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By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It happened, as I knew it would. Last Friday I waited, like always, in the line-up of cars and mini-vans outside my boys’ elementary school. When […]

Next week we’ll have to send summer packin’ because the official first day of fall is next Tuesday, September 22nd. But before it’s gone, here are some of the summer photos sent in recently by […]

We’ve had some fun watching the votes come in for our latest question in the Cheez Quiz jar. The question this week was: “What’s the most annoying cartoon character on television today?” The possible answers […]

Name: Mitzi Traxson Son’s name: Sam, Age 3 What five guests would you like to invite over for a dinner party? Diane Sawyer, my great grandmother, Michelle Obama, Jennifer Aniston, Jackie Kennedy Onassis The last […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor I know it’s football season because the last couple of weeks any conversation with my husband has started with one of three questions: Are you done updating your Fantasy […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama It was almost time for the 10 o’clock news — way too late for the loud VROOM of the vacuum cleaner. But the living room floor had been speaking to […]

By Marci Tate, Vangergriff Elementary It’s time to get the chili on the stove and enjoy these cool fall evenings! There’s no better time to “Fall into Reading”. Here are a few of my back-to-school […]

Wow. We received LOTS of cute pictures last month for our photo contest. Opening my e-mail was like Christmas every day. So many cute faces to see! Some of them made me laugh out loud […]