Mormon Mommy Blogs

Contributors

editor@mormonmommyblogs.com (Mormon Mommy Blogs) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:37:00 +0000

April Meeker is the maker of jewelry, art and dinner in her home by the sea. You can read more of her everyday shenanigans at www.suaviloquy.blogspot.com and follow her tweets at http://twitter.com/suaviloquy.

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Dawn says, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe has nothing on her! She is the Momza of Seven, mil to two, and recently crowned "Granma" to a Ninja-Baby who has stolen her heart with his toothless grin. Dawn is a Midwife Assistant/Doula, Home Stager, Writer, and Convert to the LDS faith--living the dream in the Colorado Rockies! She blogs at Momza's House.

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DeNae has spent the better part of the last twenty years serving as a Gospel Doctrine, Seminary, and Institute teacher, as well as a music composer, arranger, and teacher. In her spare time she does free-lance writing, and has published one book, "The Accidental Gringo". She is working on two more books; one fiction and one collection of humorous essays. When she's not lobbying for a law making it illegal to bring up Diet Coke when discussing the Word of Wisdom, she stays busy with four nearly-grown kids, the boy next door whom she married 25 years ago, a house that refuses to stay clean, and a dog who somehow manages to shed twice her own weight in fur every single day. You can read her stories and essays, most of which are true or at least marginally plausible, at "My Real Life Was Backordered", the blog she started a year ago as an excuse to ignore the laundry.

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Heather likes to think of herself as A Goddess in Progress, which is where she normally spills out the personal triumphs, failures, discoveries, and random details of her life.

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InkMom is a musician, writer, and midnight bookkeeper for her husband's business. She revels in the beauty of their Western North Carolina home and sincerely hopes heaven closely resembles the Blue Ridge Mountains. While she and her husband live out a great love story, they raise three crazy boys (4, 4 and 3) and one blessed brand new baby girl. To find out more about InkMom, visit her personal blog, I'm (not) Crazy Mommy.

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Jennifer, also known as Future Mama, started as a wanna be mom blogger rambling about pre-mommyhood on her blog BabyMakingMachine. September 2009 she decided to make it official, turn the machine on, and she now has a baby on the way. She graduated from BYU and she now works as a journalist in Texas and lives with her husband of five years and their dog Snoop.

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Jessica is a TEXAN. BUT…she’s also a mother of 5 (4 boys and 1 girl) who has been married for 11 years to a super hot US Marine that she likes to call, “Lover.” She and her family live aboard Camp Lejeune in NC and they fantasize about the day they can move back home to the great state of Texas and build their dream home. She writes on her personal blog about other crazy adventures at www.thelowefamilynews.blogspot.com

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Jodi is a mother of 2 (and a half) who has her hands in many pots.

She currently manages her womens hockey team, is an avid reader, does

freelance website design and internet marketing, and blogs about her

obsession with food storage over at http://FoodStorageMadeEasy.NET

with her sister-in-law Julie. You can find her on Twitter

@foodstoragetips or via email at info@foodstoragemadeeasy.net

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Margot is a mom of seven and pretty much crazy from it. Online she's known as the Damsel in Dis Dress and blogs at the Old School (www.mynewoldschool.com) and twitters @elle_cosette.

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MommyJ is an aspiring writer and stay at home Mom to four children, (with number five on the way) including a vibrantly active set of 6 year old twins. She lives with her children and husband of nine years in a tiny town in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina - a place she considers the loveliest on earth. While she mourns the absence of any shopping options beyond Wal-Mart, she loves the presence of so many trees to help buffer the constant noisyness of her home. She hikes to enjoy time with her family, runs because her love for food requires it, writes to maintain her sanity and blogs as often as her crazy children and busy schedule allow on her personal blog, www.mommysnark.blogspot.com

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Morgan spends most of her day telling someone, “NO!” It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it. Her three sweet boys are little and therefore curious, and into everything. She adores her job as Queen-of-the-Castle most days. Some days she wishes she could run away and be queen of a quieter, less messy castle though.

When she’s not living in Mommy-land, Morgan is a doula. She enjoys her VERY part-time career working with pregnant women and their families. It’s a very great, very demanding part of her life, so it’s kept on the “less-is-more” side of things, although husband is fantastically supportive of her being gone for days at a time.

Eating is kind of important to her, as is being healthy, so she’s constantly fighting that battle. Usually eating wins, but on occasion she can be persuaded to exercise, or put down a donut.

Morgan used to be a theater director, and she dreams of picking it back up again, once her kids get too big to pick up.

Morgan blogs regularly and enthusiastically at www.ingfamily.blogspot.com

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Rachel. Born and raised in Utah. Married at 18. Mom at 20. 4 kids by 26. Blogger at 26. Moved 7 times (and that was only after I was married). Planner. List maker. Chocoholic. Loves to eat. Hates to exercise. (Not the greatest combo.) Loves to write. Hates to proofread.

I have created my own little world on my blog, Trapped Between a Scream and a Hug. (http://screamandhug.blogspot.com). I refuse to join twitter (I even refuse to capitalize it) so sadly, you can't find me there. You can also contact me at trappedandscreaming@gmail.com.

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Stephanie is a mom of three young and relentless children. Her interests include latin music, naps, restaurants, writing, travel, teaching, housework denial and long showers. Stephanie seeks for the divinity in motherhood--- tries to share it when she finds it, and tries to laugh when she doesn't. She blogs for fun, posterity, and therapy. Her musings are chronicled at Diapers and Divinity, and if you know how to send chocolate as an attachment, you're welcome to email her here.

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Stephanie hopes to one day go pro, but for now she’s working at becoming the best amateur wife, mother, runner and writer she can be. Sometimes she pretends she is a cook and a crafter as well. The cooking usually ends well, but the crafting always involves injuries and perhaps some cursing.

Her accomplishments include winning the minutes-read contest in first grade and taking second place in a spelling bee in eighth grade. She is also good at test taking, a skill that has proven absolutely useless in her current role as a wife of one Mike and a mother of two girls, four and two years old.

She currently enjoys freelancing for the Ogden Standard-Examiner, singing children’s songs with too much vibrato, and imagining a plot for a bestselling novel tentatively titled “Susan Plotter and the Cup of Hot Coals.”

When she’s not pregnant, which she currently is, due in June, she will try to kick your butt in running. Otherwise, she is very humble, unless you bring up her successful spelling career.

If you want to hear all about how well she spells contact her at chambers.steph@gmail.com or leave a comment on her excellently spell-checked blog, http://excitedandconfused.blogspot.com/.

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Welcome!

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:18:00 +0000

Welcome to Mormon Mommy Blogs!

This site was originally created as a place for women bloggers to register their blogs and find other blogs to read and follow, in a safe and fun environment; or as some husbands refer to this activity, "wasting time with imaginary friends". What we have grown to understand, however, is that blogging is not wasting time, but is rather a way to make true friends, share stories and experiences, and become a better person. MMB is a gathering place for people with similar values. Of course, this site is not limited to women, Mormon women, mommies, or any other category of person. We invite everyone to participate with us . . . even if you are not a Mormon Mommy.

From time to time we will have guest posts on interesting and important topics. If you would like more information on opportunities for fame and fortune as a guest poster (especially if you are smart and funny, or just smart or just funny), please visit the Guest Posting page. Highly trained monkey spies will be surfing your blogs looking for future guest posters.

We also provide an online community that will provide you the opportunity to interact with other bloggers, on a more personal level.

If you think you're listed in the wrong category, please contact MMB and we will move you into a different category. If you submit a request, please allow up to seventy-two hours three weeks for the appropriate changes to be made (I am a mother after all). Our motto at MMB is: "12 calls, that's all!" After that time, if your request has not been handled, please nag me.

We strive to keep our site family friendly and safe for browsing. This site is an aggregator, so we link to many other blogs rather than posting original material. However, if you post anything on your blog that is crude, offensive, or pornographic, we reserve the right to delist your blog, ban you for life, and send a highly trained monkey SWAT team to your home.

Guest Posting

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:06:00 +0000

We are always looking for people to Guest Post on the MMB. If you would like to participate, please follow these simple guidelines:

1. Send two writing samples in the body of your email to guestpost@mormonmommyblogs.com. Please do not send links to posts. If we like your submission, we want to be able to get it cued for publication immediately. Therefore, please make sure that what you submit is publication ready (this is why it needs to be in the body of the email-- links and all).

If you don't want the entire world to know the names of your children, then please use nicknames. Please make sure that your writing samples are your best work. You are welcome to send in things you have already published on your site. We just ask that it be from your archives.

2. Please remember your audience! We ask that all posts be no more than PG-13 in content and contain no profanity. You can write whatever you would like on your site, but to be published on our site, these 2 guidelines must be followed.

3. Please allow 2-3 weeks for our team to look over your submissions.

4. If your submission is chosen, we will contact you with a publish date.

If you have further questions or inquiries, email the Submission Team at:

guestpost@mormonmommyblogs.com

Sponsor a Giveaway with MMB

editor@mormonmommyblogs.com (Mormon Mommy Blogs) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:46:00 +0000

Giveaway Participation

There are two ways you can participate in our monthly giveaways.

Sponsors will pay a $25.00 Administration Fee along with the item being given away.

OR

Sponsor will donate two items to MMB: one for the giveaway and one for MMB to use and review on our review site.

*Sponsors are required to ship items to the winner which is chosen randomly by MMB. We do not ship any items.

**By sponsoring an item in one of our monthly giveaways, businesses can receive discounted Ad rates. Certain restrictions apply.

For more information, contact us at:

promotions@mormonmommyblogs.com

Advertise on MMB

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:45:00 +0000

THE MMB AD NETWORK

WHY ADVERTISE WITH US?

Thank you for your interest in advertising with us. The MMB was launched in August of 2008 and has seen an enormous amount of growth in that short time.

We are one of the leaders in the Mom blogging community because of the unique nature of our blogs and the niche market we are in. We are an LDS blog aggregate. Translated that means: We are a safe blog directory and gathering place for today's woman (and man). MMB has a large, loyal following that is primarily made up of Christians, parents, women and stay-at-home-moms.

WHO SHOULD ADVERTISE WITH MMB?

The MMB Ad Network is perfect for the small business owner, website, Etsy shop or Ebay business that would like to reach a specific target audience. We are continually adding more blogs to our growing catalog, making us the ideal place to get your product seen! Advertising on the MMB Ad Network is perfect for time sensitive marketing and we offer a flexible and rewarding experience.
Here are what some of our clients have to say about their experience advertising with the MMB Ad Network:

Your visitors stick around and read for a while. The ones who clicked the link to our blog spent an average of 5 minutes on there. . . . To me, that's a real positive! Your blog does a great job of encouraging people to click over and visit our site!"
~ Cultures Salon

"Mormon Mommy Blogs has been professional, quick and easy to work with. We have seen an increase in revenue since working with them."
~ Skin Care RX

"Mormon Mommy Blogs is a great site for exposure. The traffic to my blog has increased and is still growing from my ad on this blog. Not only does MMB have a huge dedicated following due to great blog posts but they are a great site to work with generally. MMB is always willing to help in any way they can. Advertising with Mormon Mommy Blogs would be a great investment for any business because I know that the strength and popularity of this blog is just going to increase and expand." ~Mary Grace

For more information on Advertising or Advertising packages, contact:

promotions@mormonmommyblogs.com

Reader Giveaway Directory

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:18:00 +0000

Welcome to the MMB Reader Giveaway Directory!

Please follow these easy instructions to list your Giveaway, Swap, or Meet n' Greet.

1. Enter your name, list what you are giving away, swapping or what the event is in parenthesis and then the expiration date.

ie: MMB (huge monthly giveaway value$500) d/m/y

2. Link directly to your blog post about your giveaway or swap (so people don't have to go fishing around).

Each month we will delete out all of the expired events. That way this list will always carry the most current, up to date events being hosted by fellow members of the MMB.

Thank You!

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Your information has been sent to Mormon Mommy Blogs and we should be in touch soon!

Please be aware that we receive a lot of submissions, and it may take a few days to get back to you. But don't worry! You will receive a response from us sooner or later. (Generally sooner.)

Once again, thank you for contacting us!

~Motherboard & MomBabe
www.mormonmommyblogs.com
mormonmommyblogs@gmail.com

Get Listed

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:50:00 +0000

1. Add our button to the top, front page of your blog. Once your blog has been added, you can move the button or text link to where ever you want.
2. Look over the categories on the MMB, and find where your blog fits.
3. Email us at listings@mormonmommyblogs.com with ADD ME in the subject line.
4. Please include the category you want to be in and your blog URL.
5. If you do not include a category, you will automatically be listed in the General Section.
6. Your blog must be at least 60 days old to qualify for submission in the blog directory, and have a minimum of 15 posts.
7. Please allow up to 3 weeks to be listed on the MMB. If after 3 weeks, you still have not been added, make sure you have our button on the front page of your blog, and resubmit your blog.

Grab a Button!

Who We Are

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Before taking over Mormon Mommy blogs, Motherboard was just your typical grunt putting in a days work for free. After being in the right place at the right time she is now the owner, chief email reader, and neighborhood block captain. To help her cope with being transplanted from the big city life of Chicago to small town Utah and to avoid being assimilated into the Utah culture, she began blogging. At least that's the story she tells everyone. She really had a secret blog which she still maintains and has done so since 2003.

(Don't you wish you knew what it was? Muwah-hahaha!)

Motherboard served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Washington Spokane mission. She started as an English speaking missionary and ended as a Spanish speaking missionary. She can fluently tell you how her horse fell off a bridge and recite the "Indigo Montoya" monologue from a Princess Bride. All in Spanish. After returning home she graduated with a degree in Travel and Tourism.

She met and married a guy from Chicago/Oklahoma (don't ask) in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple and they quickly moved back to Chicagoland to live and finish law school. Four kids (ages ranging 14 to 1), a mortgage and a dog later is what provides her food for fodder on her non-award winning blog: Crazyland: Tales from the Motherboard.

You can also follow her on twitter @TheMotherboard , on facebook at Motherboards Crazyland or via email.

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Caroline Bingham is the managing editor and designer for Mormon Mommy Blogs. She is a twenty something mom to four young children, all of whom are approximately one year apart. Caroline began blogging in 2007 because she had four children, approximately one year apart, and needed to talk to other adults. Her blog, The Bingham Diaries was a finalist for Best Parenting Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards.

Caroline was raised in Arizona as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She met her husband there, and was married shortly thereafter in the Mesa, Arizona LDS Temple. She worked as a hair stylist until it was time to trade in the thinning shears for burp cloths and bottles. She and family have recently been transplanted to the East Coast where they now enjoy actual seasons, and she has finally experienced snow.

You can read about her every day life at her blog, The Bingham Diaries, follow her on twitter @theMomBabe, or reach her via email.

FAQ's

editor@mormonmommyblogs.com (Mormon Mommy Blogs) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Who We Are

Advertise on MMB

MMB Sponsored Giveaways

Get Listed with MMB

Guest Post on MMB

Reader Giveaway Directory

Categories H-M

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:24:00 +0000

Hair Blogs

Health, Fitness, Weight Loss

Hobbies

Homemaking

Homeschooling

Infertility

Internationals

Living with Autism & Special Needs

Military Life

Music & Art

Categories N-Z

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:59:00 +0000

Parenting

Photography

Saucy Blogs

Self-Help

Singles

Slice of Life

Spiritually Speaking

The Man Show

The Sweet Life

Thoughtful Women

Writers

Categories A-G

editor@mormonmommyblogs.com (Mormon Mommy Blogs) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:00 +0000

Adoption & Foster Care

Beauty & Fashion

Blog Designers

Book Blogs

Canadian Moms

Cooking

Crunchy Moms

Frugality, Finance, & Self-Reliance

Funny Ladies

General

Group Blogs

MMB Badges

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:24:00 +0000

In order to be listed with MMB, you must display a badge on your site. Grab your favorite, thanks!

Disclosure Policy

mombabe@thebinghamdiaries.com (MomBabe) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:27:00 +0000

Here at Mormon Mommy Blogs, we pride ourselves on being honest.

We are a collaborative blog written by a group of individuals.

**For questions about this blog, please contact info@mormonmommyblogs.com**

What this means, is that if we say we like something, we like it.

If we say we don't like something, we don't like it.

If we get paid to talk about a product or service, we'll tell you.

If we are given a product or service in exchange for a review or giveaway, we will tell you.

This doesn't mean that we will talk about everything that is offered to us.

Sometimes, we are given products and/or services that we don't like.

I mean, we have opinions, and we are of the opinion that if we hate something, we would rather not talk about it.

(It's that whole "if you don't have anything nice to say...." thing)

Occasionally, we find products, services, and events all by ourselves that are just too good not to share.

And sometimes we stumble onto things that we think are for a good cause, and things like that generally get shared on the blog, with no compensation, because they make us feel warm and fuzzy inside.

But basically, what we're saying is:

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.

The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

And that my friends, is our honest to goodness disclosure policy here at Mormon Mommy Blogs.

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