Childhood Nostalgia

I can’t imagine how people garnered the information they needed to move to another country or go there for an extended stay years ago before they were able to research on the Internet.
These days, it only takes seconds to check any information about a foreign location that you want. For example, let’s […]

Classic Game Makeovers in the Age of Electronics
I was shopping in a department store the other day and some of my old favorite board games caught my eye. It seems the toy manufacturers have been busy updating old classics by adding electronic components.
Will these changes enhance the games and endear them to a whole […]

Creative Tasty Halloween Party Idea
I’ve been really lazy about writing in this blog for far too long. It figures that food is the motivator that got me going today.
Did you ever see a picture for a meal or dessert that looked so good that you immediately wanted to make the recipe and […]

Ways To Know You Are Getting Old
I realized the other day that the shirt I’m wearing is older than a college graduate! It’s 22 years old. I bought it on the day before Thanksgiving in 1988. I’m not sure whether the fact I am still wearing it all these years later is […]

Amanda Smith is the author of this guest post
I have a very large family including parents, siblings, and definitely my children as well as their children. We are all scattered across the western US and do not get to see each other often which can be quite intolerable.
I make an honest effort to keep in […]

It’s that time of the year again in many parts of the country – kids will be bringing home their report cards and presenting them to parents.
That should be bring up all kinds of memories which is why I’m putting this entry in the childhood nostalgia category.
We’ve seen the scene many times on sitcoms – […]

Most kids (parents, too!) love going to the amusement park. Why not give the kids one last summer blast by taking a family beach vacationat one of the greatNew Jersey attractions, the Morey’s Piers amusement park?
You may know that they have Radio Disney stars on Mondays throughout the summer,. But did you know that […]

It’s time for a trip down memory lane today. Do you remember when you were a kid getting ready for back to school time how much you loved to put color labels on everything?
It all seemed so much more organized and official if it had a label on it. I used to […]