Month: September 2010

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For three years, I’ve jumped up from my home office desk at 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, scooped up my youngest child, got in the minivan […]

There are a few tickets left for the Northwest Arkansas Business Women’s Conference set for Tuesday, Sept. 21,at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center. Gwen and I are excited to be there with a booth […]

Downtown Bentonville, Inc. has partnered with Walmart’s Bicycle Leadership Council to produce the B2: Bicycle Blast in downtown Bentonville on Saturday (Sept.) 11 at 9 a.m. The event will feature a Bicycle Rodeo and parade, […]

We’re stopping by Magic 107.9 between 7:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. today to chat with radio hosts Jennifer Irwin and Guy Westmoland, and we know you guys can relate to the topic of the day: […]

Unfortunately, we get our share of spam here at nwaMotherlode. The filters just can’t catch it all. But we can’t help but learn something from these pearls of wisdom and thought we’d share some of […]

By Jade Stone I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been asked “What’s the difference between the Army Reserves and the Army National Guard?” This is a very common question to the general public […]

Note from the mamas: Comments closed, girls, because we have a winner! Hey girls, we’re introducing a new feature today on nwaMotherlode called Ask the Mamas. This new feature comes with an awesome giveaway, too: […]

Well, it was a tough call but the panel of judges has selected four finalists from the photos submitted in August. And here they are: Sister comforting sister, who didn’t feel so good that day… […]

16 Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday 6-year-old Jack and 3-year-old Kate found me standing at the bathroom mirror hurriedly putting on my make-up. I was rushing to get ready and get […]

Congratulations to … Melissa Pope! Melissa won the basket filled with $200 worth of top-selling Procter & Gamble beauty and health brands like Cover Girl, Olay, Pantene, Crest, Gillette and Secret. Melissa said in comments, […]

The list you see below is the very first playlist contributed by our Music Mama, Jackie Helton. It’s a great list of songs to play for any mom-to-be, for a baby shower, or even for […]

 By Laurie Marhsall I read a blog post yesterday by a writer that I follow on Twitter – Jody Hedlund. It was about being Intentional. As Jody puts it, being intentional “means that we choose […]