In fact, I DO get all the video I need from netflix streaming and borrowing from the public library.   To the comment below, you're right, I am paying almost $75/month for high speed internet in my region and cable is half that price.  5 years ago the costs were flipped.

When I was a kid, black friday meant free donuts at all the stores and since my parents were strict about junk food, I took advantage!  Good times... My FIL waited in line at Walmart last year to get me a new computer.  Faulty hardware, HP denying that was the issue, several thousand of family pictures gone forever ...more

My parents forced me to get my driver's permit, after which, they enrolled me in driver's ed, and then I got my license.  They did it more because of the insurance discount than because they thought I needed it and because they didn't want to be my chauffeur (not that I went anywhere).  However, I can't forget what I l...more

1) Don't stress about the trip because your child will see you being stressed and they won't see flying as the fun that it is supposed to be.  Point out the different things happening, tell them what the sounds mean, let them have a window seat. 2) Check with your ped. physician about meds - ours gave the go-ahead b...more

"In doing so, we've hurt our hard-earned reputation and stalled our domestic growth." What did they expect would happen, especially when their CEO makes priggish and elitist comments amid a recession with unemployment over 9%?!  I have noticed a huge mass of streaming available in the last month.  I get DVD's for fre...more

Student loan forgiveness is a bad joke on anyone who is currently paying off and has paid off their school loans.  Why should some be forgiven and other's not when the circumstances are the same?  Should those of us who paid our loans or at least making good faith payments demand a refund?  We could certainly use that ...more

I think this is something to think about when choosing to have your children at a younger/older age.  I get flack for having my kids in my mid-20s rather than make a career and have them just before 40.  I feel good knowing that when I am old and unable to care for myself, I won't be infringing on my children while the...more

HA!  I got one up on the retailers and media because today I got my xmas shopping DONE.  Four presents for each of my 2 kids.  They don't need much, they get toys/books/handmedow ​ ns from family, we buy them their clothes, feed them, house them.  As much fun as it is to buy presents, I have to hold myself back cause ...more