Archive for January, 2009
Drama for Mama: Grey’s Anatomy
Wow. I don’t even know where to start. If you didn’t see Grey’s Anatomy last night, you missed A LOT. But I’ll do my best to help you catch up. Here goes: Meredith: At the end of last week’s show, she told her patient (who happened to be a serial killer on death row) that [...]
Aluminum Foil: MUST READ
The above was the subject line in a recent message from a friend. Like many of our other friends in the e-mail group, I immediately assumed, as another mom said, “it was some alarming circular about foil usage causing Alzheimer’s in toddlers or something … what a relief to find it was just another helpful [...]
Doc Talk: Doctors Answer Moms’ Frequently Asked Questions
Today marks the launch of a new weekly feature here on nwaMotherlode.com. “Doc Talk” is a video podcasting Q&A feature that allows us to take you with us on a virtual doctor’s visit. We’ll ask the questions moms want to know, and doctors from Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas will provide the answers. Just [...]
Tacos & Tickets: Take your batlings to see WAC’s Stellaluna for FREE!
Edited to add: We’ll select a winner at random on Sunday at 5 p.m. (Jan. 25). Get busy and leave a comment if you want to win these tickets! Winner announced Monday. Baby bat Stellaluna jumps from page to stage and flitters to Walton Arts Center on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m. Here at [...]
Inauguration Fashion
The day after Inauguration Day was almost like the day after the Oscars. Everybody is talking about what the First Family wore for the historic occasion. So we thought we’d ask our fellow mamas what kind of fashion grades you’d give them for the wardrobe choices. Click the word “comment” below and post your opinion [...]
Win a $50 gift certificate toward drama classes at Tricycle Theatre for Youth!
Edited to add: Winning mama Rebecca Brye of Fayetteville will be taking her very own little drama queen to the Trike classes. Congrats, Rebecca! Here’s a great deal for all you mamas out there who deal with drama on a regular basis: send your kids to The Trike so they can channel those dramatic tendencies [...]
DRUM ROLL, PLEASE, for the DRUMLine Live winner!
Amanda Ware and her husband, Chad, are heading to see a stage full of drummers at the Walton Arts Center’s musical spectacular DRUMLine Live on Thursday, January 22nd at 7 p.m. She also won a gift certificate to help buy dinner at Jose’s Mexican Restaurant on Dickson St. Amanda threw her name in the giveaway [...]
Up close and personal: First-time mammogram
By Shannon Magsam As soon as I got in the room with the boob-squashing machine, the delay tactics began. Along with that cute little gown that was really the size of a dickie (so I might as well have gone topless), I put on my journalism hat and asked all kinds of questions about the [...]
Mom Whisperer: Organizing your family’s ‘landing pad’
Guest post by Vikki Spencer ‘Tis the season for getting organized. Can’t miss the bins, crates, shelves, baskets and boxes all promising the perfect closet, laundry room or landing space. So we buy one storage container – or four. We brainstorm a faux Brady Bunch house organized top to bottom. For the most part, we [...]
Beauty Buzz: “Ask Amy” about eye make-up remover
Dear Amy, Can you recommend a good makeup remover for sensitive eyes? Dear Sensitive, It is so important to remove every last trace of eye makeup before going to bed. If you don’t, you could wake up to puffy, red, irritated peepers. My eyes are sensitive too (especially after LASIK surgery), but I’ve found a [...]
Drama for Mama: Desperate Housewives
It was the 100th episode for the women of Wisteria Lane, and it was a good one. Last night we were introduced to everybody’s favorite handyman on the street, Eli Scruggs, but we didn’t get to know him for long. At the beginning of the episode, he dropped dead of a heart attack while fixing [...]
Devotion in Motion: Moving the babies to their beds
5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, [...]
The Rockwood Files: Dogs gotta bark, fish gotta swim
Santa brought my kids a new puppy and two fish. It’s crazy – a puppy and fish in a three-kid household that’s already a tad chaotic? Has Santa lost his ever-lovin’ mind? No, Santa is no idiot. He wisely chose an electronic dancing dog and battery-operated fish. When the Christmas toys were unwrapped and assembled [...]
Play on Monday!
Most kids are out of school on Monday, January 19th to honor Martin Luther King’s birthday. If you need a warm, indoor activity to keep them entertained, you’ll be interested to know that Jumpzone in Bentonville (which is usually closed on Mondays) will be open on the 19th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for [...]
Check it out: Super Mom Checks
Okay, so maybe paying the monthly bills will never be “fun,” but one of our Motherlode mamas found some cute checks that might make the process just a tad more entertaining. Check out these “Super Mom” checks we found online at the Bradford Exchange Checks website. There are four different designs by artist Sue Ross. [...]