Favorite Websites I Found This Year:
Paul Cardall's Blog : Paul is a musician in Utah who has shown so much courage and faith in the last year (and really, all the years of his life). I took some time to read his archives and really get to know him and his struggle and I've been changed because of his example. If nothing else, start reading his entries about recovery after a heart transplant.
The Big Mama Blog : Love her style of writing, love that she uses more words than she needs to. Makes me feel right at home as I'm reading :) Plus, she's from San Antonio! I'm still confused though -- she IS a Mama, but she's not Big.
Daddy Scratches : Often totally irreverent, use-too-many-bad-words type of writing BUT there is something endearing about this Dad who isn't afraid to talk about being a Dad and all the ups and downs of the experience. Some of my favorite posts are here and here and here and here. (Please be warned and don't send me an email later claiming you weren't warned, this guy uses potty mouth language sometimes.)
Design Mom : Love the ideas she finds and shares.
People of Walmart : Are you kidding me, this could be one of the best ways to waste HOURS of your life!
Awkward Family Photos : Another FANTASTIC way to spend hours of your life. Thanks to my sister Ali and her husband Jed for sharing such a valuable treasure with me.
Anti DuckFace : Alright, I'm not going to link to this one (just add a www at the beginning and a dot com at the end if you're interested in seeing it). They use the f-word in almost every post, but the idea is HILARIOUS -- they ask people to send in pictures of their friends or celebrities or whoever making that awful kissy-slash-pouty-slash-duck face expression that -- for whatever reason -- is totally HAWT right now. Whatever HAWT means. Anywoooo, it's funny stuff.
Pandora : Create your own radio stations and listen for free! But just don't listen for more than 40 hours in a month or they'll charge you NINETY NINE CENTS. (Which FYI is less than most downloads on iTunes. I'm just sayin'.)
And our family's Favorite Game of 2009:
Not everything in my life is web-based (haha). Nate got this game for Christmas and we LOVE it around here. It's even brought out the competitive side of his dad! It's really fun and PERFECT for kids around his age (5-8 I would guess, but really, his 30-something Dad and 20-something Mom LOVE it).
And since everything is better with a picture, look at this little nugget of awesomeness:
Yep, they're mine. I growed 'em. I love 'em.
No, they're not {currently} for sale.
(Also, could they look any MORE alike? Gads, their heads are the same size! Their hair is equally unruly! Their eyes are the same shade! Who would have guessed that they are nearly five years apart, and they have different Daddys!)
...just kidding about the different Daddys part. I think. ;)
5 comments:
Those awkward photos are funny. I haven't seen the other sites you mentioned, I will take a look at them. Here is a couple that you might interesting. Mike really like the i can has cheezburger one.
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://failblog.org/
I should add fail blog can have some adult content at times.
Oh great. Just what I need. More virtual time wasters! Haha. I LOVE people of Walmart (i'm pretty sure my neighbor is in one of the pictures) and awkward family photos. I'll have to check out the other ones. Failblog is funny too. Fun post!
bwhahahahah That's funny. (the part at the bottom about the daddy's.) LOVE the awkward photos one too!!
Some of those I'll have to look up! I love design mom too!
holy smokes have your boys ever grown up!! ok just checked out the duckface site - seriously laughing out loud hahahaha
Thank you for the shout-out. And, yes, you're right, I have a tendency to talk like the cast of "Reservoir Dogs." My wife doesn't like it either. For what it's worth: for every "F-bomb" I drop on my blog, I've talked myself out of dropping 10 others. ;)
Thanks again.
-DS
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