Year: 2008

This morning I looked out the kitchen window and saw our dogs, Holly and E.J., lying on the deck in a patch of sunlight. Sprawled out alongside each other, the curve of their backs fit […]

When I was a little girl, my mother and I had a tradition. On a special night in September, she’d cook popcorn on the stove, make Coke floats and we’d settle in on the sofa […]

Lessons learned in an unglamorous life Parenthood is not a glamorous sport. Often it can be downright humbling. Some days, it sneaks a toe over the line into “humiliating.” Last Sunday was one of those […]

Hey mamas. This is where it all started for me. Twelve years ago I managed to talk my editor into letting me write my own newspaper column. I was only 23 years old. Boy, what […]

I told myself it was pointless, that I was a hypochondriac, that I was torturing myself for no good reason. It was the eve of my first surgery ever – unless you count the c-section […]

When a new client calls me, typically it’s because something about their home’s interior doesn’t feel or look quite right, but they’re having a hard time putting a finger on what’s not working and an […]

Dear Amy, I’m looking for a new foundation for my oily skin. I want a good product that won’t make me break-out, but if I spend more than $20 on it, my husband will have […]

Dear Amy, Sometimes when I look in my makeup mirror, I think my pores look roughly the size of my toddler’s kiddie pool. Is there really a product out there that will shrink the size […]

Dear Amy, I was watching one of those makeover shows the other day and the makeup artist said that the woman’s look was very “dated.” Now I’m paranoid that I’m “dated”, too, because I’ve been […]

Beauty Buzz Product Reviews Laura Mercier Brow Powder Duo “Can’t live without this little gem. I am a victim of my own mid-90s over-plucking and this powder helps hide the damage. You have to buy […]

Our new make-up queen is Andrea Douglas. Feel free to e-mail Andi your beauty-related questions via mamas@nwaMotherlode.com. We asked Andi to write a little bit about how she ended up in Northwest Arkansas and how […]

A few years ago, a fellow mama invited me to attend a six-week women’s Bible study. At that time, I had a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old and was pregnant with kid No. 3. Since childcare was […]

My heart belongs to a sweet (and salty) 7-year-old daughter I call Ladybug. I’m a former reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, (Northwest Edition) but have been a freelance writer for quite a few years now. […]