HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 71208! They’re from Jefferson City, and have a goal of 3,000 boxes of cookies, so they can raise enough money to go on an amazing Girl Scout adventure this summer. Can you help them out? If you need some recommendations, here is each girls’ favorite cookie: …
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Girl Scout Troop of the Week (March 11-17): Troop 71611
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 71611! They’re from Seligman, and have a goal of 500 boxes of cookies sold per girl, so they can raise enough money to go to the Mall of America in Minnesota! They also want to help a local animal shelter purchase new kennels. Can you help …
Read More »Taylor Swift is Related to Which Famous Poet?
Taylor Swift’s songwriting skills have been called literal poetry, and now, it turns out, it’s in her genes! In a report from NBC’s Today show, Ancestry.com has determined that Taylor Swift is related to American poet Emily Dickinson. They’re sixth cousins, three times removed. According to Ancestry.com, both women are …
Read More »Girl Scout Troop of the Week (March 4-10): Troop 70943
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 70943! They’re from St Robert, and have a goal of 2,500 total boxes of cookies sold, so they can raise enough money to go for an overnight lock in at Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield. Can you help them out? If you need some recommendations, here …
Read More »Is Fifth Harmony Reuniting?
There are reports that Fifth Harmony is in talks to reunite. And allegedly, everyone is on board. Page Six states, “Our insider shares that Fifth Harmony began showing interest in treating fans to a new song after their past hits, including “All in My Head (Flex)” started going viral on …
Read More »Girl Scout Troop of the Week (Feb 26-Mar 3): Troop 71909
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 71909! They’re from Booneville, and have a goal of 1,000 total boxes of cookies sold, so they can raise enough money to go to the City Museum and Science Center in St. Louis. Can you help them out? What is YOUR favorite Girl Scout Cookie? Honestly, …
Read More »Usher Disrespectful at Halftime Show?
Some people are saying that Usher was disrespectful to Alicia Keys and her husband for the one moment during the Super Bowl Halftime Show (cued up in this link, because the NFL won’t let me embed it). But I HIGHLY disagree! In the week leading up to the Chiefs Bowl …
Read More »Girl Scout Troop of the Week (Feb 12-18): Troop 71938
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 71938! They’re from Columbia, and have a goal of 8,000 total boxes of cookies sold, so they can raise enough money to go to the Girl Scout National Convention in Washington D.C. Kristin got a chance to chat with this LIVELY troop! Hear the interview HERE: …
Read More »Girl Scout Troop of the Week (Feb 5-11): Troop 30095
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 30095! They’re from Sturgeon, Clark, and Renick, and have a goal of 3000 total boxes of cookies sold, so they can fund all of their community events! They put on an Easter egg hunt, a fall event, they adopt children for Christmas gifts, and have cookies …
Read More »Girl Scout Troop of the Week (Jan 29-Feb 4): Troop 30087
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 30087! They’re from Hallsville, and have a goal of raising a lot of money, so they can fund their fun throughout the year and give back to the community! In previous years, they’ve donated to the Central Missouri Food Bank and Rainbow House, and used the …
Read More »Stanley Cup Theif
Look I’m not here to judge, so even though I don’t understand the Stanley Cup trend, I can respect that it’s a thing for others… I DEFINITELY don’t get why one woman tried to steal $2500 worth of Stanley Cups. Literally she loaded them up into her cart and …
Read More »Girl Scout Troop of the Week (Jan 22-28): Troop 70072
HAPPY COOKIE WEEK, Troop 70072! They’re from Ashland, and have a goal of 250 boxes of cookies per girl in their troop, so they can spend the night at the new aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo! Can you help them out? If you need help on what to order, …
Read More »Selena Gomez was Unimpressed with the Golden Globes Host
Selena Gomez cannot hold a poker face, nor should she have to. The Golden Globes host Jo Koy has had a lot of backlash since the award show for his jokes that put the powerful women of 2023 as the butt of them. About Taylor Swift, he said “The big …
Read More »Taylor Swift is TIME’s “Person of the Year”
This question comes up every year, mostly from non-fans of the picked person, but how does TIME pick the “Person of the Year”? Well, according to them, it’s “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about …
Read More »Mean Girls: The Musical Trailer
This looks SO good! Mean Girls is SUCH an iconic movie, thanks forever to Tina Fey for that masterpiece. It was SO iconic it got the Broadway treatment in 2018, and just like Hairspray, now it’s coming in movie-musical form! As good as this looks, and I’m so excited to …
Read More »“Only Murders in the Building” Renewed for Season 4
*Plugs my ears as I talk because I haven’t watched the season 3 finale yet* The Hulu show starring Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin has nabbed a fourth season, announced on the release day for the season 3 finale! ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is Hulu’s most-watched original …
Read More »Disney Plus Quietly Took Away This Feature
During the pandemic, EVERY company had to pivot to accommodate the lifestyle we were all suddenly living, even thriving companies like streaming services! Disney Plus added a group watch feature so people could watch movies and shows together in real time while socially distancing themselves! Recently, it seems, they quietly …
Read More »Good Burger 2 Is Coming
“Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?” If you’re a millennial, you absolutely recognize that and probably heard it in your head as you read it! The Good Burger movie (from 1997) came out of a sketch from All That, which was basically …
Read More »Your Sleep Schedule Could Explain Your Upset Stomach
If you’re like me, you may have clicked into this blog but still rolled your eyes… like DUH, yes, we know, everything is tied to good sleep. But… THIS WORLD EXPECTS US TO SLEEP LESS AND BE MORE PRODUCTIVE!! So, we can see that healthy sleep is necessary for our …
Read More »This Fan Theory Says We SHOULDN’T Ship Travis Kelce and Taylor
When reports came out earlier this week that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift were “quietly hanging out,” all Chiefs’ fans immediately shipped this. Would this mean the biggest pop star in the WORLD might be hanging out in Kansas City more? But as user @stan.hathaway talks about on TikTok, that …
Read More »Direct Ed Sheeran’s Music Video
Ever wanted to say “Lights. Camera. ACTION!!”? Specifically have you ever thought you could direct a music video way better than the pros? Ed Sheeran wants you to prove it! He’s on a brand new label (his own, called Gingerbread Man, how adorable is that?) and his new album “Autumn …
Read More »Nominees for the Toy Hall of Fame
What was your favorite toy growing up? The Toy Hall of Fame debuted back in 1998, and unsurprisingly, on of the very first toys inducted into it was Barbie… which is why in the year of Barbie, she’s not a nominee… but Ken is! They unveiled their 2023 finalists and …
Read More »Jamie Lynn Spears Giving Salary to SAG-AFTRA and WGA Funds
Britney Spears may be a big topic of discussion these days with her book due out in October, and her divorce from Sam Asghari, but her younger sister Jamie Lynn is the one invited to be on Dancing with the Stars! She said that when she signed up for it …
Read More »Dictionary.com Adds New Words
Our vocabulary changes faster than you can think up new words, so dictionaries are updating their pages more and more often now! Dictionary.com just added some new words for Fall 2023, and they encompass the year so far pretty well, imo. Here are just some of the new additions: nepo …
Read More »Tom Brady Has a New Job
Tom Brady has finally retired from football… for real this time. And he has a new job! It’s hard to pivot careers, but this is a weird one in my opinion… Tom Brady is the new Strategic Advisor for Delta… yeah, like the airline. I guess his qualifications were that …
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