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Up Your Zoom Game

After stepping away from a life in TV news, my first job was to teach on-camera presentation and public speaking skills to corporate executives. I loved working with individuals and groups to get more comfortable in front of a camera…

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Enhance Your Remote Workspace

Now that we have entered Day #9423 of 2020, I’m only just getting the hang of working from home with everyone here. But the chance of me sneaking out to a coffee shop is as likely as pigs flying. (However,…

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11 Unique Summer Fun Inflatables

We’ve all been doing our best to keep ourselves occupied this summer. Whether you have a kiddie pool in your backyard, are headed to social distance at the beach, or are lucky enough to have your own pool, we have…

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A Few of My Favorite Things

I am endlessly fascinated by things people use to make their lives easier or even what helps disguise dark under eye circles. I get loads of questions about the products and items around our home so I thought I would…

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What I’m Reading | Summer 2020

When I was a little girl, I would lock myself in my room and write “books”. These books were loose pieces of paper stapled together with some cover art. They were based in boredom and make-believe. There was one about…

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Our Top 5 Mom Shorts

**This post has been updated for 2021** It’s that season again. Time for Mom Shorts! I love that when Penn and I put out a parody song about this a few years ago and he tried to tell me mom…

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The Weirdest Stuff on Amazon

We buy a lot of props for our videos. So every once in a while, I get a suggested item on Amazon that I find puzzling, weird, and mostly funny. All of those wig purchases put us in a strange…

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40 Classic Movies to Show Your Teen

  Lola and I have been watching a lot of Gilmore Girls in our backyard theater and I’m absolutely loving all the extra mother-daughter time. One thing I have noticed though is that this cast isn’t that diverse and it…

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How to Make A Backyard Theater

Last year, our backyard looked like a dumpster fire had a baby with a pile of rocks. It was a mass of weeds with a trampoline thrown on top. My dear friend, Monica Mangin worked with Lowe’s to give us…

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10 YouTube Rabbit Holes for Quarantine

It always starts out innocent. You go to look up how to cut your husband’s hair on YouTube, and something catches your eye on the conveniently-placed sidebar. You click. And why not? It’s not like you have anything else to…

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