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  • Amazon Prime Day Deals For the Musical Theater Geek

    It’s that time of year when Amazon promotes the heck out of 2 days of Prime Day Deals and shoppers run to check them out! I am going to hook you up with deals I found on musical and musical theater related products! If you prefer not to shop Amazon, that’s OK, due to the Prime Day success, many of your other fave stores are running fantastic deals to get in on the action. So make sure to check in with Target, JCPenney, Kohls, Best Buy and more for their deals! Now there weren’t tons of amaewxing deals related to musicals, but I did find a few fun things. Some…

  • Summer Screen Plan: How I manage Screen Time

    The days are longer and the heat is rising. We have closed the books for the school year and officially entered the summer of 2022! Now tonintroduce our summer screen plan. The kids and I couldn’t be more excited about what lies ahead this summer. That being said, if given the chance, they would sit all day in their rooms, or worse, in the room next to where I work, playing on the phone, computer or watching the TV. Last Year Last summer, I had to figure out how I was going to provide structure and responsibility to my kids during this summer break in an effort to curb the…

  • New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around the World

    I wanted to collect as many New Year’s Eve traditions from around the world as I could in hopes to bring all the goodness in the year to come. One of my favorite things about travel is learning about other’s cultures. What traditions and beliefs they have. How, what and why they celebrate. If is all so intriguing. In my travels and connection to many people around the globe, I have found some pretty awesome and interesting ways to ring in the new year. Check out this list of New Year’s Eve Traditions from around the world and see what you can adapt to your own night Run around the…

  • 23 Family-Friendly Movies To Watch This Halloween

    Ah…Halloween…what a wonderful season to watch some family-friendly movies. With the weather getting colder and the days getting shorter, its perfect for snuggling up with your fave blanket and getting comfy! Starting October 1, we only watch Family-Friendly spooky movies until Halloween. It has been the house tradition for years. And boy has our collection grown over the years as we searched for movies that wouldn’t be too much for them. I need to preface this whole post by saying my kids are big time scaredy-cats. They scare very easily so finding something they both would be able to handle without too many sleepness nights has not always been easy.…

  • It’s A New Dawn

    Wowza! What a difference a year makes! This past year has been challenging for everyone and rightfully so. So much has happened from the pandemic onward. It has taken its toll on us all in one way or another. I lost my voice and my motivation. With my passion for musical theater and travel being put on pause, and my lack of going anywhere or doing anything, I was in this place where I just couldn’t bring myself to sit and write. Feeling anxious, frustrated, overwhelmed and, at times, just plain angry, I lost my desire to put the fingers to the keyboard. I am certain many of you can…