East Texas Mom Finding Humor in Parenting
BlissDom 2013 was my first blogging conference, my first experience with meeting people in person who I’ve talked to for over a year, my first experience with meeting brands and PR people in person, and my first time to be so completely overwhelmed about what to write and when to write it…but here goes! And,… read more »
About a year and a half ago, I told my husband that I wanted to start a blog. This man I love didn't really know why or what I was talking about, but he is blindly supportive of me in just about everything I do. Almost immediately he noticed that things were changing in our household. I… read more »
I'm not really sure if this post is about Blog Guilt, Mommy Guilt, Work Guilt, Wife Guilt…maybe just Janet Guilt, but I need to talk about it. I have been writing a lot more for myself and for my blog, rather than for my sponsors and the brands that I work with and the stats… read more »
New Year's Resolutions don't work for me. I like to set goals for myself and see what I can accomplish. I am also somewhat of a dreamer and I tend to set lofty goals for myself. Who knows what I actually hope to achieve, but when I do something good, I am the best… read more »
2012 Blog Traffic Report I must admit that this type of analyzing of my blog scares the crap out of me. Linking up and comparing myself to others, though, makes me want to crawl in the corner and cry. So, I'm jumping out there, listing this for all to see, linking up to others, and… read more »
Once upon a time, I was living a leisurely life with my son and my husband and we were scraping by with our little incomes. We were constantly worried about money and food and most importantly, making our boy happy and healthy. I had an itch to do something different, but I didn't know what… read more »
I have mentioned before that when I started this blog, it was all about a hobby and something fun to do. I didn't know where it would take me, but I thought at most I would get to try out some new products and tell everyone what I thought about them. I thought there may be… read more »
I still feel like a newbie blogger even though I've been hacking away at this blog for just over a year now. When I start something new, I jump in full force and you can ask my husband how many nights I've been on this blog when he was trying to tell me a story… read more »
A year ago today I sat down at a small table with a stack of papers, a crappy laptop, and a quiet house and started blogging. You all know that I work full time outside the home so I had taken time off from work – a week – and decided this blog was going… read more »
One thing I have learned about blogging in the past year is that most bloggers (including myself) have a million ideas running through their heads at all times and they are usually juggling a family, babies, work at home or work outside the home jobs, and running a successful household, in addition to running a… read more »
An inspirational blogger I know recently had an overnight hotel stay that she won and her family was not able to take the mini-vacation on the dates on the vouchers. This blogger posted in a couple of Facebook groups that anyone who could use them was welcome to have them. There were a handful of… read more »
I cannot explain how excited and nervous and freaking out worried I am right now because there is actually a chance I might be going to BlogHer in New York!! I was talking to some friends from BloggerPR today and Kim from Tales of a Ranting Ginger mentioned that she had a friend who was… read more »
Hubby says that he became a chef because when people eat his food and look happy, THAT is his Intense Joy. This really works for our relationship because I like to eat, but hate to cook. I have been encouraging Hubby to post more on The Food Nut, but so far he's been stalling. Maybe… read more »
I have always loved to drive. I love road trips and I have been on some fun ones with my sisters and even my son. Last week, my husband, son, and I went on two different trips out of town and had a blast. However, every road trip I go on has the potential to… read more »
Since he was very small, my son has always been "okay" with going to spend time with his Granny and Papa or Aunt B. I attribute it mostly to him going to daycare since he was two months old. He loves to be with Hubby and me, but he also loves hanging out at other… read more »
There aren't many things in this world that would make me Jump for Joy, but I'm always entertained when my boy is around. I spent the majority of the day on Sunday chasing my boy around a hotel in Dallas, waiting for my brother-in-law's wedding to begin. Hubby was in the wedding so we arrived… read more »
Are you good with remembering names? What about just faces? I'm terrible at it!! My husband and I moved back to my hometown just before we had our son and I see people almost daily that I went to school with and I cannot remember their names. It's so embarrassing!! People come and go in… read more »
Time and money – it's what we all think we want, it never feel like we have enough. What is something you'd like to jump into if you had more time and/or money? When I first started working in the child protection field, there were major changes going on. Big wigs were visiting the offices… read more »
I've never been really big on changes, but new projects…that's fun stuff!! I like to find something that works for me and just stick with it, but I get a little bored and like to change things up (on my terms, of course). Don't get me wrong, I like a challenge from time to time,… read more »
As a blogger, I am always looking to jump into something new. Heck, even starting this blog was quite a jump and, as most things I jump into, it has exploded beyond anything I could have imagined. I have learned so much in the past ten months and yet I know there is so much… read more »
