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February 13, 2008

• Win a Johnson’s® “Baby Bonding Gift Basket”

  Emmy award-winning actress Mariska Hargitay (NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU”) has a fun new online project and, to kick it off, she chats with 5 Minutes for Mom about life as a mom.
  In celebration of Johnson’s® Baby Pink Lotion, (oh - I just love that fabulous, iconic scent,) Johnson’s has teamed up with Mariska for [...]

February 1, 2008

• Super Simple Valentine’s Crafts

  Today we have Shannon Hutton guest posting for us. Shannon is a creative mom who writes the Seasonal Kids Activities blog at eMomsatHome.com.
  I’m always looking for fun and simple seasonal activities to do with my kids. Since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, these days we’ve been doing a lot with hearts! So here [...]

January 29, 2008

• A New Network for Women

  For those of you involved in the blogging community, you know how wonderful it is to connect with others and read their stories. You may have heard about Capessa, a new network for women. They focus on real women giving other real women advice through personal experience. There are blogs, forums, and [...]

July 12, 2007

• We Love Oprah… Don’t You?

  I almost never watch daytime TV… I just never seem to have the chance. But even if I rarely get a chance to watch her show, I will always be a big Oprah fan.
  She’s an amazing woman who has accomplished great things.
  And so when Tim from RevolutionHealth.com told us that they’re giving away tickets to [...]

July 11, 2007

• Interview with a SAHM Turned WAHM

  I’m excited to introduce you to a great blogging friend of ours — Kristen from Shakadoo.
  Kristen is an inspiration to both Janice and me and if you chatted on the phone with her for a few minutes about business you’d understand why.
  This woman is a go-getter!
  She has created an amazing set of blogs [...]

May 26, 2007

• Capturing Your Child’s Personality - A Guest Post

  This weekend, in honor of all the cameras clicking away at the Memorial Day festivities, we have a fabulous guest post on photography. I just recently met Stephanie and started reading her informative blog, i speak film. I love it and I am sure you will as well.
  Stephanie is a stay at home mom [...]

May 4, 2007

• Hannah Keeley’s Total Mom Makeover

  This is the third contest in our Mother’s Day Giveaway. To enter to win, leave a comment at this post. If this is your first visit to our Mother’s Day Giveaway, read the rules in our sticky post and find out what other fabulous prizes you could win.
  Hannah Keeley’s Total Mom Makeover - a [...]

April 30, 2007

• About Blogging: Carnivals, Memes and Mr. Linky

  Today’s Guest Contributor for our About Blogging column is the wonderful Kailani of An Island Life. Kailani is the creator of the Carnival of Family of Life. With her expertise, we thought she would be the perfect blogger to walk you through an introduction to Carnivals, Memes and Mr. Linky. After reading her great post [...]

April 29, 2007

• Write for Hollywood!

  You know you have talent. We know you are funny. And your blog readers know that your kids are a sitcom all to themselves.
  Now you have a chance to let Hollywood screenwriters know too!
  Have you heard of the new online series called, “In The Motherhood?” I first heard of it over at Adventures in [...]

April 22, 2007

• I’m at Faith Lifts this weekend…

  Just letting you know that I am over at Faith Lifts this weekend talking about taming my tongue in case you want to drop by.
  I hope your weekend is going well.
  We are scrambling with last minute tasks as Susan prepares to leave for Italy to visit her in laws. Her plane takes off on [...]

April 16, 2007

• About Blogging - Embedding Video, Music and Slideshows In A Blog

  Due to the excitement over our new series About Blogging, we have decided to have the column run every other Monday, instead of just once a month.
  Our first guest contributor, who will be a regular here for our About Blogging series, is Jim Durbin of Durbin Media. Jim is an expert blog consultant with [...]

April 15, 2007

• How Long Did You Nurse?

  For Julia and me, it’ll be 2 years in a couple of weeks!!!
  It’s hard to believe she’ll be two soon and I have to admit, I wouldn’t have guessed that she would have nursed this long.
  But I’m finding being pregnant and nursing at the same time to be very difficult. My milk supply is [...]

April 8, 2007

• Do You Want Products for Free?

  Getting stuff for free is just plain fun! For most of us, money is tight and we have to work hard for every penny. So when we get something for free – well it is like someone just gave us back a bit of that time we spent working.
  But most often, people aren’t just [...]

April 1, 2007

• Have you been…

  Have you been to Faith Lifts lately?
  If you haven’t had a chance to read some of the new contributors at Faith Lifts, do take a moment to read about a bit.
  There are some wonderful articles in the new and expanded Faith Lifts, like the most recent post in our Health category, “Food is [...]

February 12, 2007

• Moms of Grace

  Our good friends Heather and Laura have been busy working away and they have just released a fantastic new forum called Moms of Grace.

  On today’s post at Faith Lifts, Heather extends the following invitation to us all:

  We invite you to join us at Moms of Grace (even if you are a mom of grown children!). [...]

February 9, 2007

• I am eating frozen blueberries…

  And it is helping a bit. But I could use some other tips - how do you survive “all day - it never stops for a second” sickness? (I do make some smoothies - and those work a bit. But if you have any great smoothie recipes - I would love to hear them.)
  Please understand [...]

February 7, 2007

• A Super Fun Valentine Solution

  This is so cool!
  A reader told me about a fun site called Tabblo where you can custom design your own Valentine’s cards and then send them via email. But - they aren’t stuck in your friend’s inbox forever! All your recipient has to do is click “mail to me,” add their address and their [...]

January 23, 2007

• A Couple Links for You…

  If you are here for Tackle It Tuesday, you will find it right underneath this post.
  I know you are busy women, with places to go and bloggers to see, but during your rounds today may I offer two recommendations of stops you may wish to make?

  The first stop is Christian Women Online. Not [...]

December 6, 2006

• Eating Better

  Please scroll down for our Wordless Wednesday post.
  Lately my diet hasn’t been as healthy as I’d like it to be. I’m so ridiculously busy and overtired that I seem to be filling up on ‘treats’ that aren’t really treating my body to much good.
  So, when I saw this site Eat Better America, I immediately [...]

December 4, 2006

• We’ve All Been Nominated…

  We are so honored to have “5 Minutes for Mom” nominated for the Christian Women Online Group Blog Award… but really this nomination is for you too!!!
  Each of your comments and each blog and website listing has come together to build this wonderful community.
  This group blog award nomination is really for the entire [...]