A Crucial Contact Sports Safety Tip

Manic:  Me through the years watching my boy play hockey since the 2nd grade.  At times, I definitely worried about injuries and especially with the many missing teeth hockey jokes I heard. Managed:  Fortunately, so far my boy’s injuries have been minor with one broken wrist and one broken ankle that both healed beautifully.  We […]

Weekly Pet Pic: Niner, The Hugging Homework Helping Dog!

Thank you Bridget for sending in adorable pics of your pup, Niner!  Take a look at this cutie.  I love his white paws… Niner likes to sit at the table with his humans and help with homework, too…. And best of all, he gives good hugs…Niner is a nice and very loving companion and we […]

Holiday Gifts Ideas for People & Pets

Manic:  The calendar!  Just like every year, the calendar is moving fast and the countdown to the holidays is on! Managed:  Did some shopping for you to see what’s out there for the teenager, mom, dad and even the pets on your list. Plus I show some fun gift ideas to take to the host […]

Several Sips & Spirits Recipes for the Holidays

I was very fortunate to get to work on the last show that our beloved Lisa Haffner hosted, that aired yesterday. After 22 years at KTVK and the last eight of those years hosting our “Your Life A to Z” morning show, Lovely Lisa is taking some time off from her career to spend more […]

Weekly Pet Pic: Just Hang Out If You Can

Even though I don’t get to do this today since I’m teaching Sunday School, helping my daughter man her fund raising lemonade stand and then completing a freelance deadline (not to mention all of the other jobs like laundry, organizing the family’s upcoming weekly calendar, cleaning out the fridge and more)….all of you should take […]

Color Me Rad Phoenix Race Free Registration Winners!

A big thank you to all all of you that entered into the drawing to win free registration into the Color Me Rad Phoenix Race happening this Saturday, November 9th.  We just did the drawing through random.org and the winners are….. Alicia Wheatley and Viviana Balderrama Congratulations!!!  I will contact both of you via email […]

AZ Local: Cool Color Me Rad 5K Phoenix Run & Enter to Win Free Registration!

I have a lot of friends who are runners and absolutely love it, so when I heard about this colorful, unique run that benefits the Breast Cancer Society, I had to share the details.  Lauren (who signed her email to me “the coolest Color Me Rad customer service dudette”) has the fun scoop on this […]

Weekly Pet Pic & A Holiday Wish

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… And these pups sure are festive since they helped to carve pumpkins a few weeks ago… These three cuties belong to our Managedmoms.com team writer Bianca.  Three times the cuteness in her holiday picture!  And how she ended up with these precious pups is a story that […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win?  Keep on reading!!  And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware,  jewelry and more!  Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce this week’s lucky winner…. This week’s […]

Halloween Costume Fun

For my family and friends who aren’t local and haven’t seen my girl’s multiple costumes this year, take a look at the fun. First she needed a costume for her theater’s costume party.  Remember the movie Edward Scissorhands?  Meet Edwina Scissorhands… And for Halloween, she went with a more classic character from the movie that […]

Check Out These Homemade Haunted Halloween Decorations

Happy Halloween!  One of our managedmoms.com subscribers (also my cool cousin), Bridget Shaw from Maryland, sent us these fun pictures of what they did for their big Halloween party.  I wasn’t surprised by how clever some of her creepy creations are because Bridget is a talented designer and storyboard artist and has even worked on […]

This Halloween Celebrate the Beautiful Black Cat

Since this is Halloween week, I want to take a moment to honor the beautiful black cat.  Disregard any person that tries to tell you that black cats are bad luck because that just breaks my heart.  In fact, many shelters won’t even adopt black cats out during the month of October because of the […]

AZ Local: Got a Teen? I Highly Recommend This Driving School!

Manic:  My mind as I realize that in 2 1/2 weeks my first born will get his driver’s license and drive off, without me next to him, for the first time.  Yey and yikes all in one! Managed:  Enrolling him in a local top notch driving school has improved his driving skills and lowered my […]

Freebie Friday Winner!

Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win?  Keep on reading!!  And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware,  jewelry and more!  Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce this week’s lucky winner…. This week’s […]

Transitioning Desert Fashions from Summer to Fall to Winter

Manic:  Figuring out how to wear my fall fashions this time of year here in Phoenix when it is cool in the mornings, hot in the afternoon and then chilly in our October/November evenings. Managed:  Asked my friend and fashion expert, Heather who owns The Purple Skirt Boutique and is an expert fashion buyer and […]