Marissa

The winter is depressing, lets be serious about that. For months and months and months, it's just cold and gloomy and blah. I need sunshine to smile and feel good. Anyone does, really. So, I'm so very glad that it's been better and better as the days go on. There are plenty of things to look forward to but my favorite of all is softball season.

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I'll be honest, I expected more. I expected better. Maybe I think too highly of our area and our local schools? I'm not sure, but when this list of Top 25 high schools of upstate new york came out on newyorkupstate.com I was left scratching my head.

In the winter of 2008, we had one heck of an ice storm that hit the Capital Region! Power was out in the majority of the surrounding area and not just for a couple hours, but for some weeks. You were thankful to know someone with a generator and that, maybe the Subway down the street was able to whip up some sandwiches for the family.

Our iPods are never jus strictly one genre, right? We love all types of music. Even my iPod goes from The Jackson 5 to Keith Urban to Justin Bieber to Eminem. If you're a music lover, you embrace true talent especially when it comes through the Capital Region. And boy, do we have a number of shows coming in 2017!

I don't live the country star kind of life which means, I don't see one of these coming to my home any time soon. But to be able to do what Jon Rich is currently would be so cool! When you think of Nashville, what comes to mind?

Allergies? Yeah, I've got those. Badly, actually. People usually express after the third or fourth, "God Bless You," that they're done blessing me. It's cool. I'm used to it. In fact, I typically tell them not to bother after the first one because some days, there might be 15 sneezes coming my way at any given moment.

It happens to every television show at some point; the inevitable final episode. That was it. Nothing more to look forward to. No anticipation for next weeks 52 minutes. It's all done. Bates Motel is easily one of my Top 10 favorite shows of all time. I was always a fan of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," so when Bates Motel was set to air as a prequel to the movie, I was psyched (pun intend

When you think about the food that you can get delivered to your house, the options are fairly minimal. If you're luck, the pizza joint down the street happens to sell more than just pizza. But, even then, what if you don't want Italian? (because lets face it, it's usually Italian.) Then your next best option is probably Chinese food. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about some chicken lomein and a sid

I posed the question yesterday - should we ban plastic shopping bags? I've seen articles popping up everywhere about it and in Central New York, they'll be the first in the state to put this law to the test. But, how will it change the shopping experience? Is it truly necessary?

It's been a big week in the country world! But if you missed all the goods, don't worry - I have it all for you here, in one place - it's Country In 60!

I posed the question Wednesday on he GNA Facebook page: What's your favorite ice cream flavor? What happened next, I wasn't expecting. First of all, we got a ton of comments and when first reading through them, you can tell the diversity in tastes from person to person. There were so many different choices (35 to be exact!) and as I read off each one in my head, my mouth started to water just a li