100th Post!

  I have been writing on this little blog for a couple of years, but just became consistent within the past couple of months.  I have now written 100 blogs!  I am still not rich.  I find a few cents in my account every few days from someone clicking an add.  I am still not famous, nor do I want to be.  But it's kinda cool to know that 100 blogs are written.

That is 100 stories that my sons can read about their childhood one day.  It's 100 memories that are forever preserved so that my short memory won't forget.  It's an official record of 100 blessings. 

 Of the last 100 Blogs....here are some of my favorites.

The Blog that...

 I Laugh The Most At...................... "My Kids Cry Ugly."

Makes Me Cry ................ "His Last First Tooth"

Is Embarrasingly Honest ......... a tie between  "A Not So Lovable Lunch"   and "I'm The Mom Who Makes You Feel Good About Your Housekeeping"

I Go Back To And Reread Over and Over ............. "My Bucket List.....For Someday."

I Asked Permission From A Child To Post ..............."Suggestion for His Next High School Dance"

I Posted in Secret From a Child ..............."He Doesn't See What I see"

Is My Current Favorite .......................... "Peanut Butter and Jelly with the Bread Doesn't Work"

I am totally opening up my life, my worries, my secrets, my house, and my memories to you.  Thank you for sharing them with me.

Please continue to vote every day on the link below.  Because it makes me smile.

Movin' on Up!

First.....I started writing a blog for my boys.

Then.....Other people started reading it.

Third.....I was accepted as a "Top Mommy Blogger."

Next.....I was in 868th place.

Then....I started moving up.

After that......More people started reading my blog because they see it on the Top Mommy Blog site.

Now.....I am ranked 56th.

Tomorrow.....I want to be ranked in the Top 50.

Then.....More people will read my blog.

One day....Lots of people that come read my blog will click the little adds on the sides.

The days after that......I will be rich and I will end world hunger and promote world peace. Or maybe at least buy myself an ice-cream cone.

Right now.......Click that brown box.  You don't have to do anything else.  Every time you click it, I get a vote.  Somebody has already been clicking it.  That's why I am moving up.  You know who you are.  Thanks.  Now do it again.  Do it.



End shameless self promotion.

Blogging has not made me rich

   I just thought I would throw that out there.

   When I started blogging a couple of years ago, I didn't realize that people were making money off of blogging.  To me, it is just an updated way to keep a diary.   A very public diary.  After reading some other blogs and learning more about it, I realized that some people make decent money from blogging.  One Mom wrote on her own blog that "Blogging is kind of like a supplemental income, like Tupperware parties were back in the day."  I would have a hard time supplementing my income with what I have made so far blogging.

   I have recently learned that you get money from the little ads that are on the sides of your posts and sometimes under them. 

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   When someone clicks on those ads, the company pays the blogger.  It's kind of like a "refer a friend" program.  Just for kicks, today I checked my payment account section thingy (obviously, not the correct terminology).  I learned that my account is sitting there with money in it.  Just waiting for me to get it.  Do you know how much money I have made so far?  Buckle up for this!   83 cents.  It comes from someone who clicked one of the ads.  If I knew who clicked it, I would send a thank you card.  When I figure out how to withdraw the money, I can go buy myself a candy bar.

    Let's be clear on something else.  I am also not getting famous from writing a blog.  I look at other blogs that have thousands of "followers" and "subscribers".  At the present time, I have one follower.  And it is me.  I follow myself.  I admit it.  If you look down at the bottom, right side of my blog, you can see for yourself.

    I know you are jealous.  You will probably start your own blog now.