If you celebrate Christmas, chances are that every ornament you hang on your tree is meaningful to you just like ours are to us. Pulling out our box of ornaments and unwrapping each one is like reliving a memory. Some of my favorites are the ones that I’ve collected during my trips to Haiti over…
11 Minecraft Gifts Your Gamer Will Love
This is a sponsored post Minecraft may be a world that we parents wish our children weren’t so familiar but there is value in our kids building and exploring new worlds through this family friendly game. The act of placing blocks, going on adventures, exploring randomly generated worlds, and building amazing things (like the simplest…
The Long Story Behind the Start of Tech Savvy Mama
This is a sponsored post written in partnership with for The Long Story Short “So you used to teach but now you travel to Haiti, go to CES, and run races to fundraise for St. Jude?” a neighbor asked this weekend as we gathered for a holiday celebration. The perplexed look on her face said…
5 Reasons to Make Gaylord National Harbor’s Christmas on the Potomac A Holiday Tradition
Every family has holiday traditions that they look forward to get them in the spirit of the season and one of our favorite ways to spend a day is at Gaylord National Harbor’s Christmas on the Potomac. Every year Gaylord National Resort is transformed into a winter wonderland where it’s hard to feel grinchy among…
7 Ways to Help You #FightScreenAddiction in Your Home
This is a sponsored post Today’s parents all face a common challenge— managing screen time. We’re savvy enough to know that screen addiction can impact a child’s social development, school performance, and even their safety but how do we protect our children when we live in a screen-obsessed culture? With social media and texting being…
How a Blog Design Evolves Over 9 Years: A Stroll Down Memory Lane Celebrating the Beginning of ME
This post was inspired and sponsored by Domain.ME, the provider of the personal domains that end in .ME. As a company, they aim to promote thought leadership to the tech world. All thoughts and opinions are my own. It’s hard to believe that I will have been blogging 9 years this February. Since years in…
2016 Gift Guide: 12 Must-Have Gifts for Gadget Lovers (w laptop giveaway!)
Every year after I publish the , I toy with the idea of not publishing a Gadget Gift Guide but what would a tech blog be without a Gadget Gift Guide? Exactly. Just as in past years, this year I’ve looked at a lot of gadgets to find the latest and greatest products that continue…
5 Steps to Having a Fun Family Movie Night with The Secret Life of Pets (w giveaway!)
This sponsored post is in partnership with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Constantly traveling makes me appreciate the little things in life such as a family movie night with the kids on either side of me on the couch and Oliver, our Yellow Labrador, at our feet. Having just returned from a family trip to Memphis…
St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend: The Rare Time When Money Means Everything
Just a couple hours after returning home from running my first half marathon as part of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend, I found myself being interrupted by one of my son’s friends at our neighborhood holiday tree lighting. “Mrs. Barr? Thomas said you ran a marathon.” “No,” I gently replied to correct the boy….
10 Ways to Give the Gift of Safety this Holiday Season
This is a sponsored post So many times we don’t think about our security needs on a regular basis until a dangerous situation, risk to our personal safety, or an injury happens that shatters our bubble of protection. Every holiday season brings back memories of homes in our neighborhood being targeted, watched, and then burglarized…
