By Katharine of Home’s Cool! and The Conquering Mom
Katharine Trauger is a retired educator and a women’s counselor. She and her husband spent 25 years running a home and school for children who would otherwise have been homeless. She has worked 15 years as contributor and/or columnist for several small professional magazines, with over 60 published articles. She blogs about the rising popularity of being at home from a sun room on a wooded hilltop in the Deep South at: Home’s Cool! and The Conquering Mom, and tweets at @KathaTrau. She is currently working on a self-help book entitled: Yes, It Hurts, But . .
Amanda is a former teacher/coach who hung up the whistle when she got promoted to mom. She loves to run, play hide and seek in the house with her kids, put fresh flowers on her table, have game nights, laugh til’ she cries, and go out on dates with her man. Just Living the Adventure! You can find her at
Paige grew up in South Arkansas knowing that her mission in life was to help people and she’s spent the last ten years figuring out how to make that happen. She believes in the power of curiosity, kindness, creativity, and red lipstick. She blogs at 
Terra is a music loving, wine drinking, book reading, art making, dancing fool who transplanted to the hills of Northwest Arkansas from Kansas City in 2011 with he man and their mutts. 
Natalie Zanatta is the mom of 3 wonderful boys who recently moved to Central Arkansas. Natalie writes about inside and out healthy living covering gluten free cooking (due to Celiac Disease), DIY, gardening, fashion/beauty, and more to help us all be healthier inside and out. Check out her blog 
Savannah lives in central Arkansas with her ridiculously handsome husband and three adorable, exceedingly well-mannered children. When she’s not avoiding laundry or grumbling about the school pick-up line, you can find Savannah at 
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