I started this blog thinking I would find some words of encouragement off Pinterest. I would "like" the words, then "Pin" them to my board. I would then write about how I applied those words or how it affects my family. Clearly, HUGH SUCCESS, I have two readers . . . my mother and my sister. Thank you mom and Julie for thinking this is a good idea! Honestly - don't all mother's have to like what their child does? So Julie might be my only true reader?
I had written probably four blog post before anyone was allowed to read one. My mother's take on them was that I was being truthful yet hard on myself. My sister, didn't have a take on them, maybe she isn't really reading them. I think she sees it as a daily update on what goes on here at chaos central!.
I am really the immediate success, immediate gratification kind of gal. So, with such a booming following I set about to see what the blogs I like/read do.
First up, Snarky in the Suburbs. Upon my first three reads I thought , how mean. This woman is rough and karma will bite her with all she is putting out there. What fiction she is writing. Until tonight. I had not followed her until tonight! I friend posted on FB, FINALLY, Snarky in the Suburbs! So, while waiting on our oldest I thought I would read it. It was me in action about 4 years ago at a Junior League meeting. I saw that is was my life over two hours one March back in 1997. It was me, not the lice stuff, but standing up for what I believed in against on overpowering President and her cabinet. So, I will concede, I like Snarky and maybe she is not so full of bull!
I subscribe to the email updates for the Zoe Report, http://www.thezoereport.com/welcome/. I love to look at pretty thing but can I be honest - no one but Rachel Zoe can fit in the stuff she features. She offers beautiful jewelry - would love it, cannot afford it. Crazy shoes - ok at 5'7" I don't need a pair of 5" platforms for the football field. Her blog is a dream blog of what could be if . . . only I was a size zero, 5'4", mega millionaire. I would die! BANANAS!
Clearly not being a size zero makes me more the food blog type. One I recently found is The Pioneer Woman, http://thepioneerwoman.com/, she has some of the most beautiful pictures and the recipes are so clearly written and easily understood. I recently made her Cheeseburger Salad - amazingly a big hit with the family! I want to be this woman's neighbor - she bakes and takes around fresh cinnamon rolls to friends and neighbors for Christmas . . note to self buy a ranch in OK before next December. Sure, right after I become a size zero . . . damn those cinnamon rolls!
I love taking pictures of well just about everything but especially our boys. I am the family photographer. Trips - they count on me to do them scrap books of our trips. They request me to take their holiday pictures with our boys. Slide shows and movies - I do one for their birthday. I am the go to girl for documentation of our lives. AND I love the I Heart Faces, http://www.iheartfaces.com/ blogs - one is tutorials on how to get good pictures. Another is a Friday fix it - and they teach you how to edit your photos better. They have weekly contest. The people that post in the contest completely amaze me with their ability. I have so much to learn and have learned from them.
Something near and dear to me is . . . PARTIES! In my work world, long before children, I was a professional party planner for a private family. 1000 attendees at the daughters wedding, million dollar fundraisers for The Salvation Army, a sip and see, baby showers, card games, family dinner and dinner parties for 60. You think of it and I have done it. So, I love checking out the new trends in parties. Catch my Party, http://blog.catchmyparty.com/, is my go to. The blog has great pictures. I find it a bit geared to children but guess what, that is my market now!
Last but not least, the blog I like for the creative, I am never going to be able to do this, me is Today's Creative Blog, http://todayscreativeblog.net/. Immediately, I like the blogger - she says it has to be done in 5 minutes. Clearly her 5 minutes and mine are different - very different!
Kudos to any mom who can take a bath mat and turn it into a tree skirt. I am the mom at the store buying the actual tree skirt. I want to be this girl, but I am not.
So, if you happen to be one of the few who read this post, thank you.
Blogging is like being a kid in a candy store and you don't know if you want to make the snickers you favorite, or the M & Ms, or the payday, or Hubba Bubba, or butterscotch!
Since I have already established I am not a size zero, I advocate getting them all!
What are your must have blogs?
Happy Pinning!
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