Archive for June, 2008
Beauty Buzz: “Ask Amy” tackles dark circles
What can I do to hide my dark under-eye circles? If a good night’s sleep and a little “me” time is not on your calendar, a great concealer is your best friend. The perfect concealer is one to two shades lighter than your foundation, will not crease under the eyes, and blends to a semi-matte [...]
Devotion in Motion: Attitude of Gratitude
By Shannon, a (usually) grateful mama It seems like every time I pop into Barnes & Noble these days, there’s a new book out about happiness. I like being happy, really I do, but as children of God, we’re not promised continual happiness. But we’re always expected to be grateful — and happiness tends to [...]
The Rockwood Files: Trading Places
By Gwen Rockwood, columnist and mama of 3 About a month ago, Tom and I experienced a role reversal. He started working out of our house, as I usually do, and my fledgling business required me to make outside sales calls and work much more often. It was a big change, and neither of us [...]
Mom Recommendation: SafetyTat
Haley Villines of Rogers recently sent us a message about a new product that she can’t wait to use on her 2-year-old son, Caleb, this summer. It’s called SafetyTat (www.safetytat.com), temporary waterproof tattoos that can be customized with your cell phone number or other important information like allergies, etc., on them. They won’t put your [...]
Drama for Mama: So You Think You Can Dance
By Gwen During Thursday night’s elimination, Chelsea T. and Chris had to pack up their dancing shoes and head home. It was the first elimination so far this season in which a couple has been broken up and re-paired with new partners. Chris’ former partner, Comfort, will now dance with Chelsea’s former partner, Thayne. As [...]
Waiting for Shlomo: Tag, you’re it!
From Wikepdia — A meme (pronounced /miːm/)[1] consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, practices, habits, songs, dances and moods and terms such as race, culture, and ethnicity. Memes propagate themselves [...]
Hair: “Help Me Rhonda”
Dear Rhonda, What do you think is the absolute best hair dryer? I recently bought the $300 T3 Tourmaline one and was underwhelmed. Are the so-called ionic dryers really better for your hair? Dear Dryer Dilemma, This is a great question and one I’m asked practically every day at the salon. We all know there [...]
Life With Ladybug: Sensational Sleepover
By Shannon, Ladybug’s mom Play dates for 6-year-olds are all kinds of awesome. And I mean that from my perspective. I just offer the occasional snack (they prefer baked cookies, but could care less whether they’re homemade, so why should I?), the occasional called-from-the-other room instruction, and just now, a bit of Caladryl for a [...]
Drama for Mama: So You Think You Can Dance
By Gwen, dance-lovin’ mama of 3 Okay, if you’re not watching this show by now, you are seriously, seriously missing out on phenomenal television. Wednesday night’s show was SO good. I don’t even know where to start. I’ve watched the show through four seasons now, and I always have a favorite couple. But this season [...]
Advice: “Mind Your Mama”
Dear Jennifer, I’ve always loved kids and when I got married last year for the first time at 41, I felt like my dreams of motherhood would come true! But life threw me a curve ball, and now it looks like my husband and I won’t be having children after all. But lucky for me, [...]
July 4th Menu: Entree and Dessert
Yesterday we posted the first half of a July 4th menu. Today we feature the entree and decadent dessert! Thanks to menu-mama Jen Lewis. Grilled Chicken with Apricot-Balsamic Glaze This is a new recipe for me and came out in this month’s issue of Fine Cooking. It goes well with the Arugula Salad and the [...]
Just-right July 4th Menu
With the 4th of July coming up soon, the mamas thought it might be nice for someone else to come up with the menu. Jen Lewis of Fayetteville, mom to Ella and Ian, agreed to do the honors! Jen is a fabulous entertainer and cook. We’re breaking up the menu ideas into two parts. Appetizer [...]
Drama for Mama: Nashville Star
By Gwen I don’t like it when show producers force contestants to participate in “theme night.” It so often ends up being musically tragic. On Monday night’s Nashville Star, the theme was “Pop Goes Country.” I don’t know if the contestants have never heard pop songs or what, but some of them made very odd [...]
Red, White and Baby Blue event set for Friday
Jackson L. Graves, the firstborn son of James and Angie Graves of Fayetteville, spent his entirely too short, yet inspirational life in the Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Since his death more than three years ago, his parents have partnered with Children’s Hospital and are doing all they can to improve care for [...]
Beauty Buzz: “Ask Amy”
Dear Amy, Can you recommend a powder for setting my foundation? All of the ones I’ve tried seem so thick and “cakey.” On my last trip to Sephora, I discovered a loose powder that I just love – Make Up For Ever’s High Definition Microfinish Powder. It is pure white in the jar, but it [...]