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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #17

Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .

One of the most entertaining things about writing a weekly wrap-up is seeing how the Facebook updates and blog posts shake down and flow together. We love to find a common thread for these follow-ups but we never go into a week planning a theme; we just have to look in the rear view mirror and see what happened. You know, like when you swerve to miss a chipmunk and you look back praying there isn’t a bloody mess? Well anyway, for this week the common thread is seriously “Poop and Party.” See if you agree.

Happenings on Facebook

Posting this graphic:

Click here to see the comments.

Led to this discussion:

I put up a funny graphic about toilet paper this morning. A reader commented about some people using cloth squares instead because of the fear of the chemicals in toilet paper.
I must get your opinions:
How do you feel about reusable toilet paper?

I’m sharing a link to an article that is very balanced about the pros and cons. Family Cloths: Reusable Toilet Wipes, Gross or Great? Discuss.

Click here to see the hilarious discussion. Things like “Hell NO!” may have been muttered more than once. Even many fans of cloth diapers couldn’t get on board with this. We were wondering who had enough time in their lives to wash, dry, and snap back together this Etsy roll. Our toilet paper spindles are left empty enough of the time as it is.

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So you see the poop, but where’s the party?

Finding the Funny!

The party is going on at Finding the Funny! There’s still time to link up your own humorous post or just scroll around for something to brighten your day. You know what brightened Ellen’s day? Avoiding this disaster:

But what’s a party without gifts?

Well how about a chance to win a Custom Facebook Cover made by the fabulous graphic designer Sara at Cormier Creative? That would give your blog or even your personal Facebook page a boost.

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If it’s a party, you need cake!

Try Ellen’s Nutella Pound Cake. You will not be disappointed.

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This is Where We Put the “And” in “Poop and Party”

We laid it out there in our new post: We Hate Baby Shower Games.

We even introduced a few more games of our own. Let’s us know if you think they are kaka or crazy good.

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We’ve Found Bloggers to Love Who See the Humor in Poop Too

Science of Parenthood is our new blog crush. Created by Norine and Jessica, their tagline says it all – “Because raising kids defies all reason, logic and most of the laws of the universe.” Go check them out. There are more illustrations where this one came from. They have a whole The Scoop On … Poop (And Other Potty-Related Things) Pinterest board.

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Ending on a Party Note

While you’re checking people out on the party scene, we recommend you follow us, too. You can squeeze it in before going to the store for more toilet paper.

In fact, you can follow us in all of these places.

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-Ellen and Erin

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #13

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Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .

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The Lucky Duck Edition

This is our 13th Facebook Follow-Up Friday! We are aware that no good usually comes from the marriage of Friday and the number 13, but things are different here in The Sisterhood. We have got your back and for that you are one lucky duck, er, follower.

We are always at the ready with. . .

Some Great Advice

And this one could save your life. Ellen’s shared a PSA reminding everyone to have a skin cancer check, because May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and, oh yeah, this is probably the easiest piece of preventive medicine you can do. Make your appointment today!

Please click on this graphic to Pin it to spread the word!

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And . . .

New Pintershit!

Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’ve got the Mother of all Pintershits with this Anti-Guide to Gift-Giving. We are here to keep you on the right side of your Mom’s affection, so heed this advice. We are also here for some laughs and this piece is sure to tickle your funny bone . . . if it doesn’t scare the bejeezus out of you.

And . . .

We Weren’t the Only Ones Celebrating Mother’s Day With a Blog Post

Because this is your lucky day, we’ve rounded them up for your reading pleasure.

10 Bad Mother’s Day Gifts for 2013 by Susan of Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva

Real Moms Magazine Mother’s Day Edition by Kim of Let Me Start By Saying

The Top Ten Reasons We ALL Need a Mom by Anna of Random Handprints

What She REALLY Wants for Mother’s Day by Toulouse and Tonic

Ten Things I Really F’ing Want for Mother’s Day by Karen of Baby Sideburns

Celebrating Together by Underachiever’s Guide to Being a Domestic Goddess

PSA: Spend Mother’s Day Without Your Kids by Stephanie of Ooph

A Game for Moms: Would You Rather by Hilljean of Because My Life is Fascinating

And to take this into another dimension, we’re including a wrap-up from My Life and Kids of Anna’s favorite Mother’s Day posts . . . and she included us! So, here is us looking at her looking at us looking at her: All Things Mother’s Day.

And . . .

Memes You All Loved

Coffee and alcohol in one meme. Can you say SUPER-lucky???

A meme that just nails it and drives the point home! Score!

And because Mother’s Day is Sunday, a meme that tells it like it is.

And we were lucky too because there are more of you to love!

We ended this week with over 4000 fans!

Thank you, welcome, and go catch up on anything you may have missed!

Not yet a fan? No worries. We always have room for one more. Just one click of the badge and you’ll be hanging with The Sisterhood.

In fact, you can follow us in all of these places.

Our Pinterest Boards are fun! Spend a couple hours checking them out.

Follow @SensibleMoms on Twitter

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #12

**Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .**

The Eclectic Edition

This is our Pollyanna way of saying that this week we were all over the place. While it may be tempting to judge us as we sprinted from here to there and everywhere, just remember that we were always here for you . . .

With Great Ideas

Procrastinators, slackers, and uber-busy moms were loving on us as we shared some last minute Teacher Appreciation gift ideas! If you missed the memo that National Teacher Appreciation Day is May 7th, click over to our post at Home Made Simple. We’ve got your back AND some great ideas to make your life easier.

And . . .

Cool Places to Hang Out and Link Up

We love being one of the hosts of Finding the Funny—one of the best places to connect with other writers and reconnect with your funny bone. We even threw in a bonus graphic about our Mom Taxis this time in the spirit of fun and funny.

Click on it to really appreciate the accuracy.

And . . .

New Pintershit!

Everybody LOVES our Pintershit series! This post put the ow in ME-OW! We took down some of the creepiest cat crap on the webz. You can’t un-see this, but you can’t not look. After reading this post, you will understand just how catcrap crazy people can be.

And . . .

Our Love of Keens

Months ago, we wrote a post about our KEENs complete with hilarious video meltdown. The KEEN company found that post and put us and our picture on their blog. We couldn’t be happier!

A photo like this just doesn’t happen.

And . . .

Memes You All Loved

Who doesn’t love a little Mad Hatter? Apparently, you ALL do! This one was on fire.

Everyone loved this one poking fun at a pitfall of being short.

But the hands down favorite was this musing about mothers and daughters. Just in time for Mother’s Day.

And because we were here for you with the funny and the sweet, there were more of you to love!

We ended this week with over 3900 fans!

Thank you, welcome, and go catch up on anything you may have missed!

Not yet a fan? No worries. We always have room for one more. Just one click of the badge and you’ll be hanging with The Sisterhood.

In fact, you can follow us in all of these places.

Our Pinterest Boards are fun! Spend a couple hours checking them out.

Follow @SensibleMoms on Twitter

Want our blog posts delivered directly to your inbox? Follow us on Bloglovin. It is SUPER easy!

-Ellen and Erin

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #11

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The WTH to Gross to Tender Edition

We did a bit of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week although without the evil overtones. Alright, maybe it was more like a chimera. . . or maybe yin and yang. Well anyway, we took you from the depths of WTH moved on to gross and then whisked you to the heights of tenderness. Does your neck hurt from the whiplash? We firmly stand by the disclaimer: All’s fair in love and blogging.

For starters, we began the week talking about vaginal spelunking.

Ellen was In The Powder Room with her guest post Your Vagtastic Vagina Is Not A Black Hole.

See what we mean by WTH?

Ellen’s Refrigerator

So how do you follow up a post about finding things in vaginas? Apparently by trotting out what you find in your fridge. This is where we crossed over into gross.

Just click the picture to see all of the guesses. They are hilarious!

Spoiler alert!

Just to keep moving on the Classy Train:

Let’s swing this around from gross to tongue in cheek:

Speaking of tongue in cheek, The Sensible Sisterhood Summer Camp was featured on Bonbon Break!

To transition to tender, let’s take a baby step towards useful:

Ever wonder how we create our cool pictures and graphics? Anna of My Life and Kids has your answer!

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Thanks to Erin, we’re finally swinging this to tender:

Adolescents, Autism, and the Amazing Power of Teamwork

With kids, anything can happen. Autism adds another element to the mix. Witness an inspiring group of track athletes help a teammate with autism.

Finally, we celebrated 3700 Facebook Followers!

Not yet a fan? We are boarding all new comers now. Just click the badge and then move along to your seat as quickly as possible.

In fact, you can follow us in all of these places.

Our Pinterest Boards are SUPER cool!

Follow @SensibleMoms on Twitter

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-Ellen and Erin

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #10

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The Literary Edition

Enter our Giveaway for a copy of I Just Want To Pee Alone signed by Susan of Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva!

This book is a compilation of essays on Motherhood from some of our most favorite bloggers on the web. We wish this had been around when we were new moms, but we’re sure glad it’s around now! This book is hilarious, tender, true and a reassurance that imperfection is normal.

Giveaway runs until Midnight Monday, April 22, 2013

Winner randomly chosen by Random.org.

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We love books here in The Sisterhood, and apparently our followers do too. They loved some ecards we shared like. . .

The One Where We Quiet the Crazy Talk

Or. . .

The One Where We Admit Our REAL Problem

Or. . .

The One Where We Reveal How Nerd Girls Date

And we couldn’t help but give you. . .

Motherhood By the Book

Where we give you ten stages of Motherhood with the classic and children’s literature that best describes each one.

This post might break from the book theme, but it is darn good reading.

5 Reasons You Should Take a Break From Your Kids. Bye Mom Guilt!

Mommy guilt. If a mother’s love stretches to the moon and back, her guilt zooms to Andromeda, twists itself into an origami sippy cup, snaps back to earth and smothers her like a smelly lovey blanket. Well, today is the day The Sisterhood is kicking that odiferous guilt quilt to the curb.

Love Books As Much As We Do?

In The Sisterhood, a fist bump looks like this: Just click the button!

In fact, you can follow us in all of these places.

Our Pinterest Boards are SUPER cool and we’ll take you even if you are more of a Magazine Girl (Or Boy)! We promise!

Follow @SensibleMoms on Twitter

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #9

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The “Spring Shiver” Edition

Here’s a laugh and a cringe:

Okay, here’s one to take away the cringe:

Maybe the haunted house talk still gave you a shiver?

Ok, this one is JUST about Spring minus the shiver. Well, on second thought, spring cleaning does make us cringe.

Let’s give you one more cringe:

Can you believe these nails? Exactly how does bathroom time work for this woman? And more importantly HOW could we have missed this one for our Pintershit: The Nail Polish Edition? If you haven’t read this post you really should because you’re like one of two people on the internet who hasn’t.

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Thank you Alison of Writing, Wishing for pointing this out to us. In turn, we would like to point out that if you have never visited her blog, you are missing a lot. She is versatile, funny, tender, smart, and just a darn good writer.

Our Posts:

9 Mom Superpowers Plus Our Kryptonite

Hmmm, maybe we shouldn’t have revealed our kryptonite. Regrets.

The Sensible Sisterhood Summer Camp

You cannot miss this post. We even cracked ourselves up.

Where we were on the web:

Kelley of Kelley’s Breakroom spilled Erin’s purse for the internet to see. It’s only fair since Ellen exposed her soul, we mean purse, the other week. I think we can all agree that Erin has superb hygiene.

Seriously, Kelley’s Break Room is hilarious:

Check out her post. Ellen likes to call it justification for keeping every textbook she has ever owned.

This post is for all of those people out there who throw stuff away left and right, which sometimes includes, like, really important stuff belonging to someone else. Flowchart included.

We’ll leave you with this recipe:

You may not think crockpot when you think spring, but aren’t you busier than ever? This recipe is healthy, fast, and warm weather easy. Just think, no heating up the oven.

Healthy French Country Crockpot Chicken

A Big Ol’ Sisterhood Shout-Out To Our Facebook Fans!

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #8

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We are going to dub this one

The Healthy Living Edition.

Let’s start with sleep:

Moving on to yogurt:

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We even shared the perfect smoothie recipe:

And here is a Chobani coupon to get you started!

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Because laughter is the best medicine:

Finding the Funny Chobani Style

We co-hosted Finding the Funny with a bunch of the funniest women on the web.

Pintershit: The Nail Polish Edition

Because what is funnier than poking fun at Pinterest?

We spread our funny around the interwebz:

Sleepovers are Suckalicious

Anna let us share our sleepover nightmares on her blog My Life and Kids. Learn to identify fake seizures, clean vomit off of sleeping children, and handle cell phone tattletales in a single bound. Upon further review, it might be healthier to avoid sleepovers.

This is as close to a diet plan as we got this week:

Which is better than being close to this:

We’ll wrap this up with a haiku, a welcome, and an invitation:

Welcome 3000 Facebook Followers!

Do you do the Twitter too?

How about joining us for a Twitter party?

Not yet a fan? Just click below to fix that!

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Follow @SensibleMoms on Twitter

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #7

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We’re All Over The Web:

Kelley from Kelley’s Breakroom spilled Ellen’s bag for all of Facebook to see! Well, technically Ellen spilled her bag, took a picture, we wrote a post about it, we sent the picture to Kelley and she wrote super cute captions on it and shared it on her awesome Facebook page. (Why not click on over and give her a “Like” from us?)

We’re Here Too!

Hey! Did you know we’re on Twitter? You know who does know we’re on Twitter? NickMom! They picked OUR tweet as one of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week! We were so glad to be joining the company of Suburban Snapshots and Let Me Start By Saying!

We Did Find Time To Write On Our Own Blog:

The Year The Easter Bunny Needed a Hazmat Suit

Have you started Spring Break? May your vacation be better and more sanitary than the year Erin and her family went to Pittsburgh.

10 Reasons March Makes Us Stabby

If March come is like a lion and goes out like a lamb, we are more than ready for some lamb chops.

How To Rustle Up A Mom Posse

Carpools make a mom’s world turn ’round. We’ll tell you how to rustle up a good one. Spoiler Alert: Avoid demonic goat square dancers.

Toddlers and Teens: 7 Surprising Ways They Are The Same

Okay, technically this post is from last week, but everyone seems to love it, so there you go.

Need a Recipe for Your Easter Weekend?

Nutella Pound Cake

Want to be everyone’s favorite? Make this cake. It can make a bunny drool.

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Super Chocolate Chex Mix

Want to be voted most popular? Bring this snack!

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Peeps in the Forest Martini

No time to bake? Tara from You Know It Happens At Your House Too has your solution! Cake in a glass!

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A Little Snort:

This one has carrots in it. Sort of goes with the Easter theme.

It’s Always The Right Season for Ron Burgundy:

We want to welcome all of our new Facebook followers and to thank everyone for hanging in there with us!

Not yet a fan? Just click below to fix that!

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Follow @SensibleMoms on Twitter

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Facebook Follow-Up Friday #6

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We asked you to caption this photo:

Click here to read all of the hilarious captions. Seriously, do yourself a favor and do it. Or these ladies will get you. In your sleep.

Some Favorites

Wet, Black Swan

She has a Twinkie. Get her!!

You will NOT eliminate synchro swimming from the Olympics!

Waitress, WAAAAAITRESS! Can we get a couple more margaritas, please?!!? And don’t forget the salt this time!!

And you thought zombies couldn’t swim!

We shared a truth:

Ellen is tested every. single. day. Wish it was possible to blog via telepathy.

Ellen is tested every. single. day. She wishes it was possible to blog via telepathy.

We wrote:

The Year The Easter Bunny Needed A Hazmat Suit

Erin shared a most unfortunate Spring Break in, wait for it, Pittsburgh.

10 Ways Momma Knows Best

This was our guest post for the wonderful Kerry at HouseTalkN while she is away on a mission trip to Haiti! This woman has a heart as big as her funny bone. In addition to our post, she has already written a little about her time there. We’re sure there will be more stories to come next week.