by Mary Carver | Aug 8, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Happy S’mores Day! What’s that? You didn’t know? It’s okay. After all, I’m two days early. [That’s certainly a first.] Last summer I learned that August 10 is National S’mores Day. Right away, I decided to make a big deal...
by Mary Carver | Aug 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Over the weekend the Internet celebrated Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday. The Google doodle was a cute, retro television that played clips from I Love Lucy, and journalists everywhere took the opportunity to look back at Ball’s best moments and report on...
by Mary Carver | Aug 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I watch a lot of television. Obviously. And my list of guilty pleasures is easily as long as my list of friend- and critic-approved shows.But when it comes to my three-year-old daughter, it’s a different story.I’m no extremist, forbidding any TV at all....
by Mary Carver | Aug 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Considering the earliest TV show I remember watching regularly on my own accord (as opposed to watching with my parents and little brother) is Matlock, it’s safe to say that cute boys were not always a motivator for my television habits.However, they certainly...
by Mary Carver | Aug 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I watch a lot of procedurals. That means, for better or worse, that the guest star of the week is – more often than not – the bad guy.As it turns out, that’s sometimes the case in other types of shows, too. The interim manager, the substitute teacher, the love...