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Life With Ladybug

Motherlode Mama Shannon’s blog

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Life with Ladybug: Children learn what they live

01/09/2019 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam I had a thought this morning while I zombie walked into the kitchen in search of caffeine: Today is the first day of the rest of your life. This quote immediately conjured […]

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Life with Ladybug: All-day, every-day morning sickness

12/06/2018 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam, mama to Ladybug It wasn’t a morning thing, it was an all-day thing. So why do they call it morning sickness? I wondered to myself from the time I was six weeks […]

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Life with Ladybug: My only New Year’s resolution for 2018

01/02/2018 nwamamas

I only made one official New Year’s resolution this year: Keep a record of each book I read in 2018 and include a few lines about why I love – or hate – it. I […]

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Life with Ladybug: DIY ‘Boo’ Halloween decor for your front door

10/02/2017 nwamamas

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 […]

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Life with Ladybug: How to avoid a mama meltdown with this little trick

08/14/2017 nwamamas

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 […]

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Life with Ladybug: Cloudy, with a chance of a headache

03/02/2017 nwamamas

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 […]

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Life with Ladybug: Act your age

01/19/2017 nwamamas

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 […]

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Life with Ladybug: The fine art of cat selling

02/11/2016 nwamamas

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 […]

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Life with Ladybug: Front porch romance

12/10/2015 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama What is it about my new front porch? While looking for houses over the summer, I went to a house with a beautiful front porch. I didn’t realize how much […]

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Life with Ladybug: Marriage Hacks

05/08/2015 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama and John’s wife We got a question from a mom recently (she sent it to the anonymous panel of our husbands who answer questions for our Motherlode feature, Inside His […]

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