Kids Are Noisy & Gross

Today, while running a long errand at Kohl’s, I encountered a terribly ill-behaved child. He was trying to “ride” one of their little hand carts. They aren’t like grocery store shopping carts, so it was making a terrible noise and was probably marking the floor. His mom would occasionally call him to her, but he […]

Discount Codes and Industry Ethics

I can’t blog about this on my AYW sites, but oh how I’d love to! I’m facebook friends with a local industry professional. Her business is pretty well known in the wedding industry. She’s pricey. She “facebooked” this week about how the vacation deal she wanted to use fell through because “the code was shut […]

Appreciation for Daddy

In prepping my facebook photo for Fathers’ Day weekend, I found this comment about him. LDS. He understood that you could sometimes help a student more by giving them a break [than] by always going 100 percent by the rules. It wasn’t just black or white…sometimes it was OK for there to be a little […]

Movies Are For Grownups (or those who can act grown up)

This week’s incident at the Alamo Drafthouse tugs at my heartstrings. 😉 NSFW: She Texted, So We Kicked Her Out For those who don’t want to endure the NSFW video and blog, here is the gist: Alamo warns (several times) that calls/texting during their movies is forbidden. Girl texts. Girl ignores two personal warnings to […]

When Parents Facebook

There is a great website: WhenParentsText.com. This is my little spin/play on that. Yes, this was in my facebook news feed this week. Tony B. is a friend of my mom’s from high school. While I’ve never met him IRL (i.e. In Real Life for you parents), I’ve grown up hearing countless stories about him […]

Saturday Rules v 1.0

Weekend! Saturday, the best day of the week, right? Well, it is for me. It’s the one day when I can both sleep in and stay up late. It’s the one day that I have all 24 hours to spend with E. Saturday is for festivals and weddings. Saturday is for mini-vacays when the week […]