by Nicole Etolen | Dec 12, 2011 | Gift Ideas
Just in time for the holidays, Warner Brothers has created a brand new fun Frosty the Snowman website filled with fun activities, downloads, and games. Frosty was always one of my favorite holiday icons, with his cute little button nose and his jovial way of shouting...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 12, 2011 | For the Home
I think everyone should give and receive at least one handmade gift a year, be it for Christmas, birthdays, Mother’s Day, or just because. Nothing really says “I was totally thinking of you” like something that was painstakingly crafted by another....
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 12, 2011 | Blogging
Several bloggers ((Kobiso, Makobi Scribe, Sason and Pobi, etc) have gotten together to create a great Twitter Blast event, and it’s FREE for other bloggers to join. All you have to do is write a quick post (like this one) about the event and follow the rest of...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 10, 2011 | Gift Ideas
Is anyone else scrambling to get their cards out because they procrastinated? I swore I would get them done by the first week of December, yet here I sit trying to write them all out and actually get them in the mail on time to reach their destinations within a few...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 10, 2011 | For the Home
Unless you’re Drew Barrymoore circa 1984, starting fires is no easy task. Well, maybe for some of you it is, but for me, it ranks up there with cooking something that contains more than three ingredients and making a craft that resembles the vision in my head...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 9, 2011 | Books
If you’ve been following along the last few months, you already know I’m a huge fan of Karina Halle’s “Experiment in Terror” series. I devoured the first two, Darkhouse and Red Fox, in record time, waited oh so impatiently for the third...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 7, 2011 | Kids & Family
I try to keep an enormous selection of board games on hand for Jacob and I because there are only so many times you can play the same one over and over before you kind of want to bang your head against the wall. Right now, Jake is really into math. Where he gets that...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 6, 2011 | Entertainment
In the real world, I’d fall flat on my face if I tried to ride a skateboard, and I don’t go in the ocean past my knees, so surfing is totally out. In Spongebob Surf & Skate Roadtrip for the Kinect, however, I am a rock star on a skateboard! Okay, maybe...
by Nicole Etolen | Dec 6, 2011 | Tips & Crafts
For the past 9 years, I’ve been working as a manager at a Santa Claus photo operation. I’ve seen everything from screaming children to biting pets come through, and have learned a lot about what it takes to get a really good pictures with Santa. If your...
