Archive for November, 2009
Mamas at the Movies: Twilight’s “New Moon”
If you are a die-hard Twilight fan like we are, we KNOW you’re planning to see New Moon. But if you’re still on the fence, here’s a little video review we did this weekend when we left our kids with our husbands and had a long-overdue Moms’ Night Out.We made the mistake of not buying [...]
Devotion in Motion: Our Cornucopia
Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! Psalm 107:21 (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” I love the Thanksgiving season. There’s a certain feeling I get when I see the beauty of Autumn and the colors of [...]
The Rockwood Files: Race to Leaf Mountain
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tomorrow a maroon pick-up towing a long, flat-bed trailer mounted by lawn mowers will pull into the cul-de-sac in front of our house. It will stay parked there nearly all day while the family who owns the lawn service works under the big trees in our [...]
Friends of Motherlode: Pinnacle Chiropractic & Family Wellness
By Shannon Magsam, nwaMotherlode.com mom A college injury helped Dr. Kelley Hensley make up her mind about which medical field to pursue. She was studying pre-medicine at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo., when a softball injury sent her to a medical doctor for help. After a few weeks – and no relief [...]
Last chance to enter the fridge giveaway!
If you haven’t been to the website in the past two weeks, you may have missed our HUGE news about the new refrigerator we’re giving away from Metro Builders Supply. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO THROW YOUR NAME IN THE HAT!! At 4 p.m. today, we will draw a winner’s name out of our [...]
Pop the top off this latest Cheez Quiz!
Hey girls! Just wanted to let you know there’s a brand new question in the Cheez Quiz jar today, and we know you’ll have an opinion about it. To see how your answer compares to other Northwest Arkansas moms — and we know you do — just click on the Cheez Quiz jar and select [...]
Foods to help your body fight off flu!
Flu is top-of-mind with most moms these days, so when we spotted a recent article in USA Weekend magazine about food that may help us avoid catching the flu, we were VERY interested. The article by Reyhaneh Fathieh states that H1N1 accounts for about 98 percent of the flu viruses circulating in the US today, [...]
Healthy Mama: More questions? More answers.
In September, we were among the more than 1,000 women at the annual Business Women’s Conference and had the privilege of enjoying a variety of great break-out sessions. One of those sessions was on women’s health and was led by an all-female panel of health-care providers from Mercy Health System. The panel invited the audience [...]
Spa Girl Giveaway!
Moms, we know you’re guilty. You’re all things to everyone — except yourself. You don’t sit down and really savor a meal or take sanity-saving mental health days. You just keep giving and giving. Now, it’s time to gear up for the holidays. And we all know how simultaneously exciting and stressful that is. Well, [...]
Photo Contest Winner Revealed!
Cue the drumroll. The winner of our second photo contest is….. …Ellen Allen! She sent in this great shot of her two daughters giggling together, and it has absolutely stolen the hearts of the judging panel. One of the judges wrote this about it: “Two siblings loving life together. Loving each other. Having a good [...]
Drama for Mama: The Good Wife
If you missed watching The Good Wife this week, you missed some real drama, mama. Alicia’s husband, Peter, (former state’s attorney who was jailed following a sex scandal) was walking around outside the slammer quite a bit, meeting with attorneys and preparing for his appeal. An initial hearing indicated he’d likely get to go home [...]
Good Gossip: A Guilt-Free Dish
Good Gossip is our bi-weekly round-up of the best celebrity news we can find. We just consolidate it for you because we know you’re too busy to read all the magazines and wade through all the editions of Entertainment Tonight. What makes our gossip column different than the rest is that we only include “good” [...]
All Akimbo: Vaccinate? That is the question
By Kim Blakely, mama blogger With all the debate swirling around the H1N1 vaccine, I thought long and hard about getting Mojo vaccinated. I armed myself with all the information I could find about what might happen if he got the shot and about what might happen if he didn’t. I kept close tabs on [...]
Our “coolest” giveaway yet!
Pardon the bad pun in the headline, but the giveaway we’re doing right now really is cool — literally. If you didn’t stop by the website last week, you may have missed the article introducing our refrigerator giveaway from Metro Builders Supply. The new fridge comes with a $200 gift card from Harps grocery store [...]
Our “type” of computer game
Since most of our kids are spending more time indoors this season, I wanted to pass along a link to a cool website my son discovered in school recently. It’s called Dance Mat Typing, and it basically teaches kids ages 7 to 11 how to type. (Click on any of the graphics to visit the [...]