You know how so many of us “young-ish” bloggers are writing posts like: “My Four Year Old Just Wrote With Permanent Marker All Over Our New Couch”. And then we all comment on these posts and say things like, “I hear ya! My daughter did the same thing all over her brother’s face last week!” And then some brilliant someone will leave a comment saying, “Don’t worry! When my son used permanent marker on our bald cat a month ago, we used a mixture of fermented tomatoes, grass clippings and rock salt and it came right off!”
We women…younger wives…mommies have a WONDERFUL community of support and encouragement online. I could not be more grateful. I LOVE all the friends I’ve met and learned from through blogging!
My friend Teresa, who loves reading sites written by and for younger wives and mommies, is in fact a Nana. A really cool, hip, fun Nana. After doing a bit of research, Teresa noticed that while there are some grand-mama bloggers out there…there didn’t seem to be a large community of support for these women who are “in the second half of the motherhood journey”.
Enter: Nanahood.com
Nanahood is a super fun place to hang out, whether you’re a grandmother or not. I encourage you all to go check out Teresa’s site…and please tell any woman in your life that you feel might enjoy being a part of this wonderful community of…Nanas.
By the way…the thing about fermented tomatoes, grass clippings and rock salt removing permanent ink from bald cats? That has not been scientifically (or unscientifically) proven. Sounds like it could take something off of a bald cat though, doesn’t it?
Did I leave a comment here lately? Because my 2yo DID write with permananet marker all over our couch…and coffee table…and recliner…and a few other things, including himself. (and I got a few good ideas for removal, although fermented tomatoes, grass clippings and rock salt was not suggested) :)LOL!
Those poor tormented cats…lol. I think my cat rolled her eyes when we brought ANOTHER baby home.
Thanks for mentioning NanaHood! I love writing it and really appreciate you helping get the word out. When my site grows up I hope it’s as popular as yours!
I checked out the site, and it is so cute!
I’m one of those weird categories of mom. If my angel baby girl (died at age 7) were here, she would be 19 years old this month. There were lots of changes in my life, and I now have a wonderful husband and amazing 20 month old son… at age 39 (40 next month)! So I’m not a “young” mom, nor am I going to be a nana anytime soon. But I still LOVE the community I’ve found online!
I am TOTALLY glad I am not the only one! My three year old daughter recently painted our dog, Scout, purple! My daughter said he needed to look pretty! Oh, and by the way, he is supposed to be a manly hunting dog, LOL!!!!