by Nicole Etolen | Jun 1, 2012 | Travel
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Newport Beach for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. When I graduated high school, my aunt in California got together with my aunt here on the East Coast to arrange for me to come visit her in Los Angeles....
by Nicole Etolen | May 31, 2012 | Entertainment
With less than a week left before the start of season 3 of Rizzoli & Isles (June 5th, at 9/8c), there’s still a little time left to catch up on anything you may have missed in the second season. The Rizzoli & Isles Season 2 DVD released last week, and it...
by Nicole Etolen | May 30, 2012 | Fashion
Even though it’s sweltering hot here in the Poconos today, and hoodies are the furthest thing from my mind, the summer months do bring some cool nights. I know Jacob will need something to keep him warm on those nights, but a sweatshirt is usually overkill....
by Nicole Etolen | May 29, 2012 | Books
I actually read On Demon Wings (Experiment in Terror #5) the very day Karina Halle sent it to me for review, but then all that crazy medical junk came up and I just realized I never finished writing my review. Slap my hand for that, I feel awful about it!...
by Nicole Etolen | May 29, 2012 | Kids & Family
Sidewalk chalk is a huge favorite in our household, both for Jacob and for me. Hey, I get to be a kid sometimes too, right? We’ve been playing with it since he was old enough to hold it in his hands. I taught him the ABCs, sight words, and more with little more...
by Nicole Etolen | May 28, 2012 | Books, Summer Reading
To me, summer has always been about catching up on all those books I didn’t have time to read during the rest of the year (and I have a TON to catch up on, due to health issues these past few months). As a kid and teenager, it was time to read what I wanted to...
by Nicole Etolen | May 27, 2012 | Gift Ideas
Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor the men and women who gave their lives fighting for the United States. I come from a huge military family, so it’s an important day to me. My second-to-youngest cousin is currently serving in the Marines. His two older...
by Nicole Etolen | May 25, 2012 | Entertainment
Part of Jane Rizzoli’s background story includes almost getting killed by serial killer Charles Hoyt. While the actual event happened before the start of the show, we did get to see most of what happened in flashbacks, and it wasn’t pretty. At the end of...
by Nicole Etolen | May 24, 2012 | Kids & Family
Jacob loves personalized stuff, especially stuff that gives him a place to put yet more stuff, and believe me, he has an enormous amount of stuff (I do love seeing how many times I can use the same word in a sentence!). Personalized bags and other goodies are awesome,...
by Nicole Etolen | May 24, 2012 | Gift Ideas
Welcome to the 2012 Father’s Day Gift Guide hosted by Blog It Forward! Pretty Opinionated is thrilled to be part of this event. If you are looking for great gift ideas for dad then you came to the right place! Men are so hard to buy for aren’t they?! We...
