And now for something completely different…
This post is purely mommy, so if you aren’t interested, please move on. Something geeky will come along soon.
Okay. If you’re still reading this, you are a Mommy or you are actually interested in my mommyish side at least. I read lots of great mommy blogs and many of them inspire me. I comment sometimes, but mostly, I’m a lurker. Imagine my complete and utter shock when I got this from Christy at Paul Newman Shirt Days:
Dang. I’m humbled. I hardly ever post and when I do it is usually something geeky. But this is a great chance for me to give some blog-love to the great Mommy-ish blogs that I love to read as often as I can. There are rules to this thing and I need to nominate seven of my own favorites. Oh, joy!!
So, here they are:
Christy • Paul Newman Shirt Days
Right back at ya, Babe! Christy is creative and sweet and shy, but so very brave. I can identify with a lot of what she posts and I wish I had half the nerve she has. She’s real and I love that about her. I imagine she writes exactly the way she talks, which makes her posts incredibly easy to read.
Fern • Candle at Both Ends
Fern is eloquent, brave, intelligent, funny, sincere, truthful, and everything I could ever aspire to be as a blogger. She writes the posts I wish I were fearless enough to write, because I’ve identified with just about everything there. She’s going through some tough times right now, but she keeps her sense of humor and even turns her trials into something good for others. Visit her blog and read the articles she’s written at Examiner.com.
Melissa • Chasing Cheerios
Melissa’s blog is so full of fun activities! I’ve already gotten some great projects from there and pointers to other great projects. I don’t have the patience or the expertise to home-school my babies, but I am pretty crafty and having educational projects to do with the kids is so much fun. We all look forward to them. Bonus: the adorable pictures she posts of her own daughter doing each project.
Mrs. Chicken • Chicken and Cheese
Mrs. Chicken is another great writer. She, too, is brave and real. I identify with almost every post she writes. She’s just had her second child and through her writing I relive those stressful transition months where the oldest clamors for attention over the cries of a newborn. Chin up, Mrs. Chicken. It gets better!
Jodie • A Mom and Her Camera
Jodie takes simply gorgeous photos. I love seeing them and I wish I lived closer to her so I could hire her for a family portrait. I especially love the newborn pics. She’s inspiring me to pull the camera out much more and to capture every moment I can because they just go by so freaking quickly. She’s also so much fun to read.
Erin • Mama Said No!
I found Erin’s blog when she did a guest post for Mrs. Chicken. She’s so fun and her son is the same age as mine, so there are many times that I feel her pain. She writes just the way I imagine she talks and she has such an incredible sense of humor.
Allie • No Time For Flash Cards
This is another great site for projects to do with the kiddies. We’ve already done some and I’ve bookmarked others for the future. Allie was a preschool teacher and I love how she gives ideas for working with different ages for each project. She provides step-by-step instructions illustrated with pics of her adorable son. Great resource!
So, there they are! These are my favorite mommy-ish blogs. Go read, laugh, cry, and enjoy them as much as I have.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:11 am
We’re up and down on our bumpy road here, but you are right, every hour it gets a wee bit easier. Thanks for the love!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Oh Thank-you ! I’m glad you feel that way! I never think of myself as brave, so I don’t mind hearing someone else thinks I am! You are one of my favorite commenters. (sp?)
And, about your last comment, I don’t think you need two blogs…I like it just the way it is. I like when people write about their “thing,” like naming application thingy-magigers dinosaur names because they are being completely themselves. I have come to love everything geeky, even though I often don’t understand a lot of it, because it is so genuine and quirky and therefore makes me feel safe. Geekhood is honest and noble and I’ve been spending the past nine yrs with my husband eating every delicious geeky thing I can get my hands on. Like, I read his Geek Monthly magazine, which I rarely understand but LOVE. Oh geez, what if you’re offended that I used the word geek so much in this comment? See what I’m saying is that I adore the geek in all of us. Should I delete this? And it’s soo long and I keep being overly friendly with people online! Anyway, I’m glad to know you even if just online, Dana! Blog when you can.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
@Mrs. Chicken: You’re more than welcome. It is a very bumpy road and I have trouble navigating it myself sometimes. But the hardest part was definitely dealing with an infant and a toddler.
@Christy: That comment is so characteristic of exactly why I enjoy your blog. You are just so freaking adorable! I’m so not offended by the word “geek”. In fact, I am a self-described geek. So geek it up, girl!
September 12th, 2008 at 11:22 am
oh shucks! shucksy, shucksy, shucksy, shucks!
shucks.
(that looks weird, doesn’t it? did I spell it right?)