NBC Nightly News Features Listen to Your Mother Show

The Listen to Your Mother show is a national series of shows where local women tell their funny, inspirational, heart-warming, ridiculous and real stories of motherhood in front of a live audience.

For the second year in a row Lela … Read More

Mother’s Day Giveaway: GSN

Well this is interesting:

Recently, a GSN.com (the Game Show Network) survey focused on women and gaming found some pretty interesting results:

• 52 % of women said online games help calm them down after a stressful day
• If given … Read More

Designer iPhone 5 Cases | Summer Update

Your iPhone case is an accessory just as much as your Tory Burch leather wrap bracelet is, so make sure your tech gadgets get a fresh update with the new fashion season.

Here are the prettiest designer iPhone 5 cases … Read More

Fave-o App: The Paper Fox

This week we are loving Paper Fox, which is an interactive app story book for iOS (that’s iPhone and iPad, in case you’re wondering) devices.

At first it seemed a little slow and possibly even slightly scary for my three-year-old … Read More

The guide to Google Reader alternatives

The end of Google Reader is getting close. If you rely on Reader to get your blog fix it’s time to make some decisions and get used to using something else.

What is Google Reader? What is an RSS feed?

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Facebook Etiquette: Not on my timeline

Pardon me while I get on my Facebook etiquette soapbox for a minute.

I don’t know if you’ve had this happen, but recently an acquaintance, ACQAINTANCE, from high school, which for me was 20 years ago, posted a sales pitch … Read More

Delight in Charlie {One Little Word}

This year I fell in love with the “One Little Word” concept, which is typically a scrapbooking thing. Since my blog is my scrapbook in a lot of ways, I’m applying the principles of One Little Word (OLW) here on … Read More

Win a Chuck E. Cheese’s package to try the new Augmented Reality Say Cheese! app

Our daughter loves Chuck E. Cheese’s, so when I found out recently they just lunched a new high-tech interactive augmented reality app it was the prefect excuse to go.

Chuck E. Cheese’s PRO TIP:

• Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday … Read More

[Local] Feed Fayetteville

A couple years ago my friend Laura was speaking to our MOPs group about the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (which, by the way, is the benefiting organization for this year’s Listen to Your Mother Northwest Arkansas show) when … Read More

Urgent WordPress Security Issue

If you are a blogger and you use WordPress there has been a major security hole discovered in two very popular plugins.

Here’s the email I got from Site5, my hosting service:

We wanted to take this time to pass … Read More

Toddler iPad App: Fiete

I dare you not to fall in love with this little sailor named Fiete. German app developers at Ahoiii have come up with this app for kids age 1 to 3 that is so intuitive it does not matter where … Read More

Petit Jean Meats {Giveaway}

Disclosure: Petit Jean Meats took me on a fancy tour of the Dallas Cowboys stadium, and then they gave me bacon.

You remember the other day when you thought, “I have too much bacon in my life”? No. No you … Read More

Morning Awesome

For weeks I’ve been waking up between 5:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., looking at the clock, thinking I should get up, then waking up again at 6:30 a.m. What is that about?

Let me tell you EXACTLY what that’s about.

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{Guest post} Casual Friday: Denim + Denim

Dressing for work can be a stressful thing, luckily for me pant suits and pencil skirts are not required uniform.  But for the not so lucky ones, you have “Casual Friday” to look forward to. Some days at work when … Read More

Save A Stranger: Safety app

Save A Stranger is quick-response safety app for the iPhone and Android devices that helps you and your family stay informed about each others safety, quickly connect to 911, and immediately inform first responders about medical need.

For example, you … Read More

Search for church

The Word is just one begger telling another begger where the bread is. – Charles Wiggins, guest pastor and missionary in Tanzania, Africa

We tweet and Facebook about our favorite restaurants.

“The bread here is fantastic! You have to come.”

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iPhone Breathalyzer

It’s tricky knowing when you legally shouldn’t drive. Getting a DUI/DWI sucks, I’m sure, especially in a town like mine where the sheriff’s office posts every. single. mugshot. every. single. day. Look at today’s mugshots here. 

Enter the Breathomer iPhone breathalyzer.

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“Ship My Pants” ad: Well played, K-mart

Sometimes brands do things that make me fall right in love, which is what Ship My Pants did today. Most of the time attempts to be edgy and funny on the part of brand marketing feels a little like there’s … Read More

#1 financial education app for kids

Why not set your kids up for a great relationship with money by giving them a fun FREE game to play.

Shmootz Happens is the latest app by well-known finance educator Neale Godfrey. It is also the #1 educational app … Read More