Okay… so this must be one of the craziest things I’ve ever done. But I’m also so excited about the Me Fine Mud Run and Timberjack Challenge on Saturday, October 1st in Selma. Think Wipeout meets the 5K. Seriously. Here’s an article about the Mud run. Come out and watch… or participate, if you dare. [...]
ComeUnity Now Festival – July 30th from 10:00 am – 10:00 pm This is a gathering of non-profits, individuals, corporations and communities of faith coming together to celebrate the uniqueness of our city, identifying how we can grow by serving each other when a disaster strikes and to encourage this spirit to remain in place. WHAT [...]
Friday Freebie #1 Deja Mi is sponsoroing a free music festival called Deja Fest from July 22nd and July 23rd in Downtown Raleigh. Check out six venues featuring 24 bands, including Tir Na Nog, The Pour House and Lincoln Theatre. Bands include Hooray for Earth, Nick Catchdubs, Old Bricks, and Double Dare featuring Apple Juice [...]
Love, love, love this idea for weekend road trips over the summer months. Or better yet, when you have a long haul for your family’s big adventure to a faraway place that requires hours of patience in a car with cranky kids, grouchy husbands… you get the idea. So if you are traveling this summer, whether on [...]
Free (Mostly Free) Summer Activities from Sir Walter Chevy and Chevy Mom.com AMF Bowling – Kids Bowl Free Children 16 and under can bowl free at your local AMF. It’s not! Just register your children , and you’ll receive your first coupons via email within 24 hours for 2 free games per child per day. [...]
Town of Garner’s July 3rd Celebration featuring the North Carolina Symphony Sunday, July 3 Lake Benson Park, 921 Buffaloe Road 5-10 p.m. Annually, Garner and its neighbors come together to celebrate our nation’s independence on July 3rd at Lake Benson Park. Gates open at 5 p.m. Enjoy musical entertainment from Liquid Pleasure followed by the [...]
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ~ A NATIONAL DAY OF HEALING FROM THE LEGACY OF ENSLAVEMENT –TOMORROW, JUNE 18TH, AT THE WAKE CHAPEL CHURCH LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER IN RALEIGH –11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. –JUNETEENTH COMMEMORATES THE DAY THAT THE LAST REMAINING SLAVES WERE INFORMED THAT THEY WERE FREE-TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR ACTUAL EMANCIPATION –THE EVENT WILL MIX [...]
Now that the school year has come to an end for most children in our area, your kitchen counter or mudroom may have piles of adorable arts and crafts that your little ones created over the last few months. So what do you do with it all? I did a little Googling to get the [...]
Here are this week’s Friday Freebies brought to you by Sir Walter Chevrolet, ChevyMom.com and My Carolina Today: Family Night Out in the Park Lake Rim Park in Fayetteville Friday, June 10th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm –MUSIC, GAMES –FOOD VENDOR ON SITE ___________________________________________________________________________________ Family Days: Toys and Games –North Carolina History Museum in [...]
I’m so excited because we are heading to Jordan Lake to go camping this weekend with three other families. Now you might be thinking, are you crazy? It’s already insanely hot, the mosquitoes are buzzing about and you have to sleep on the ground when you’re in a tent. Here’s the deal, I want my [...]
