Archive for February, 2010
Mealtime Mama: Soulful dad takes to the frying pan
This series of recipes is from a local dad to two (well, #2 is due in a few weeks), Peter Horton. To give you a little of Peter’s philosophy on cooking, let’s just start with the fact that he doesn’t understand people who don’t like to cook. To put it another way, he doesn’t understand [...]
Drama for Mama: Desperate Housewives
Oh, it’s a classic, cliche story about a stripper with a heart of gold. But what happens when said stripper moves to Wisteria Lane and rubs elbows with the Desperate Housewives? Well, if you missed Sunday’s episode, we’ll catch you up on what happened: Lynette and the Stripper: All the ladies of Wisteria Lane were [...]
Devotion in Motion: When Bad Things Happen, Part 3
2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. John 9:2,3 (NKJV) “Aching Bones and Ugly Shoes” By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country [...]
The Rockwood Files: Deep-fried love
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I fell off the diet wagon last weekend – and, oh, what a spectacular, delicious fall it was. I know I should take responsibility for it. After all, no one had a gun to my head, forcing me to go for that second or third helping. [...]
We have a winner: Aloft, Crabby’s, movie tickets!
Wow! This giveaway really went viral, mamas! With nearly 300 comments and 1,000 names on the spreadsheet, you shared this one with lots of your peeps. And it really is a great package for us romance-starved moms. Unfortunately, it can only go to one person. And that person is …. Kaysi Risenhoover!!!! Kaysi wasn’t completely [...]
Cheez Quiz: When Mama gets mad…
It’s time for another “cheezy” question, and this one is about what you do when you’ve HAD IT! You know, the kid or kids have done something that crossed the line, pushed the buttons, poked the bear, and you can just feel the steam about to come out of your ears. How do you make [...]
Getting Healthy For Good: Bumps in the road
By Laurie Marshall I had to go to a work meeting last night and missed my belly dance class, and I’m a little grumpy about it. I haven’t started walking after work yet like I said I was going to do this year, but I have been going to this weekly class… it’s not much, [...]
Drama for Mama: Grey’s Anatomy
Usually, I don’t like it when shows do “flashback” episodes. Typically, these kinds of episodes are full of footage you’ve already seen, and it’s obvious the writers just needed a break that week. But this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy did not “phone it in.” This flashback episode showed us what the main characters were [...]
5 Minutes with a Mom: Elyse Tarver
Your full name: Elizabeth Horton Tarver (I go by Elyse, I just “decided” one day a long time ago to do that. My parents weren’t exactly thrilled with the name change and still call me Elizabeth!) Your son’s name and age: Jackson, 2 years 9 months Where are you originally from? Tulsa, Oklahoma What does [...]
Add the nwaMotherlode Button to Your Site!
Hey, girls, we’d love for you to add our new NWAMotherlode.com button to your website or blog! We’d really appreciate you linking to the site. To make this process easy for you, we’ve created a couple of buttons that you can use. To use either of the buttons, simply copy the html code that appears [...]
Pet Parenting: Dog bite question
Denise Holmes is a local pet behavior counselor who owns Ain’t Misbehavin’. She trains animals and also answers pet questions sent in by NWA moms for us here on Motherlode. Denise has been training for 25 years and is passionate about pets. To send her a question, email it to: mamas@nwaMotherlode.com. Here’s the latest question [...]
Life With Ladybug: What the $#!!
By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama OK, so I don’t regularly make a habit out of cursing in front of small children. I don’t regularly make a habit out of cursing out loud, period (it’s something I struggle with in my head; I worked in a newsroom for years, after all). BUT. I dropped a chicken [...]
Giveaway: Four FREE tickets to see The Hobbit!
Mamas, I won’t assume your boys will be the only ones to appreciate this giveaway (I’ve got a girl who loves this kind of fantasy story), so I’ll say this is the perfect show for your 10-and-up kiddos. Today we’re giving away four tickets so the whole family can go see The Hobbit on [...]
News about braces
Braces have come a long way, baby. The technology and advancements in techniques make getting straight teeth a whole lot easier and faster than it used to be. If you or your kids have braces in your future, here’s some info on one of the newest ways to do it. It’s called the Damon System, [...]
Apps we ‘app’reciate for KIDS!
If you don’t have an iPhone but are considering getting one in the next year or so, here’s the truth about the iPhone and kids. If you put ANY fun applications on your phone, your kids WILL beg you to let them play with it. So if you don’t want the kids touching your phone, [...]