Blogging - Words of Williams

By Eric on May 21, 2013 +

Introducing: the Words of Williams YouTube Channel

OK, we’re only eight years late to the game. According to Google, YouTube was founded in February 2005. Regardless, we’re getting in the game. Can I get a drum roll, please? There is now an official Words of Williams YouTube channel.

The survey we posted few weeks ago asked what formats you would like to see more money/budgeting information, and videos led the way. So, even though we both feel more comfortable behind a keyboard rather than a camera, we’re giving it a go. We’ve started to document our money story from the first time we realized what money was to what we know today (it’s been a wild ride). We spent an evening shooting and came up with five videos to start with. They will be posted in the coming weeks, so staty tuned.

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By Kelsey on May 20, 2013 +

Blogiversary: 3 Years

Three years ago today, Eric started this blog. We had no idea it would grow to reach as many people as it has. Thank you so much for reading about our lives! We feel very loved.

Just for fun, let’s take a look at the top 10 posts from the past year! Also check out our first post, our first blogiversary and last year’s blogiversary!

Rooney’s First Blog Post

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Note from the author’s mom’s: Roo loves to press the buttons on our laptops. I had started a new draft tonight for a post I want to write, and she came over and whipped this out between dinner and bath. She’s a natural! I personally like what she did with those slashes…

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You may or may not have noticed fewer posts around here in the past month or so. I think it started when Rooney turned 1. She’s keeping us a little busier now! As a result, we’ve decided that three posts a week is more manageable for us right now than five. (Sometimes we sneak in a Rooney in Carts-type (casual and fun) post as well, which you don’t want to miss!) It’s that whole less-is-more debate…

In conjunction, and perhaps a little contradictory, we have some side projects that we have been working on and need time to get those off the ground. They’re pretty exciting (to us at least and we can’t wait to tell you more about them). If you want an exclusive first look at the details sign up for our newsletter.

Believe it or not, a big reason we write is to help others through what we’ve learned over the years. And we really love hearing your feedback. When you leave a comment, write us an email, or tell us in person what you liked/didn’t like about something we wrote, we take it to heart. We didn’t start this blog with the intention of growing such an awesome tribe of supporters, but it sure has been fun to watch it blossom.

That being said, we have a survey we would love for you to fill out! It has 10 questions and shouldn’t take more than a minute or two. It’s mostly multiple choice with one open-ended essay question.

By Kelsey on February 14, 2013 30

My Favorite Mommy Blogs

I read a lot of blogs. I love to learn and get different perspectives on how things can be done. I am always wanting to find my own way to do something. I don’t settle with “that’s how it’s always been done.” Not just about mothering, but fashion, decorating, etc. Blogs help me get new ideas.

I’ve cut down the number of blogs I read since I switched jobs, but I still read a lot of blogs I’m not even sure I could guess an accurate number. Maybe 20? And those are just the ones I read daily. I also like to check out new blogs every now and then. There are a few fashion-only blogs that I follow, but at this point I am mostly attracted to mom blogs.

(Please note that not all these blogs would categorize themselves as mommy blogs, but they are moms who have blogs and at least occasionally post about mom stuff. I also don’t agree with everything they post about, but I appreciate their points of view!)

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