These days, it’s hard to find a kid’s movie that a) is completely wholesome and honoring to girls, and b) doesn’t slap you in the face with its socio-political agenda! However, I’ve always loved the American Girl movies. My kids can identify with the girls, they learn a little history, and I have [...]

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Many people say that the internet is a bad influence on our society. While in some cases, I agree, on the whole, it has opened up tremendous opportunities, as well. Today, I’d like to highlight two companies that are making our lives a little bit easier using the web!
EZ School Supplies really makes [...]

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Did you know that we have a movie producer, director, and screenwriter right in our little ol’ town?
Well, Gary Wheeler is a multi-award winning North Carolina filmmaker who has produced a number of motion picture and television productions around the world. He is the founder and President of Level Path Productions and makes his [...]

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It has taken us forever to find a family dentist that we love. We found one, then he moved, and we didn’t connect with his replacement. So the search continued. For the past year, we have been going to Dr Jeffrey Lineberry’s Office in Boone, and we LOVE it there!

The hygienists are [...]

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Today, I’m giving away a great Christian devotional for busy moms. A while back, I reviewed The Busy Mom’s Devotional by Lisa T. Bergen.
Click Here to read my review.

This is not one of those devotionals that you have to have a PHD in Divinity to understand, and she uses events from her everyday life [...]

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Growing up, it was always a treat to go visit my grandparents in NY. One of the things we always loved was eating fresh NY style bagels! For some reason, that authentic bagel taste is so hard to find anywhere else!
There’s a new restaurant situated right across from the Wellness Center in [...]

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Working through our list of “Kids Eat Free” Restaurants, we decided to try Beef O’Brady’s one Tuesday night after dance class. Now taking three young girls out to a sit-down restaurant at 5:30, after spending 2 hours at the dance studio, can sometimes prove disastrous!
I was also skeptical. What we do NOT need [...]

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