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Busy Mom Blog
A pretty pink daisy awaits you as you enter this blog. The entire blog is primarily pink and green, easy to navigate and follow. It has way too many links in its sidebar (including the ever-present and grating Ads by Gooooogle and not one but FOUR "Your Ad Here" adbrite ads). As if those are not enough to clutter up a sidebar, there is a large blogroll, archives, "search this site," credits, previous posts, logos, web rings...the list goes on.
The only thing that made no sense to me in the sidebar was the "Recent Searches" category. I assume these are things people who visit the site have searched for, but I really don't see the need for this. Perhaps that is just me and my need to see less mess in a sidebar--it's hard to say. However, even with all of this stuff (read: clutter), the site's pleasantness is not lost among it. That's a good thing.
I truly enjoyed the time spent at this blog. So do a lot of other people because you can tell this is a very trafficked site. I liked Busy Mom's writing style (especially the family's conversations that she relays). Check out a funny conversation called "Oh Great." Or how about 'the talk' she was going to have with her daughter but her son seemed a more imminent target in "Wait, that answer didn't follow my script." Busy Mom has been writing for quite some time and it shows.
Even if you're not a busy mom, you will enjoy hearing her stories, reading her thoughts, and sharing in just a bit of her life.
This site was reviewed on 2004-10-30 by SJtheMom.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
SJtheMom felt that Busy Mom Blog deserved a rating of 4.
My, my. What a pleasant vista greets my eye at BusyMom.net! A pastel green background and a textured header with a blue sky and a pink daisy. This place looks good enough to eat.
This is the diary of a 40 year old mom of three who also works as a nurse. No wonder it's called BusyMom.
There is a link to a list of 100 things about the author that is fairly informative, though as of this writing, the list only has 83 things on it. Better title it 83 things! :-)
The entries themselves are almost always quite short. They maintain a lighthearted tone and range in topic from snippets and links to things she has read on the net, latest gadgets she is coveting, the occasional joke, and anecdotes centered around one or more of her children. Here is an example of her writing style:
September 25, 2004
"Eeek!
A bug or a centipede on the floor (on a patterned rug)! Thinking quickly, I grab a cup to confine it so Busy Dad can do whatever he does with such things. I bend down to take a look at it through the glass and I discovered that the world is now safe from an Arby's curly fry."
I enjoyed her writing, and so must many others, as she has numerous commenting readers. Always a good sign that you are doing a good job. And she has been writing since April of 2003, so she gets points for longevity ( in blogosphere terms, that IS longevity!)
The only thing that I was not impressed with was the overloaded sidebar. Google ads (ick), search, recent search, recent entries, scrolling blog list, buttons, (one flashing) clog up the lovely page. She even has a list of her Netflix picks ( the first one of these I have seen)... cute, but is it necessary?
Other than that, I had a nice visit and would recommend this site for a quick and pleasant read from a Busy Mom.
This site was reviewed on 2004-10-30 by yetzirah.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
yetzirah felt that Busy Mom Blog deserved a rating of 3.75.
2 reviewers gave Busy Mom Blog an average rating of 3.8750
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