Blogs I read

When I first discovered blogging I was working at a desk job and started one for fun. I didn't really understand what I was supposed to do with it but I would just write down days to remember and things when I felt like it. Now the blogging world is HUGE. I started blogging a lot more when I got pregnant with my Maximus in 2009, because isn't it more fun when you have a adorable baby to take pictures of? I thought so.
So when I started blogging more I discovered a whole new world of bloggers. So when Max was born I spent a lot of time in bed resting and nursing the first few weeks, I started finding new blogs to read. I loved finding blogs of other mothers and looking into a bit of what my life was going to be with a new baby, and ideas of parenting. One that I found that I went back and read all the way back to the beginning of their blog(I had a lot of time being stuck in one spot nursing half my day:) was Shawni from 71 toes . I loved reading about being a mom and different parenting tips. Then I started reading a lot of other random ones I can't remember. But now I have really shortened my list of blogs, because I don't like spending a lot of time reading ones and there are just ones I connect with more and enjoy keeping up with, so here are my blog picks:

- I am sure everyone knows Naomi Davis from LoveTaza. I love looking at her beautiful pictures and I love seeing New York especially with cute little kids in tow. She also writes so sweetly to her children in some posts. They have two adorable little babes, Eleanor and Samson who are always smiling.

- And another popular one I like is Natalie Holbrook from NatTheFatRat. I like her writing and her little Henry is so cute. And they also live in New York, so obviously that is a huge bonus seeing their adventures around the city. And she also seems really down to earth.

And that is pretty  much it aside from checking out 71 toes once in awhile, and all my family and friend blogs. It is nice to just have the few blogs I really enjoy instead of more that I just waste my time reading just to read.

So there you have it Meaghan's blog recommendations.

P.S. On a totally different random note, I started an etsy shop. You can check it out here  ThreeBlindMoose

Read

I got the bracelet in the picture above awhile ago at the Salt Lake City library, it says read in 8 different languages.

I love to read. I love the smell and feel of books. I love old bookstores with used books. I was lucky to be able to work at one of the biggest used bookstores in New York City, Strand Bookstore I loved being able to be around books, being able to talk to people about books, and selling books. I could never get a paycheck without buying at least one book.

My favorite book is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I think everyone should read it. It is about a young girl named Francie Nolan and her family. It is about her growing up in the early 1900's in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Betty Smith is such a wonderful writer, she has a way of writing with such an understanding for what it was like to be a child and growing up. I think I like it a lot to because Francie reminds me of me, just little things like going out on her fire escape to read with her bowl of candy's and watching the people. I read it for the first time when I moved out to San Francisco area to help my sister Becky with her then baby Jonah. I also got my first job as a hostess at the restaurant Becky was a manager at. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was such a great book for me at that time in my life and I fell in love with it, with the characters, with New York. I wish I was a better writer to explain just how great this book is. I try to re-read it a lot, my copy is very used and is so special to me.

I just wanted to share my love of reading. I want to instill it in my children also. I read Max three books every night before he goes to bed and I will read to him more often as he gets older. There are so many great books out there.

Here is one of my favorite quotes from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn:
"Maybe," thought Francie,"she doesn't love me as much as she loves Neely. But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being need is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better." - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn