Alicia Daniel

There have been a lot of movies by Disney and other big companies for children. I rarely go to the movie theater to watch movies anymore, but I do enjoy renting a good movie on the weekend and watching it at home. I especially like to watch the children’s movies, but I have no desire to go to a theater with 300 screaming, crying brats all around me while I try to watch a movie. I like kids, but not other people’s spoiled kids. That’s not entertainment to me – that’s torture. LOL

Last night I wanted something to drink but I didn’t want milk and I didn’t want anything carbonated. I decided to fix a nice cup of hot tea.

When I was a little girl, my mother would make tea for herself and a good friend, and sit on the front porch sipping tea and gossiping or talking about kids and sharing child raising tips. I just realized that is something that I’ve never done. But maybe I should!

For some reason I have not been buying magazines. I used to buy magazines all the times. While standing in the grocery store check out line, the headlines of a few articles would sound interesting and I would not thing twice about picking up the magazine and tossing it on the conveyor to take it home and read it at my leisure.

Maybe the problem is “my leisure” seems to have disappeared. I rarely sit down with a soothing beverage and read anything any more.

Today I got an email from Kroger grocery stores. It is part of their frequent shopper club program. When you get a key card from Kroger, you sign up with your email address and street address. Then they follow up with coupons that they mail to your house and to your inbox.

It is always nice to save money and I have taken advantage of several of their offers already. Thanks, Kroger!

Do you remember watching Bozo on TV? There used to be a Saturday morning show for children, featuring Bozo the Clown. He would just say a couple of cute or funny lines and then show a cartoon, like Tom and Jerry, Roadrunner, Popeye, etc. It was a harmless way for children to be entertained in the morning while Mom and Dad took are of household chores.