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Mealtime Mama: Mom’s “Feel Better” Potato Soup
Anytime I get sick, there’s only one meal that sounds even remotely appetizing — my mother’s “feel better” potato soup. I swear it can cure just about anything. I got a sore throat this week, and my mom came over to make this soup. Just smelling it in the kitchen perked me up a little, [...]
Beauty Buzz: DIY lip stain
By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor The only thing better than finding a new product you love, is finding one that is under $4! I’m sure I have mentioned my codependent relationship with Lip Medex; I need it to survive and it needs me to keep it in business. The point is, no matter how [...]
Northwest Arkansas Calendar of Events: February 2012
February NWA Calendar of Events Upward Sports: Soccer Sign-up Sports are a great way for children to learn about teamwork, respect for authority and sportsmanship. With an Upward sport, these key essentials are included to create the best sporting experience for every child that participates. Each Upward Sport is designed to reveal the winner in [...]
Giveaway: Tickets to see Bring It On on stage at Walton Arts Center!
This week’s giveaway is really going to “bring it”. Grab your pom-poms, mamas, because we’re sending one lucky mama to an amazing dinner at Bordinos Italian Restaurant followed by tickets to the opening night performance of Bring It On at Walton Arts Center on February 7th at 7 p.m. Treat it as a date night [...]
Giveaway: Tickets to see Hairspray at Rogers Little Theater!
Even if you’ve never used actual hairspray, you’d be crazy not to see Hairspray on stage in February at Rogers Little Theater. If you like music, dancing and laughing, you’ll love this show. It was a HUGE hit on Broadway. And we’ve got two tickets to give away to one Motherlode mama. ABOUT THE SHOW: [...]
The Making of a Playhouse — Part 2
Remember last Monday when we took a look at the planning, design and the beginning of construction on a Fayetteville family’s backyard playhouse? (Click HERE if you missed Part 1 of the story.) Well, the playhouse (designed and built by Josh Hart) is finished and the Werner family is already logging some serious play hours [...]
Devotion in Motion: Are you a thermostat mom?
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation. Psalm 35:9 (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” Well, this may be the last column I ever write for nwaMotherlode. It may be my last column because it’s probably going to get me fired. You see, [...]
The Rockwood Files: Live up to your labels
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Labels can be powerful. And I’m not talking about symbolic labels like “geek” or “diva” or the generalizations we assign to people. I’m talking about real labels. The sticky ones. The kind with words in capital letters that tell you where things go. For years, I’ve [...]
Columbia coats on sale!
I’ve been to two different stores in Northwest Arkansas this week where I spotted really cute, high quality Columbia coats for kids on sale, so I thought I’d spread the word. I saw the coats on sale at Dillard’s as well as Academy Sports in Rogers. I snagged 3 of them for my kids and [...]
2 AWESOME Valentine’s Day Deals you’ll love from Localiter.com!
Do you love getting flowers as much as we do? It’s just downright uplifting to see a vase full of fresh-cut flowers on the kitchen table — or on your desk at work. Well, Localiter.com has a fantastic deal on flowers today. Customers can get $40 worth of fresh flowers from The Enchanted Florist for [...]
Tweens & Teens: Losing my religion
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, is of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” ~ C. S. Lewis Welcome to the January 2012 edition of Tweens & Teens. I tell you what, readers of this column don’t hold back with their questions and Gwen and Shannon [...]
Fun video: “Goodnight Gadgets!”
Can your preschooler beat you at a game of Angry Birds? Is your house buzzing with gadgets like our homes are? Between our two families alone, there’s an iPad, an HP TouchPad, an iPod Touch, a Kindle, a Nook, an ancient iPod, a couple of iPhones, a Blackberry, two GPS devices and probably a few [...]
Good Gossip: A vampire and Betty White, Ryan Gosling, yoga, new babies and Drew gets a ring
We’re of the opinion that not all gossip is bad gossip. That’s why, when we launched this website more than 3 years ago, we started regularly posting “Good Gossip” — the only guilt-free gossip column in Northwest Arkansas. Let’s face it. We all like to hear a little celebrity news now and then, but it [...]
Devotion in Motion: Those guest towels
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, And born of the virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day He rose again [...]
The Rockwood Files: The wind beneath my tiny wings
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Like millions of other people, my life changed when I got an iPhone three years ago. It made me more accessible – which isn’t always a good thing. It gave me the ability to read news stories while waiting in drive-thru lanes, which is convenient. And, [...]
The Stain Game: How to get ketchup and coffee out of carpet!
Last week I mentioned how my connect-the-dots stained carpet in my kids’ playroom was miraculously healed via a professional carpet cleaning by Matt Lane of Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning. (It’s still looking great, by the way. The stains have not resurfaced yet and no one is more surprised than me.) While Matt was at my [...]
Baby’s Room Moving Sale: Deal highlights
The moving sale continues, mamas! As we reported in an earlier post, The Baby’s Room is moving to a new store location in the Shoppes at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers. (Just down the sidewalk from Dilly Dally’s toy store.) Before the store moves, they need to reduce inventory so there won’t be so much to [...]
Life with Ladybug: Never stop learning
By Shannon Magsam I don’t really like the word resolutions. So at the beginning of a new year, I prefer to set “goals” instead. Instead of a bunch of random ideas, I plan one or two goals for each area of my life: family, friends, spiritual, financial, business and health. My overall goal in 2012 [...]
Make/Save Money at 2nd Look Consignment Sale!
Many of us are in get-rid-of-it-right-now mode. Our houses are stuffed with stuff we don’t need or want. It’s a new year — time to curb the clutter! Well, after you’ve gathered up all the gently used clothes (kids, women’s, men’s, maternity), toys, scrapbooking materials, sports equipment, accessories and bedding you don’t wear or use [...]
Know thy portions: Have a lightbulb, deck of cards and a baseball for lunch
It’s January, so that means 99.9 percent of us are REALLY trying to watch what we eat because we went a little nuts with all the great food during the holidays. For me, it’s tougher to eliminate foods altogether than it is to scale back the portions. So that means it’s important to understand what [...]