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Family Movie Night: Russell Madness Movie Review

From the makers of the beloved Air Bud movies (remember those adorable sports-playing Golden Retrievers?) and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the newly released Russell Madness (PG). Russell Madness is a fun-filled family adventure that is both hilarious and heartwarming. It begins with Russell, a loveable and spirited Jack Russell Terrier, running away from […]

Filed Under: Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: family movie night, kids, movies

As Easy As Apple Pie

Last year, Mini-Me and I shocked our family by making Thanksgiving dinner. If you know anything about me, then you know I can’t cook. I’m more of a baker, and even that’s a stretch. And you should also know, to the great relief of my family, that this year I’m making reservations. Everyone is ecstatic! […]

Filed Under: Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: apple pie, recipes, thanksgiving

10 Classic Disco Songs To Make You Shake Your Groove Thing

This is what almost 50 feels like

I love music. I think every moment of our lives should be filled with music or, at least, background music just like in the movies. The soundtrack of my life would have to be American Bandstand and Soul Train worthy. After all, every Saturday morning of my youth was spent shaking my groove thing in […]

Filed Under: Lists, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: disco, lists, music

Tasty Apple & Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe

Mini-me is home for the summer and that means eating extra healthy and spending more time in the kitchen. (Oh, dear God). We usually enjoy bonding while baking, but last week we decided to expand our culinary repertoire to salads. I’m shocked too. Here’s the dinner we whipped up for the family. It was light […]

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Fire Safety Tips: This holiday, make sure the only fire that exists is in your heart. #sponsored post

Sometimes I joke about handsome firemen coming to my home whenever I attempt to cook – I should be so lucky! –  but a real fire is no laughing matter. Even though I live above a major earthquake fault line, nothing scares me more than fire. (Flying comes a close second.) So when Kidde, the […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: fire safety, fires, home fires, home safety checklist, keeping the home fires burning, kidde, worryfreealarms.com

Tips For Making A Fabulous Holiday Dinner

I’m not gonna lie, while the thought of entertaining excites me, it also gives me hives. I grew up with a mom who enjoyed entertaining and did a marvelous job of it, but was on razor’s edge during the entire process. She wanted everything to be perfect and her brood out of the way. I […]

Filed Under: Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: big holiday meals, entertaining tips, how to cook a thanksgiving meal, thanksgiving, timothy corrigan

Naughty Brownies

When Mini-me and I feel like baking rest assured it is always something chocolatey. Occasionally, we will email each other recipes to save for when she comes home from college and we have our bake-a-thon. You can imagine my delight when she sent me the recipe for the most decadently delicious chocolate brownies I have […]

Filed Under: Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: brownies, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, easy dessert, Ina Garten, Rosie Londoner, slutty brownies, The Londoner

Grandma’s Noodle Kugel

My mom is a wonderful cook who inherited all of her culinary skills from her mother. I, unfortunately, take after my father’s mother, who could burn water and was the reason my father preferred his steak “well done.” I can’t seem to cook a meal without the fire department arriving at our door. (Tip for […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Now I’ve Seen Everything

Now I’ve seen everything. In an effort to get a jump-start on the holiday season, this clever store owner decided to combine Halloween and Christmas. Gorgeous tree, but something seems a little off here. Oh, that’s right. Thanksgiving is woefully unrepresented. Quick somebody grab a Butterball Turkey.    

Filed Under: Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: christmas, christmas tree, halloween, thanksgiving, turkey

Amazingly Delicious Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies

It’s important to know one’s limitations. I have very little skill in the kitchen. Clearly, not why my husband married me. So when my daughter, Mini-Me, found this easy recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that has very few ingredients, and from start to finish takes less than fifteen minutes, she had my attention. I’ve […]

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Throwback Thursday: Got Milk?

thermos

Digging around in my closet I found this… My thermos circa 1970s. Oh, how I loved this. Imagine I saved this and not my Barbie collection (probably worth a fortune!). I can almost smell the chocolate milk. My favorite part of lunch in those days. Yes, I was a flower child, and the first girl […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: 1970s, chocolate milk, got milk, lunch box, thermos, throwback thursday

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Mom, writer, purveyor of unsolicited advice. No longer driving carpool, still driving my kids crazy. L.A.Times,Wash Post,Cosmo,Good Housekeeping,AARP

Thrilled for this piece to finally see the light o Thrilled for this piece to finally see the light of day on @thegirlfriendletter. And a hearty thanks to @profwendywood, author of Good Habits, Bad Habits, for her words of wisdom. I wrote this back in February, before Covid threw us all a curveball. One thing that I realized is that whether or not we’re in quarantine, many of our basic human traits remain the same. Once a perfectionist, always a perfectionist...until I learned that that mindset was actually holding me back. Love to hear your thoughts. Link in bio. #goodhabitsbadhabits #perfectionisoverrated #selfcaretips #breakbadhabits #lessstress
So excited to start this book! It’s been hard to So excited to start this book! It’s been hard to tear my eyes away from the news to read for pleasure, but it’s a necessity. My favorite time to read is in the morning when I first wake up, when I’m still cozy in bed. How about you? #untamed #glennondoyle #readingforpleasure #readinginbed #readingwomen
When your Mahj game needs a fourth, you do what yo When your Mahj game needs a fourth, you do what you gotta do. #mahjong #mahj #learningfromthebest #alwayswelcome #dogsofinstagram
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