Life With Ladybug

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 […]

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, 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 […]

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 […]