Comments on: Happy Birthday to my blog! + 7 links, ProBlogger style

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:59:24 +0000

I am just settling in to gleaning all I can from your website. I love it! Our lives seem very similar. I am 32, mother of 4, wife to one. And I too serve and love Jesus. =) I’m a StayAHM, love to take pictures and I’m wanting to start blogging for a little additional income, but don’t know where to start. I have a blog already but it is mostly for my local scrapbooking ladies. I just started some ING accts because of you too.
I would say my favorite part of your blog is the realness of it all. I love that you are frugally minded. We kind of have to be with 4 kids. I love that you are disciplined. Something I am trying to do myself….with much agony. And I love that you are a do-er. Reinventing furniture with a little paint instead of breaking the budget to buy something new.
Thanks for blogging. I’m learning alot. Not sure if I can do the getting up at 4:45 though….I’m more of a night owl, not morning dove. =)

By: Rebecca P

Rebecca P — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:25:37 +0000

I agree! I love the ones where you show us what goes on in your life. It just inspires me to get off my booty and get something done!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:53:57 +0000

I really enjoy the baking posts! I had never made bread until I read your blog. I’ve been following your blog since the 700 Club and I really enjoy it! You’ve been very inspiring. Thanks for sharing your life w/ us…

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:19:57 +0000

Oh, let’s see … favorite past posts… the yogurt making (you are SO RIGHT that whole milk makes better yogurt, we make it now about once a month at our house), the wooden furniture redoing, the donut “holes”, the daily chronicles (it’s so nice to know I’m not the only one going to bed early to wake up really early), the grocery ones..
My favorites are the daily chronicles and the grocery pictures and lists. Especially with stuffed animals.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:24:52 +0000

Congratulations on TWO years, may you continue for years to come.
I like your How to posts, how to use picasa, how to refinish furniture, sewing how tos, anything about repurposing or great finds at the thrift store.
Linda

By: priskill

priskill — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:03:13 +0000

Congrats!! I have been out of town and missed reading your blog every morning — it was too fun to come back and scroll back through a couple weeks of posts. Browsing back through your highlighted 7 posts just reminded me of why i read here — you’re a fabulous writer! And you ping pong delightfully from frugal to aesthetic to funny to philosophical without missing a beat. Your responses to the “Why having 4 kids is okay” post were a lesson in gracious counterpoint.

I really enjoy all the posts — the variety is compelling. And the great pictures! Bravo and cheers!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:56:59 +0000

Happy Blog Birthday!

I really enjoy the baking posts. I am not much of a cooker, but get excited to see what could be possible if I could find the time to devote to the kitchen and oven. My husaband and I (+1 baby) have a long way to go to really become frugal, but I love the ideas you offer!

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:20:29 +0000

Happy Birthday and what a wonderful blog it is. I might just have a go at one of these posts myself; it was fun to read!
And of course, I love reading about ways in which you combine frugality with reducing waste, so I love your food waste friday posts.
My favourite post was the one when you interviewed your husband. I love reading our significant other’s views

By: Amity

Amity — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:04:39 +0000

What a great title for your blog today cause today is my birthday!!!

ive been following your blog for well over a year now and love it.

thanks for all the work you do on it.

~A loyal Fan

By: WilliamB

WilliamB — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:28:23 +0000

Hippo Birdies Two Ewes! (Credit to Sandra Boynton)

I like the “day in the life” and other peeks into your life, possibly because they’re relatively rare. I like Food Waste Friday, dunno why. I like some of the how-tos and not others – correlates highly with what I am and am not interesting in doing. It seems I’m an oddball too because the posts I’m least interested in is Wednesday Baking and photography. Curiously these are for opposite reasons – I know enough about baking that all I need is a recipe, whereas I have so little interest in practicing photography that I’m not even going to get started.

I most admire You Don’t Have to Make Yogurt because it exemplies not just that your way may not be our way, but how well you convey that in writing. Truly admirable.