Looking for a few good blogs
With the Summer behind us and a somewhat-quieter Fall ahead, I'm looking forward to getting back into a little blog reading. There's only one problem: I don't even know where to start.
The internet is bursting with bloggy goodness and I thought perhaps you all could help streamline my search. I'm especially looking for well-written, eclectic blogs by Christian moms who are in a similar season of life as me and write on topics such as homemaking, homeschooling, mothering, simple living, organization, and healthful living.
So, any suggestions for me? Leave a comment and share the link or links to your favorite blogs or blogs you think I'd enjoy. And don't be shy, if you have a blog and think I'd be interested in checking it out, leave your link, too!
I'm looking forward to finding some new favorites to add to my regular blog-reading list!
The internet is bursting with bloggy goodness and I thought perhaps you all could help streamline my search. I'm especially looking for well-written, eclectic blogs by Christian moms who are in a similar season of life as me and write on topics such as homemaking, homeschooling, mothering, simple living, organization, and healthful living.
So, any suggestions for me? Leave a comment and share the link or links to your favorite blogs or blogs you think I'd enjoy. And don't be shy, if you have a blog and think I'd be interested in checking it out, leave your link, too!
I'm looking forward to finding some new favorites to add to my regular blog-reading list!
Labels: Reading
posted by Crystal Paine at 1:00 PM
146 Comments:
This is one you probably already know about but I love Jess at Making Home. She took the summer off and is just now writing again but she writes some really good stuff. http://makinghome.blogspot.com/index.html
I have found some of the blogs I read just by clicking on the comments from biblicalwomanhood. A lot of your readers have great blogs.
I've been writing a series on relocating from one state to another.My blog is a hodge podge, but i thought you might be interested since you mentioned a possible move. I'm a pastor's wife and homeschool mom of 4.
You could check out my blog: http:nanasfaith.blogspot.com . Even if my blog doesn't capture you, I have several on my sidebar you might be interested in.
I think most of the blogs I read, I found through your site! One that I really enjoy is The Barefoot Mama.
I have a blog where I write about our recent move,new baby, being in full-time ministry, and living the normal Christian life. I am a 25 year old stay at home, homeschooling mom of 3 :)
(It won't let me link to my blog so I am writing it in here)
[Liz Thoughts on Love, Life, and Motherhood]
www.eafollman.wordpress.com
My favorite is www.tomatosoupcake.blogspot.com
and mine:)
I don't have my own but here are a few of my favorites:
http://www.ahthelife.blogspot.com/
http://inashoe.com/
http://mrspear.blogspot.com/
http://vaughnshire.com/
http://www.servenclan.blogspot.com/
Rebecca in Texas
I also check Tammy's Recipes daily, but I think you may have already heard of that blog. :-)
Hello,
I think everyone takes a bit of summer off from blog reading. There are only so many things we can give our attention to:)
I can't wait to see what great blogs are suggested. There are so many new ones. It is so much fun to get to 'meet' new people!
Take Care,
Trixie
http://farmhomelife.blogspot.com/
If you don't read it already, I like Heavenly Homemakers. heavenlyhomemakers.com/blog
OhAmanda is another sweet Christian blogger, ohamanda.com
http://seekingfaithfulness.wordpress.com/
My blog is a glimpse at our life: homeschooling, mothering, family, Christian living, simplicity, and thoughts I may be wanting to share. www.bestill-michelle.blogspot.com
Ann Voskamp at Holy Experience is a wonderful blog! aholyexperience.com
Melanie in CA
I have started a series on choosing curriculum and the first part (preschool) is up. If you are interested in that it is at www.misscarie.blogspot.com I write about other stuff also. My favorite blog, after yours is www.keepingthehome.com Candy is full of great homemaking tips.
Blessings,
Carie Shinn
I'm getting ready to unveil my newest blog project soon!
Named:
www.NaturallyKnockedUp.com
It'll focus mainly on healthy eating and living as it pertains to fertility.
I hope to have it up and running the beginning of September (it's a bare page now!) but alas, my kiddo has been sick the last week, so I haven't gotten much done. :-) So it may take me an extra week or so to get set up the way I want.
And I'll also be relaunching my blog at Raisingpeanuts.com in the next couple weeks as well. www.raisingpeanuts.com will focus on bringing up healthy, happy children, with a bit of 'green' tossed in. I also plan on doing a series on signing with infants and toddlers as well as what I'll be teaching him in 'school'. (my guy is two)It's also pretty eclectic with a bit of everything I do in my life as well, you know, gardening, cleaning, grocery shopping, sewing, yadda, yadda, yadda!
I also have a few great blogs in my left hand sidebar that are mostly about healthful living and young children.
See you around the bloggy world!
Check out www.motleymoms.com
We're a group of seven Christian women writing about what inspires us. Our tagline: Seven moms, seven husbands, thirteen kids, four dogs, one fish, and life as we know it!
It's a new little blog, but we're likin' it so far!
I discovered this blog about a month ago and was instantly hooked. MckMama, as she is known, blogs about her life with 3 children under age 3 and another one on the way. They have had severe medical issues with this pregnancy and her story/faith is amazing. www.mycharmingkids.net
I like inthemidstofit.blogspot.com. Oh, there are so many others. Maybe I'll come by and share more later.
You're welcome to stop by mine. My children are 3,2, and 7 months.
I enjoy http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/
She is young, married to a missionary, into healthy eating. Has a little one younger than yours, is pregnant now and talks like she intends to homeschool.
Feel free to check out mine too, I am a homeschooling mom to 4 boys, I blog about homeschooling, homemaking, my Christian walk. I try to always be upbeat and encouraging. I am not into talking about the "woes" of life but rather into the positives :)
For a strange and different blog I love watching and reading the life of this man trying to become debt free--he has some mean commenters that are really against his steadfast belief in tithing. I am just hoping to soon see him scream that he is debt free. I try to encourage him and know he could us a lot of encouragement from more Christian people. Here is his blog
www.needtobedebtfree.blogspot.com
You asked for eclectic and his was the first that came to my mind :)
This is my favorite homeschooling blog:
http//higherupandfurtherin.blogspot.com
um i've just started....give me a week or so and you might like it!
There are so many great blogs out there... here are a few of my favs.
http://frugalideasfromtheparsonage.blogspot.com/
http://momminitup.com/
http://www.homemakerbarbi.com/
http://www.bethouexalted.blogspot.com/ -Mine
Well, I love reading your blog ;) and I just added it to my sidebar recently. I have quite a list on my bloglines, but I would love to share with you my favorites regarding holy homemaking, parenting and such.
Kim @ Lifesong
http://lifesong-kim.blogspot.com/
Wonderful homeschooling mother to four children with much wisdom under her belt and I especially love what she has shared regarding purity. She also has a healthy Monday Menu!
Kendra @ Preschoolers & Peace
http://www.preschoolersandpeace.com/
Kendra is mom to 8 and has the most fantastic ideas for homeschooling and lots of charts an lists (my favorite!)
You could check out my sidebar as well and so many of the blogs I read are momma's just like me who share great nuggets of wisdom that I am grateful for ;)
Blogger lost my comment the first time, so shorter this time:
I am a mom in the second half of my 20s with 4 children from almost 7 to 14 months, #5 due in January. Some of the blogs I enjoy that you might also (if you don't already):
Amy's Humble Musings (http://humblemusings.com/), The Common Room (http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/), and Generation Cedar (http://generationcedar.blogspot.com/).
I regularly read several blogs that I've found from contributing links on your Frugal Fridays posts!
I have a 14 month old daughter and write mostly about cooking and natural/simple living here:
www.littlehomeontherangeblogspot.com
I enjoy your blog. I just started a blog last summer. I write about mothering, homemaking, and crafting. I also refinish furniture that I find for free. My blog is www.simplejill.wordpress.com
My blog is just about daily life with 3 young kids, as well as things that interest moms.
But I have several links on my sidebar (including yours!) that you might like to check out.
I love checking out new blogs....every Tuesday, I have been featuring a new one that I have discovered. It is so fun! (And I think I featured your other blog a few weeks ago....I just realized they are connected. :-)
A blog that I enjoy that touches on those subjects is Keeper of the Home - http://www.keeperofthehome.org/
My own blog is a mix of mothering, frugality, homemaking, couponing and my own quirkiness but from the perspective of a WOHM.
I like some of the one's I found through your site like:
Like Merchant Ships
Amy's Humble Musings
The Homespun Heart
Heavenly Homemakers
Passionate Homemaking
Girl Talk
I also want to "toot the horn" for one of my most creative friends who just started a blog that is BEAUTIFUL and inspirational with all kinds of crafts and ideas for young kids (she has two small girls like you). It's www.blessyourfamily.net
While I blog about all kinds of things from frugal living, Walgreens deals, simple living, family life and pictures, and recipes and crafts, I have found that many ladies have enjoyed my ongoing series' entitled:
The Gentle Mother's Support Club (learning and growing together in the area of being more gentle and patient with our toddlers)
My series on investing in my daughter and having special mother-daughter time with her.
I'm starting a new series in the next week that will chronicle my adventures with 3 kids and the various tips I come across for surviving the adjustment!
My blog: www.thekingsmissus.blogspot.com
http://forcheapsake.com/
This is a blog from a friend of mine. She is a recently married mother of three. (One precious little one was only here for a short time) She is Mom seeking to save her family money, and live a worthy of being called a child of God. I highly suggest this read.
May I highly recommend the Afterthoughts blog by Brandy Vencel from CA? She is a young, homeschooling mom of three with one due right around the corner. She writes from a Biblical, Reformed perspective and a love of learning.
As I read your description of what you were looking for in blog reading, hers immediately came to mind. I have been reading it for about a year and come away with so many creative ideas, fresh perspective, and encouragement.
I just love her writing style and she has a variety of topics from gluten-free cooking, health and wellness, homeschooling, child training, book reviews, frugality, theology, and more.
I hope you find it to be encouraging and thought-provoking as I have.
~Lydia H.
My favorite blog at the moment is Simple Mom. She is a Christian mother who writes about simplicity and parenting.
You've probably gotten a zillion replies already, but my blog is: http://www.tapestriesoftheheart.blogspot.com . Lately there has been a lot going on there and we are excited about having some new people join us.
Wow, there are quite a few I hadn't heard of that were mentioned here already. A few I read daily are:
Life as Mom
Keeper of The Home
Passionate Homemaking
Handprints on The Wall
Like Merchant Ships
and of course I have one, but that would be shameless recommending it myself ;)
Oh, I also love clicking on who is commenting here and seeing their blogs. Lynn is right, there are a lot of excellent bloggers right here!
I agree with you Crystal there are so many great blogs out there. My good friend Jodi writes a lovely blog about life as a Christian mum with 3 lovely girls (under 4ys old!) a dog and husband..oh and number 4 on the way!
http://theyoungpages.com/jodis_blog/
I am also following this blog by a lady who is new to blogging but is writing about how she and her husband decided to have her "come home" and how they managed that. It is a blog in the making and I like checking it out.
http://michellebyhisgraceandforhisglory.blogspot.com/
Thanks for your blog
Lindsay
Well looks like you will have plenty of reading to do now:)
But in case you still need more to read - I really like www.passionatehomemaking.com - she writes about natural living and cooking among other topics. I enjoy her recipes.
I also enjoy www.raisinggodlytomatoes.com
She is a mother of 10 and has great advice and thoughts.
If you would like to check out my site, it's all about natural living (eating healthy, home birth, cloth diapers, sewing, etc.), and my day to day experiences with my 6 children; along with the occasional social issues or book recommendations.
Hope it encourages you:)
If you would like to check out my blog,
Here are my favorites:
Anna at Where My Treasure Is
http://wheremytreasureis.wordpress.com/
Stacy McDonald
http://www.yoursacredcalling.blogspot.com/
Pastor James McDonald
http://familyreformation.wordpress.com/
and I have a blog too!
http://myblessedcalling.blogspot.com/
Blessings,
Amanda L.
check out www.thefaithfulfollower.blogspot.com
Thank you so much for asking this question! I'm finding so many new blogs to add to my feed list!!! I'm a very eclectic blogger too. Instead of listing the ones I like best...feel free to visit the Blog List on my sidebar. I read frugal blogs, Mommy blogs, baking blogs, Holiday blogs, Christian blogs, coffe and tea blogs, etc! I like to read (and write) about a lot of different things :-)
Wow Crystal you have some great suggestions already.
Many of the blogs I read have already been listed. The one thing that is different about my blog is that I'm from Northern Ireland. I'm sure it reflects on there!.
I'm a Reformed Baptist Pastors Wife and my blog is a mixture of things I feel the need to share or record.
I appreciate your many thoughts on your blog!
Looks like you already have many wonderful blogs to investigate. You've probably already heard of the one I'd recommend, but, in case you haven't, it's the best hands-down!
http://girltalk.blogs.com/girltalk/
You might've already checked out my blogs, but I'll share what I'm covering right now and you can see if it fits in with your life.
Http://www.heaveninourhomes.blogspot.com has a Character Qualities series on Monday's - sharing on building character in our lives as Christian mothers and wives.
On Wednesday's, Theresa from Faith and Family Books writes on the Proverbs chapter of the day.
On Friday's, I share products I've found useful in my home or with my children, and sometimes they fall into the frugal category as well!!
Then there's http://www.sonbeams.com - with a blog for tips and ideas for teaching preschoolers at home. And on a budget at that!!
I used to teach in a preschool, and had to be on the teacher's budget then. Now, homeschooling my little ones, I'm still on a budget.
Basically, I'll share how to can teach practical lessons with what you have lying around your home.
I'd love to have you join any and all!
I'm a little past your 'stage' - just hitting 30, and having a 4,2,1 year old with another due next spring.
But at times reading your blog - I'm at the same place! Thanks for sharing the honest side of being a mom at times - it's nice to know that others aren't all together all the time too. :)
Have a blessed week!
My blog is dedicated to living a contented life and recognizing God's goodness in the midst of our seven children (ages 11 to 2), homeschooling, working as a nurse, living and loving in the everyday. http://monica-shineagain.blogspot.com/
I also have a recipe blog for large families. All servings are over 8 and most dishes are under $5.00.
http://thefulltableshineagain.blogspot.com/
Some of my favorites?
http://catherinewheels78.blogspot.com/
http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/
http://flourishingmother.blogspot.com/
http://grocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com/
Happy reading:)
I'd like to recommend my blog! :-) It's The Frugal Bookworm. I hope you can stop by!
http://makinghome.blogspot.com/
I saw this was already mentioned, but is my favorite so I'll mention it again!
Our family's blog is about our family of 11 who lives on 20 acres of Texas Hill Country in a 5th Wheel Trailer and a 17'x26' canvas deck tent.
We blog about the happenings at Plymouth Rock Ranch as we seek to develop our property as God provides.
We are learning how to grow more of our own food, animal, vegetable, fruits and berries. The children, ages 25-4 years are all a vital part learning and helping.
We post stories about the weather (which is very important when you live in a trailer and a tent), about our family, our milk goats, our chickens, our cows, our hauling of water and recently drilling a well (yeah!!).
We post about our newest project and our multiple unfinished but in progress projects.
We post about being thrust into self employment with Dad and oldest sons now working together. Dad teaches, apprentices and works, and the boys learn and work in our do-anything handyman, construction, landscape maintenance, warehouse substitutes, surveying apprentices, anything that God brings our way work.
We post Scriptures and how they apply to daily life, home education, large families, lonely socks (you do have lonely socks, don't you?), great resources, such as Vision Forum products, that we love and want to tell everyone about.
The official title is "The Journal of Plymouth Rock Ranch: Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future Generations."
So, stop on in for a cup of tea. We'd love to have you visit!
In Him,
Laralee Seargeant
aka The Tent Family
http://PlymouthRockRanch.com
Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future Generations
Here are a few of my favorite blogs:
Domestic Felicity
Handprints on the Wall
Divine Calling
Cultivating Home
I Take Joy
And here's a link to my personal blog, Homemaker's Cottage
Blessings!
Kristy
I don't know when you will find the time to peruse all these blog suggestions, but I really like preschoolersandpeace.com.
:o) Rachel
I love Meg's blog...its energizing and fun!
http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/
Hey Crystal, I know you linked to me once when I responded to one of your posts, not sure you "read" me though. Your blog is one of my regular reads and although I am little ahead of you in the homeschooling journey and a little behind you in the frugal department, on the whole I feel like we could have been separated at birth :D Anyway, pop over and check my blog out and see what you think. I'm definitely all the things you said you are looking for, and lovin' it.
www.prairieprologue.blogspot.com
I think you would also love the following blogs;
http://highdeserthome.blogspot.com/
http://simplemom.net/
http://flourishingmother.blogspot.com/
http://www.remodelingthislife.com/
http://www.summerhouseliving.com/
I absolutely LOVE reading Mrs. E's blog at: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mrse
She cuts right to the chase and it's never a waste of time to read what she's written. Food for thought is an understatement. She took a few months off, but I see she has some new posts today. I can't wait to find time to read them!
wondrouslove.wordpress.com
A former fellow church member who now lives in a different state. Mom to 2 (one on the way), pastor's wife, beautiful photography, theology, beautiful scrapbooking, and great sense of humor.
--SarahMay
Christian Mom, Homeschooler here! :) http://mom2threeadoptedsibs.blogspot.com/
Enjoy ;)
I would love for you to stop by my blog sometime. I am a mama blogger with two kids the same age as your two kids. We homeschool, we are frugal, we are very active in our church, and I like to create as much as I can.
I blog about our daily adventures, throwing in a few tips here and there. I also feature a few of my creative goodies.
I just started a new series on Thursdays featuring letter of the week. We are introducing our daughter into phonetics with a letter of the week program and have been loving it!
I look forward to you stopping by!
www.handmadedaily.blogspot.com
Mines a little different.
www.beffbeff.wordpress.com
I don't have any children, but I'm posting our journey through adoption. People have such misinformation about how it really works. So I'm posting the real process. I'm a stay at home wife for 5 years, been married for 10.
One of my favs is a good friend of mine Beth Moore's daughter's blog, Baby Bangs, http://www.babybangs.blogspot.com . Also the LPM blog. http://www.livingproofministries.blogspot.com
Hi Crystal,
Well aside from my own (www.keeperofthehome.org), here are a few that I've been enjoying lately. Most have a bit of a more natural focus, sahm Christian moms, some homeschoolers, etc.
Heavenly Homemakers
Passionate Homemaking
Frugal Granola
The Nourishing Gourmet
Sorta Crunchy
Days to Come
Clothesline Alley
Where the Kudzu Grows
Owlhaven
with all that I've been given
Motherhood Apologia
to name a few... I have many more blogs in my reader. If only I had time to read them all!
I'm a homeschooling mom of 4 kids 5 and under. You can check out my blog, http://momforhim.blogspot.com
A friend of mine has a good one,
http://leyfamilyblog.blogspot.com/
and she also does a homeschooling one:
http://leyhomeschool.blogspot.com/
Another friend:
http://www.humblereflections.blogspot.com/
This one was recommended to me, and I haven't had a whole lot of time to check it out, but it looks good:
http://monicanicolehall.wordpress.com
Hi Crystal,
All I seem to find are Christian moms lately - which I love! My bloglist is packed with them and I like to gear my own blog around the topics you mentioned. My blog is very much geared toward Christian moms - I run a pre-school mommy group at my church and many of the moms are readers. Check it out at www.roosefam.blogspot.com.
In addition to my own (humble) overflowing wisdom ;) - my new favorite blog is www.simplemom.net. I can't wait to peek at the other blogs suggested by your readers!
Feel free to check my blog out. I am a stay at home mom with 3 kids. Their age are 6, 4, and 5 mos. I write about our day to day life and the excitement that three kids has to offer. I have just recently started blogging our life.
Thanks for doing this. I have found some blogs I want to check out.
Really enjoy One Wild and Precious Life. Jess Stock is a mother of two girls about the ages of yours. She and her husband and her have been in vocational ministry for awhile, however they are currently taking a much needed break :) . She is very witty, creative and interesting, but doesn't blog extremely regularly. (But when she does I always go first to her blog on my reader!)
http://jesstock.blogspot.com
I would love to have you visit!
blessings Penny Raine
http://www.pennyraine.com/blog
I have found Molly Piper's blog to be well written.
Hi Crystal! My blog is www.betterthanrubies.typepad.com
I write about creativity and how it is interwoven into domestic life. Enjoy reading your blog. It is very encouraging!
Sara
A few of my favorite blogs:
http://www.albertmohler.com/
http://www.challies.com/
http://counterculturalmom.blogspot.com/
http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/
http://girltalk.blogs.com/girltalk/
http://www.joshharris.com/
http://trevinwax.com/
http://spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/
http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/
http://shepherding.typepad.com/my_weblog/
http://solofemininity.blogs.com/posts/
In His Grace,
Jennifer
Hi Crystal! My blog is www.betterthanrubies.typepad.com
I write about creativity and how it is interwoven into domestic life. Enjoy reading your blog. It is very encouraging!
Sara
Check out keepersathome.blogspot.com/
Feel free to check out my blog mamaslittlebears.blogspot.com/
I am 35 yrs old with nine blessings, I also homeschool and we live on one income! I just bloged about having time with the Lord, when you have little ones under foot!
Blessings-
Rachelle (mamabear)
Hi Crystal! I also have a ton of blogs on my blogroll, many of which are already on your list or have already been mentioned. Hopefully these won't be repeats, but a few blogs I enjoy are:
Meditations and Confessions of a Homemaker:
http://a-homemakers-meditations.blogspot.com/
Adventures in Teething:
http://adventuresinteething.blogspot.com/
The Family Revised:
http://familyrevised.blogspot.com/
Chats with an "Old" Lady:
http://chatswithanoldlady.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Erin
www.afullheart.blogspot.com/
I've seen OhAmanda recommended - she's a great Christian SAHM and she's a great friend! I'm also a SAHM of 2 who is planning on homeschooling and trying to figure out how to be a peaceful homemaker. My blog is more about crafts, but I also mention my everyday life....
http://mynewthing.wordpress.com
Well I think you'll have plenty to choose from after this invitation to share, but I'll share a couple.
A homeschooling, missionary mom/wife with 6 kids unders 6 in Uganda who homeschools and has a great biblical focus on her blog http://fromglory2glory.blogspot.com/
And of course I'd love to have you visit me at my new blog www.a-homemakers-meditations.blogspot.com.
Blessings to you!
sheila
My blog is pretty cool. =P LOL...come visit me if ya wanna!
Here is my blog - I love doing it! I also love saving money, and your blogs have been great for that!
Conserve Resources. Reduce Clutter. Enjoy Life.
A blog for ordinary people living busy lives and trying to do better - one step at a time.
Are you ready to leave your excess?
www.leavingexcess.com
http://soulemama.typepad.com/
This is a wonderfully creative mother who has a published book, blog and artwork to enjoy. She is my absolute favorite blogger. She is Christian although you may have to read her blog for a while before seeing that aspect of her. She's very inspirational.
Ah, so many great blogs have already been mentioned! It looks like you have more than a "few good blogs", but I'll share some of my favorites, too. You never know - one of them might become your new favorite blog!
One that I didn't see mentioned yet is Leading Little Hearts Home
(www.growingupgodskids.blogspot.com)
Rebecca has lots of great ideas about raising girls!
Some of my other favorites include:
Making Home
Preschoolers and Peace
Eyes of Wonder
A Path Made Straight
I'm glad you posed this question to your readers - we're all going to have fun visiting the blogs, too! :)
~Anna
I'm a fan of likemerchantships.blogspot.com
aholyexperience.com
http://eyesofwonder.typepad.com/my_weblog/
For simply a feast for the eyes:
http://buttonwillowchronicles.typepad.com/
And I might as well mention my own blog where I write about my adventures as a Christian mother of a nearly two and nearly four year old. Trying to settle into our new, little old cottage with a very tight budget.
sonshinecottage.blogspot.com
I can't wait to visit all the blogs listed. You're welcome to check mine out as well!
Annette
http://natural-childhood.blogspot.com/
One that I like is http://momsfrugal.blogspot.com/
She has amazing meal ideas.
Lambs In His Arms is full of glimpses into my life as a wife, mother, homemaker, and child of God. I share a relevant Bible verse in every post because God's Word applies to even the seemingly mundane things in life. My blog is still fairly new, so I appreciate your time in stopping by to visit!
Here are my blogs
www.ktsslambook.blogspot.com
www.ktjsplace.blogspot.com
enjoy reading your blog, I am mainly a lurker, so thought I would say hello
The Tapestries of the heart blog
My blog is http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/martha
I tend to write about a bunch of different things!
http://www.xanga.com/islandlife- Diana writes a very neat blog and is the mother of 5 little ones and homeschools, all while living on a island, she also has an interest in eating healthy
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/cappuccinosmom/
Maggie writes really real life stuff and has three active boys she homeschools.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lilyofthevalley4/
Tanya has a lovely blog and she is always cooking or sewing something wonderful and homemade!
My blog is http://thepioneerhomemaker.blogspot.com
I have lots I love blog wise but lately I have been getting into homeschool blogs. And putting the homemaking etc on the side. My kiddos come first and the more interesting I make things the better.
One Child Policy Homeschool
Unplug Your Kids
Crafty Crow
And many others....
We are a homeschooling family of 2 one 11 and one 14 with totally different styles of learning. But they both love learning about everything! So we search alot and I share what we have gleaned on my blog and the kiddos sometimes share on their blog. Plus I am a woman who loves to be out of the ordinary and be different. I love the old ways and love to share what I have learned.
Erika
This a personal finance blog that you might be interested in written by a friend who has two young children. It has a biblical perspective.
www.practicalfinances.com
Charlotte
Great blogs by great Christian moms:
http://lisaleonard.blogspot.com/
http://lindseycheney.blogspot.com/
http://musicmomie.blogspot.com/
-Kris
Looks like you have plenty to keep you busy for quite a while! I love reading other's favorites, too.
Just in case you get bored, here's a few of my favorites that I haven't seen mentioned (mostly homeschool blogs, and I do like to read some about people with kids a bit older than mine to encourage me that even more good stuff lies ahead!):
triviumacademy.blogspot.com/
thehappyhousewife.com/
childlightusa.wordpress.com/
(a Charlotte Mason blog)
asimplewalk.blogspot.com/
In my blog I love to share all that God is teaching me in the randomness of life as a homeschooling mother of five. Delightinginhisrichness.com
Loving reading all these great blogs!
~Erin
I've been blessed by your blog for a long while now, and am enjoying the growing list here! Some of my current favorites are:
Joyfully Home
The Homemaker's Cottage
The Gender Blog
Generation Cedar
Leading Little Hearts Home
My blog is Divine Calling if you ever want to come by for a "visit". Thanks for all the encouragement and wisdom you provide for us young moms!
please check out www.KeepingTheHome.com!!!!
i love her blog!! very good with healthy recipes, plenty of good housekeeping articles, good christian bible study articles, and just tons of great stuff.
The blog owner, Candy, is a homeschooling mom in her 30s with 4 kids. i think u will love her site as much as i do.
your blog and her blog are my all time two favorite blogs!!!!
You might find Ornaments of Grace with interesting posts on varied topics though you, like me, may not endorse every perspective.
http://terrysoapbox.blogspot.com/
Joyce
www.keepersofthehomejm.blogspot.com
great reading
My two current favourites: www.simplemom.net and www.smallnotebook.org. Thanks for posing this question - it's a great way for the rest of us to find new blogs too!
So new to blogging, I couldn't possibly add anything. In fact, I am so new that I can't even make this thing accept my blogger name, MotherMayhem (forgotten password). I just wantd to thank you for asking this question. I am so richly blessed when I read the musings of everyday Christian women and the suggestions given were phenominal!
Sharon
These are the things I look for in a blog - but it's YOUR blog that has all this :-D
Dawn
xxx
My absolute favourite blog is Jewel's Eyes of Wonder. She is a great Titus 2 example to me.
I have a few favourites, but if I'm stuck for time, I always check yours and Jewels' first.
My little blog is called Heart Reflections Live, and I'm an Aussie Christian SAHM of 2 girls who I homeschool, and am expecting twin boys in November.
http://abbagrace.blogspot.com/
Claire
I have found much Christian fellowship and encouragement by reading blogs found by your frugal fridays postings.
I agree with many of the ladies recommendations.
Feel free to stop by my blog, too. I am a Christian SAHM to 3 daughters (7,14,& 21). And prospective foster to adoptive parent. I share my hands-on homeschooling ideas for special needs or any needs children, dietary help for food allergies (GF,CF & other).
I can wholeheartedly recommend Clarice at Storybook Woods and Dawn at By Sun and Candlelight. Enjoy your browsing! Gill
It's not a regular blog, but I write a monthly parenting column called "Mommy Musings" at http://www.positivelyfeminine.org/maternal/maternal.htm. I've been writing it for almost two years, so there are lots of past articles to read.
I know you already have tons of comments here and that there are tons of great blogs out there. There are many great suggestions here, that I would have suggest also.
I've recently started blogging and love it! I'm a stay at home mom of 7, but I'm only 25. We just adopted 5 children. We have 2 of our own 4 months and almost 2. Our adopted children are 2, 3, 8, 9 and 13. We started homeschooling when we finalized the adotion, but we would have homeschooled any of our children.
Most of my writing so far has focused on saving money, but lately I have been lead to focus more on us as a family in general (frugality, homeschooling, our story) and our walk with the Lord.
I would be honored if you would even consider reading my blog.
I haven't read all the responses, so forgive me if I duplicate something someone else suggests. :) Here are a few of my favorites:
http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/
This is written by a man named Nate. He is a worship leader at a church on the east coast. His wife Tricia has cystic fibrosis and just had a double lung transplant and is now fighting cancer. However, in the midst of all this, God gave them a miracle child. A daughter born just over 1lb. When all the medical community told them to abort the child because of Tricia's health, they say no and believed God was the giver of life. Their journey has been amazing and inspiring.
http://lockwoodfamily.blogspot.com/
This family has 11 children! They are missionaries in Mexico. I love reading about their adventures and they just have a neat family!
http://jane4girls800dollarannualbudget.blogspot.com/
This lady is doing an $800 annual budget for 4 people. She gets a lot of amazing deals and her frugality inspires me.
Those are my personal favorites. Our blog: www.pursuedbylove.blogspot.com is just about our family life. Nothing too majorly exciting, but fun for all our friends and family back home to keep up with us. :) I'm still working on one for healthy living. I've started it, but it's just not quite what I want yet. :0
Have fun!
Crystal
Hi I am a new blogger, so I don't know much about it, but I do have a few posts. I am a homeschooling christian mom, I enjoy reading the bible, herbs, cooking, teaching my daughter about cooking, we have4 children and one on the way. I like to try to teach my children how to be responsible, hard workers for God. My mission in life is to be the best help meet, and mommy that the Lord would want me to be. I would love for you to come and check out my blog, http://www.thestroupefamily.blogspot.com
Mom4Life She is so encouraging, honest and Simple.
I have a friend who has a wonderful blog! It is so good that when I was in labor with my second child at home timing my contractions I was reading her blog! She is an excellent writer and her posts are always very encouraging and uplifting!
www.histreasuredpossesion.blogspot.com
Melissa