I often feel like the big movies and TV shows get all the love, and these interesting non-fiction bits that are off on the fringe are ignored. So with that in mind, here are three awesome, and slightly offbeat, shows that you may have missed watching on Netflix: Category: Fascinating and Mind Bending Title: Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets … [Read more...]
Giant Robots, Princesses and Aliens: Voltron Is For Girls
Spoiler Warning: I am going to talk about major plot points in the first season of Voltron: Legendary Defender. If you haven't seen it yet and you don't want to have the storyline spoiled for you don't read this. (Actually, if you haven't see it yet, you should just stop what you're doing and go watch it. Seriously. Right now. Go on. And then come back here and we can discuss … [Read more...]
What Will You Be Streaming in 2016?
So yesterday I talked about how, in a roundabout way, my secret New Year's resolution is to watch more Netflix. Currently hubby and I are watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show which we intentionally avoided when it originally aired. Back in the day many of our friends were Buffy fanatics, and we used to laugh at them when they would say they couldn't do x or go to y because … [Read more...]
Back to School with Dell (and my surprising favourite use for my new Dell 2-in-1)…
September means back to school. For me this year, for the first time ever, this means both kids in school all day. Leaving me with six glorious hours to myself to work and clean house. At least in theory. The reality is our school has a delayed start for Kindergarten. Which means my S.K. kid started a week after her big sister. And then once she started, she was there for all … [Read more...]
And Now the Important Question, Will House of Cards Have a Fourth Season?
Last week we finished watching the third season of House of Cards. Yes, for those of you following along from home, your math is correct. That means we devoured all three seasons in under 4 weeks. Yum. Anyroad, without getting into any spoilers season three ended on a crummy note, with about a bazillion loose ends left laying around. Most unsatisfying. So I of course did the … [Read more...]
Living Under a Rock, with Netflix
I'm out of touch with the world. You know that moment where you are staring at someone and saying "How the heck have you never heard of x? What rock did you just crawl out from under?" Yeah well, that person you're staring at is probably me. This isn't a getting old thing. My kid sister has been teasing me about how out of touch I am for, well, as long as I can remember. Pop … [Read more...]
Secret Confession: What I Really Watch When the Kids Are in Bed #StreamTeam
My guilt pleasure? I love watching documentaries (and, ahem, the occasional kid's cartoon), all by myself once the kids are in bed. Just now I was sitting here on the computer and something hopped into my head. I wanted to look up if a particular show was available on Netflix, and when I opened Netflix in my browser front and centre pops up my To Watch list. I only … [Read more...]
Netflix has CanCon, eh? Exploring Canadiana on Netflix Canada
You can not get more Canadian then this: Helicopter Canada. This historical documentary was produced to help commemorate Canada's centennial anniversary, back in 1967. Given that it was filmed forty-seven years ago, the video quality is surprisingly good and some of the one liners are genuinely hilarious. Helicopter Canada was originally meant for an international audience … [Read more...]
Night Time is Mom-ME Time, Thanks to Netflix
We cut the cord and went cable free ten years ago, when we first moved into this house. Money was tight and not signing up for cable or satellite TV after we moved was one way to save a few bucks. Originally we fully intended to get cable TV again at some point, but as the months rolled into years, and small children became part of our household, we no longer saw the … [Read more...]
When March Break Goes Bust, It’s Netflix to the Rescue
To kick off March Break I made plans to take the family to Toronto, stay in a nice hotel and visit a couple of museums. Along with three dozen changes of clothes I made sure to pack the tablet, preloaded with Netflix. In my mind I envisioned the blog post I was going to write about how we enjoyed Netflix on the go; how I didn't have to worry about finding kid's programming on … [Read more...]
How to Keep Your Kids Entertained, Over March Break & Beyond
I love spending time with my kids, it's the number one reason I'm at home in the first place. But giving them 100% of my attention 100% of the time simply isn't feasible. I get burnt out, I get grumpy, and I'm no fun to be around. As a Stay at Home Mom who is slipping more into the Work at Home Mom category due to the number of hours I find myself putting into my blog, finding … [Read more...]
Sex, Violence and Television
98% of American homes have TV sets, which means the people in the other 2% have to generate their own sex and violence. ~ Franklin P. Jones. … [Read more...]
TV Time!
Jamie Oliver and the School Dinner Food Revolution
We just finished up watching Jamie Oliver's School Dinners, followed by Jamie's Return to School Dinners, on Netflix. If you've never seen the show it's a rather captivating documentary that follows Jamie Oliver as he tries to change the free government provided British public school lunches from questionable chicken nuggets, "turkey twizzlers" (you really don't want to know) … [Read more...]
Disney Junior’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse {TV Show, Review}
A while back Disney Junior sent us a "screener", a promotional DVD featuring an upcoming episode from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. This is a show that Rainbow has watched when she's stayed over at my mom's house, but it's not something I've personally ever seen. So Rainbow was pretty excited to sit down and share an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with me. Disclosure: I was … [Read more...]