The Recruiting Guy

Arkansas-LSU baseball discussion

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BibleBeltBlogger

Claim: ABC paid alleged child killer $200,000

ABC Action News has all the details. Read all about it here.

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Rescue in the Rock

Owner of dogs that attacked girl is charged

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DECATUR, Ga. — Authorities in DeKalb County say the owner of the dogs that attacked a young girl has been charged with reckless conduct. Eight-year-old Erin Ingram was playing in her front ...

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Cats in the Stacks

St. CATrick’s Day comes early for Alex

SUSAN LOESCH CATS IN THE STACKS I was online checking out the voting for the 10th weekly contest of the Bissell Most Valuable Pet Contest when Brianna came in the library. “Is the contest still ...

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Fat Dog

Beautiful rainbow

JOHN SYKES JR. FAT DOG A pine thicket in early spring. The ground is covered by a thick brown mat of pine needles, tricky footing when dry. Otherwise the going is easy because the pines ...

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Arkie Mama

Standardized tests … ugh.

Yeah, it’s that time of year again, when we plunk down stacks of tests in front of the children and expect those to be a true reflection of both a school and a child’s ability. ...

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Baby and Beasts

March Madness

I love college basketball and I really love March Madness. I love March Madness even more when my favorite team, the Kentucky Wildcats, have gotten an invite to the Big Dance. This year’s #1 seed, ...

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Blessed Mom, Chosen Child

Wordless Wednesday

In honor of the daffodil festival at Wye Mountain, March 20-21. Visit Moody Mom for more Wye Mountain moments. Visit Arkie Mom for more Wordless Wednesday pics.

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Hot Mama

Combat moms?

The Army’s new moves might look a lot like some you’ve seen in abs class. And maybe all you moms out there dashing after wayward grocery carts, carting around toddlers or lunging to pull your ...

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In the Family Way

Wordless Wednesday

See Arkie Mama for more Wordless Wednesdays!

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Letting herself go

St. Patrick’s Day breakfast

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Looking for Peace

Peace: How did that happen?

Wow! It has been a while since I posted. Sorry about that. Life! (As my friend Christy says all moms have a crazy busy life.) And the “snow days” definitely put a wrinkle in my ...

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Mom on a Wire

The best stress medicine

The only thing sweeter than a sleeping baby is a baby sleeping on top of you. For me, watching a sleeping baby is better than any sedative at the pharmacy. Watching the air fill their ...

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Mouthy Kid, Moody Mom

That Didn’t Hurt

About three months ago, little miss Hanry informed me that my spankings did not hurt. That pissed me off and I just wanted to snatch her little butt up right then and there and show ...

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Rock the Shops

Out of Practice

I feel the need to apologize for the lack of updateage lately. I broke my foot a couple of weeks ago and then had oral surgery this past week, so I haven’t exactly been making ...

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Run, Momma, Run

In Pursuit of Peace

In order to keep the family peace I’m willing to do just about anything, but sometimes it’s difficult to push my ego aside. I’m struggling with my ego this weekend and relying on a good ...

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She's Crafty

Photo Pencils

Taylor from Mary Janes and Galoshes has an easy tutorial for some cute photo covered pencils…make a set for your child’s Easter Basket!

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Stepping on Cheerios

Cheerios: Blindsided

My husband and I went to almost every movie nominated for an Oscar this year, and that’s difficult when you have 4 young kids and there are 10 nominated movies for the first time since ...

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Wheels on the Bus

Sticker Shock

What’s the deal with kids and stickers? I mean, I have never ever actually purchased a package of stickers, yet I’ve ended up with an entire drawer dedicated to their storage. You know, it’s the ...

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Whirligiggles

Cloth diapers are cool

So I was telling my husband the other day about the cult I’ve joined. He had no idea. He thought I’d just decided to use cloth diapers. I switched to cloth back in November, when ...

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Will work for Hugs and Kisses

Larissa’s First Stage Performance

This past Sunday, Larissa sang for the very first time on stage at her Papa Mike’s church in Missouri. I know I am a bit prejudice but I think she did awesome. She remembered all ...

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Square One

Lock up

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Facing the Music

Saturday’s Music

Giving you the music a day early: Born in Slaughters, Ky., a once bustling coal town now dried up, country singer/songwriter Chris Knight knows about despair, bad luck, sorrow and the rural struggle to survive. ...

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Site on Scene

Get Up! and…Getup

Recently I was in my home away from home, the library, and the 6 internet computers were occupied. I had a problem with the fact that one of the warm bodies taking up a coveted ...

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Stuff: some you need, some you don't

Korto Momolu launches her Dillards jewelry line. My mom gets her autograph.

As you may remember from Korto Momolu Day 2009, I mentioned that Little Rock’s beloved former Project Runway star will launch a jewelry line at Dillards in February 2010.. Evidently that includes a couple handbags ...

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The Conference Call

Recommended Reading

This book is a good read. More on this later.

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The Plainclothesman

Arkansas’ most famous front doors

According to Richard Adcock, keeper of Arkansas' State Capitol Doors, when President George W. Bush's labor secretary, Elaine Chao came to town she raved about them. She said that she wished our doors [U.S. Capitol] ...

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Moms at Work

Friday Shop

Every Friday, I’m going feature a few things I think would be worth spending my hard-earned cash on. If you can think of a better name for this weekly feature, leave it in the comments. ...

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Get Reel

A grave film

If you picked up last week’s issue, you may have seen that I had a chance to sit down with musician and filmmaker Hop Litzwire, a super nice guy who welcomed me into his awesome ...

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