Waying in on Mom bloggers

How did my New York Times obsessed husband miss this little gem about mommy blogging?


Go on and read the article and this one here too and then come back and read my thoughts on it.


I'll give you a few moments

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(Ha! I wasn't trying to be obscene, but that kinda looks like a boob huh?)

Like I said I have no idea how Shawn missed this one considering he is on the NY times website all.day.long. But nevertheless he did....Men always seem to miss the important things huh?

But here's my two cents.....I can't necessarily tell if the journalist is coming from the angle of "bad mommy bloggers" or "bad mommy bloggers that sacrifice writing for reviews and free things". I'm going to assume it's the later considering Ms. Jennifer Mendelsohn is a "mommy blogger" herself.

But I'm going to have to take the {probably) unpopular road and agree with her. 

What "Mom" blogger doesn't think sometimes that it would be great to turn her little rants & recipes into something huge like Dooce or Pioneer Woman? I think that. But I can't get behind the ones that seem to sacrifice good writing, humorous stories, and beautiful pictures for sponsored reviews, giveaways, coupons, and free cleaning products all for numbers.

It seems that when you Google "Get more blog exposure/readers" the results come back and its a bunch of SEO things I don't understand or tips designed to leave insincere comments on blogs in hopes people will bite and hop on over to your Wordpress or Blogger site.

Maybe I'm bitter that I had planned on attending this particular conference thus I could have been interviewed had my blog listed, driven ridiculous amounts of traffic to my blog and been able to make six-figures, get an HGTV show and written a book-had I not forgotten. 

But I digress.I'm not bitter....really I'm not (AHHHHHHH!!!!!! Like me! Like me! Like me!) ok seriously kidding.

But I think that if we could go back to the dark ages maybe "mom" bloggers wouldn't get such a bad rap? 

In a nut-shell, lets stop being so commercial for crying out loud! Not knocking blog conferences or networks. I belong to a few, but I will never sacrifice my content to get some free garb or have 28,000 views a day. 

But I can say I have been guilty (more than a time or two) of putting dinner on hold, changing a dirty diaper late (and you know its late because the poop is totally like concrete on their butt), or leaving the laundry for days to finish posting or reading blogs. 

But hey, just because I'm a mom doesn't mean I can't have a life too.

Now where's my kid again? 




Oh there he is....walking into traffic. Guess I better go.

Inauguration Day

At the last minute I decided to take pictures of Phoenix near the TV during the oath. I wanted him to be able to see these pictures years from now and just let it reaffirm how lucky we are to live in this country. I've been watching the coverage all morning and kept having to fight back tears (the tears ended up winning). Watching this just makes me very proud of my country. Being able to say that I watched history being made. To finally see all of these peoples dreams coming true. I am sad to see George W go. I've always liked him and thought he did the best job he could. Even watching him get in the helicopter made me tear up because despite his flaws he has served our country well and he's kept us safe for 8 years and for that I am grateful.

However, with that said I am very excited to see the changes that are coming to America. I just pray that God gives wisdom to our leaders and that President Obama allows himself to be used by God and keeps his ears open to what God is speaking.

Ok Phoenix is showing off gotta go!