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Speaking of blogs I love, I wanted to make sure that you’re all reading Parent Hacks. Yes, even those of you who aren’t parents. The site is a collection “works for me”-esque tips compiled from parents, and there are some great ideas to be found there.

A few of my favorites:

  • Use Flickr as entertainment.
  • Keep kids from unrolling the TP. Or at least slow ’em down a little.
  • Keep them busy at the doctors office.

    There are tons of tips waiting for you at Parent Hacks. And for even more Works for Me Wednesday posts, visit Rocks in My Dryer.

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    And mama cooked a breakfast with no hog

    Despite a meltdown of epic proportions this morning, today has turned into a lovely day. Poppy and Pete are taking a long nap right now, so I have a little time to tell you about it before I go wake them up. (They’ve been asleep for 2 hours. Apparently histrionics wear a girl out. And witnessing histrionics while drinking a tall bottle of milk wears a boy out.)

    Anyway, it’s been a swell afternoon. For two reasons.

    1. The Mail. I love getting the mail, even though it’s usually bills, which stress me out and ruin the whole day I need to stop opening I do not enjoy. Today’s mail was awesome because I got a cookie, a granola bar and a one-day free pass to the Y. Score.

    blue ribbon2. I’m a winner. Sandi honored me with the I Love Your Blog award, because she is awesome.

    Now I get to pass the blue ribbon on to four people whose blogs I love. I read a lot of blogs, and I like them all quite a lot. Some of them I love because I love the people who write them, and it makes me feel closer to them to read about their daily loves. Others inspire me, and still others make me laugh and/or cry. So this was tough, narrowing it down to only four. But narrow it down I did. So here they are: Four Blogs I Love.

  • I recently started reading Casey’s Moosh in Indy, and it cracks me up and it’s informative. I’ve always admired people who are completely open and comfortable talking about their faith, and Casey is definitely that. She’s Mormon, and she isn’t even a little bit shy about sharing information about it. Even when the questions are about underwear.
  • Fluid Pudding was one of the first blogs I started reading, and it was one of the main reasons I started blogging. Angela lives in St. Louis, and it makes me a little homesick for Missouri every time she mentions that. I read her anyway, because she makes me laugh. (I’m sensing a theme, here …)
  • I love almost everything Jim and Wood write at Sweet Juniper. They’re smart, funny and sentimental, and they give their babies great names.
  • It is an Established Fact that I am addicted to free samples. I love Freebies 4 Mom because they always let me know what’s available in Sampleland.

    In the time it’s taken me to write this post, the kids have woken up, Rockford has gotten home and I’ve developed a raging headache. (I don’t think these things are related. Maybe.)

    First person to tell me where the title’s from wins a cookie. No Googling allowed. Rockford, you’re ineligible.

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    Friday links! Entertainers, friends and food

  • I’m not a big fan of the Rolling Stones. I like “Honky Tonk Woman” and that song from “The Departed,” but much of their music strikes me as pretty cheese ball. The way Chris writes about them in Z’s Music Monday, though, makes me think I ought to give them another listen.
  • Mary at Owlhaven is launching a new series called Love Stories for October. I’ve shared our story with you before, but I’d love to hear yours. Let me know if you decide to participate!
  • The Smitten Kitchen’s apple cake looks delectable.
  • Jen at Breed ‘Em and Weep has had enough of the economy’s shenanigans, and she lets it know in Dear Economy, from the Girl Next Door.
  • I knew my friend Liz had lost her mother early in her life, but she’d never told me the whole story. She’s shared it in a column titled Cooked with love, Mom.
  • Sarah Hepola takes a shot at Diagnosing Chuck Klosterman in a piece that confirms that Rockford is weird. “If I’m on the subway, or in a crowded line,” Klosterman says in the interview, “I always say to myself, ‘What if there were a terrorist attack right now? Who would be the leader?’ ” More than a year ago, when Rockford was riding the bus to work every day, he told me he did this very thing every morning.