Archive for the Just Another Mary Monday Category

Sure, it’s not healthy, it doesn’t require skill to prepare, and I can’t pronounce all of the ingredients, but sometimes fast food makes me happy! And I bet it makes you happy, too. On a hectic Monday morning, there’s some comfort in grabbing a coffee and a gooey breakfast sandwich from the drive-thru window. Today is National Fast Food Day. It might seem crazy to acknowledge such a day, but like it or loathe it, we can’t deny that fast food is a huge part of American culture. In 1970, U.S. consumers spent $6

Veterans Day is this Wednesday, November 11th. Veterans comprise an important part of the trucking industry, with many companies specifically seeking to hire veterans as soon as they return from overseas. With unemployment and difficulty readjusting common issues for returning veterans, the trucking industry has banded together to give returning veterans a hand up. 10,000 qualified military drivers came home and re-entered the workforce last year, proving that it’s to everyone’s benefit to proudly employ hard-working veterans. Here at Matchmaker, we love veterans like they’re our family – because they are! Nearly every Matchmaker

You know that ‘Would You Rather?’ game? The one where you’re presented with two challenging scenarios to choose from, and you weigh the options with friends to determine which seems less bad? I have a good one for you on this fine Monday morning: Would you rather find a giant worm in your house or a tiny snake? In our house, we have a finished basement with a pool room – billiards, not swimming – and it was in this room I found myself contemplating that very question. I wasn’t sure which I was

My generation may have learned a lot in school, but how much have we forgotten? The other night I was blinded by science – or at least by how difficult it can be – when I took a peek at my son’s science homework. If you had to list all of the muscles in the human body or take a chemistry test today, how do you think you’d do? It seems that we Americans are falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to math and science. The Pew Research Center ranked

I’ll admit it – I scare easily. About the spookiest thing I can handle on a weekly basis is my alarm waking me up on Monday morning. Halloween’s fine by me when it’s not too terrifying – it’s hard to hate a holiday that revolves around buckets of candy and adorable costumed kids coming to your door. My son, on the other hand, always wishes we did more to scare the locals. There are some well-decorated houses on my block for sure, but we’ve never been the family that goes all out on Halloween

Another Monday, and I’m pretty tired. I admit it – I’ve been channel-surfing late at night, and the next thing I know, I’m laughing at the infomercials. Maybe it’s that I sympathize with the people in those commercials who always seem to be having a really hard time. The simplest things always seem to kick their butts – whether it’s reaching for a bowl of cheese curls, or frying an egg. Recently, I learned about a fun party game called simply, “Infomercial.” The game works like this: when someone shouts “infomercial!” at you, you

How was your weekend, JAMM readers? Did you cook up a new recipe, try out a neat Life Hack, or tackle an exciting new Pinterest project? I…did not. You see, I’m not a big fan of sites like Pinterest. Maybe it’s because I’m a little older than some of the Pinterest fans I know, and I’ve already learned my lesson. Back in the day, before the internet was a big thing and certain big-name stars got arrested for felony conspiracy, we had Martha Stewart Living. With Martha Stewart, everything was ‘A Good Thing.’ Yet,

They say that every professional needs a good outlet. I took that quite literally this weekend, hitting the outlet shopping malls and hitting ’em hard in celebration of my…ahem…29th birthday. I share my birthday with my wonderful niece, Willow. I often tell Willow she was the best birthday present I ever got – my very own built-in outlet shopping partner. My boys, God love ’em, aren’t big on all day shop-stravaganzas. Which, in my opinion, is the only way to celebrate a birthday. If you’re not an outlet mall shopper, allow me to convert