Be Safe and Strike out the Dirty Side of Baseball with Tide PODs

Tide PODs

Disclosure:  “This is a sponsored campaign on behalf of Proctor & Gamble and Tide. All opinions and dirty laundry are mine.” Ah, baseball season. Not only is this spectacular sport a national pastime, it’s also the arch-nemesis of cleanliness! You don’t even need to be playing the sport to get dirty. Don’t believe me? Take my older son Jason to a game and he’ll show you! Yep, every time we go to Yankee Stadium to …

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Keep Your Whole Family of Devices Safe with #FSecureSAFE

#FSecureSAFE

I have a love/hate relationship with computers. Always have. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Mac or a PC, there are so many amazingly awesome things you can do on a computer… and so many frustrating time-killers as well. Ever hook up a printer and use it immediately? How about creating a home network with all your devices? Or even more fun, messing around to create the ultimate wifi connection in your house. Yeah, things can …

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Protect Yourself & Your Kids During Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month

For the most part, I try to keep my blog light-hearted and fun. I don’t get too serious except when I’m adamant about #TeamCap over #TeamIronMan, or Star Wars over Star Trek. But this month is Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month. And there is nothing funny about that one bit. According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) more than 250,000 people are sexually assaulted each year in the United States alone. That’s a quarter …

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The Safest Holiday Gift Guide You’ll Read This Year

Sure the stockings are hung with care. No mice are stirring up trouble. And kids are snug in their beds. All is right with things this holiday season, right? Well hopefully, yes. But unfortunately, besides bringing families closer together, this time of year also brings out the worst kind of people too. Nothing says, “Bah Humbug” like coming home to a house that was just totally robbed. Forget the Christmas presents under the tree, but your computers, …

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Even Little Guys Can Make Some Loud Noise When it Comes to Personal Safety

My kids are still young, not even in high school yet. Key word there is, “yet.” Before too long, though, I’m going to have to start seriously thinking about college. And besides the crazy always-on-alert food allergies we focus on with Jason, we also need to remember the more regular safety concerns that every parent thinks about when they send their kids off to school. I remember my days at SUNY Binghamton in upstate New …

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