by Nicole Etolen | Sep 1, 2011 | Books
Title: Veiled Author: S.B.Niccum Genre: Speculative Christian Fiction I should make something clear upfront, I thought Veiled was a going to be paranormal romance type book, along the lines of the nonsecular angel stories that are so popular right now. I don’t...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 31, 2011 | Blogging
I updated this list of user-friendly WordPress plugins on May 15, 2017. Even over 6 years later, I only changed out two plugins from the list! That goes to show how awesome the others are! They stay user-friendly and useful for the long haul. There are a lot of...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 30, 2011 | Random
Our power went out Sunday night at 6pm, two hours after the wind died down and we thought we were in the clear. While we were sitting without power and trying to read by the last of the light last night, I snapped a picture of the pretty post-Irene sky. You can see...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 29, 2011 | Entertainment
Of all the shows Jake watches, Wubbzy definitely makes it to my own list of favorites. Who couldn’t love that bendy-tailed hero who likes to play, play play? Although I think Walden is actually my favorite, because he’s the book worm, like me. Then again,...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 28, 2011 | Random
Well, we survived Hurricane Irene here in the Poconos. I live on a hill, so I didn’t see too much in the way of flooding, although the basement is filling up faster than the sump pump can get rid of it. My neighbor across the street has a tree down and laying on...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 26, 2011 | Books
Title: Hooper Finds a Family Author: Jane Paley Publisher: HarperCollins When Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans and busted the levees, over one-quarter of a million pets, from dogs to goldfish, were left behind as their families raced out of the path of...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 25, 2011 | Books
Jake’s been a bit of a challenge lately, as he’s at the age where he’s decided he’s old enough to make his own decisions. He’s six, for crying out loud! Apparently, I was the same way as a child, and my mom thinks this is payback. The boy...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 21, 2011 | Kids & Family
Jake has an outrageous amount of board games, mostly because I get tired of playing the same thing over and over again, so I need a lot of variety. We have an eclectic mix of classics, new takes on old games, and just plain new games, as well as educational versus...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 20, 2011 | Health & Beauty
I’ve always had super thick hair, and for most of my life, it’s also been fairly long. In fact, right now with it cut just about my shoulders is the shortest it’s been for most of my teenage and adult life. I remember when I was little and my mom...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 19, 2011 | Books
Title: Darwin’s Children Author: Natasha Larry Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction I think as teenagers we all think our parents have some sort of mysterious mind-reading powers at some point, otherwise how can we explain how they knew when we were planning to...
