflix coffers to give you my favorite Halloween movies that you can queue up tonight and get your spook on!! Some are suitable for viewing with the littles while others you’ll probably want…
To My High School Senior, So here we are. The moment you’ve been waiting for and the moment I, as well as many other parents, have been dreading since your first day of Kindergarten. Today is the first day of your Senior year of high school. Or as I see it – your last first day. We’ve had 13 of…
Netflix Pairings for the Hard-to-Please Family Members It’s been a long time since my girls were young enough to spend hours in front of the TV watching their favorite shows. It’s not that they don’t do it know, it’s that they don’t really do it together since their taste in shows are so different now. But back in the day? They…
Little Mama had some surgery last week and being the dutiful (and only) daughter, I was right by her side to see her through it. It was also the first time she’s had anything major happened since before my dad passed which means I was the one “in charge”. When my dad was alive he was a classic type-a person….
The Happy Enchilada Song “That’s the way that the world goes ’round, you’re up one day – the next you’re down. It’s a half an inch of water and you think you’re gonna drown. That’s the way that the world goes ’round” You know when you’re going about your day and you stumble upon something that just makes you smile…
It’s no secret that we binge watch a lot of shows in this house. 5 summers ago it was Weeds. 2 years ago it was Breaking Bad. Last year it was Sons of Anarchy and currently it’s Orange is the New Black (no we haven’t finished.. we’re trying to NOT binge watch a show for once…). But those are all…
What are your favorite shows & movies you’re sharing with your kids? When the girls were younger, it seemed our TV was on all. the. time. One or both of us have always been fortunate enough to work from home and while that’s great for raising kids, sometimes those kids needed entertainment that was provided by someone/something other than mom…
This is a very special post written by a very special young lady… Everyone, say hi to Cassie who’s making her debut here today! Cassie’s a huge fan of Mako Mermaids so when she found out she was getting to do this for the #StreamTeam and was even rewarded with her own thank-you swag! So, in her own words… Cassie…
Remember my goals for this year when I said I wanted to post every day this year? Well, so far I have been successful and only missed one day last month. But… You knew there was a but coming, didn’t you? I have to take a little bit of a break.. but it’s not really a break as I’ll still…