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
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .
We are going to dub this one
The Healthy Living Edition.
Let’s start with sleep:
Moving on to yogurt:
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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:
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Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .
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?)
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.
Erin: This is our family’s favorite Irish tradition. Beats corned beef and cabbage by a mile. Everyone is happy my mom makes about 20 loaves each year.
Leprechaun Trap:
We don’t know about you, but the leprechauns invade our homes every St. Patrick’s Day creating mayhem and mischief. It sure would be nice to capture the little buggers once and for all.
We’re more than ready to put away the woolies for another year. To pass the time before we can pack our winter garb away in our cedar chests for another season, we found some sweaters on Pinterest that deserve to be packed away forever . . . at the bottom of the landfill. Check out the latest addition in our Pintershit series.
If sports is not the get-into-college-free card of our dreams, why do it at all? The crazy schedules, the extra laundry, and the endless loops to soccer fields and swimming pools do not make a compelling argument. We share five reasons why sports are more than worthwhile.
Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .
We Let Our Sensible Show:
We love it when we can be helpful and make your lives easier. Here we show you how to prevent a common kitchen mishap. Don’t say we never gave you anything.
Erin could probably live on a liquid diet this time of year, but this one is another favorite. This soup is so good for filling bellies, fighting the chill, and feeding a crowd. Erin’s family descended en masse this past weekend, and this soup fed the thundering herd with style and substance. Yay for sisters! And cousins! And this soup!
Oh, we love to party here in The Sisterhood! Check out Ellen’s awesome cakes and Erin’s memories of parties past! There might be pandas and leprechauns in this post, but you’ll never know unless you read it.
We are helping to host Finding the Funny this month, and it’s not too late to link up your post. Don’t want to link? No problem, there’s plenty of funny to go around and you can just add these to your reading list. There are also some awesome ecards to just pile on the funny and the fabulous-ness! Your funny bone will never know what hit it.
Ellen shows off her killer style and Mom-tastic ways. Can you fill her shoes? Plus there is a ketchup bottle dancing in Prada. It’s hard to explain, just check it out
A break from our usual light-hearted fare, but worth a read. Two years later, Erin recounts a neighborhood tragedy and the lessons learned. A moving account of friendship and hope.
Funny Photo
Our mid-Atlantic “Snowquester” was a complete bust and EVERYONE loved this photo skewering the non-event.
And Can We Get a “Woot” That It’s Actually Friday?
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Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .
And Then What Happened:
When you ask a question, be prepared for a million answers. It was just a simple question, really. Well, the responses came flooding in like a commode that’s been crammed with toilet paper, Legos, and Matchbox cars by a wayward potty training toddler. To see all of the responses just click the picture.
Let us all have a moment of silence for another one of Erin’s blenders. She wore it out making yet another pot of this awesome soup. Perfect for this time of year.
A break from our usual fare but definitely worth a read. Erin writes about two little boys and how they helped each other through a fire that destroyed a home in her neighborhood.
You may think you are almost past Mom Brain when you get that baby to sleep through the night, but we have news for you: It. Never. Ends. The upside? The radius of destruction starts to stretch farther than the waistband of those maternity jeans you dumped off at Goodwill. Oh wait, that’s not good either.
Because Facebook doesn’t show all of our followers all of the awesomeness all of the time we have . . .
And Then What Happened:
Right before Christmas Ellen was lucky enough to bid adieu to this dinosaur.
It was big enough to wash two towels and a sock at the same time. Jealous? You can visit it in the American History Museum of Junk.
Ellen: But I traded tiny loads and barely clean clothes for jeans and long sleeves that were twisted like Tasmanian Devils hopped up on cherry Kool-Aid. So I turned to our Facebook nation for some answers because reading manuals is for suckas.
There were lots of great suggestions, so I mashed them all together and this is what has worked for me.
I increased the water level (which still allows me to fill the washer completely with clothes), I decreased the spin speed, and I bought more of those mesh lingerie bags. I have always used those bags for our bras and delicates, but now I have enough to put our long sleeved button down shirts in, too. You may be sputtering that I’m ruining the whole HE thing by increasing the water level and spinning the clothes slower, but I contest that I can still wash in one cycle what use to be three separate loads and I can wash everything in cold because the machine performs so well.
We Threw Down The Soft Drink Gauntlet:
Ellen: Over 2,500 people saw this post and 138 chimed in with their opinions. We are glad that our followers gave this topic the attention it deserved. The map proved correct in OUR very unscientific poll. Seriously, who originally collected this data and took the time to make a map? I guess I could track it down, but I don’t have that kind of time. Finding funny stuff for our Facebook page is time suck enough.
There were some outliers: a couple people from the South reported they said soda water, a Massachusetts resident claimed tonic was the word, while a Pennsylvania transplant called it Liquid Satan, but was raised calling it soda in Massachusetts. Seems like that would deserve a little icon of hell fire, right? One rebel reported Scotch. Our favorite answer?
A friend from high school did shoot down my claim that we say “Coke” on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, but others from the area backed me up. Hey, look how garbled that map is in that area. I’m sticking to my claim there was a turquoise dot on my roof.
A couple of Yankees were perplexed by the Coke thing. How can you just say Coke when there are a bajillion different beverages out there?
Two scenarios explain it all. I didn’t say they made sense, but they explain it.
1. The Die Hard Coca-Cola Aficionado.
“I’ll have a Coke.” “Is Pepsi okay?” “I’ll just have water.”
2. The Coke As a Generic Name Perpetrator (Sort of like saying Kleenex for all tissues or here’s an oldie, saying Xerox to indicate you’re copying something on a machine.)
“I’ll have a coke.” “What kind?” “Root beer.”
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Recipes We Shared:
Yum. We make this easy crockpot meal every time we have a small army to feed. We have carted this Chicken Bar-B-Q from the mountains to the beach and everywhere in between. It is so good, so good you see.
Ecard People Loved:
Don’t know whether this says more about us or our readers that this one was such a huge hit.
This is the one where we reveal the tiny little bit of evil joy we take when the other one loses their mind for a minute. Oh, and there’s a video that gives you a little behind-the-scenes look at The Sisterhood. It is so worth a look just for that. Honestly.
You know the fuzzy brain you get from lack of sleep when you have a newborn? IT NEVER GOES AWAY. Hope that doesn’t make us Buzz Kill Moms, but we thought you should know and we even offer a couple of solutions.
If you are looking for some extra reading material, you can always catch up on our Facebook goodies from last week. They were funny too, and because Facebook can be an evil overlord, you probably didn’t see those either.
Funny Photo:
Erin shared this one along with the fact that no cookie jar, candy jar, or sugar cereal would be safe in her house. Everyone who read it gave her a virtual fist bump. Truth, FB-style.
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