Life With Ladybug

By Shannon Magsam, co-founder of nwaMotherlode and Ladybug’s mama When I was walking around the neighborhood recently, I saw a cute “HOGS” sign on a front door and immediately thought, “Well, I need to make […]

By Shannon Magsam, nwaMotherlode co-founder and Ladybug’s mama I was Swiffering the kitchen (again) and couldn’t help but be a little grossed out, while simultaneously intrigued, by all the dusty hairballs that had gathered on […]

By Shannon Magsam, nwaMotherlode.com co-founder and Ladybug’s mama Growing up, my dad was religious about watching the TV weather forecast. As a heavy equipment owner/operator, his business depended on knowing if the weather that week […]

I was in the grocery store today, trying to open one of those big plastic baggies in the meat section when a 20-something cruised by with her cart (full of yogurt and greens). She said […]

By Shannon Magsam I’ve mentioned that Ladybug and I volunteer in the cat adoption area at the local PetSmart. In other words, we pimp cats. When people walk by the cages, we shamelessly hold up […]

By Shannon Magsam I have a friend who may have thyroid cancer and I’m more than freaked out about it, but praying that she gets the help she needs, has surgery and gets the all-clear […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama One night when we were visiting my husband’s family in Philadelphia, his brother-in-law and I started comparing scars. My husband joked that we reminded him of that scene in Jaws […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama “Mom, you have GOT to watch this TED talk! It’s called Embrace the Shake! It’s amazing.” I immediately starting singing Shake it Off! Shake it off! and doing a little […]