Year: 2009

Dear Amy, Can you recommend a good makeup remover for sensitive eyes? Dear Sensitive, It is so important to remove every last trace of eye makeup before going to bed. If you don’t, you could […]

5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. […]

Santa brought my kids a new puppy and two fish. It’s crazy – a puppy and fish in a three-kid household that’s already a tad chaotic? Has Santa lost his ever-lovin’ mind? No, Santa is […]

Most kids are out of school on Monday, January 19th to honor Martin Luther King’s birthday. If you need a warm, indoor activity to keep them entertained, you’ll be interested to know that Jumpzone in […]

Okay, so maybe paying the monthly bills will never be “fun,” but one of our Motherlode mamas found some cute checks that might make the process just a tad more entertaining. Check out these “Super […]

  By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s premenstrual mama When I’m in the clutches of a bad case of PMS, I sometimes get on my hands and knees with an old towel and a bucket of hot, […]

As a self-professed “band geek,” I can tell you that the drummers were always the coolest people in the room. Ask any band geek, and I bet she’ll agree. So just imagine how cool it […]

By Gwen There’s a running joke at my house that I’m a plant killer. Mine is the black thumb of vegetative death. So when I ran across an article titled “Houseplants Even You Can’t Kill,” […]

If you’re trying to cut carbohydrates as part of a New Year’s resolution, here are a few recipes from Better Homes and Gardens Biggest Book of Low-Carb Recipes to try. All of the recipes in […]

Dear Amy, I read about a new product that promises to grow longer eyelashes. Does this really work? Dear Skeptical, RevitaLash, Jan Marini Eyelash Conditioner and MD Lash Factor are among a new group of […]

5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 ‘for a friend of mine has […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My boys, ages 7 and 4, came to the top of the stairs last night around 8 p.m. and called down to say they had an […]

By Erin, adopting mama blogger OK, I stole this from another blog, but it sounded like such a good idea – Thanks, Alicia! I am loving being back into Yoga. I have never liked exercise […]