Entertainment Archives - Getting My Act Together

February 8, 2024

Dolly Parton’s New Book is Too Much Fun

I saw Dolly Parton’s new book in Target a month or so before Christmas. The moment I saw it, I knew I absolutely had to read this book. Y’all! It looks like a Barbie gift we would have gotten back when we were ten. It’s pink and pretty and Dolly! (All Amazon links on this page are affiliate links, so I do earn commission when order through many of the links on my website.) Rarely do I know what I want for Christmas, but this year I had two requests. One was a practical book to help me stay organized […]

February 17, 2023

Put Together an Exciting Summer Bucket List for Your Whole Family

Hurray for an exciting “summer bucket list” AND for actually thinking about summer before it even gets here! I confess I am not always able to do that. Or maybe you just found this and you are in the middle of summer looking for ideas. That is okay too. Sometimes life is too busy or uncertain to get to plan far ahead. Trust me, I have been an Army wife for twenty years, so I relate hard to uncertain futures. I am going to give you plenty of ideas here to make your own summer bucket list. Plus, I made […]

January 27, 2023

20 Popular Trends I Refuse to Do

There are a lot of popular trends I just refuse to do. Trends come and go, and it is funny how it works. We try some out, and we refuse to do the other latest, greatest most popular trends. Fidgit spinners, poppers, skinny jeans, these things all pop up for a while and eventually they die. Skinny jeans are taking a little long to die, but then they do tuck awfully nicely into boots. Last night I came across something that is a current trend that I would never do. I was up reading, and I had an email that […]

July 8, 2022

Why Car Trips Feel Like Eternity to Kids (by Kid Blogger, JD)

Car trips feel so long to kids because there is always someone who keeps on farting. Another reason why car trips feel so long is because they ARE long. Well, they are if you’re me, which you are not. But if your grand parents live in Alabama, and you live in Maryland, it takes 13 hours to get to Alabama, and 15 to where my other grandparents live. That is even longer if you have a family with 6 people + a dog. It feels like eternity to get there, and there are so many other reasons why car trips […]