by Mary Carver | Mar 23, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV, Family Life, friendship
I will miss commercials when I get a DVR. I can still watch them, right? I just have the option to skip them? Tell me I don’t have to give up [good] commercials. Yes, I’m aware that’s really weird. So is using a VCR in 2012. Shut up. I saw this one a...
by Mary Carver | Mar 16, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
Have you seen one of these things before? My mom’s school was on spring break this week, so Annalyn spent the night with my parents earlier this week. To celebrate our weeknight freedom, Mark and I hit up the Tuesday night pizza buffet. (Whoo! We are wild!) When...
by Mary Carver | Mar 9, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
Remember that time I ranted about the librarians who didn’t know diddly squat about books? Oh, how tall my soap box was back then. Today we went to the library to find a new stack of books for Annalyn (and a couple for me, of course. See that YA novel peeking...
by Mary Carver | Mar 6, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
My ears physically hurt, my insides were strangely vibrating, and the former teen star was pretending to be a sex symbol on stage. Never have I felt as old as I did the night I found myself at a Joe Jonas concert. While I’m not technically old enough to be his...
by Mary Carver | Mar 2, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
It seems I didn’t take a single picture of my child last month. I did manage to snap a few at Blissdom, though! Last month, I bragged about how January had been so awesome. In the spirit of resolutions and fresh starts, I was organized and healthy and,...
by Mary Carver | Feb 27, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
Last week we finished the reading program at Annalyn’s preschool. In what seemed like a very short period of time, every child was encouraged to have 100 books read to her. Everyone who met that goal received a free book and an invitation to a special reading...