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Play With the “Dark Shadows” Family Tree!

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Genealogy research can be extremely serious. It can also be used in ways that are just plain fun. A website called Kin2 will let you explore the family tree of the characters in the new “Dark Shadows” movie. Playing around with the genealogy of fictional characters is always amusing! Kin2 is the website created by a small company that is based in Utah. It grew out of a website called OneGreatFamily, (which is now 12 years old). OneGreatFamily lets users submit information about their ancestors to the website. It then works on matching them with the information that was submitted … Continue reading →

Star Wars the Old Republic Game has Family Tree

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You might not expect a video game to have anything to do with concepts of family. Often, though the MMORPGs do have quite a lot of detail about the family trees of certain, important, in game characters. The new Star Wars game might be the first to connect the characters of players into a family tree. Video games have come a long way since the days when your choices were Mario or Luigi, and your goal was to collect coins, and finish the level before the time ran out. Video games today have detailed story lines that include a history … Continue reading →

Help Your Family Get Along Over the Holidays

The holidays are upon us, and that means there will be several family gatherings for you to attend. If you are like many people, you may be experiencing feelings of intense dread when you think about having to spend time with certain members of your family. This is especially true if your family happens to be dysfunctional, and prone to arguments. What can you do to survive these gatherings? Here is some advice to help you connect with your relatives, even when you don’t particularly want to. If your family is especially large, what might be intended as a simple … Continue reading →

Holidays and Family Dysfunction

Twas the dinner of Christmas and all through the house everyone was stirring… while visions of food fights danced in their heads. If that pretty much sums up your family gatherings during the holiday season, then you might want to take a cue from Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. That’s right; the famously divorced Hollywood couple is now giving tips on how to avoid conflict during holiday get-togethers involving extended family. According to the actors, there is a way to co-exist with your dysfunctional family members minus the drama and fights. After all, they say, they do it on a … Continue reading →

A Week’s Worth of Holiday Family FUN

You survived yet another Thanksgiving and now Christmas is just 25 days away… are you prepared to have some holiday fun? This blog is designed to provide tips on how to make the season as entertaining as possible for families of all shapes and sizes (dysfunctional or not). If you missed part of the week due to Thanksgiving travel or meal preparation, here’s your chance to catch up: November 24th—–Homemade Decorations for Your Thanksgiving Table. The rustic crafts detailed in this blog allow you to add seasonal touches to your holiday dinner table. Not only will they help enhance your … Continue reading →

A Week’s Worth of Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kids

Looking for some bright ideas to keep your little turkeys out of the kitchen while you prepare your family’s Thanksgiving feast? The following holiday-themed activities will not only keep your children busy, but also they’ll yield a bounty of treasures to share: November 17th–—How to Have a Thrilling Thanksgiving. For the first time since opening in 1964, Universal Studios Hollywood will be open on Thanksgiving Day. So, ditch your dysfunctional relatives and head to a place where the thrills and chills don’t involve yelling about who’s getting the last drumstick. If you’re not big on thrill rides take a look … Continue reading →

The Family That Plays, Potties, Drinks, Sleeps, and Heals Together Stays Together

Something life with Murphy has made me realize lately is that Wayne, me, and our fur kids are one tight knit clan. Which is sort of a remarkable thing in one respect. On the one hand, we’re a family made up of humans and animals. We’re not related by blood, but our bond is as strong as any blood bond could be. On the other hand, it’s hard to believe that just a little over a year ago we were a house divided. (Literally. Wayne was in Florida working a new job while I stayed behind trying to sell the … Continue reading →

Is a Blended Family Normal?

Have you ever wondered if living in a blended family is normal? Have you ever wondered why sometimes it feels as if you are all alone and that nobody understands what it is like for you? Do you feel like your whole world truly is in a blender set to high and everything just keeps going round and round? Yes. Most of us do in a blended family. In a startling figure, it has been revealed that an approximate 2100 new blended families are joined every day in the United States. Statistics also show that there are more than 20+million … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: May 26 – June 1

Is everyone having a great week? We hope so. Enjoy you’re weekend and we’ll be back to share more tips, ideas, and thoughts with you on Monday. For now, here is a roundup of this past week’s topics: Sell that House! Here are the four easy things you should do to prepare your house for a sale. Doing a little work now will save you a big headache later… Happy Memorial Day (from our home to yours) Are you ready to celebrate this Memorial Day? Will you be having a big BBQ party to celebrate the beginning of summer, or … Continue reading →

Equipping the Modern Family Room

Do you have a family room in your home? At one time, this might have been called the den, and that brings all sorts of images of a dark small place filled with wood panel walls and shag carpeting. But today’s family rooms can be bright and airy. They can feature an electronic bonanza of modern media and be called media rooms, or they can be open to the kitchen and be called great rooms. Many are multifunctional rooms, where television watching, reading, game playing and computer time takes place. Whatever the case, the family room is an ideal place … Continue reading →