Technology

This time of year, there are a lot of habits that cost money.  The cable bill supports your love of Hallmark holiday movies.  The grocery bill takes care of all the flour and sugar for cookie exchanges.  Isn't it...

Four or five years ago, my aunt started a social media challenge. She tagged a couple of her friends in her photo of herself wearing a dress and added hashtags, like #AcceptTheFakeChallenge, #InAprilWeWearDresses, and #DoWhateverYouWant. I had not been wearing...

Making breakfasts, cooking dinner, driving to horse lessons, flying across the country, working at my desk. Thanks to podcasts streaming on my phone or desktop, these are just a few of the places I can stay current on politics...

Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to clean up my Facebook account. I don’t mean "clean up" like there is anything in there to hide: my life is terribly uninteresting, I’m generally a pretty boring person, and...

Remember the commercials, my 80s generation moms? You know, the anti-drug campaign? The now classic, “This is your brain on drugs” fried egg. Or, my favorite: The furious dad walking in on the teenage boy, drug paraphernalia in hand,...

Did you happen to see my Mommy Truth last week? Yep, I am one of those Moms. Well to be honest, we are one of those families. My husband has always been very tech friendly. We have the big screen T.V.s, the PS3, Mac...

Olivia Pope, Raymond Reddington, John Snow, Walter White, Don Draper, Rick Grimes. Do any of these names sound familiar to you? If they do, then you have engaged in some form of television viewing. If you’ve never heard of...

A few years ago I shared some of my favorite podcasts by moms. Since then, I've added several to my regular downloads and they have become the soundtrack to my week. I listen to them when I'm packing lunches...

When we moved into our house 6 years ago, we went about the usual tasks of forwarding our mail, setting up garbage pick-up, and transferring our gas/electrical/water bills.  One thing we DIDN'T do, however, was purchase a cable package. ...

“Mom, are there any chores I can do to earn an extra $10?” This is a common question in our house. We're glad our kids have learned that if they want to earn something extra, they need to work for...