Sunday, November 27, 2011

Sunday Surf: I'm thankful

Welcome to the Sunday Surf! Here are some of the best links I've read this past week.

I had a very gratitude-filled Thanksgiving, celebrated with family and new friends and delicious food made by other people. But the best part is, I can now start listening to Christmas music without feeling sheepish! Happy first Sunday of Advent, if you celebrate that sort of thing. I love something cozy to enjoy as the days grow ever darker.

On to the link roundup, which I did mostly all today:


Get your gratitude on
Let's Take the Metro's Gratitude Challenge was an uplifting success. Check out the linked-up posts and enjoy the thankfulness!

1. Melissa @ Just Another Day  9. Christine @ African Babies Don't Cry  17. Kelly @ Becoming Crunchy  
2. Jennifer @ True Confressions of a Real Mommy  10. Lauren @ Hobo Mama  18. Laura  
3. Carrie @ LoveNotesMama  11. Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama  19. Terri @ Child of the Nature Isle  
4. Rachael @ The Variegated Life  12. Zoie at TouchstoneZ  20. Cassie  
5. christy @ Adventures in Mommyhood  13. Amy @ Anktangle  21. Dionna @ Code Name: Mama  
6. CatholicMommy @ Working to be Worthy  14. Fine and Fair  22. Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources  
7. Amy @ Peace 4 Parents  15. Melissa @ Vibrant Wanderings  23. Kate Wicker  
8. Momma Jorje  16. Mandy @ Living Peacefully with Children  



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National Novel Progress Month

Three days left! We can do it! How's your progress?

NaNoProgMo: National Novel Progress Month

Remember, Teresa from Mom Grooves is offering each of our fabulous NaNoProgMo participants a gift — truly! So if you're following along or want to join, just email her your address and she'll mail you a little writerly pick-me-up. More details at: How's your "prog"?

You can also see how my progress is going here: Halfway or two-thirds? Find out what I've learned about writing, balance, and fear. Since I wrote that, I've finished my novel to the point that I'm having Sam take another look at it. Whenever he gets around to it. Hint, hint, ahem. In the meanwhile, I'm working on the NPN Cloth Diapering book! Also a fun job.

We have a linky, button and a progress meter available, so join us! Yes, still. We can always keep going next month, too, right?

Carnival updates

While the blog carnival will still take place on December 15, 2011, the call for submissions will remain open until December 10, 2011.
Please note the new publication date for Mindful Mama is December 13thDeadline for submissions: Thursday, December 8, 2011.

Visit Natural Parents NetworkFrom Natural Parents Network:

In a week on Family Safety:



Holiday shopping

I'm a member of a bazillion affiliate programs, which has nearly zero impact on my bank account but does expose me to a lot of great deals. Of course, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are tops on the list for shopping steals and coupons. So I've tried to round up the best picks for natural parents and post them on Hobo Mama Reviews as I have time.

If that's interesting to you, here are a few highlights:

Current giveaways!


Find more giveaways at my Natural parenting giveaways linky! Add your own, and enter some good ones.

You can find more shared items during the week at my Tumblr blog, Hobo Mama's Shared Items.

Check out Authentic Parenting, Baby Dust Diaries, Anktangle, Navelgazing, Momma Jorje, Pineapples & Artichokes, I Thought I Knew Mama, Enjoy Birth, A Domesticated Woman's Adventures (various), Fabulous Mama Chronicles, Kelly Hogaboom (Fridays), The Parent Vortex (weekends), Ichigo Means Strawberry, TouchstoneZ, Hippie Housewife (Saturdays), Multiple Musings, Motherhood Moments, Mama and Baby Love, and A Little Bit of All of It for more Sunday Surfing! (If you also participate in a regular link list, whether on Sunday or not, let me know and I'll add your link.)

Feel free to add your recommendations in the comments. Happy reading!

2 comments:

Christy said...

Yeah, I am excited to be included on this awesome list (technically twice since I did the gratitude challenge too tee-hee) thanks for helping to spread the word, you ROCK!

Anonymous said...

TY for the mention - I'll let you know if we manage to even do one of those activities/wk. Ahem.

I saw that article from Food Renegade too, love it!

btw, And TY for the sweet well wishes on Ailia's arrival :)

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