• Fashion Friday: Edition fall didn’t get the memo

    Well. It is still just hot here. There was one morning this week when it felt cool but I don’t consider fall weather to be any day where it eventually gets to 90+ degrees. Fall, please come pick up summer. She has overstayed her welcome. Here are some cute things I found this week: 1….

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Authors / speakers Melanie Shankle and Sophie Hudson – also known as Big Mama and BooMama on their blogs – talk about all the important stuff: faith, family, friends, football, fashion and food… and of course, their hair.

  • Big Boo Cast: Episode 408

    Well, college football is pretty much all wrapped up for Sophie this season, so this week we discuss that unfortunate development as well as the very positive turn of events…

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  • Big Boo Cast: Episode 407

    This week Sophie and I bring back our college football Side Eyes and I See Yous as well as recap my weekend with Caroline home and my weekend at a…

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  • Big Boo Cast: Episode 407

    This week I process my A&M / Notre Dame feelings (in addition to my game-time dehydration issues), and Sophie is ticked that her beloved Bulldogs are not, in her opinion,…

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