Archive for August, 2008
Waiting for Shlomo: A Truce
By Erin, adopting mama blogger Well, I have some good news. After a crazy weekend – including a medical emergency (everything is fine), a quick visit from my mother-in-law that involved WW III regarding adoption and family boundaries, I think we have made some headway. My in-laws have come around. There have been no apologies, [...]
New Store to Open Tomorrow!
Attention all you Pottery Barn lovin’ mamas out there. The new Pottery Barn Store, located in the Pinnacle Promenade Mall in Rogers, is set to open Saturday, August 23rd. If you’d love to see your favorite catalog come to life, check out the grand opening this weekend. No, it won’t include Pottery Barn Kids items. [...]
Help Me Rhonda: “To Cap or To Foil? That is the question.”
Dear Rhonda, My stylist is still using a cap to highlight my hair instead of the foil method that my friends all talk about. Is this an outdated way to highlight hair? Should I be shopping for a stylist who uses foil? Dear Cap head, I wouldn’t say that using a cap for highlights is [...]
Advice: Mind Your Mama
Dear Jennifer, I have a friend who has complained about her husband for years now. I always figured it was normal grumbling that women sometimes do to let off steam. But recently she started talking about another guy in glowing terms. She told me he sometimes calls her during the day and they’ve even seen [...]
5 Minutes With a Mom
Name: Christie Rollins Child(ren): Zach, age 2 Hometown: Fayetteville Where were you raised? St. Louis, Mo. What are your most prized possessions? My engagement and wedding rings. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Italy; beautiful and great food!!! Favorite vacation spot? Anyplace with the ocean and beach! If you [...]
Product Review: Whirlpool Cabrio Steam Dryer
By Gwen, mama of 3 Oddly enough, this product review starts with a death – a bird death. Sadly, a bird flew up the small exhaust shaft that leads into my laundry room and connects to my dryer. I’ll spare you the gory details, but let’s just say that one day the dryer stopped [...]
All Akimbo: Baby’s got the preschool blues
By Kim Blakely, Mojo’s mama I usually love this time of year. All the pencils, pens, crisp sheets of notebook paper, staplers and paper clips, the desk organizers and book bags … aaaah, school supplies. But Mojo? Eh. He’s not all that interested in such things, and his lack of enthusiasm is putting a damper [...]
“Ask Amy” tackles wrinkle creams
Hi Amy! I love reading your tidbits and I love nwaMotherlode. Can you give me some advice as to some of the better anti-aging creams out there that don’t cost a mint? It seems like there is some new “miracle cream” every other week and I never know what to spend my money on. ~From [...]
Recipes: Pork Tenderloin and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
It’s the beginning of a new week and another round of dinners. These two recipes are from Fayetteville mom Nancy Firmin, who enjoys growing her own herbs and cooking from scratch. To read more about Nancy, click on the category “Mealtime Mama” and check out the post! Tenderloin Stuffed with Mushrooms and Herbs ½ c. [...]
Fayetteville mom cooks with herbs from her own garden
By Shannon Magsam FAYETTEVILLE — Nancy Firmin’s fellow cooking friends like to pilfer her herbs. She grows a wide variety: parsley, sage, rosemary, lemongrass, chives, parsley, mint, basil and cilantro. The herb garden is in the front yard, a seamless element of the landscaping. “That is the easiest kind of garden you can have,” Nancy [...]
Devotion in Motion: Re-learning our ABCs
By Kim V., mama of three young, energetic boys When you think of God and what He is like, what comes to mind? Well, when I think of God, I think of my ABCs. I am a simple woman with three young boys and a busy schedule, and I want to know God better and [...]
To Wii or not to Wii: That is the question.
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I admit it. We caved. But please spare me the long letters about the terrible thing we’ve done because I’ve already got plenty of irrational Mommy guilt about this and a long list of other parenting decisions I’ve made over the past six years. Our crime? [...]
Why you have to care about osteoporosis NOW
By Gwen Rockwood Until last week, every time I heard the word “osteoporosis,” a picture of a frail little old lady hunched over a cane popped into my head. But I’m not a frail little old lady, so I assumed it wasn’t something I needed to think about yet. Then I sat down with [...]
Waiting for Shlomo: The letter, part 2…
My last post introduced the LETTER that we sent to my in-laws when their issues with our adoption plans became serious. Here is the letter, continued. Remember – they think that our adoption agency is “second rate” for some crazy reason that we cannot even begin to understand, and they also think that we should [...]
What’s On Sale: Arthur Court and Aromatique!
Every Friday Signed Sealed Delivered has a “Happy Hour” sale that always features a product (or two) that’s 50 percent off. Tomorrow’s half-off Happy Hour sale includes Arthur Court items. In case you’re not familiar with the name, this is a brand of metal serving pieces and accessories. It’s a beautiful collection, and it really [...]