Blogging about blogs

One of the first things I did after starting this blog was to go out into the great wide Web and subscribe to many other parenting blogs. 

Why? You may ask.  Well, it's important to stay current on what your writing about and while I am parenting every moment, it's nice to know what others are talking about, how they are doing and how they may help me. 

For instance, when I am feeling stressed out and wondering why I ever let Nelson talk me into this mom business it is nice to read a post like this.  This entry is a little cliched, but they are called cliches for a reason ... they're very true.  Plus, I like the author's writing.  He's funny, and the small differences in vocabulary are amusing.  Haha, dummies. 

The blog Unknown Mami is also amusing plus on it you can find hidden gems like this.  I love EASY do-it-yourself things like this.  I'm not going to do it if it takes time, planning or shopping.  I do enough things that involve that on my own.  But show me something easy and fun that I can do with my 3-year-old step-daughter while the baby is napping and I just might come back to your blog again and again. 

Speaking of planning and shopping, some of that is really needed for doing the things on the posts in the blog A Little Yumminess.  Written by two Bay Area mothers, this one tackles food and family with a perfect mix.  Again, hear is a (fairly) simple do-it-yourself that Brittany and I can do on a rainy day and that will save us time and aches in the mornings. 

My sweet sweet aunt turned me on to amalah.com, which again is humorous and written mostly in a diary-like style.  Reading a post like this is a fun thing to do when I have a minute to myself, usually in the evening accompanied by a glass of some type of alcoholic beverage.  Like the drink, this blog is a little release. 

This is just a small slice.  You can check out my blog roll on the right if you want to see more of what I like.  I found this list after doing a simple Google search.  It long list and I haven't made my way through the whole thing yet but it is a good resource to have. 

Last but not least.  If you don't know about Google Reader then you are wasting precious time.  Google Reader brings the blogs you follow to you.  It's amazing, you just put in the Web site of the blog you want to follow, click add and then watch as the magic of Google brings that blogs posts to you.  For those of us short on time, it's a lifesaver.