by Arlene | Sep 22, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
My friend Kay Laboda is featured in my book 31 Days to a Younger You: No Surgery, No Diets, No Kidding. One look at Kay and you’ll know why. She’s hip, happy, and young at heart! The super grandma! I interviewed Kay about having breast cancer and how a...
by Arlene | Sep 22, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
Now that I have your attention…allow me to introduce you to the newest member of the family. This is Bertha from Ecuador and she is my new beautiful World Vision child! She is similar in age to my daughter Lucy. Sitting in the arena at Women of Faith in...
by Arlene | Sep 20, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
My kids attend a dual immersion school in Chula Vista which means the majority of their instruction is in Spanish. Here’s my daughter Noelle and I in her kindergarten classroom. I am so happy to see her thrive in her new environment. She has an oral...
by Arlene | Sep 13, 2011 | Arlene's Adventures, The Latest ...
Is that Ethan in front of a TV truck? Yup! What a fun morning we had with NBC reporter Megan Tevrizian (even though it started at 4:30 am!). I did two live “Back to School” segments about preparing your kids for the school day. Noelle’s...
by Arlene | Sep 8, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
My sister-in-law introduced me to the wonder of hot rollers. Put your hair up for a few minutes, remove rollers and voila! Hair is done! I love it. Well, one of my clips has been slowing losing each of its teeth. Every time I go on a trip and put the clip in the...
by Arlene | Sep 5, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
According to organizing pro Marcia Ramsland, September is a fabulous time to get organized and evaluate the coming year. Whether or not you have kids in school, the beginning of fall gives us a reason to look at the year ahead. Are you doing what you want to be...
by Arlene | Aug 31, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
My 7-year-old son Ethan celebrated his birthday recently. At dinner at Chickfila, our family went around and said something we appreciated about Ethan. He’s kind. He’s funny. Ethan’s good at learning new things. After a few more accolades, Ethan...
by Arlene | Aug 23, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
I began reading Amish Values for Your Family while waiting for my minivan to get an oil change, which I suppose is ironic. But I certainly did enjoy my wait time! I could relate to many of the values found in the book although I am not Amish. I really enjoyed the...
by Arlene | Aug 17, 2011 | Arlene's Adventures, The Latest ...
Okay, imagine my surprise and sheer excitement to be in the same room as Lisa Whelchel, Stormie Omartian, Pam Farrel, Thelma Wells, Carol Kent, Lysa TerKeurst, Sheila Walsh, Patsy Clairmont, Liz Curtis Higgs, Ruth Graham, and so many more! I had the immense honor of...
by Arlene | Aug 11, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
At Mastermind Summit, the personal growth conference I attended this week, the theme was “Back to the Future.” The idea was that so many truths from the past could guide us today. Common sense isn’t as common as it used to be. Here are the...
by Arlene | Aug 10, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
I know, can you believe it? That’s James and me with rock star comedian Tim Hawkins this past Sunday at the Mastermind Conference in San Diego! It was my first time to see Tim Hawkins live. I was not disappointed! I was howling so loud; the older gentleman...
by Arlene | Aug 5, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
This year I’m doing the story time for kindergarteners and first graders at my church’s VBS. The theme is “Son Surf Beach Bash” and we’re having a blast! Working with kids mostly makes you feel young (they are hilarious!) but sometimes...
by Arlene | Jul 22, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
I know it may be hard to believe but my kiddos are back in school! We attend a year round school so they started on Wednesday. Here’s Noelle beginning kindergarten with her wonderful teacher who we love (she was older brother’s teacher too!). Thank God...
by Arlene | Jul 14, 2011 | Giveaways, The Latest ...
Time for another fun Mary Kay giveaway! The tweezers were a big hit, so Mary Kay consultant extraordinaire Tina Smith is offering another set of tweezers to this month’s winner! Just leave a comment on this post and you could be the winner of a new set of...
by Arlene | Jul 11, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
We had a great time on the East Coast with James’ family. The kids have conquered their fear of swimming and really enjoyed being in the pool. Last year we had to persuade them to get in the pool, not this year! My kids LOVED being together with their older...
by Arlene | Jul 6, 2011 | More Fun Stuff, The Latest ...
Two Sundays ago we had Silly Hat day at our church. The kids got to decorate hats and everyone who participated got a prize. Plus there were prizes for the most creative hats. Ethan was so happy to get 3rd prize. He made a racetrack on his hat with a “Race...
by Arlene | Jul 2, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
If you didn’t know, I’m not much of a cook. But I am taking baby steps. My new thing is trying one new recipe a week. I’ve done it for a whopping 2 weeks now and it’s been actually fun. I have two main criteria for my recipes: 1. Not too...
by Arlene | Jun 27, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
I thoroughly enjoyed doing a segment this morning at 6:45 am on the NBC news here in San Diego. It was nice to finally be there since we had scheduled two previous times for me to come on the show, but both segments had been bumped (once by the death of Osama bin...
by Arlene | Jun 27, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
You asked about the after shot of Lucy’s haircut and here it is! It’s still long enough that I put it up in her traditional Pebbles look 🙂
by Arlene | Jun 24, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
I got a haircut this week but since I don’t look nearly as cute as Lucy, I decided to show you her haircut instead! James has been cutting Ethan and Noelle’s hair since they were born, and Lucy is next. He figures by the time the girls are teens,...
by Arlene | Jun 20, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
We had a great Father’s Day yesterday at church and then with friends at a park. Here’s the super daddy himself in all his glory. Check out Ethan’s funny eyes…he thinks his sister is an alien! Here’s what the kids looked like last year...
by Arlene | Jun 14, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
In 31 Days to a Younger You, I write about one key to looking and feeling younger: learning something new everyday. Two things I am learning this week – well, I suppose my kids are learning. The first new thing is swim lessons. My kids are in Turtle Aquatics...
by Arlene | Jun 8, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
When my family goes to Costco, it’s considered a big time! The kids always want to look at the children’s books. I peek at the kids clothes to be tempted (they don’t need anything). But the highlight, of course, is the samples. As a result of those...
by Arlene | Jun 2, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
It’s not surprising that a book titled When You Can’t Find God: How to Ignite the Power of His Presence is filled with prayers. When you want more of God, you talk with Him often and hope against hope that He will talk back! This book by Linda Evans...
