by Nicole Etolen | Feb 25, 2013 | For the Home
Cooking with spices is a great way to keep the calorie count of your food down, since you don’t have to load up with butter, cheese, or other fatty foods to make it taste better. It’s economically good, too, since most spices cost less than $5 a canister,...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 25, 2013 | Fashion
Fabulous sale alert! Starting today, through Wednesday, February 27th, Tea Collection is offering you the chance to buy 3 separates and get the 4th free on select styles with promo code 4FUN. Just look for the 3+1 icon for participating styles. Stock up on comfortable...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 25, 2013 | Books
Grounded “All my life I’ve worked to be simple, but I can’t pretend anymore. Nothing about me is simple.” In the year 2050, a secret government study nicknamed Operation Source Code injects eight volunteers with a retrovirus. The goal? To abate...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 24, 2013 | Books
If you waited in line for hours for the next Harry Potter, or stayed up late following the adventures of Percy Jackson, then you’re going to be overjoyed to know there’s a new group of heroes in the middle-grade literary world- the Selects. In Seven...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 23, 2013 | Health & Beauty
Winter is, by far, the worst time of the year for my skin. I can handle the oily issues in the summer or the redness brought on by allergies in the spring and fall, but winter is just a killer. My skin gets so dry that it itches non-stop. I’m not just talking...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 22, 2013 | Books
Please welcome Frank Nappi, author of Nobody Has to Know. Frank is discussing something I think we can all relate too: his disdain for annoying and distasteful bumper stickers! Don’t forget to enter to win a $50 Amazon Giftcard in the book blast! Bump the...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 21, 2013 | Gift Ideas
If there is one thing the Irish are famous for, it’s their luck. Although, my dad was almost completely Irish (with a little English mixed in, but he didn’t like to talk about that!), so I’m about half Irish, and I have to say, I’m still...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 20, 2013 | Books
Food for a Hungry Ghost Life was pleasantly normal for Gala Rhyce—that is, until her mom moved the family to Flagler Beach, Florida. Now—despite the palm trees, ocean breezes, and cute surfer guys—Gala is miserable…until she meets Trista. Trista makes a great friend,...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 19, 2013 | Lifestyle
About a year ago, as I was putting Jake to bed one night after he lost a tooth, he informed me that he thought I was the tooth fairy. He was only 6! How could he already know that! I, of course, overreacted and said “every time you say something like that, a...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 19, 2013 | For the Home
Choosing the right natural laundry detergent is something that I had a hard time figuring out, because I wanted something that would be effective and good for the environment. spent most of my life believing that laundry detergent had to smell pretty and cause major...