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:
Let's Take the Metro's Gratitude Challenge was an uplifting success. Check out the linked-up posts and enjoy the thankfulness!
National Novel Progress Month
Three days left! We can do it! How's your progress?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 13th. Deadline for submissions: Thursday, December 8, 2011.
From Natural Parents Network:
In a week on Family Safety:- An Earthquake Ready Bedroom
- Introducing Fire Safety to Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Gentle Discipline and Setting Boundaries
- Survival Thinking for Natural Parents
- Wordless Wednesday: Being Prepared
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:
- Black Friday deals for natural parents — collection of deals, for cloth diapering, cute kid clothes, maternity and nursing wear, Melissa & Doug toys, BabyLegs, Robeez, Baby Signing Time, Highlights, and more!
- 10-50% off cloth diapers at Kelly's Closet plus Triple Diaper Dollars
- $10 off Highlights for Children toys and puzzle books — Mikko's faves!
- 15% off at Melissa & Doug Toys — the emphasis is on natural, wooden, and imaginative
- Black Friday sale at Tea Collection — adorable clothing
- 20-70% off at A Mother's Boutique — sophisticated maternity and breastfeeding clothes
- Buy 2, get 1 FREE, at GroVia this weekend — as a hybrid, GroVia's a good place to start if you're interested in testing out cloth diapers
- More to come for Cyber Monday, so check back tomorrow!
Current giveaways!
Giveaway: Back to the Roots Mushroom Garden $20 ARV {11.30; US} — Ends THIS WEEK! Fun Christmas present and unschooling tool. Also: Yummy.- LuSa Organics 5 Product Package $37 ARV {12.19; US/Can} — NEW!
- Beauty Without Cruelty & Tom’s of Maine Goodies $36 ARV {11.29 US/Can}
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:
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!
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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