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TVGuardian

Posted by html404 on December 5, 2012
in DVDs & CDs, Family Stuff, Movies, Techie Stuff, Technology/Electronics, TV Shows

I don’t know about you but if I had the opportunity to have a filter for foul language and sexual content I’d probably watch more TV with my family. The American Family Association just sent out an email featuring TVGuardian, a filter doing exactly what I want it to do. However, it is not available for online streaming (Netflix, Hulu etc.). We don’t have cable or satellite, or even a TV for that matter, as we do most of our movie/TV watching online from our computer. So in an appeal to garner more interest in sites offering online streaming I am blogging about TVGuardian to recruit any of you using online streaming to contact the sites you use to ask them if they would consider getting TVGuardian. I have tried contacting ClearPlay to see if this is something they would be able to do but have never, ever even received a response. 🙁

So if you are a person who utilizes online streaming sites, please appeal to those sites to offer TVGuardian as a choice because until there’s a need these sites are not going to do anything. IMHO. (in my humble opinion.)

Nope this is not a review or paid ad. I wrote about this out of my own interest. I have no idea how well it works but if it filters out any foul language I’m in, as film producers are slipping more and more into movies these days. It isn’t cheap but I think the cost is worth it in the long run.

Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think.

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Movie Review Monday- Letters To God

Posted by Bobbie Gould on August 30, 2010
in Movie Review Monday, Movies

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Letters To God

We recently watched Letters To God via Netflix as we had a free one month trial. And we thought that this was a really great movie. This movie is about a young boy with cancer, and how he decides to write letters to God. And how is his family learns to deal with the pain of watching their son, grandson, and brother have cancer. This movie was very moving and you will need a box of tissues. The movie was funny in parts as well as sad in other parts. I highly recommend this movie for familys and children of all ages.

Here is the synopsis:

Tyler Doherty is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. To Tyler, God is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal—Tyler’s prayers take the form of letters, which he composes and mails on a daily basis.

The letters find their way into the hands of Brady McDaniels, a beleaguered postman standing at a crossroads in his life. At first, he is confused and conflicted over what to do with the letters. Overtime he begins to form a friendship with the entire Doherty family. Moved by Tyler’s courage, Brady realizes what he must do with the letters, a surprise decision that will transform his heart and uplift his newfound friends and community –in an exhilarating act of testament to the contagious effect of one boy’s unwavering faith against the odds.

Inspired by a true story, Letters to God is an intimate, moving and often funny story about the galvanizing effect one child’s belief can have on his family, friends and community.

You may watch the trailer below:

You can purchase Letters For God for various prices at many different retailers. Be sure to check out the Letters To God website.

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Monday Motivation – Back to School Product Guide

Posted by html404 on August 9, 2010
in Monday Motivation

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Last week’s Monday Motivation:

~ Surprise the children with a trip to the mini golf place we went to on Friday! I just want to get these things in before baby comes. Didn’t happen. Hoping it happens this Tuesday night!

~ Go to the movies on Wednesday for “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. Didn’t happen, we watched it here at home with a free trial from Netflix.

~ Start going weekly to the midwife. Appointment went fine. Baby was not head down any longer though. 🙁

~ The older two girls have been asked to help at a farm dinner at one of the farms we have volunteered at, so we will not have our big girls for about three hours that evening. They haven’t been away since they helped at Grandma’s house, so I am sure they will enjoy it. They had a wonderful time!

~ We have Men of Valor and Women of Virtue with our church. The ladies and girls met and had a nice time of fellowship, but the men cancelled their event for the month.

~ The garden. We really need to plant a few fast growing plants that we started inside, just to see how they do compared to our direct planting in the spring. Things like lettuce….We are so very behind on the garden!

This Week’s Motivation:

~ To get our Back-to-School Product Guide finished and introduce you all to some new and exciting products! This is our main priority this week as far as the blog goes. Special thanks goes to my oldest “Virtuous” for all her time and help on it. Couldn’t have done it without her.

We plan to feature 2-3 posts each day on the topics I mentioned:

Monday: School Supplies Products
Tuesday: Lunch Products
Wednesday: Fashion Products
Thursday: Eco Friendly Products
Friday: Technology/Electronic Products

So be sure to check them all out!

~ I really have too many things on my mental list of “to dos” that I am not even going to bother going list them all out here. What gets done, gets done and what doesn’t…well…doesn’t.

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‘NETFLIX® & Nostalgia’ Giveaway

Posted by html404 on April 9, 2010
in Giveaways

THE PRIZE:
The Winner of the ‘NETFLIX® & Nostalgia’ giveaway will receive a vintage prize package, including:

*A 6 month NETFLIX® subscription
*$25 Starbucks® gift card
*A box of See’s Famous Old Time Chocolates®
*A jar of homemade strawberry jam
*A Big Band music CD
*A Mini B-17 Model airplane
*Vintage stationery and pen
*British specialty tea
*WWII style playing cards

For more information just click on the icon above! Contest will run April 5th and run through April 25th!

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