Watercooler: The Mommy Bloggers Wanted Edition

Writer Positions for Mommy Bloggers!

It’s been a busy week (4/16/09) with lots of columnist positions opening up and new ways to join our team of writers!  We’re currently looking for:

• Weekly Kitchen/Food columnist (tips, how to, cooking, recipes, etc.)
• Weekly Beauty/Fashion columnist (mommy style)
• Weekly Holiday & Seasons columnist (crafts, decorating, etc.)
• Weekly Housekeeping/cleaning columnist
• Weekly Personal Finance columnist with a focus on family-related topics

We are very thankful to be expanding our team to showcase fantastic mommy bloggers and other expert writers!  To apply for any of the columnist positions, please send an email of introduction and links to your blogs/sites/writing to staff(at)homeeverafter(dot)com.  We’d also love it if you could pass the word on by tweeting or posting about us – thank you so much!

Lest I forget to mention, Alyssa @kingdomfirstmom had her baby just days ago!  Stop by twitter and wish her congratulations!

My Guest Posts at Other Blogs

5 Tips to Plan a Shopping Day with Kids.  Last week I had this guest post published over at Mommy Brain Reports (thanks, Monica!).

Here’s an excerpt:  “Screaming tantrums, begging for things, toddler meltdowns and kids that insist on “me do it” for pushing the grocery cart in a crowd full of shoppers… all these things can scare even the best parents!  Planning ahead for a day of shopping when you have kids is essential, as almost all the common pitfalls can be avoided with preventive measures.”  – Read the rest. [Shopping] [Family]

7 Grocery Shopping Tools You Can’t Leave Home Without – I wrote this article for Checkout Chicks as a guest post.  Please leave a comment to let us know what your must-have tools are!  “…learning the best shopping strategies is at the heart of our endeavor. However, if we’re heading out to the stores without the proper tools, even the best intentions can be sabotaged!” – Read the rest.

Hot Blogs & Websites This Week

Craft Project: Turning a pair of jeans into an apron! Suzanne’s Crazy for Collars has a tutorial with detailed step by step instructions and photos for making an apron out of an old pair of mommy jeans.  We love this way to reuse and repurpose old clothes.  Way to go, Suzanne!

Van-Pools.com is helping frugal families save money by carpooling for their commutes.  The carpoolers split the cost of gas with 6-14 other people, and people using it report saving over $1,000 a year.  Vanpooling is an easy way to go green and save money on fuel at the same time.  Thanks Nicole B. for the heads up.  [How to Save on...]

Thrifty Coupon Deals is having a giveaway promotion with Nascar for the prize of a tailgating package of 10 cans of Libby’s Products and a grilling package. Find out more here.  Thanks to Miss Thrifty for flying the flair (i.e. badge) on her blog! Get  flair for your sidebar here.

• Super romantic blog-love-note from Tiffany to her husband at Lattes and Life.  Aww!
• 11 Tips on How to Green Your Wedding or special event.
• Total Beauty.  @MaryCateOMalley recommended this site to me, and it looks great. Very robust beauty site with how to info and beauty tips.

What’s new in your corner of the blogworld?  Let us know in the comments below.  Have a fabulous weekend, everyone!