For as long as I can remember, books were my go-to entertainment source. Now don’t get me wrong I do watch TV and obviously I spend time on the computer, but a book can make a long flight pass quickly…a…
Napping by the Numbers…Child #1, #2, #3…
Have you ever written a comment on a blog or a message board and thought “This could be a post.” I. Do. This. All. the. Time. You know what is funny? When I actually sit down to write a post…
My History with General Hospital
I watched my first episode as a college freshman in…mumble…1983. I was visiting a friend in NJ. I found the plot utterly baffling. Luke and Laura were at a concert in South America. There was a man with a mysterious…
Review: My Sims Agents for wii
With the dawn of the new school year, I instituted a new nightly routine. The routine centers around TV, and for that matter all types of screens — wii, TV, DS. I gave each child 3 index cards. For each…
Birthday Parties Through the Years
For years we always played Pin the Tail, Pass the Parcel, etc. The kids loved it since many parties were held at locations and we had ours at home. Once my oldest turned 8 we mostly did sleepovers. This year…
Can Anyone Remember Pre-Answering Machine Days?
I posted this over at Momster.com on whether teens know the value of big-ticket items purchased for them: Do you remember the days before cell phones (1990?)…in the deep dark murky past? I got my first cell phone in 1995…
