So now I'd like to share the love with some blogs you might not be quite as familiar with.
Some of these bloggers have asked me for advice, some I've just become friends with through commenting or facebook, but all of them should have way more followers than they do. So check 'em out.
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In the category of "Crafts and Craftiness,"
I submit for your consideration:
Theresa's blog is full of lovely photography, really great crafts for moms and kids, and excellent iPad homeschool tips. She's also got non-iPad-related homeschool stuff, sewing tutorials, recipes, reflections on raising a child with type-1 diabetes, and . . . Christmas Snack Table.
Post to check out: Happy Handmade Christmas
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In the category of "Home and Life Organization,"
I submit for your consideration:
Life out of control? Stuff out of control? Maybe Amanda can help. She's got great free printables to organize the day for you and your kids, plus household organization tips (like how to turn your coat closet into a mud room), foster care/adoption insights, and sewing tutorials.
Post to check out: Free Printable 2014 Planner for Catholic Mothers
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In the category of "(Possible) Conversion Stories,"
I submit for your consideration:
Jenny's blog is about everything and nothing, sprinkled liberally with non-expert photography and Pinterest fails. She's funny and forthright, and she and her husband are considering converting to Catholicism, so please keep them in your prayers!
Post to check out: Max's Poetry Corner
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In the category of "Social Media, Sarcasm, and Special Needs,"
I submit for your consideration:
Kelly can help you stop hating Facebook, and you can help her by NOT parking in that handicapped spot. If you like touching stories of real families learning to live with special needs and random weird photos of stuff and entire posts about things you can't afford on Amazon, well this is the blog for you.
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In the category of "Literature and Intellectualism,"
I submit for your consideration:
My dislike of Flannery O'Connor is so exasperating that it's inspiring entire new blogs. But the world is better for it, because Kathryn is brilliant. She's got insightful and novel takes on movies, music, and literature. Reading her blog is guaranteed to make you seem smarter at dinner parties.
Post to check out: A Bad Man is Hard to Break: Revelation and Redemption in "Breaking Bad"
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Christy may be a rural Canadian homeschooling mama of a bunch of littles, but don't let that fool you. She's a fountain (see what I did there?) of insights on excellent authors (but especially Chesterton), sophisticated British miniseries, and classic Christmas movies.
Post to check out: Marriage, the Mysterious Sacrament
What other blogs out there should we be checking out for the new year? Let us know in the comments!
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Here's wishing you and yours . . .
from Catholic All Year!
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