by Arlene | May 31, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
I’m not exactly a cook. I’m more of a food assembler. My family is trying desparately to sneak in more veggies to our diet. Regular well care visits to our beloved pediatrician for Lucy (18 months) and Noelle (4 years old) have once again ended in a...
by Arlene | May 23, 2011 | Giveaways, The Latest ...
And the winner is Cheri and her ice skating dad! I really enjoyed reading your comments aloud to my family. We loved hearing about your dads teaching you how to drive or even sky diving together. Wow! And your husbands dressing the kids and playing with dolls. God...
by Arlene | May 19, 2011 | Giveaways, The Latest ...
I am excited to have a giveaway for Fathers Day! Project Dad is a humorous and practical book written by a dad to other dads. Todd Cartmell’s warm and engaging style will have fathers (and eavesdropping mothers) laughing from the first few pages, and gives doable...
by Arlene | May 17, 2011 | Health, The Latest ...
I’m back at the gym. The cheapskate in me couldn’t pass a deal like this up! Costco is selling a 2 year membership to 24 Hour Fitness for $299.99. That comes out to only $12 a month! I figure if I can at least go once a week to a class or to workout, I...
by Arlene | May 16, 2011 | Giveaways, The Latest ...
Sarah! Enjoy your new set of tweezers coming from a wonderful Mary Kay consultant – Tina Smith!
by Arlene | May 13, 2011 | Giveaways, The Latest ...
Ready to tweeze in style? This month’s Mary Kay Giveaway is a pair of tweezers with soothing eye gel in a cute little black case! If you’ve read my book, you may remember Day 7 titled “Pluck without Pain” where I tell the story of dating...
by Arlene | May 9, 2011 | Parenting, The Latest ...
I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day! My favorite part of the day was going to breakfast and seeing these homemade cards. The one on the left is from 4 year old Noelle. My mom helped both kids make some cards with some beautiful tissue paper flowers! The...
by Arlene | May 9, 2011 | Health
Forgive me still blogging about Better TV – but I have a link that goes directly to my segment so it’s easier to watch. Just click here to watch my segment “Improve Your Memory” – you’ll find out what a howdah is! The Better TV...
by Arlene | May 5, 2011 | Health
Last week, I taped a segment with co-host Rhiannon Ally for Better, a nationally syndicated lifestyle show. You can watch it by going to today’s show on the Better homepage. Scroll forward the video thumbnails and click on “Improve Your Memory.” ...
by Arlene | May 4, 2011 | Health
From the first page, this book caught my interest. Dr. Dalton-Smith begins with a patient named Cameron who enters her office with more of an emotional problem than a physical one. Not exactly what a board certified internal medicine physician usually can take time...
by Arlene | May 1, 2011 | Arlene's Adventures
Seeing the Big Apple on crutches wasn’t ideal…BUT I still got to do a lot of wonderful things and meet some great people beginning with my publicist Ben from Pure Publicity and Audra Lowe, co-host of Better. I did a segment about improving your memory...
by Arlene | Apr 26, 2011 | Arlene's Adventures
Well, I’ll stand out in a crowd in the Big Apple. I’ll be the one on crutches! I’m meeting my wonderful publicist Ben for the first time in NYC so I won’t be hobbling around town by myself. Thank God and thank you Ben! We will be promoting my...
by Arlene | Apr 25, 2011 | Parenting
Happy Easter from my home to yours! Here’s sweet baby Lucy in her new Easter dress (thanks grandma!). She looks rather serious, perhaps she was still thinking of how scary the Easter bunny was to her! We started the day with a giant Easter egg hunt at our...
by Arlene | Apr 22, 2011 | Parenting
My sister-in-law Cindy just spent five days with us. She was visiting from the East Coast and totally blessed our family. First of all, since I’m on crutches, it was so nice to have another adult around to drive (I can’t do that yet), to help with Lucy,...
by Arlene | Apr 15, 2011 | Giveaways
Michelle you have won the Mary Kay giveaway! Congrats and enjoy!
by Arlene | Apr 14, 2011 | Parenting
My family was hiking in San Diego. I stepped down about two feet, my ankle twisted and before I knew it, I fell forward into this large dirt hole. I flipped over and looked into the big blue sky. My legs were up on the dirt ledge and I couldn’t move my right...
by Arlene | Apr 10, 2011 | Arlene's Adventures
I have signed a second book contract from Harvest House Publishers to write…are you ready? 31 Days to a Happy Husband! I am so thrilled to be writing this new book with James as my wonderful guinea pig. I will interview 31 men about what makes them tick (and...
by Arlene | Apr 8, 2011 | Giveaways
Getting ready for a trip this Easter break? Want something to tuck away for summertime? This month on my blog, you can win Mary Kay’s After-Sun Replenishing Gel. Just leave a comment on this post. A winner will be chosen at random on Monday! Good luck, happy...
by Arlene | Apr 6, 2011 | Health
I saw this recipe in Parade magazine a few weeks ago. It’s a sandwich that Jerry Seinfeld loves. So I figure, if it’s good enough for Jerry, it’s good enough for my husband too! I’m not much of a cook – I’m more of a food...
by Arlene | Apr 3, 2011 | More Fun Stuff
The highlight of my weekend was a wonderful brunch/workshop I attended on Saturday. It was the San Diego ChristianWriters Guild Spring Fellowship Event. I have enjoyed going to the guild’s fall writers conference at Maranatha Chapel but I’ve never...
by Arlene | Apr 1, 2011 | More Fun Stuff
Of course my favorite Mother’s Day gift looks like this: I am confident your mom, your grandma will enjoy it. Why not make a “younger you” gift basket and include: 31 Days to a Younger You Dark chocolate Exercise DVD Jump rope or resistance band...
by Arlene | Mar 29, 2011 | More Fun Stuff
My sweet James turned 40 this month. We celebrated in a sweet (James’ famous ice cream cake) and active (ultimate frisbee) way! Here’s what we served that was healthy at the party. Impressive right? Thanks to my awesome parents who don’t know how...
by Arlene | Mar 22, 2011 | More Fun Stuff
This morning I went to a fantastic moms group at Shadow Mountain Community Church. The group is called “Moms Inc.” – incorporating moms of all ages. I love that name! I went to encourage those ladies – to tell them they are beautiful and...
by Arlene | Mar 17, 2011 | More Fun Stuff
I had a GREAT time today at a childrens pastors conference in San Diego! No, I am not a childrens pastor, but I wanted to stop by the Harvest House booth and greet my publishing family! And I’m so glad I did because I got to buy some great books from Harvest...
