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Thursday, March 12, 2015

My Blog Feature at Catholic Sistas!

11:14 PM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

It's been an especially long and busy week this week since my husband has been out of town for work related meetings.

Need I say more??? :)

I'm really not complaining because there are soooo many families who have spouses that travel ALOT, so my heart goes out to all the single parents out there!

We are all looking forward to the man of the house coming home Friday evening and I can't wait for our 19 month old daughter to cling to her Daddy and never let him out of her sight :)

This week I have been working on entering resources for Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph into the SaintNook site where me and 3 other SaintNook team members work hard to bring the Saints always online! These two great Saints have their feast days coming up next week and we can't wait to share them with you through SaintNook!

Saint Patrick

So with my hectic week and SaintNook work, I thought I would stop in and just post about my blog feature at Catholic Sistas blog!

My blog was featured on Catholic Sistas blog this week! I enjoyed answering the questions for the feature! Head on over to HERE to read more about my blogging journey and find out a little more about me and my little corner of blog land :)

This weekend our family will be going to the soup supper and Stations of the Cross at our parish on Friday evening and then on Saturday, March 14, our 7 year old daughter will receive her First Reconciliation! It will be a blessed weekend!

May your weekend be blessed!

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Friday, August 17, 2012

A Slice of Smith Life in the Spotlight!

10:26 PM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

My blog was featured today at Catholic Bloggers Network (CBN). Go HERE to see my spotlight post where I answer some questions and post links to my most popular posts and list some of my favorite Catholic blogs.

If you haven't had a chance yet to check out Catholic Bloggers Network, be sure you do, because it's a wonderful site with so many great bloggers and resources.

Monica, one of the Administrators of CBN, not only is busy with a large, beautiful Catholic family and administering CBN, but she also has her own blog and Catholic shop called Arma Dei Shoppe where she sells wonderful books, paper crafts, and quizzing cards to teach the Catholic Faith.

I have reviewed a product of Monica's HERE if you want to see what great ideas she has to equip Catholic families.

Thanks Monica and CBN for the Spotlight!

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

I'm a Guest Blogger on Crunchy Catholic Momma!

6:45 AM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

As mentioned on Tuesday's post, Tricia over at Crunchy Catholic Momma is celebrating her 2 year blogiversary in a big and fun way! Congrats Tricia on blogging for 2 years!

She is having giveaways all week so be sure to check them out and enter to win! Another way Tricia is celebrating her blogging milestone is by inviting guest bloggers to post on her blog this week. I am thrilled that Tricia has included me as one of the guest bloggers today! So hop on over to see what I said and enjoy reading Tricia's blog! Her talents and family life amaze me!

Please join Lynda, Anna-Marie and myself for March's No Ordinary Blog Hop (NOBH). You can link up any or all your posts for the entire month of March. The blogger with the most posts will be awarded a Star Blogger Award and each post will be an entry to a great giveaway! Click below for details!

Labels:feature,No Ordinary Blog Hop | 6 comments

Friday, October 29, 2010

Happy All Hallows Eve and My Blog's Been Featured!

4:25 AM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

I'm a few days early wishing everyone a Happy All Hallows Eve or Halloween, but this weekend's schedule is another hectic one for our family so I don't think I will be able to do a post on Saturday or Sunday.

This weekend our family will be squeezing in a birthday party, pancake breakfast at a local restaurant for a fund raiser, my husband and I will be speaking to 15 engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, 3 soccer games, a soccer party, a neighborhood Halloween party, Mass, getting baked ziti downtown for our homeschool's feed the homeless service project and making preparations for costumes, candy, and our annual All Saint's Day party on Monday with our homeschool group! Oh and somewhere I have to fit in planning lessons! Whew! There seems to be not enough hours in the day to fit it all in so blogging over this weekend is going to be especially difficult.

My children are very excited to celebrate Halloween and All Saint's Day on Nov. 1. I know many families choose not to go out Trick-or-Treating or "celebrate" Halloween, rather they think it's best for their families to focus entirely on All Saint's Day or celebrate Fall Festivals.

I found some great articles on the internet that address what Halloween is really about. One such article is Halloween: The Real Story! and another one is How Halloween Can Be Redeemed .

I especially agree with the two opening paragraphs in "How Halloween Can Be Redeemed" :

"Halloween has grown into a major secular holiday in American culture. But for those who don’t value devotion to the saints, the Eve has become "hollow" instead of "hallow." The purpose behind it has been lost—like celebrating New Year’s Eve without a New Year’s Day. Take away the saints and our beliefs about the dignity and destiny of human beings, and the only thing left is pre-Christian superstition regarding the dead.

Among many Christians, there has been concern that things have gotten out of hand. After all, doesn’t Halloween glorify evil? Is it right to send our children out as devils and vampires, or is it better to emphasize the saints, whose nearly forgotten feast day is the reason for Halloween? Hallow is the same word for "holy" that we find in the Lord’s Prayer, and e’en is a contraction of "evening." The word Halloween itself is a shortened form of "All Hallows Eve," the day before All Saints Day. In this Update we’ll consider how Catholics can "redeem" Halloween. This holiday, properly understood and celebrated with all of its fun trappings, can be a way for us to deepen our understanding of our faith. The key to this understanding is close at hand for Catholics in our love of the communion of saints."

My family enjoys all the festivities surrounding this holiday and focuses on All Saint's Day. My children love to dress up and candy so Halloween is an exciting time for them. They also enjoy learning about the lives of the saints and dressing up as their favorite saints. This year our children will be St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Luke, St. Cecilia, and Mother Teresa ( I think). You may or may not agree with how we celebrate All Hallows Eve and All Saint's Day, but this is a special time for our family and for our faith. I hope that the links I have shared on this post will be insightful and useful.

I am also excited to share with you that Heather at Mommy Only Has Two Hands has featured me and my blog today on her Feature Friday post. I was chosen based on the comments that I have left on her blog and through Random.org. Because I have been featured, Heather has given me this cute button to put on my blog which I have placed on my right sidebar just under my blog button code:

Be sure to visit Heather at Mommy Only Has Two Hands and leave her comments on her great posts. You may be selected for one of her Feature Friday posts also. She has a beautiful blog, her son is adorable, and I love her Fall banner at the top of her blog! Thanks Heather!

1 click on "Fence" button below = 1 vote for

"A Slice of Smith Life"

THANK YOU!

You can vote for my blog here too!

Thanks!

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Featuring my 100th Follower!

4:32 AM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

This past weekend I "met" my 100th follower since I started my blog in June 2010! This is a blog "milestone" I would say and I appreciate all the visitors that stop by to read my posts and I love hearing comments from my readers. Your comments encourage me to keep posting topics that are important to me, but I also hope my blog posts will be encouraging and interesting to you.

I would LOVE to get to know ALL my past, present, and future followers because each one has a story to tell and something to offer in blog world and in the "real" world. I know this is not possible due to time, but I would like to feature my 100th follower to get to know her a little better and share her blog with you.

To get to know my 100th Follower, Brenda at WV Stitcher, A Blog About Reading, Reviewing, and Stitchery , I asked her the following questions and her answers are in red.

1. How long have you been blogging?

I started blogging this year, I have always liked the idea of a blog and when I kicked the idea around with a friend of mine she suggested I do book reviews, because I am always reading, and giving recomendations of great books to anyone who will listen!

2. What part of the world do you blog from? (Just giving the country is fine)

I live in WV.

3. How did you find my blog to become the 100th follower?

It was probably a blog hop. Blog hops are a great way to connect with blogs that might otherwise be missed.

4. How did you decide on the "theme" of your blog?

See answer 1.

5. Out of all your book reviews, which book is your favorite?

The one book that has really stuck with me was the Personal History of Rachel Dupree. It was an amazing book with great characters, the first few pages draw you in with Rachel and her husband lowering their child into a well so that the family will have water. It's truly a compelling story here is a link to my review : http://kittycrochettwo.blogspot.com/2010/08/personal-history-of-rachel-dupree-by.html

6. What are your other hobbies?

I love to cross stitch. I also love to do primitive rug hooking. I crochet baby blankets and donate them to various hospitals for needy babies that might otherwise not have a nice blanket, I also enjoy making lap robes for nursing homes. I love flea marketing, and taking day trips . I am also a compulsive neatnick, with my house and yard.

7. What do you like best about blogging?

Connecting with other people. It's also a neat way to keep track of everything I read, although if I read a book and don't like it I won't review it, I know how hard it would have to be to write a book and so if there is nothing positive for me to say about it I won't review it.

8. Do you find any challenges with maintaining a blog? If so, what are they?

The longer I blog the more I learn. I would have to say my biggest problem is finding time to blog. I work 40+ hours a week and I am also very active in my worksite union which keeps me busy. Often when I review a book from a publisher it needs to be done on a certain date, and occasionally I will have two due on the same day, which gets tricky, but its a great problem to have :).

9. If you had 3 wishes what would they be?

I have no wishes for me because I am blessed beyond measure. But if I had three wishes I would wish for 1. Healthcare for everyone regardless of whether they could pay or not. 2. Food and shelter for everyone . 3. I would wish that everyone would spay and neuter their animals, and realize when they take a pet it is a life time commitment.

10. Where is your favorite place to read/stitch?

At home you will find me in my family room with my dog Marley reading and stitching, but I carry my ereader everywhere I go and will read whenever I get a chance.

I will also add that I have been happily married for 24 years, to my wonderful husband Rick, I have one son Josh who is 22. I am an animal lover and I am owned by my dogs Marley a german shepherd/boxer mix and Abby my yorkie. I work in health care and have been doing my job for 23 years. I love giving away books, once I finish reading a book I often pick someone randomly that leaves a comment on a review and mail them the book. I review for some great publishers such as Thomas Nelson, Tyndale, Forever Romance, Gallery Pocket Books, Doubleday,Hachette, Revell Publishing, and Bethany House. I read a wide variety of books so one day I may blog about a christian book and the next day its a horror story, I think it keeps it interesting.

It has been so fun getting to know Brenda a little better and visiting her blog. This was the first book review/stitchery blog that I have discovered while blogging! I love how her book review posts are set up: she has a photo of the book she is reviewing and then a product description. Then immediately following this information, she writes her "take" on the book.

I also love her Shabby Blog s background, which is where I got my blog background also.

Thank you Brenda for following my blog as Follower #100! It's been fun getting to know you a little better in the blogosphere and if I ever need recommendations on a good book, I know exactly where to go now since I discovered your book blog! So hop on over and pay Brenda a visit at WV Stitcher, A Blog About Reading, Reviewing, and Stitchery to check out all her reviews and find a good read for yourself!

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