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Retro MomAdvice 03.04.10
Thursday, March 4th, 2010MomAdvice Monthly Recap: February ’10 Edition
Monday, March 1st, 2010I just want to say a special thank you to each of you for visiting my website and sharing it with your friends, family, and your own readers. This month was a big move for us over to a new WordPress blog and we hope that you are able to find everything easier, that you are enjoying the new full feed, and that the site is continuing to be a fun and inspirational destination.
If there is anything you would like to see on here, please contact me (amy@momadvice.com) and let me know what you would like to see in the upcoming year.
Are you on Facebook? Please be sure to Fan our MomAdvice.com Page. We would love to continue to share and interact with you! If you are on Twitter, you can find me there too sharing about our daily life and what is happening on our site. There are so many ways to connect regularly with the site and I would love to interact with you daily!
Don’t forget, you can subscribe to my feeds and never miss another thing on our site again! We have a landing page where it makes it easy to subscribe to our blogs and you can even subscribe to my article feed. Everything is right at your fingertips and we want the site to be a daily destination for you and your family!
This month’s top referrers were:
1. LifeHacker
2. Freebies 4 Mom
3. Facebook
4. I’m An Organizing Junkie
5. Tip Nut
6. Swagbucks
7. Like Merchant Ships
8. WiseBread
9. Feels Like Home
10. Common Sense With Money
Please take some time this month to check out each of their sites. They are amazing at what they do and we are thankful that we have such great supporters!
This month’s top articles & entries were:
1. The Best Steakhouse Experience on a Poor House Budget
2. Boosting Energy By Transforming the Clutter
3. Throwing a Baby Shower on a Budget
4. We Lived Thrifty So We Could Do This
5. 9 Simple Ideas for Frugal Date Nights
6. Great Reads for Moms: January ’10 Edition
7. How To Get Back in the Groove of Reading
8. All Knitted Up: Knitted Gifts With Purpose
9. Frugal Carpet Steaming
10. Taking Great Pictures: Figuring Out Your White Balance
Retro MomAdvice: 02.25.10
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
One Year Ago:
Simplifying Your Accessories Podcast
We were in the midst of our No Spend Challenge
Two Years Ago:
A Sad Life for the Clark Kids- Lots of Chores!
Budget-Minded Easter Celebrations
Saturday Morning Treat: Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Staying Fashionable Through Ebates
Three Years Ago:
Dressing Your Kid Like a Celebrity… or Die Trying!
Things to Do When You Are Snowed In
Welcome, All You Magazine Readers
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010I would like to extend a warm welcome to this month’s All You Magazine readers. You can find the March issue on newsstands this month with tips on how to stay under budget on those beautiful Easter clothes! We love sharing tips about how to stay under budget for the holidays and you can get many more ideas in our Budget-Minded Easter Celebrations article!
While I was at the BlissDom Conference, I had the opportunity to share a meal with some of the editors from All You Magazine. They are a fantastic team and are so enthusiastic about sharing money-saving ideas with their readers. I am not much of a coupon queen and I know many people subscribe for the coupons and grocery savings. I admit that I am a reader because I love their budget-minded features especially the fashion section and recipe ideas. This magazine is available at Walmart and I encourage you to run out and get a copy this month! Thank you, All You Magazine!
If you are visiting from All You Magazine this month, I would love to take a moment to introduce myself!
My name is Amy and I am the Founder of MomAdvice.com. I am a busy mom of two and live in the beautiful Midwest with my web designing husband and our two children. I love to cook, knit, drink coffee, take pictures, and am a total bookworm. I am dedicated to anything that will help make my life simpler, keep me on my budget, and that promotes family time!
We started this site six years ago as a platform to share about all of those topics that I had been searching for when I became homemaker. How do I cook? How do I clean this house? How do I keep my children entertained without breaking the bank? How do I manage a daily routine? Most of all though…how do I do all of this on a limited income?
Please grab a cup of coffee and let me shake the dust off of a few of my favorite reads on the site. If you like what you see here, you can subscribe to my feeds and never miss another thing on our site again! We have a landing page where it makes it easy to subscribe to our blogs and you can even subscribe to my article feed.
I love staying connected with my readers so you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, GoodReads, and Ravelry…just to name a few! Chances are, if you search for someone named momadvice, you will likely find me there!
Regardless, I am so thankful for your visit and I hope only to offer inspiration that will make your life easier!
Simplify
Simplify Your To Do List
How to Get Back in the Groove of Reading
Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
My New Year’s Goal: Get Happy
Save
Our Debt-Free Party
Vrooming Through Our Debt
The No Spend Experiment
Six Easy Ways to Save on That Weekend Getaway
At-Home Hair Color Savings
Price Book 101
How You Can Help the Unemployed Today
Home
Making An Addition to Our House for Less
Our Kitchen Makeover
Patio Renovation on a Budget
Weekend Project: New Workspace
Eat & Drink
The Frugal Mom’s Guide to Good Coffee
Boxed Wines: An Eco & Wallet-Friendly Choice
The Cost of a Homemade Happy Meal
One Month of Slow Cooking
Family
DIY Rainy Day Survival Kit
Just Call Me Ticketmaster
Fun Ways to Make Outdoor Living a Priority
Being a Crafty Parent… When You Just Aren’t
Cloth Diapering 101
Finding a Mom’s Group
This is just a tiny sampling of what our site has to offer! I hope you will stick around and enjoy our site for years to come.
I would just love to be a part of your day and hope that the site can empower you to simplify your life and your home management routines!
MomAdvice Monthly Recap: January ’10
Monday, February 1st, 2010
I just want to say a special thank you to each of you for visiting my website and sharing it with your friends, family, and your own readers. This month was a big move for us over to a new WordPress blog and we hope that you are able to find everything easier, that you are enjoying the new full feed, and that the site is continuing to be a fun and inspirational destination.
If there is anything you would like to see on here, please contact me (amy@momadvice.com) and let me know what you would like to see in the upcoming year.
Are you on Facebook? Please be sure to Fan our MomAdvice.com Page. We would love to continue to share and interact with you! If you are on Twitter, you can find me there too sharing about our daily life and what is happening on our site. There are so many ways to connect regularly with the site and I would love to interact with you daily!
Don’t forget, you can subscribe to my feeds and never miss another thing on our site again! We have a landing page where it makes it easy to subscribe to our blogs and you can even subscribe to my article feed. Everything is right at your fingertips and we want the site to be a daily destination for you and your family!
This month’s top referrers were:
1. Freebies 4 Mom
2. Tip Nut
3. Swagbucks
4. Organizing Your Way
5. Twitter
6. Facebook
7. One Pretty Thing
8. Hoosier Homemade
9. Feels Like Home
10. Like Merchant Ships
Please take some time this month to check out each of their sites. They are amazing at what they do and we are thankful that we have such great supporters!
This month’s top articles & entries were:
1. Boosting Energy by Transforming Your Clutter
2. Throwing a Baby Shower on a Budget
3. My New Year’s Goal: Get Happy
4. How to Get Back in the Groove of Reading
5. Gifts You Can Make: Delicious Hot Drink Mixes
6. Boosting Energy By Transforming the Clutter
7. Delurking Day Today
8. Classic Slow Cooker Entertaining: Pot Roast Italiano
9. Storing Homemade Bread & Bread Ingredients
10. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie Review
Finally, a MomAdvice.com Fan Page
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
There are a few housekeeping things that I am behind on and one has been creating a Facebook Fan Page. When I started on Facebook, I set up a group to keep everyone updated on the site. I had no idea that the group pages can only hold 5,000 members and that I should have set up a Fan Page in the beginning.
The new MomAdvice.com Fan Page is up and feel free to fan it, if you are so inclined. I am not a spammer. If you could see my two children in action, you would understand why I will never spam you…I simply don’t have the time! That being said, I will just be adding our blog feed to the site and any events that might be happening.
If you are interested in setting up your own Fan Page, my lovely and talented friend Andrea, from MommySnacks has a fantastic fan page tutorial that I used to create our fan page. It is everything you need to know to get your blog networked and get your fan page up in less than a half hour. I promise!
Today I Am 32
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
I have found beauty in the imperfect.
I have learned that when I think I know everything, I learn a few new tricks.
I continue to work hard to not let my clutter define me or who I want to be. I am so much more than this!
I can find time for my truest loves.
The most glamorous moment of my life happened at 31, making me wonder what 32 could hold!
I have learned to focus my heart on the little things.
And savor the big things for as long as they last.
I can make new traditions for our family.
I have learned that creating the home of our dreams is difficult, but not impossible.
At 32, this man can still make my heart flutter like it did when I was only 17.
The first day of school will always be hard for me.
Life is so much shorter than I ever realized and these moments far more precious.
It has been a bittersweet year this year filled with beautiful surprises and great sadness too. It has made me realize just how precious these moments with my children and husband are, and renews my focus on savoring all that is precious while I am clutching it in my hands.
Thank you for another beautiful year and for celebrating and caring for our family enough to add my blog to your reading list. I don’t take for granted a single moment of this unexpected career path or the people who have helped me create all of this!
Enjoy some virtual birthday cake and I can’t wait to see what this year has in store!
xoxo,
Amy
Welcome, Parents Magazine Readers!
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
I would like to extend a warm welcome to this month’s Parents Magazine Readers. You can find the February issue on newsstands this month and there is a great article on moms who are making the waves in the internet community. Our site was listed as one of those resources and it was a thrill to be featured among so many amazing women!
My name is Amy and I am the Founder of MomAdvice.com. I am a busy mom of two and live in the beautiful Midwest with my web designing husband and our two children. I love to cook, knit, drink coffee, take pictures, and am a total bookworm. I am dedicated to anything that will help make my life simpler, keep me on my budget, and that promotes family time!
We started this site six years ago as a platform to share about all of those topics that I had been searching for when I became homemaker. How do I cook? How do I clean this house? How do I keep my children entertained without breaking the bank? How do I manage a daily routine? Most of all though…how do I do all of this on a limited income?
Please grab a cup of coffee and let me shake the dust off of a few of my favorite reads on the site. If you like what you see here, you can subscribe to my feeds and never miss another thing on our site again! We have a landing page where it makes it easy to subscribe to our blogs and you can even subscribe to my article feed.
I love staying connected with my readers so you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, GoodReads, and Ravelry…just to name a few! Chances are, if you search for someone named momadvice, you will likely find me there!
Regardless, I am so thankful for your visit and I hope only to offer inspiration that will make your life easier!
Simplify
Simplify Your To Do List
How to Get Back in the Groove of Reading
Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
My New Year’s Goal: Get Happy
Save
Our Debt-Free Party
Vrooming Through Our Debt
The No Spend Experiment
Six Easy Ways to Save on That Weekend Getaway
At-Home Hair Color Savings
Price Book 101
How You Can Help the Unemployed Today
Home
Making An Addition to Our House for Less
Our Kitchen Makeover
Patio Renovation on a Budget
Weekend Project: New Workspace
Eat & Drink
The Frugal Mom’s Guide to Good Coffee
Boxed Wines: An Eco & Wallet-Friendly Choice
The Cost of a Homemade Happy Meal
One Month of Slow Cooking
Family
DIY Rainy Day Survival Kit
Just Call Me Ticketmaster
Fun Ways to Make Outdoor Living a Priority
Being a Crafty Parent… When You Just Aren’t
Cloth Diapering 101
Finding a Mom’s Group
This is just a tiny sampling of what our site has to offer! I hope you will stick around and enjoy our site for years to come.
I would just love to be a part of your day and hope that the site can empower you to simplify your life and your home management routines!
MomAdvice Monthly Recaps: December ’09
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
I just want to say a special thank you to each of you for visiting my website and sharing it with your friends, family, and your own readers. We had another great month and it is all thanks to you. I hope to continue offering support through our site, lots of giveaways for our readers, and a place where you feel valued and cared for. If there is anything you would like to see on here, please contact me (amy@momadvice.com) and let me know what you would like to see in the upcoming year.
Don’t forget, you can subscribe to my feeds and never miss another thing on our site again! We have a landing page where it makes it easy to subscribe to our blogs and you can even subscribe to my article feed.
This month’s top referrers were:
1. Freebies 4 Mom
2.Money Saving Mom
3. Small Notebook
4. Facebook
5. Swagbucks
6. Tip Nut
7. Common Sense With Money
8. Deal Seeking Mom
9. A Soft Place to Land
10. Reluctant Entertainer
Please take some time this month to check out each of their sites. They are amazing at what they do and we are thankful that we have such great supporters!
This month’s top articles & entries were:
1. Gifts You Can Make: Delicious Hot Drink Mixes
2. Fluffy & Light Pumpkin Pancakes
3. The Hidden Secrets to Perfect Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
4. Gifts You Can Make: Homemade Bath Salts & Soaks
5. Gifts You Can Make: Elegant Quick Breads With Free Printable Gift Tags
6. Ideas for Budget-Friendly Gifts for Guys
7. All I Want for Christmas… The ’09 Edition
8. Use What You Have: Handmade Advent Calendar
9. Gifts You Can Make: Kimba Inspired Wreaths
10. Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
MomAdvice Monthly Recap: November ’09
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
I just want to say a special thank you to each of you for visiting my website and sharing it with your friends, family, and your own readers. We had the highest amount of unique visitors since MomAdvice began five years ago! I am so proud!
I hope to continue offering support through our site, lots of giveaways for our readers, and a place where you feel valued and cared for. If there is anything you would like to see on here, please contact me (amy@momadvice.com) and let me know what you would like to see in the upcoming year.
Don’t forget, you can subscribe to my feeds and never miss another thing on our site again! We have a landing page where it makes it easy to subscribe to our blogs and you can even subscribe to my article feed.
This month’s top referrers were:
1. Freebies 4 Mom
2.. Facebook
3. Craftzine Blog
4. I’m An Organizing Junkie
5. Swagbucks
6. A Soft Place to Land
7. Small Notebook
8. Organizing Your Way
9. Hoosier Homemade
10. Tip Nut
Please take some time this month to check out each of their sites. They are amazing at what they do and we are thankful that we have such great supporters!
This month’s top articles & entries were:
1. Gifts You Can Make: Delicious Hot Drink Mixes
2. Easy Make-Ahead Recipes for Thanksgiving Day
3. Taste of Fall: Pumpkin Cranberry Cornbread
4. Gifts You Can Make: Handmade Bath Salts & Soaks
5. Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
6. Deliciously Spiced Pumpkin Waffles
7. Make Your Own Mixes & Convenience Foods
8. The Christmas Jar
9. Ten Great Children’s Books to Give This Holiday Season
10. Foolproof Bread Machine Recipe: Portuguese White Bread