Archive for April, 2007
Review of John Chow dot Com
Until I started writing paid posts, I hadn’t really been paying attention at all to things like traffic, links, search engines, and all those things that become important when you start monetizing your blog. When I did start educating myself, one website I found myself landing on more and more was John Chow dot [...]
He’s ten going on teen
Ah, my son Ryan. Ten and a half, which to me means little boy, but in actuality means almost a teenager. I guess I wasn’t paying that close of attention to boys when I was his age, because I don’t remember my fellow fourth graders having little pimples on their noses, or leg hair, [...]
Weekend Extravaganza Wrap-up:More baby pictures!
I just want to thank everyone for playing along this weekend-I’m thinking this is going to be a regular thing here! You’re asking me great questions, getting me to tell you my secrets-what better reason to read blogs on the weekend?? I have an update for you on Operation Get-My-Butt-To-BlogHer ‘07:
Total Needed for Registration, Hotel, [...]
Create a chore chart for your family!
Ever since the boys were four and six, Chris and I have been trying to figure out how best to get them to help with household chores. We started with an Excel spreadsheet of all the chores we needed done, and a small amount of money we were willing to pay-50 cents to empty all [...]
I’m hooked on WhoGets.com!
I am having so much fun entering contests at whogets.com. Each contest I’ve entered is called the semi-final round, and lasts 7 to 14 days. All I had to do is create an account with my name, email, and mailing address. For each contest I enter, I write a short description explaining why I [...]

