“Towanda!” I hollered as I drove through a yellow light. “What did you say?” asked my teenage daughter from the passenger seat. “Towanda!” I replied with glee. My daughter stared at me blankly. “You know, Amazon princess,” I finished. Blank stare “We really need to watch Fried Green Tomatoes,” I said. “It’s a classic!” Towanda [Read More]
Telling My Teen All About Flashdance
Nobody likes to argue with their chidren, especially their teenage children. However, I actually enjoyed a recent argument I had with my fifteen-year-old daughter. It started when she asked me to stop talking about her going to college. She is a sophomore in high school and I innocently said something like “In a few years, [Read More]
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80s Movies Besides Top Gun Maverick That Waited Over 30 Years To Make A Sequel
Like most of America, I went to the movies to see Top Gun: Maverick. And, like most of America, I liked it. After all it has a good story, good action, and a good shirtless football scene. Watching Top Gun: Maverick got me thinking, though. What other notable 80s movies never made a sequel? What [Read More]
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Feel-Good Movies To Watch When You Need a Pick-Me-Up
Welp. The holiday season is long over, the days are dark and cold, and the Coronavirus is still impacting everything. What do you do when you need a pick-me up? Personally, I re-watch some of my favorite movies. They provide a guaranteed 90-120 minute boost of joy. Most are romantic comedies and some are even [Read More]
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How to Survive Being Housebound with Teens during Coronavirus
How do you survive the coronavirus pandemic with teens? I’m not talking about the virus itself (check out the CDC for real facts), rather being housebound with teens for three weeks. Yup, my kids, ages 16 and 13, have no school or activities here in Michigan until at least April 6. They don’t have homework [Read More]
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A Mom’s Thoughts on Bird Box
The movie Bird Box was released on Netflix just before Christmas and the internet exploded over it. I admit I was surprised. At this time of year, most people are embracing sweet, dorky Christmas movies on Hallmark. But an end of the world thriller starring a woman? Being a Sandra Bullock fan, I checked it [Read More]
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Christmas Movies That Aren’t Really Christmas Movies
It’s time to talk about my favorite Christmas movies that aren’t really Christmas movies. What do I mean by that? Well, there are movies like Home Alone and A Christmas Story that are unabashedly about Christmas. Just like every movie on the Hallmark Channel from, oh, July to December 31. And then there are movies [Read More]
