Archive for February, 2010
Devotion in Motion: When Bad Things Happen, Part 4
17 ¶ Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. 18 [...]
The Rockwood Files: Mama needs some “spring” in her step
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning I woke up, shuffled downstairs for caffeine and glanced out the kitchen window. What I saw woke me up faster than the Diet Dr. Pepper. It was snow. Let me rephrase that. It was MORE SNOW! “You’ve gotta be kidding me,” I said to [...]
Giveaway: Food for Thought
Editor’s note: Comments closed, chicks. We’ve got a winner! Congrats to Sara Schmidt, a work-at-home graphic and web designer and mom to Elijah and Morgan. We’ve got a bundle of gift certificates to give away, and all you need to do to throw your name in the hat is tell us what you think. The [...]
Fashion Mama: Five Fabulous Fashion Finds
By Michelle Thompson, nwaMotherlode fashion editor My first choice that I just must share with you is a website that I am completely in love with. It is Ideeli.com and it features majorly discounted items from top designers. We are talking Michael Kors, Dolce & Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, and Tahari just to name a few. [...]
New ‘Techno Mama’ blog: Shop It To Me
Mama editor’s note: We’re so happy to welcome Sarah Hood as our newest mom blogger! As the name of her blog — Techno Mama — indicates, she’ll focus on new, emerging or just plain cool technology — that moms are interested in reading about! We know you’ll like this first one about the website “Shop [...]
Tweens & Teens: A Special Story
Suffering is part of the human condition and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away from God in anger and bitterness or growing closer to Him in trust and confidence. ~ Billy Graham Most often, this blog discusses issues facing parents with Tweens and Teens; however, [...]
Hair: Cheating on your stylist
Dear Rhonda, I cheated on my stylist. I wanted to try this new guy that my friend said was supposed to be great, but I hated the way he cut my hair. I really want to go back to my old stylist but she is going to take one look at me and know that [...]
Life With Ladybug: On multitasking
By Shannon Magsam John calls from work and I’m editing a story on my computer. He asks after me and I tell him I’m fine, fine. He asks, “What was that noise?” Oh, I just smashed down the trash so I could fit more in – that was an old squeaky toy of the dog’s [...]
Appliance rebates beginning in March!
This story hit the evening news one day last week, but we wanted to publish it here in case you missed that report. There’s a new federal program that encourages consumers to replace their appliances. (It’s sort of like “Cash for Clunkers,” only this time it’s fridges, washers and hot water heaters.) If you’re in [...]
Free eye exams for infants
One of our sponsors, Drs. David and DeAnne Witherspoon Optometry, recently told us about a national program designed to help parents get free eye exams for their infants 6 to 12 months of age. The program is called InfantSee. Click here to visit their website and read more about the program. These eye exams for [...]
Military Mama: In the beginning…
By Jade Stone, Military Mama I’ve been writing this blog for a couple of weeks now and it occurs to me that as a reader, it’s often difficult to understand a writer’s perspective unless you know a little about where the writer has come from and what experiences have sculpted that person into what he [...]
Beauty Buzz: Top 5 List of Beauty ‘Don’ts’
Dear Andi, What’s your top five list of beauty “don’ts”? Don’t skip sunscreen. Everyone says it; everyone agrees; few of us actually follow the rule. If you’ve ever seen me without my foundation and seen how many freckles I really have, you know that I am one of the worst offenders. If you find [...]
Amazing Moms: Becky Shaffer of Saving Grace
We couldn’t wait to meet Becky Shaffer last fall after we heard about her mission to help young girls aging out of the foster care system. The way we saw it, this was a new generation of moms (in the future) and they needed the extra support to help keep them on the right track. [...]
We’ve redecorated. Like it?
You’ve probably noticed our big invitation to “Take the Video Tour!” at the very top of the website, complete with our cheesy grins. Have you watched the video? James at nwaFamily Video did a great job of pulling everything together and making us look “professional”. He did say after editing this together that the blooper [...]
Party Giveaway: Oh, oh, oh it’s magic!
Comments closed. We have a winner! If your kids like to party, then you’ll definitely want to throw your name in the hat for this week’s drawing. It’s a FREE magic show by magician Joey Williams, and it takes place in the loft of Mad Pizza in Rogers. The owners of Mad Pizza are also [...]