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Month: February 2012

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Friends of Motherlode

Northwest Arkansas Mom’s Choice Business Awards and a HUGE giveaway

02/29/2012 nwamamas

It’s no secret that when you’re scoping out the best businesses around, you find a mom and ask what she recommends. Women and mothers are always on the lookout for the “best” when it comes […]

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Crafty Mama

Crafty Mama: DIY Modern Art!

02/29/2012 nwamamas

Guest post by artist Amber Perrodin Sale alert note from the mamas: Amber’s husband makes her artist panels (as seen in this post). He sells them on Etsy as Perrodin Supply Co. The Perrodins have […]

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Front Page Posts

Getting Healthy for Good: When he won’t get healthy

02/29/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall A while back I mentioned that my husband was being treated for high blood pressure. Actually, there was a whole post about it. His doctor has him taking a couple of different […]

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Front Page Posts

What We’re Reading: Remarkable memoirs

02/28/2012 nwamamas

If you follow the mamas on Twitter (@nwaMotherlode) you’ve probably seen my (Shannon’s) tweets about the memoir Signs of Life. I was especially twitter-pated when the author, Natalie Taylor, tweeted back to me. It was […]

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Artsy Mama

Giveaway: Tickets to Peking Acrobats at Walton Arts Center

02/27/2012 nwamamas

Note from the mamas: Jose’s on Dickson Street is temporarily closed, but the one in Springdale is still open.  Just wanted to give you a heads-up! Do you have one of those kids who’s always […]

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Front Page Posts

Mealtime Mama: Make these recipes tonight!

02/27/2012 nwamamas

Recipes by Amy James, Our Everyday Dinners Amy and her husband of 13 years, John, have 3 little ones: Kate, Abby and Alex. Before kids, she was an MBA working in HR and John was […]

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Devotion in Motion

Devotion in Motion: Letter to my son, on his 18th birthday

02/26/2012 nwamamas

“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” Dear Spencer, It’s so hard to believe that you’re 18 years […]

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Front Page Posts

The Rockwood Files: “You can’t handle the tooth.”

02/25/2012 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Early this morning, I opened my eyes and saw 7-year-old Jack’s eyes looking right at me, just inches from my face. “Mom,” he whispered. “I need […]

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Front Page Posts

You gotta see this video: Guaranteed to make you smile

02/24/2012 nwamamas

Don’t you wish they were ALWAYS this easy to entertain? We LOVE this one. Happy Friday, mamas!

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Artsy Mama

Listen to Your Mother: Send in those stories by Feb. 29!

02/24/2012 nwamamas

Mamas and writerly friends, auditions are OPEN! But not for long! You have until Feb. 29th to send in that great story/post/essay you’ve written about any aspect of motherhood. Northwest Arkansas will have a local […]

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Front Page Posts

Roadtrip! Mamas made it to Blissdom!

02/23/2012 nwamamas

The mamas drove all the way to Nashville on Wednesday and are happy to be soaking up all the bloggy goodness at the BlissDom 2012 Conference today! One fellow mama called it “speed dating for bloggers”. We love that! […]

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Five Minutes with a Mom

5 Minutes with a Mom: Heidi Simmons

02/23/2012 nwamamas

Name: Heidi Simmons Kids’ names and ages: Luke 9,   Alyssa 5 Where are you from and what brought you to NWA? My husband and I are both from Northeast Ohio, but we haven’t lived there in 20 […]

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Front Page Posts

Inside His Head: Is it time for the kids to meet my boyfriend?

02/22/2012 nwamamas

OK, ladies, it’s time to travel back to that strange land that we (sometimes) just don’t understand …  “Inside His Head”.  Inside His Head has become very popular with the mamas, since women have a […]

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Devotion in Motion

Devotion in Motion: Love and Liquid Paper

02/19/2012 nwamamas

12 ¶ Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. Proverbs 10:12 (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” When I was a little boy, I had an uncle that I adored. […]

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Front Page Posts

The Rockwood Files: We Are Family

02/18/2012 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tom and I have kept our end of a deal we made two years ago with our oldest son, Adam. When he was 8, he asked […]

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