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That’s Sydney. She’s the apple of my eye and my constant source of stress. Sydney currently likes to sing Hannah Montana songs and pretend she’s Stephanie from Lazy Town, hence the pink wig. She throws things in like Hubba Bubba that turns your entire mouth blue just for kicks. After years of trying, worrying, waiting, and wondering we finally made our dream of being parents come true in December 2004. Life’s perfect right? One problem. Mommy likes to shop. She likes to tote her child around in expensive Gymboree outfits and mommy has a soft spot for all things called accessories. Unfortunately we forgot to plant our money trees in the backyard and daddy gets a little put out when mommy buys things that she doesn’t need, constantly. Nobody wanted mommy to go to work and leave this precious little thing at home that she fought so hard to adopt. Just imagine if I weren’t here to kiss away the tears or teach her how to count to ten in Japanese? What if she were at daycare all day long and didn’t even know what LazyTown was and couldn’t act like a super hero? We couldn’t have that could we?

Thankfully I found my saving grace with a company doing something I was already doing, blogging. I’ve been at it for a while now and I’m really excited about the new SocialSpark system. Ask me why I’m so excited? Ok, I’ll tell you. This company has real promise to help me boost above and beyond my earnings to date. That means more money in my savings account, more shopping adventures, more cute kiddie clothes, and best of all I’m sitting at home in my jammies while I do it all.

I don’t have to leave my house on cold winter days and bundle up my child to drop off for someone else to get to entertain all day. If she has a sniffle that doesn’t warrant anything but hugs and kisses then I’m here to give it to her. She’s not with a “stranger” passing the germs on. I honestly feel like I’m getting over on someone or bucking the system somehow by doing this. I don’t have to brush my hair or get dressed up every day. I don’t even get to gripe about the high gas prices that I pay to fill my tank to just get back and fourth to work, because work is in my living room.

You’re all wondering how much money I’ve made aren’t you? I’ll tell you this much. I started out saying that I needed extra cash for this and that and tinkered with this system. Then I wanted to see if I could earn enough money being a mommy blogger to adopt another child eventually. I planned on saving and working on this for a while. When I got my tax information this year I was shocked to see that I made it. I made enough money to adopt all by myself in one year.

I could tell you 100 more reasons why it’s the best job in the world. You just need to check out SocialSpark for yourself and earn some money of your own to know how great it feels. Wake up every morning feeling like a rockstar, sometimes I pretend I am one singing while I type in my robe, ponytail in my hair. You can join the SocialSpark mailing list and get updates on when it goes public and you are able to sign up and start earning that money. The sign up is simple and takes just a few minutes. As long as you have a blog over 90 days old you’re probably good to go. Don’t worry about not knowing how to do this. I was overwhelmed as well at the start. We’re mommies, we can do anything. The fact that the Izea boards are a place to network and ask any question that has been asked by 40 others and not get laughed at is a big plus!

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Ok, so not just anywhere in Indiana, but the town I grew up in. While his wife’s visit to the state on Thursday is being highly publicized, his visit on Tuesday was not so much. At least in our local paper. I should note that the local paper sucks donkey balls anyway, and our town is highly Republican. Oh, wait did I say our town? I meant that town. I moved, at least a little bit away.

Anyway, had I known with more than 24 hours noticed I would have gone. As it turns out, I didn’t know with 24 hours notice and it was nearly impossible for me to make a plan with a four year old in the rain. I hear there was a pretty good turn out. My husband read something to me that was in the online version of the paper. It was a quote from a Republican. See what I mean?

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Again.

We’re about to have a winter storm. Oh goody. The sad part is that I really need to run out to the store for something, that can’t wait. I think as long as I avoid the bread, milk, and eggs I’ll be ok. No french toast for us! We’re supposed to get the whole deal this time. Snow. Ice. Wind.

I’m lucky I don’t have to go out during it. Sydney has a little sniffle again. Not sure if she keeps picking it up from school or what? Winter just pretty much blows.

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Wow, so moms who either who work at home contribute nothing to society. I really feel sorry for those of you who don’t do anything but MOM with your days, because you must be lower than I am. What am I talking about? The idiotic rantings of Crys.

Aren’t you missing your opportunity to be neutral and tell him that like yourself I’m a mother and I contribute to society in so many ways?

I’m sorry Ranee, but I have to say it. Call me a TGO ass kissing fence rider if you want… but blogging for money doesn’t contribute anything to society. Its just another waste of space on the internet. And being a mother doesn’t mean you are contributing to society. Remember Shelly from what ever the hell that site was? She was a mother and she didn’t contribute anything to society.

Am I neutral, maybe not as much as I should be. Because Yes, I do think TGO is a dickwad and should keep some of his opinions to himself. But he’s right, if you dont want someone picking on you for stuff you write or pictures you post, THEN DON’T DO IT!

So when I said that about being a mom I was trying to relate to her. I wasn’t attempting to say I’m a mom praise me. I don’t think that at all. I also barely really do blogging for money either so you can get off that kick Crys. It’s been said, it’s been hashed out with many of us, and it’s a mute point. Don’t jump on that bandwagon now, way after the fact.

I honestly could sit here and tell you the reasons that I don’t think being in the military is a wonderful contribution to society, but you happened to pick that one career that everyone is supposed to respect. Actually everyone contributes to society unless they sit in their basement and type all day long. Or lay in their bed and do nothing. It’s my personal opinion that everyone has a contribution because it takes all types of people to make this world work. From the president to the guy making your McMuffin in the morning. If one of them decided to quit then well, someone would have to take their place because they are needed.

I Crys, have chosen to devote my life to children. You know when my child who I want to stay home with goes back to school I’ll be doing the same. I’ll be going for Social Work to work in the system. Not in a school, or a hospital, or some easy little job somewhere. My goal is to actually go remove children from disgusting situations that would make grown men cry and work with their parents and them to make the best thing happen FOR THE CHILD.

I don’t to put myself into school right now and take the last year of Sydney being home with me and write papers all the time, research, study for tests, etc. So I guess I’m contributing nothing to society. Ok, fine with me. You kinda have to lump a bunch of us into that category don’t you? Jenn, Lindsey, etc. We contribute nothing to anyone. Except our kids need us to thrive and our spouses/significant others love to have us around.

Humm I guess if I’m not churning anything out at a factory, slapping pickles on a burger, or sitting at my desk job in the military then I’m worthless. Somehow in my spare time sitting here doing nothing but paid blogging which you’ve done too and stated that if you could make a living doing it you’d gladly sit home with your kids, I am pretty productive. Oh did I mention that the reason I do paid blogging is to be able to shop constantly? Yeah. My shopping habit is out of control and I like to buy clothes, toys, and educational things for my child. I also manage to send the same items, along with daily care needs like soap, tooth paste, and freaking always maxi pads to a 14 year old orphan who from the sounds of her letters thinks I contribute a ton to her world, and that’s enough for me.

My “sitting on my ass and posting for cash” has allowed me to be able to start doing the same thing for a little boy that lives at her orphanage as well. It will also let us sponsor a child to come to our home this summer, and next Christmas, and maybe adopt her. I’m sure if you ask that little girl she’ll tell you that I contribute NOTHING to society.

Can we not forget about the group I started and continue to run for families who are adopting and having a hard time raising the money? How about the cookbook that I wrote, published (with recipes from people in my group), put together, distributed, and sold successfully. Do you know how many people have emailed and sent me photos of the child they brought home with proceeds from that cookbook?

Whilst I’ve done all this I’ve fought like hell for the justice of my child which is a full time job in itself, actually was. That was over a year ago. So excuse me for not running out and finding the first really mundane desk job I could or burger flipping job that would have me. I didn’t really need the money to survive so I didn’t even think of leaving this child to do that. IHOP is hiring, I considered going there to flip pancakes, but why? Just because your version of contributing to society is different than mine?

I’ve uh had a pretty fulfilling life so I’m sorry you don’t feel the same way about me. Sure, I could have left this at a simple, Ok Crys whatever you say. Then, you’d have not had to read the whole damn thing would you? Pleas though, tell me this. What would you like me to do to contribute to society? Would you like me to find some random person who is talking about a girl named Ranee and say she’s stalking me? Would you like me to go back to finding everything I can about Jenn and picking her apart telling her how worthless she is? Or perhaps it’s as simple as me letting Michael have the run of my website again?

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You know you are officially a house wife and stay at home mom of a four year old when you spend your night looking at mailboxes! We were talking about moving today and I was thinking about a new mailbox when we move. Our ultimate goal is to move to the country so ideally we’ll have one of those secure locking mailboxes so nobody can get into it when we are gone. I’ve seen a rash of them knocked over and busted at the base lately, I wonder if they make them resistant to teenagers?

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I was gonna put up a Christmas layout. I made it, it was semi cute. Even the husband thought so and I thought why not? Then the backgrounds just didn’t look quite right. The truth is that I just chucked it and said forget it. Why? I’m just not into graphic heavy layouts right now. Sure, this one is fine with me, but it’s as graphical as I want to get. I’m in need of something very plain. Read More

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Normally I would be all for the crappy weather like Yay snow! Yay blizzardo! Yay ice, sleet, etc! I am not in love with the freezing crap though. Sydney is going with my step mom to her family Christmas party tomorrow. I hate thinking they are going to be out and about. Maybe it will be melted by then though.

I remember walking home in an ice storm when I was a kid. I was in elementary school. It was one of those where the ice was really sticking thick on the trees and stuff. Back then every kid went out and got those snow boots that were really puffy and thick. I also had a scarf, gloves, and ear muffs. I was warm, that didn’t stop me from falling and busting my ass about 1400 times in a 3 block radius.

And that is what happens when moms work and aren’t there to pick their 8 year olds up during ice storms. Humph.

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I don’t think you all get it. I’m going to speak for myself and not Jenn or anyone else, although she’s being addressed in my comments. What I’m doing right now is just that, what I’m doing right now. I’m not really sure why anyone thinks it is wrong though? It’s up to me if I want to sit on my butt and gain 600lbs. It’s up to me if I want to become a brain surgeon, it’s UP TO ME.

The reason I got into the paid posting thing was because everyone was doing it and talking about it. Everyone had great things to say about it. I set out wondering if I could fund an adoption with the money I made. See the fact of the matter is that I might be comfortable, I might be more than comfortable, it wasn’t a question of that. What it was a question of is living under my means to save and scrounge and worry about saving up to $30,000 for an adoption.

What I choose to do is my business. As long as I’m paying my taxes and claiming them I’m ok with the legal system and the rest of you could really piss off. My family has always been the most important thing to me. Right now I don’t feel like it’s a great idea to leave my child when she’s going to be in school next August. It’s senseless. If I want to work, I’ll do it then.

I worked hard to get this child. I cried my eyes out for months on end, I puked, had my face swell up from stress, and almost lost my mind ALL TO SAVE THIS CHILD’S LIFE. I’ll be damned if I’m going to leave her because “society” thinks I need to have a certain job. Will I keep doing what I’m doing to dress her in over priced clothing and give her the things she wants within reason? Hell yes.

Everyone has said that I think I’m better than everyone else this week. I told my husband this tonight and he laughed. I guess I think I’m better than everyone else. If I want to plop down $150.00 on an outfit to wear at Thanksgiving so my kid looks posh in Gymbo or $$ on pictures for Christmas so I can have the memories I will. If I’m not stealing anything from anyone or denying anyone anything they need to live then I don’t see anything wrong with it. If I want to blog for money to do these things that’s my choice.

I’ve said this 100 times over, I fully intend on going to school next year when Sydney starts school. I just wonder something. What will all of you who hate me for no reason have to slam me about when I’m a full time student who does the posting thing? What will you do when I’m a full time social worker dedicating my time and energy to saving the lives of kids and I’m doing the posting thing?

Because you know what? I’d be stupid to not do it if I have the time. If I’m not taking time away from anyone that I love, then I’d be stupid to sit here and surf the net instead of sit here and blog for cash. You all want to act like I think I’m so much better than everyone else, how about jumping off your high horses then judging me.

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