Posted by Lee in Alvin and The Chipmunks, giveaway, product review on 04 1st, 2010 | 16 Comments

Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel:

Tomorrow, I will leave our Westside Los Angeles home in a Honda Odyssey packed with a 7-yr-old, a 5-yr-old, a 2-yr-old, an assortment of suitcases, bags, and snacks, and ONE DVD that holds the promise of getting me almost the ENTIRE way to Phoenix (7-ish hours) without any whining or crying: Alvin and The Chipmunks: THE SQUEAKQUEL!!!! All three of my kids are hooked to the core of their beings on Alvin and his buddies. When they watched the 2007 Alvin and The Chipmunks movie on HBO, they sat spellbound and just fell head over heels in love with these lovable furry...

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Posted by admin in DVDs, MWOB giveaway, product review, we love our readers on 12 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

MWOB’s HOLIDAY DVD GIVEAWAY EXTRAV

As you know we do not do reviews very often around here. It’s not our bloggy bread and butter. But good stories are. So when I was asked by some cool PR folks over here in LA to review some DVDs, I was all “Okay, we can do that.” With the holidays fast approaching, we thought there was no better time to let you know of some good titles out and about and ripe for the picking. Wrap ‘em up. Stuff ‘em in some stockings. Give the gift of story and entertainment, And the bonus to all of this? We have a lil’ giveaway action going...

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Posted by admin in product review on 08 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Karen’s Thesis on Elephants –

Animal Planet presents “Elephants” DVD includes 2 incredible documentaries. The first, “Africa’s Elephant Kingdom” was watched by my whole family – mom, dad, and 3 daughters – ages 14, 9 and 4. This is the story of a close-knit family of forty African elephants led by their “matriarch” as they confront everyday life raising their young, looking for sustenance and staying away from predators. This is the family of “Old Bull” – the first majestic elephant we see in the documentary – and the narrator speaks in the first person as if he is Old...

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Posted by admin in a book, Nava Atlas, product review, Secret Recipes for the Modern Day Wife on 06 11th, 2009 | No Comments

A smörgåsbord of wit and wisdom from N

Written by Em On the eve of my wedding, my domestic, post-war goddess of a grandmother bequeathed to me two pearls of marital wisdom: 1. Always put on lipstick when you hear your husband’s car in the driveway – make him think you’ve been waiting for him all day. 2. Always put a pot on the stove, even if it’s just water boiling – make him think supper is almost ready. If I had really paid attention to what she was saying, I would have heard her speak the keys to a happy marriage – mastering the art of illusion, offering a whole lot of...

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Posted by admin in help my feet, product review, sandals, summer on 05 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Summer, Sandals and FEET!: An Honest Rev

Written by Lee I haven’t done a review in a while.  Mainly because it’s not really what we do around here at MWOB. We have so many other things to accomplish like figure out how to make friends in 60 seconds, ponder whether we’re ready to start wearing thong underwear again, and analyze whether or not we could be considered a “MILF.”   BUT……. …when MomFuse contacted me to see if I would try out some foot cream that might very well get my lame feet into sandal-wearing shape for summertime, I was all. over. it. I...

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Posted by admin in Casio Keyboard, product review on 03 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Casio Light-Up Keyboard: An Honest Revie

When I was 5-years-old I started taking organ lessons.  You know, the organ?  The distant geeky cousin of the piano? Yeah, that thing. We lived on the South Side of Chicago and for some reason in the mid-70′s, organ lessons were considered well, kinda cool.   I’m not sure exactly why I started learning how to play the organ although my older brother was into it too so maybe my parents got some two-for-one deal on the lessons or something.  I do remember going to White Sox games at Comiskey Park (I was a total tomboy and an avid White Sox fan at age 5) and...

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Posted by admin in First Juice, giveaway, product review, wanna get healthy? on 02 16th, 2009 | No Comments

First Juice: An Honest Review of Healthy

We have a winner for the First Juice Giveaway!! Random.org generated the #28 which belonged to Helene! Congratulations to Helene who has TWO SETS OF TWINS! So she needs this juice! Thanks for playing the giveaway game.   Check back for more review/giveaway fun!! I can still remember peering over the kitchen countertop of my youth watching my mom get out our tan plastic pitcher, the inside stained a dull red, as she prepared to mix up one of my favorite childhood beverages….Kool-Aid.  I had an important role in the process. I was often the one lucky enough to get...

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Posted by admin in card game, family time, LO YO, product review on 01 27th, 2009 | No Comments

"LO YO!" – An Honest Rev

THE PRODUCT Didn’t I cover that in the title?   “LO YO!” is uh, a family card game for ages 7 and up designed to actually get you sitting around with your family and having fun together!  Sounds like a novel concept, right?   I don’t know about you but with three smaller-type kids, it’s difficult to find the time to play a game together.  I’m usually too busy yelling to have fun.  But when “LO YO” arrived in the mail, the box holding the card game read:   “The game where everyone shouts…LO YO!”...

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Posted by admin in Fashionology LA, product review on 01 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

Fashionology LA – An Honest Review

THE CONCEPT Fashionology LA is a fashion destination on Canon Drive (that’s two blocks east of the famous Rodeo Drive) designed for “tweens.” Now, when I was first asked to review this fashion concept of a store, I said “My daughter is only 6 1/2 – is she really considered a tween? Please say no.”   Well, thankfully they said a “tween” officially starts around the age of 8, but the folks at Fashionology LA said she was still at a good age to give it a try. Whew.  That was a close one.  No need to get myself all worked up...

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Posted by admin in Lunch Box Cards, product review on 01 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Kids Lunch Box Cards – An Honest R

Hey MWOB readers!    Here is your chance to actually WIN something on a blog!   All you gotta do is read this mind-blowing review of this sweet lil’ product  and leave a comment to be entered to win!  What will you win? A couple of packs of Lunch Box Cards of course! This giveaway ends on Tuesday, Jan. 13th at the end of the blogging day. So lemme hear from you to win!  UPDATE:  We have a winner – Erin.  You know who you are. THE PRODUCT: In case you are like me and had no idea what lunch box cards were or could be, well, they are cards that...

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Moms without Blogs is basically me, Lee, who wonders every single day how in the hell am I going to find the time to write a blog post? I\'m a mom to three kids (ages 9, 7, and 4) who are insanely gorgeous, insanely active, insanely demanding, insanely life-affirming and who have almost driven me insane. In good and bad ways. I work as a producer in reality television, I fold all kinds of laundry, I am picky about how my dishwasher is loaded, I yell entirely too much at my kids, I like desert skies and how my skin feels after a dip in the ocean, I married my soul mate even though I don\'t believe in soul mates really, I believe that laughing \'til it hurts is where it\'s at, I\'m a sucker for putting little treats into the bowls of our three dogs each night, I love driving my 1974 orange convertible Karmann Ghia, I write when inspiration strikes, and summer is my season. And if you\'re a mom without a blog, literally or figuratively, then I\'d probably like to hang out with you. Thanks for reading.