Splashy Saturday: Rogers Aquatic Center

This morning the darling and I headed out for emergency pedicures as soon as I remembered we would be at the new Rogers Aquatic Center (a small waterpark) all day. This is the first public bathing suit wearing of the … Read More

Mother’s Day at Crystal Bridges

Before I became a mother I had absolutely no idea how important Mother’s Day is. I don’t say that proudly. Thoughtfulness is not something that comes naturally to me, and this year I’ve worked hard to improve in this area.

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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

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

[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

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

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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Perspective: baby and the blog conference

While I was swapping business cards (and wow! Y’all have cute business cards) and talking about things like monetization, brand relationships, content strategy and the like at Blissdom, my friend Peggy was birthing new life into this world.

Just when … Read More

Thank you MOPS!

This morning I got to speak to the same MOPs group that made me feel like I belonged and I was not alone in the very scary journey that was being a new mom in a new town.

The Rogers … Read More