Saturday, May 23, 2015

Blogs I Follow

I gain so many ideas and words of encouragement from the various blogs I follow, I thought I would write a quick post to share them with you!

I subscribe to most of these blogs by email.  Sometimes my inbox starts to fill up with too many unread posts, but I no longer feel any regret in just deleting a bunch if I'm in a busy week.  Seriously, why should I have ever felt obligated to read every post in the first place?  It seems a bit ridiculous now.  Other weeks, I soak up every word of these posts because I need the encouragement. Perhaps you might need some too!

Frugal Living
This is the first blog I remember ever following.  Full of store deals, coupons, freebie links, free ebook notifications, etc.  

Healthy Living
One of my favorite all-around blogs that covers healthy living and homemaking topics.  Erin writes in a genuine and easy-to-follow style.

This is my go-to site for learning about natural remedies. I also enjoy the weekly round-up of links.

Motherhood/Intentional Living
I ended up at Kristy's Cottage for encouragement as a pastor's wife (and Kristy even wrote a blog post specifically in response to my question about balancing ministry and mothering littles on Sunday mornings), but I have recently been enjoying her posts on mothering and other topics lately.  Her blog is beautiful and uplifting.

I was first introduced to Leslie Ludy's spiritual writings in my dorm bible study in college, and I am glad she recently started this blog/wrote a book on motherhood.  This is not fluffy, easy-peasy stuff, it gives me spiritual meat to chew on.

The sub-title "Gospel Centered Homemaking" describes it well. 

I highly recommend Rachel Stafford's book by the same title as the blog, I tend to skim her blog posts, but they are good reminders for me to soak up the daily moments with my children and nudge me to not spend too much time looking at my phone or computer.

Misc.
My go-to website for planning date nights with Caleb. If you subscribe to receive the posts by email like I do, you get access to some exclusive printables and other freebies.