Monthly Archives: December 2023

12.31.23
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Getting Personal #303: My Favorite Things of 2023

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Books

Isabel’s Journal

Jim Henson: The Biography

Nicki’s Journal

The Night Swim

Movies

Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (Seen in theaters, February 2023)

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Seen in theaters, May 2023)

Barbie (Seen in theaters, July 2023)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Seen in theaters, May 2023)

Haunted Mansion [2023] (Disney+)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Seen in theaters, July 2023)

Jesus Revolution (Seen in theaters, March 2023)

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Seen in theaters, July 2023)

Murder Mystery 2 (Netflix)

No Hard Feelings (Netflix)

Pete’s Dragon [1977] (Disney+)

Pete’s Dragon [2016] (Disney+)

Remember The Titans (Disney+)

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Seen in theaters, June 2023)

The Beanie Bubble (Apple TV+)

The Marvels (Seen in theaters, November 2023)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Peacock)

We Have A Ghost (Netflix)

TV

Babylon 5 (Tubi)

Bake Squad (Netflix)

Cold Case (Seasons 1-7, Max)

Doogie Howser, M.D. (Seasons 1-4, Disney+)

Family Matters (Max)

Finding Your Roots (PBS)

For All Mankind (Seasons 3-4, Apple TV+)

Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star (Season 5, Netflix)

Guy’s Grocery Games (Max)

Killer Sally (Netflix)

LEGO Masters (Seasons 3-4, Hulu)

Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (Max)

Next in Fashion (Netflix)

Only Murders in the Building (Season 3, Hulu)

Poker Face (Peacock)

Pressure Cooker (Netflix)

Secret Chef (Hulu)

The Afterparty (Season 2, Apple TV+)

The Mandalorian (Season 3, Disney+)

Unsolved Mysteries (Hulu)

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (YouTube)

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (YouTube)

Podcasts

48 Hours

Cold Cases

Criminal

Dateline NBC

Disappearances

Embedded

Mind Over Murder

Serial Killers

Small Town Dicks

Snapped

Solved Murders: True Crime Mysteries

StoryCorps

Unsolved Murders

Unsolved Mysteries

Up and Vanished

Well, that wraps up my favorite things for 2023!

What about you? What were some of your favorite things of the year?

Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂

12.01.23
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Getting Personal #302: December Goals

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Welcome back!

I’ve been away from the blog for several months. One major reason is that I found out I was pregnant at the end of March! We found out we were having a girl during Memorial Day weekend. Her original due date was December 4th, but I had some complications due to preeclampsia, so our baby girl officially arrived on October 22nd. She needed some time in the NICU, but she’s home now and doing well! We have enjoyed loving on her and taking care of her. Being a mom is the hardest thing I have ever done, but it’s totally worth it. She’s small but feisty.

Thanks to everyone who continued to read my posts during my months-long absence. I’m excited to be back!

Here are my goals for the month of December:

  1. Continue incorporating my editor’s suggested edits into a more polished draft of “Specialton.”
  2. Prepare to market, promote, and publish “Specialton.”
  3. Publish at least one Book Review.
  4. Celebrate Christmas!
  5. Continue working on my American Girl inventory.
  6. Schedule regular blog posts.
  7. Reconcile my thoughts about NaNoWriMo.

What about you? Do you have any goals for this month?

Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂