By: Mary Fran Bontempo [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Santa and Mrs. Claus in their holiday mug shot. I kind of wanted to punch Santa Claus. Along with Mrs. Claus and the jolly elves flitting around the both of them as they sat on their Clausy thrones at the mall this past Saturday. [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Dim lights, flickering candles, soft music. As the attendant led me to a private dressing room, after gifting me with a single long stemmed rose, I thought, Well, this has potential. I was further encouraged when I found, waiting for me in the dressing room, a robe which had been warmed, along with warmed wipes to remove my deodorant. Wait, what? Remove my deodorant? Why would I need to do [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo I don't watch a lot of television, except for Say Yes to the Dress, which I binge watch every chance I get. (I cannot get enough of wedding gowns.) But as with everything, I have serious opinions about what I do watch. And right now, Marty McFly's mother is making me uncomfortable. Actress Lea Thompson played the mother to Michael J. Fox's Marty in the 1985 film Back to [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.     I've heard of counting calories, but counting Kegels? More specifically, measuring kegels, which, if you know what a kegel is (and if you're a woman, I'm guessing you do), is really weird. Okay, so I'll dish details. Kegels are those odd exercises women are encouraged to do down there, to strengthen the pelvic floor [...]