Category: internet finds

I found this sort of meme/survey at …….and the rest is history. She found it at Boomerific, it’s an interesting look into everyone’s lives outside of the computer screen. Consider yourself tagged and leave a comment so I know where to read next!

What does a typical day look like at your house?

4am-BgK gets up, ready for the day and leaves for his very long day without a peep, I groggily roll over and mumble, “have a nice day” before going back to sleep
6:00am-I wake up, shower and get ready for the day–I get as close to ready to walking out the door as humanly possible before….
7:00am-MAM wakes up/I wake her up. She takes her morning cup of milk, I help her to get dressed, often bribing her one 5-minute “Little People” vignette to get her completely dressed and hair brushed. Depending on the day, we may or may not have time to play before leaving the house
7:30am–MAM and I leave the house, chatting or listening to music (currently, “The Philadelphia Chickens”) for the 6 minute drive to her day care. After dropping her off, I then switch on the radio for my 10 minute commute to work.

8am-3:30ish–I teach the Montessori thing, BgK texts me throughout the day–we swap funny stories, ask quick questions, etc. It often brings a smile to my face.

between 4-4:30pm–pick up MAM and go home to play and unwind from the day. Around 5:30pm we sit down for dinner–Mondays and Fridays Bgk joins us and we tag team the rest of the evening, TWR, it’s just me and my girl doing the following:

6-7:30pm–we continue to play, go for walks, run any needed errands, possibly have a dessert

7:30-8pm-Bath time!
8pm-8:30pm-Bed time

8:30-10pm–TV, laundry, dishes, packing lunches, getting everything set out by the door for the morning, blogging. phone calls, etc. BgK makes it home somewhere in between here on the nights he has class.

How do you divide up household responsibilities?

(I have tried to get rid of these italics, and they just won’t go away! Annoying.)
BgK does all things car, camera, computer related. I do most of the child care, all of the food procuring/preparing, we split laundry about 75-25 (me doing more), housecleaning gets done when one of us can’t stand it anymore–I do about 75% of the general house cleaning, and 90% of the bathroom cleaning. I do these things early in the morning, after MAM goes down or on the weekends. When BgK is home, I do try to run longer errands/grocery shop while he has one on one time with MAM. We alternate who gets up with her on the weekends so the other can sleep/lay in bed a little longer.

How do your ideals inform your choices? How do your choices fall short of them?

My ideal would really be to have more time for all three of us to be together. Labor Day weekend we had no agenda, and it was nice to just “be”. I am pretty much living the model I grew up with–Mom being in charge of the “second shift” at home, with Dad doing what he can when he’s home.

Do you have a secret weapon? If so, what is it?

We really do communicate a lot via text messaging, we also sit down on Sunday nights to plan out the week ahead, and update the Google calendar so we can keep everything straight.

Imagine my surprise this evening when I logged on and found that my dear SIL had spread a little bloggy love my way…..an award for my friendliness–could I be more complimented?? Thanks, Beth! Just for that, I’ll come to your house and fold some laundry.

Now that I’ve received such an honor, it’s only right that I pay it forward to three more friendly bloggers–bloggers who leave supportive comments, have a positive message and otherwise are just a lovely presence in the blogosphere. (completely my own criteria, here)

Sooo the winners in my book are my dear friend Stork (also known as AP’s mom), who’s Just Trying to Figure Out How it All Works. Stork is the epitome of friendly–after meeting each other in an all-day adoption orientation meeting, we started emailing each other and have been friends ever since. Know what’s great? We adopted kiddos only two months apart, and when they grow up, they will go to prom together. How’s that for convenience?

The next winner is my friend in the hunt and decimation of all things gluten-containing, Just Heather. Heather is actually my idol in bargain hunting, coupon clipping, as well as the decimation of gluten. She’s sort of a shopping goddess in my book, plus, she’s on TV.

And last but not least, a new friend in my blog-world, katd, a mom through adoption just like me with the most adorable girl–see fabulous pictures at They Grow in Your Heart. She posts Deep Thoughts on Adoption, and always adds pictures of the aforementioned most adorable girl–a most friendly blogger indeed.

Now, most prestigious winners, pass on the love to three bloggers YOU know.

Given my adventures on the prairie this week, I am searching for other ways to generate income. Lemonade stand? Selling plasma? Selling my stuff on Ebay? Selling a kidney? Dog walking? Tutoring? I’m exploring all the options. Not that I’m quitting my job any time soon, but if my real job continues at this pace, I need a source of income to cover my chocolate/alcohol/Starbucks habit. Thankfully, after this week, I won’t need bug spray or sunscreen on a regular basis.

After exploring the options (and realizing I can’t realistically run a lemonade stand and be a mom), I’ve joined PayPerPost. It appears straightforward enough, and I promise to only promote things I really like. I love to tell people what I think, so why not do it this way??? Opportunities are posted on the website, and you can browse through and choose which opportunities may work for you. The pay rates vary from $5 on up. With any luck (and some work) , I’ll generate a little “mad” money, because I’ve certainly gone mad after this week! And, hello, why not get paid to talking about stuff I’d talk about anyway?!?!

Curious to find out more about what sort of opportunities that may be out there for you?? All over the internet, PPP has been known to drive traffic and get the word out about great products and websites. It’s matching bloggers to products, products to bloggers and so forth. Matches made in bloggy-heaven!