Jennifer Donovan

Because I’m Your Dad Prize Pack

by Jennifer Donovan May 13, 2013 59 comments

Jennifer received a copy of the book for review, as well as a fee for writing the post. Additional compensation was received in exchange for administering the giveaway. I’m not one of those moms who [...]

Bathtime with Caillou Prize Pack {Review and Giveaway}

by Jennifer Donovan May 10, 2013 84 comments

This is a sponsored post. Contributor (and 5 Minutes for Books managing editor) Jennifer D. received a sample of the bathtime set for purposes of this review, and we were compensated to administer this giveaway, [...]

My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach {Review and Giveaway}

by Jennifer Donovan May 6, 2013 17 comments

I’ve been meaning to read Mary Roach for a while. I’ve heard that she can tackle a subject (space, sex, death) in a way as to provide information in an entertaining, and even funny, way, [...]

Perfect Hair for Moms on the Go

by Jennifer Donovan March 15, 2013 3 comments

A few weeks ago, I got a PR pitch asking if I wanted to try a “DIY tool for the perfect bun.” I like wearing my hair back or up, so I thought I might [...]

Admission Movie Giveaway: Tina Fey Prize Pack

by Jennifer Donovan March 14, 2013 136 comments

Do you ever feel like you are having one of these kinds of days? Yeah, me too. Honestly, that’s one of the reasons I love to escape with trips to the movie theater whenever I [...]

Slow Family Living {Review and Giveaway}

by Jennifer Donovan March 10, 2013 49 comments

If you ask a mother of school-age children about her week, I would bet one of the first words that will spring to her mind is “busy.” Juggling children’s activities, work and/or volunteer service, household [...]

Win a Kindle at 5 Minutes for Books (Giveaway)

by Jennifer Donovan February 9, 2013 4 comments

In honor of Nicholas Sparks’ new movie Safe Haven, 5 Minutes for Books is teaming up with Relativity Media to offer a Kindle to one of its readers. #SafeHaven opens on February 14. Check out [...]

Embracing Obscurity by Anonymous {Review and Giveaway}

by Jennifer Donovan January 27, 2013 20 comments

We moms are pretty obscure, the invisible hand making sure that clothes are clean, meals are cooked, and pantries are stocked. I think that most of us have come to terms with the fact that [...]

Encouragement for Christian Moms, Lifeway DotMom Event in Dallas {Giveaway}

by Jennifer Donovan January 6, 2013 9 comments

Last spring I attended the Lifeway Dotmom event in Birmingham as a blogger guest of Lifeway. I was in a particularly busy and harried time in my life at the time, and though I was [...]

Newtown, CT — Not Just the site of a School Shooting, But My Former Home

by Jennifer Donovan December 14, 2012 20 comments

Our School, Our Home This time two years ago, my son would have been at Sandy Hook School. I am so thankful that we’ve relocated back to Houston, Texas, and yet my heart breaks for [...]