First of all, many thanks to everyone for your kind comments in my previous post. The family gave Aunt Bobbie a send-off she would have loved. It was a day filled with funny stories and tributes to her life. So, thank you again. I ended up taking a longer-than-planned blogging hiatus because I’ve been buried…
Pop (Culture) Rocks
Tale as Old as Time
I’m still not sure how I feel about Disney re-releasing its classics in 3D form. I completely understand why they’re doing it. And let’s be honest — our family is already psyched about the re-release of the Star Wars movies starting this year, so who am I to complain? When the “Lion King 3D” came…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A 3-Year-Old’s Review
E. has an old soul. How else can you explain how this 3-year-old’s favorite movies are the Sound of Music, Annie and all six Star Wars movies? Well old soul + lenient parents when it comes to entertainment. Personally, though, I think she gets far more valuable life lessons out of the classics than that…
Leia and the Zombies
Happy Halloween! What better way to celebrate than with some gross ghouls? We have a new obsession in our house — the AMC series “The Walking Dead.” I’m not sure how we missed watching this from the beginning, but this week, we made up for lost time. As soon as we FINALLY figured out Netflix…
Books Are a Bad Influence
When I picked up E. from school today, I had this lovely note waiting in her folder: Well, at least I got the hair back. At first, I didn’t get who the “someone” was. E’s school’s policy is that its teachers will not tell who the perpetrator is when it comes to things like biting,…