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Family Movie Night: Heidi

It is harder and harder these days for me to find good entertainment for my kids that doesn’t have the affect of making them grow up too fast. Even a recent G-rated show had a couple of characters in it that, well, got busy. Although the action was never shown, it was certainly implied. Yikes. So for family movie nights, we tend to go back in time to movie classics, even those not yet in color. For example, there is Miracle on 34th Street, which, believe it or not, was a very controversial movie banned by the Catholic church for … Continue reading →

Movie and Television Streaming: Roku

Under the Christmas tree this year was a little blue box, all wrapped up nicely. The box turned out to be a streaming device; its purpose it to provide a way to stream movies, television shows and music from the Internet on to the television. There are many such devices out there. Even modern game consuls can be used as streaming devices. They all have different features and will stream at different resolutions. The more you pay, the more you get. The device we got was the Roku, which is known as one of the simplest streaming devices out there. … Continue reading →

6 Products that Pay You Back

With a tiny investment, you can reap great savings rewards. Get a hold of the following products, frugally of course, and start saving now. Netflix or Hulu For just $8 a month, you can have access to hit television shows, movies, specials, sports, news and more. Compare that to $75-$300 a month for cable. Plus, with streaming, you can get your entertainment anywhere. You may already have everything you need to play streaming videos on your television. The Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and most Blu-ray players already offer a streaming feature. If you don’t currently own one of those … Continue reading →