Monday Favorites - A Blog Feature: Because I Said So

In a previous post I mentioned that I read over 70 blogs a day. After my husband called me and said "you read HOW many blogs a day?!?!?", I feel I should clarify myself. (Don't worry honey, the kids are playing with sharp knives and matches while I'm reading.)


1. I don't read all of my blogs every single day. I would get exhausted after about the 10th one. I usually just browse through some of my favorites each day. Maybe I'm in the mood just for some humor or am looking specifically for a good deal on my next shopping trip.



2. Blog entries are various lengths. Sometimes they are a quick couple sentences or perhaps a longer entry. They don't take a very long time to read at all. I am a fast reader so I get through them pretty quick.


3. Most blogs have a feature that lets you know when they are updated so that you don't have to visit them everyday to see if the author added a new entry.


So you may be asking yourself (and if you aren't, why not?!?!), which blogs on your blog roll are worth reading. Therefore to help you with this questions I'm going to feature a favorite blog on my blog every week to help you get to know them. I figure that way I have at least 70 weeks worth of entries...LOL.

Here's my first one....

Because I Said So

http://www.becauseisaidso.com/

Because I Said So is a blog started by a mom, Dawn. According to her website & bio, Dawn Meehan (aka mom2my6pack) grew up in Chicagoland where she began her writing career at the age of 5 with her widely praised, The Lucky Leprechaun, an epic tale of a leprechaun who is– yes, you guessed it, lucky.
During her school years, she repeatedly heard the phrases, “You’re not working up to your potential” and “If only you would apply yourself, you could do so much better”.
Because of her less than enthusiastic response to school, Dawn opted to skip college and get a job instead. In 1992, she married her husband, Joe. The young couple talked about having children and concluded that they’d like to have 2 kids. Naturally, after the 6th was born, they decided they were done. For real this time.
Dawn started her blog in June, 2007 in an attempt to earn a little money while staying home with her children. She placed an auction for a pack of Pokemon cards on eBay which took off and went viral through cyberspace. It drew the attention of tens of thousands of people to her blog, including her wonderful agent and her publisher, Guideposts.
Today, Dawn stays busy changing diapers, cleaning pudding off her ceiling, tackling insurmountable piles of laundry, and pulling her kids out of trees.

This blog was first introduced to me by my cousin Stacey (Thanks Stacey!). I think that this is one of the most hilarious blogs I have ever read. Dawn is so funny and does such a great job of sharing her stories about being a parent. I know that many times I end up laughing so hard I'm in tears after reading it. Dawn also has a book coming out near Mother's Day, which many fans are excited to read

Thanks Dawn for sharing with us. Be sure to check out her blog.