Here are the lucky winners of the Friday Films: Amelia and Flicka 2 giveaway and the Hallmark Webcam Greetings giveaway: Amelia An amazing depiction of Amelia Earhart — her life, her loves, and her journey into America’s heart and history books.  Rated PG, Amelia is available on Blu-ray and DVD. WINNERS: Annalene and Ashley Flicka 2 [...]

Oh, Dwayne Johnson.  WWE/WWF personality turned actor turned family film star.  Ok, let’s just say it…DIMPLES! I’m glad we got that out of the way.  Now, let’s talk about one of his latest films — Tooth Fairy. I’ll be honest, I was a bit skeptical about this film.  I mean, really, Dwayne Johnson in a [...]

It’s confession time….I absolutely love “Sex and the City”.  Love it.  I watched it through college and after.  I even subjected my husband to watching an episode or two.  There was just something about Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda.  Their unorthodox friendship.  Their swanky life in New York.  The boyfriends.  The breakups.  The shoes! It [...]

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I unexpectedly took a little break from writing this past week as I devoted all available time to the final prep for Gleek Retreat.  Now that Gleek Retreat is behind me, I’m struggling at where to begin.  It’s that same feeling like when you’ve been gone on vacation and, when you finally get home from [...]

I’m so excited to share with you these two great films!  Both feature amazing women, both the characters and the actresses portraying them! Amelia I always knew the story of Amelia Earhart, well at least the gist of it. But I really never new the story behind the woman, behind the pilot, behind the history-maker. [...]

Ah yes, potty training.  Every parent has to go through it but how we go through it completely independent upon the parent, the child, and the circumstances at that particular time.  It amazes me how different it was to potty train my oldest in comparison to my youngest.  So, I’m wondering….what are your potty training [...]

One of my absolute most favorite smells in the whole wide world — more than fresh cut grass or brownies and cookies baking in the oven — is the smell of my kids when they get out of the bath.  That brief instant before they get lathered up with lotion.  Before they put on their [...]

My iPhone serves so many purposes in my life…it’s almost scary!  Phone. Calendar. Texting. Twitter. Approving comments for the blog. Note taking. Music. Oh, the list could go on!  But one of the biggest ways that my iPhone serves in my daily life is Kid Entertainment! My kids knew exactly how to work my iPhone [...]

Between Memorial Day and Labor Day we will be celebrating 22 birthdays, weddings, and graduations.  That doesn’t include our anniversary and Father’s Day.  That all adds up to a lot of greeting cards! Now, I’d love to say that I hand make all those cards but I don’t.  I’m just not that crafty, nor do [...]