Merry Christmas, Katie! You just one an Interactive Story Buddy from Hallmark! My girls love books. And they love stories about Christmas! Matter of fact, our books about Christmas stay on their book shelf all year long and often times get read in the middle of the summer, as well this time of year. Their [...]

Congratulations to the winners of the $25 The UPS Store gift cards: Mary Ann Linder, Jessie Mayer, Elaine, Paula Caudil, Julie L, Carol W, Claudia, Kelly DelRosso, Janet F, and Veronica L. You should have each received an email from me this morning. Please respond to that email to claim your gift card within 48 [...]

Tomorrow afternoon we go for our first ultrasound for this pregnancy. It’s weird to think that I’m already 20 weeks along. That means I’m half way through this pregnancy. If the remaining 20 (or so) weeks go as fast as the first 20 (which they undoubtedly will with the holidays mixed in there), this baby [...]

I had to laugh this morning as I watched Live with Regis & Kelly because Kelly was joking with special co-host Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives) about him being a year older than Fred Flintstone (who just turned 50)! That got me thinking….holy cow! I’m a year older than Strawberry Shortcake!!! I loved Strawberry Shortcake as [...]

With all of this back-to-school excitement buzzing on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, this weeks DVD is perfect for family movie night! Diary of a Wimpy Kid Based on the best-selling illustrated novel by Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid follows pre-teen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) as he embarks on his first year of middle [...]

Congratulations to the following ladies who each won a copy of Letters To God on dvd: Mary Katie Jennifer

Oh guys, these are some fun ones this week!!! Date Night Hilarious!  Absolutely Hilarious!!!  But really, did you expect anything different from Steve Carell and Tina Fey? But I think my husband was actually most excited when he found out that Mark Walhberg also had a role in Date Night.  He’s kind of Tim’s role model [...]

I’m excited to jump back into my Friday Films reviews and giveaways! I have some really great films on dvd to tell you about in the coming weeks.  And this week’s dvd is a great way to jump back in.  It seems like this dvd came to me in some pretty interesting timing, as I [...]

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. [...]

It’s just not a typical day in our house if I’m not hearing my four year old talking about Handy Manny.  Seriously.  She loves to pretend that Manny is coming over to play or to fix things, is making cards for him, and talks about how she is going to marry him!  Yes, marry him!!! [...]