Get Carton Smart this Holiday Season

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carton Smart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. My wife always tries to cook healthy for us when she can. That even includes our desserts. A number of times, she’s made us brownies that are fortified with… black beans. Yeah, beans. Thing is, you can’t even tell the difference! (Though to be fair… you can “smell” the difference a little later on.) She …

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Kristen Bell Discusses Being a Weird Little Girl, Growing Up in Detroit, and True Love #DisneyFrozen

Kristen Bell Frozen #DisneyFrozen

No, I’ve never seen Veronica Mars. Sorry. Shoot me. But I’ve never seen it. Doesn’t mean I won’t blow through the entire series with my wife if it ever shows up on Netflix! But I’ve never seen the cult-favorite show starring the one-and-only Kristen Bell. In fact, the only thing I really knew Kristen Bell from was TV’s short-lived Heroes series. Oh yeah, and as the title character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Then I learned …

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Family Movie Night: The Wolverine

The Wolverine DVD action figures

I have some bad news for you guys. Sadly, we didn’t have Friday Night Family Movie Night this week. Nope. Instead, we had Saturday Night Family Movie Night! (Oh, I’m just so witty, aren’t I?) This week we got to watch 20th Century Fox’s The Wolverine! We never saw this one in theaters, so I was pumped when I was sent a Blu-ray copy of the film to review! Jason couldn’t wait either and Ryan …

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A Night of Ice Skating Leads to a Sushi Feast

ice skating

Last week when it was, what, like 40 degrees out, Ryan picked tennis as our family activity.  It’s tough to say no (even when it’s freezing out) if your kid asks you to do something that’s physically active. So this week, it’s even colder. Closer to 30 degrees or so. And thankfully for this weekend’s family activity, we got to be indoors. Whew. But yeah, we ended up going ice skating! There’s a nice ice …

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D’oh! I Review the 16th Simpsons Season on Blu-ray!

Professor Frink Simpsons action figure

I’ve been a Simpsons fan since the start. Not, not since the first season. Not since the first Simpsons Christmas Special. No, I’m talking old school. Like way back on the Tracy Ullman Show. I wasn’t a fan of the show, but I LOVED the Simpsons cartoon shorts on it, so I’d suffer through all those bad skits just to see Homer’s latest zany antics. My favorite character on the Simpsons? The answer is yes. …

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