You know in the movie Taken when Liam Neeson says he has a particular set of skills? Well, moms have them, too. Mom skills, if you will, and they aren’t to be messed with. Before the country went into lockdown, my…
Travel: London, England {Part One}
This trip to the UK was supposed to be a big family trip to visit relatives and dig into some of our family roots. My sisters and I are first generation Americans. While we don’t have dual citizenship, we do have…
Ultimate Karen
If you’re wondering what an Ultimate Karen is look no further than yourself if you’re older than a middle schooler. Karen is a name that middle schoolers use as an adjective. It’s a “mom name” and it’s not cool. If…
Books: Then Again Maybe I Will {My Love For Judy Blume}
Reading is the bane of my existence. Not me, I love books, but the middle school VSCO girl I have living with me does not like reading and fights me every day about it. It’s part of her homework, but…
Mallrats or Growing up in the 80s
My daughter has been asking a lot of questions lately. Questions about first kisses, and first dates, and first boyfriends. She’s been asking me, her grandma, her aunts, and her older, female cousins. She thinks all of our answers are…
2:Hrs
2:Hrs is the story of three teens who ditch school only to find themselves on an adventure they never saw coming when they find the laboratory of a mad scientist whose latest invention predicts the time of death of any living…
32 of the Best Kids Movies of All-Time
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day– Alexander is having a very bad day but so is everyone else in his family. Annie– The 1982 original with Carol Burnette as Miss Hannigan is a classic. Back to…
Yes Mom or Day of Yes
A yes man is by definition a weak person who agrees with everything their boss suggests. Also known as a doormat, lackey, or follower. I am not a yes man, or for that matter, a yes mom. In fact, I…
Mia and the White Lion
Mia and the White Lion is a family film about the bond between an unlikely pair. Ten-year-old Mia has her life turned upside down when her family decides to leave London to manage a lion farm in Africa. When a…
20 of the Best Movies for Teens
This is a list for teen movies, but if we’re being honest, I made it because I love these movies, too, and I’m certainly not a teen anymore. I loved high school, and I still love watching teen movies, and…
Safety First or Using a Booster Seat Until College
When Kim Zolciak-Biermann was recently lambasted on social media for posting a picture of her son in her car in a booster seat, I was totally on her side! People were saying he looked too big to be in a…
Me, Also or Our Lips are Sealed
When I was in high school, I was locked in a bathroom at a party by a boy who had a crush on me. I did not have a crush on him. He had been pursuing me for a while,…