Year: 2011

Remember Ralphie from the Christmas Story? The little boy who so desperately wanted that Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas? And remember the fishnet stocking leg lamp Ralphie’s father falls in love with? The movie […]

Dear Denise, My inside dog has been housebroken for several years, but has started urinating in several particular spots lately (like my daughter’s bedroom floor — I’m going to have to pull up the carpet!). […]

By Jade Stone I absolutely love this time of year!  The weather is always so amazing, football is just beginning, and the onslaught of holidays begins with Halloween which means .. it’s chocolate season! The […]

School has been back in session for a few weeks now. That means the calendar is packed with meetings, practices, and deadlines and an overwhelming influx of homework, permission slips, and event reminders. Is it […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor and mama of 3 Sadly, I had to explain to my 6-year-old that we do not celebrate his birthday on the 25th of every month, but only once a […]

Note from the mamas: Congratulations to Amy Robinson, winner of the Pilates classes! You’ll love it, Amy! Early this year, Shannon and I decided to quit moaning about how we need to workout. We were […]

By Shannon Magsam, #IamASmartie OK, all you crafty mamas (and even you not-so-crafty ones, because I promise you can do this!) we’re all going to make gift-worthy clipboards today. Everyone pull up your chairs to […]

September is National Hunger Awareness Month and the Arkansas Rice Depot is asking bloggers to help raise awareness for those who are hungry in our state and to take steps to help them together with […]

2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.  Ephesians 5:2  (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m keeping a dirty little secret from the kids. Sometimes when I’m checking over their homework, I pretend to go to the bathroom or go check […]

And the grand prize snapshot winner is…. Congrats to mama Allison Clark for submitting this awesome shot of her son cooling off during one of our many HOT summer days. The judges agreed that this […]

For me, the best kind of novel is the one that very nearly consumes you — the kind you just have to keep reading because you’re dying to know what happens next. These two books […]

Remember, we’re moving our weekly radio chat on Magic 107.9 to Thursday mornings instead of Fridays. Gwen is on vacation this week, so I’ll be flying solo. Since I’m smack dab in the middle of […]