Welcome to Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party!
I am so glad you’re starting your week here! The purpose of this link up party is to bring our community together as we encourage each other in our motherhood journey. This is also your opportunity to peek into my busy life and see all I’ve been up to!
My heart’s desire is that you will be blessed through this link up party posts with inspiration, encouragement and ideas on how to grow in your faith, marriage, family, homeschool, homemaking, career, healthy living habits and so on.
Last Week at They Call Me Blessed:
I had such a fantastic week! Busy but brilliant!
MONDAY was fun co-op day at our local library and my kids shared about things they are thankful for and learned about our five senses. Did I tell you guys that my youngest is attending a preschool program 3x a week? Yeah, that was a big decision for me but it is making a huge difference for all of us.
TUESDAY I wrote a blog post about conquering physical and emotional exhaustion, something I am very familiar with! I shared a bit of my own story and the serious dangers of burning out. I also share how I’ve been using great tools to heal, rest and recover from my burn out last year.
Tuesday night is AWANA night for our kids and my hubby and I got to go on a short date just for hot chocolate and a yummy apple pie fritter! We have been committed to investing in our marriage as much as we can. Oh and we started to read the books I got at the marriage conference last week. 😉
WEDNESDAY I guest posted at my friend’s Amanda Long’s blog Time Saving Mom! She is hosting a fabulous blog party on Time Saving Mom! Here is my blog post on 7 Super Easy, Time Saving & No Excuses Ideas for a Healthier Lifestyle. I think you will like to read it! Oh, and you will love my recipe for detox water here.
THURSDAY I hosted my very first Thirty-One online party and boy, I just love their bags! I did a live periscope and two Facebook lives showing part of my own Thirty-One collection. LOL Just 15 bags but wait! I found another one downstairs yesterday, so without ever being a consultant, I managed to buy or get free (for hosting Thirty-One parties) all these bags! Oy! You can join my crazy addiction to bags here. I also hosted Homeschoolscopes Happy Hour on Periscope! Woohoo!! Oh, how I love to encourage other homeschool moms!
FRIDAY I homeschooled the kids, as usual, took a nap and watched movies! HALLELUYAH!! Yes, I get to do that sometimes.
SATURDAY Ryan took the kids to our local Cineplex for free movies while I held my 6th Illustrated Faith Workshop at our local Christian Bookstore. It was such a blessing! I love Bible journaling so much – it keeps my eyes on Jesus, gives me the “me” time and sanity time I need as a busy mom. Then I got to go on another date with my hubby in the afternoon to the movies! We watched Keeping Up with the Joneses – hilarious!! I just wish it was clean, I don’t know why people think there is a need for bad words in movies.
Today, SUNDAY I skipped church. I know, eh? I couldn’t sleep well last night after eating Chinese and having ice-cream. My body cannot handle wheat, dairy, and other things. :/ But to redeem my Christian life (LOL), I was part of the PEI Lifechain Prayer at our local university. As a big pro-life I am, I stood up holding a sign that said: “Life is a beautiful choice” along over two hundred other people for over an hour in the cold and rain with a big smile on my face! Why? Because I believe life is a choice anyone deserves to make. Because the Word of God calls us to speak life and to choose life. Because Jesus came to give us life and life more abundant!
Today I also posted a review on the Magic School Bus Science Club that we love! And by the way, Educents have it for 50% off now and free shipping!
3 Things I’m Looking Forward To This Week:
- Hosting my first Poetry TeaTime event at our local library on a PD day
- Carry on with the 100 Days of Intimacy challenge with my husband
- Getting ready to host another fabulous blog party coming up soon! This time I will be interviewing amazing mom bloggers and WAHMs who will be sharing all their whats, whys, and hows with us!
Is blogging or working from home for you? Can you make money blogging or working from home? How? Can you balance home, homeschool and work from home? Stay tuned!
This new blog party is part of the pre-launch of my new e-course Grow Your Blog Partying in 30 Days!
Most viewed posts on Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party last week!
#1 – DEN MAKEOVER: OUR NEW SCHOOLROOM
-One Mama To Another-
#2 – Clean Your Entire Home in Under One Hour
(My favorite!!! I was so inspired by this post I almost cleaned my house!)
-Homeschooling On A Dime-
#3 – Connecting Through the Lingering
-Real Moms Winging It-
I always love going through your blog posts!
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Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party Rules:
- Share your most recent inspiring and encouraging blog posts. Before you post, ask yourself: “How can this post help encouraging and inspiring a mom today?”
- Attach our link up party graphic or a link back to my site somewhere on your website. It can be on your main page, link-up page, or sidebar, or the post itself. 🙂
- Share our Link Up Party post on your social media using the hashtag #blessedMOMday and invite your readers to participate! (If we all do that, imagine how many more new readers you will have on your blog?!) Let’s do this together!
- Read at least 2-3 blog posts linked here and comment on it. (Did you know this is a great way to get people to know you, your blog and to grow your blog traffic as well?)
That’s it with the rules! Enjoy linking with us, commenting and making new friends. Networking is important! Having like-minded friends is a huge blessing!
Hi Ana,
I’m so glad I saw this post 🙂 It been ages since I’ve really got into linking up with parties… This looks so fun ! Thanks for having us and congrats on the prelaunch of the blog party course 🙂
You are so inspiring and your healthier lifestyle post is a hit 🙂 Thanks again.
Ahh sweet Amanda! I love you and I’m so glad God has connected us!! I’m proud of you and how well your new blog is going! Well done, girl! Thanks for linking up with me. XO!
Looks like you had a fun, full week. And a nap!!! I love when that happens. 🙂 Thanks for hosting the linkup, Ana!
Oh Shelly, what a precious week! One nap and two dates! LOL These things don’t happen all the time. 😀 Thanks for linking up here!!! XO!