Some of you may have noticed that I added a cool new widget to my sidebar.  It’s called BlogUpp!  I’m already seeing a little traffic from this and I couldn’t be happier!  What makes BlogUpp! different that any of the other widgets, you ask? Here’s a quick rundown:

• No signup. No email and privacy exposure
• No ad submission and no efforts
• No animation and annoying ads
• Multilanguage support
• Cheat-proof and fair sharing
• WordPress platform and alike friendly
• Targeted readers reach
• Welcome bonus for everyone
• Best de facto exchange ratio (10:9) and more.

Wanna know how it works:

• BlogUpp! snapshots your blog and reads your RSS regularly
• Blog’s thumbnail shows on other blogs with our service activated
• The thumbnail is accompanied by your blog’s most recent article
• Each 10 blogs shared in your widget make your blog discovered by 9 readers on others
• Your widget (as shown on the right) presents interactive content (on mouse over the widget)
• Each link clicked in the widget opens a new window, not closing your blog
• And all this is completely free and with no effort whatsoever

They even have a really cool way you can check your stats by using an Open ID, which I haven’t figured out yet, but I’m working on it.

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I know that summer is suppose to fun, but here lately I’ve just found myself dealing with a case of the “blahs”. Since living in the South makes it really tough for the kids to play outside, because it is so hot, we can’t stay outside for any longer than like 30 minutes. So…they have been getting really bored having to stay inside the house, which causes a particular 4 year old to get into things she is not suppose to, so I’m constantly getting her out of some kind of trouble. Her favorite thing to do these days, is climbing on top of my kitchen counter and getting into my cabinets.

The babies are climbing….on everything too! I feel like they are “tag-teaming” me. I’m sitting at the computer working on an email or blog post, and I run to get one baby down from the table that she has climbed onto, and the next thing I know, the other one is standing in my computer chair deleting the very email or post that I was just working on…..sigh. So let’s just say, I spend most of my day finding ways to keep them all occupied and out of trouble. It’s just mainly the girls, my 6 year old boy, Christopher keeps himself busy with computer time, drawing or playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine trains (I have a rant about those too, that I will save for another blog post). With the girls, I try to find a good movie that will keep them mesmerized or think of a game that will interest them. Today I set up a tent in Allie’s room with blankets and sheets (something I use to do when I was her age), and they loved it! They made a pallet under it, and Allie read books to the twins. It was so nice seeing them playing together and having fun without fighting over toys.

But by the end of the day, I find myself welcoming “bedtime”, theirs, not mine. I look forward to my “me” time, which is very short, because I’m pretty exhausted myself, and I don’t last very long. Sometimes, I force myself to stay up, which I know is dumb, because I really need my rest too. But I can’t help myself…there is nothing like the peace and serenity of a “quiet” house. I love it.

I am at my wit’s end! Here recently, one of Allie’s favorite things to do when we walk outside, is just take off running down the street. Luckily, Steven has been out there, because he can run a lot faster than I can. And I mean to tell ya, there is nothing stopping her! Every now and then, she’ll fall for the, “There’s a bug!! A bug is coming after you!!” trick. But those times are becoming few and far between. The other day she made it almost half way around the block. We had just gotten home from a trip to the park, and I made the mistake of getting her out of the van first, and there she went!! Steven took off running, and I wasn’t sure he was going to catch her this time, so I buckled Christopher back in his seat, and started pulling out of the driveway, but then saw Steven walking back down the street with her on his shoulders. I seriously don’t know what to do with this child. We try not to spank our kids, it just doesn’t seem to work, and I feel so awful when I do it. She won’t stay in “time out”. I’m thinking I may have to call Super Nanny or something, it’s really getting out of hand.

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Found this video over at Bird On A Wire. This is just nuts!! And its funny I found this post today, because yesterday I was at the doc for a checkup, and there were TWO pregnant 15 year old girls in there with their moms. The girls were just sitting there laughing, like it was funny. And the two moms were even worse! They were happily discussing their daughter’s predicaments like they were glad to be getting a new baby in the family. But this was the best part, another lady walked in, and voiced her opinion to the two girls. Apparently she had been in the same situation as the girls years ago, and she told them both, “Now, it’s not all about you. That’s over.” And then she started talking about how painful labor was. It was hilarious. She definitely wiped the smiles off those girls faces. Here’s the video:

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The other day I received a comment on a previous post about the Mississippi River Flood of 2008. From what I understand, my blog is ranking pretty high in Google for keywords related to the flood. I’ve been getting quite a bit of hits. Anyway, the person that left the comment had some pretty nasty things to say about me and my blog. The comment was deleted, but here’s what they said:

“I’m looking online for some serious news about the floods and I come across this ridiculous site. Why on earth would I care what you or your husband think about anything. Oh yeah, SAHM I guess you have time to write driveling nonsense about nothing.”

Yeah…this person, who absolutely has no idea who I am, decided they would just come on to MY blog and bash me. It really pissed me off. Of course I had to repsond:

“Yay! That just means my site is ranking good. Thanks for letting me know!”

I know, I know. Totally snarky on my part, but what would you have said?? Then she writes back and oh yeah…she had the total nerve to put her REAL name and email address, so that’s how we were corresponding with each other. Here’s what she said:

“That just means your site is in the way of getting serious and pertinent information.”

So…yep. This woman pissed me off even more. So I decided to check the “who is” on her IP and I found out her address. So this was my reply:

“Why would you say something so mean to someone you don’t even know?? You know nothing about me. I hope you really feel good about yourself. And just because I’m a SAHM, doesn’t mean I sit around and do nothing all day long. I’m a very busy lady. And my “ridiculous sites” actually make me quite a bit of money.

Also, you ought to be very careful about where you leave comments because after doing a little digging and investigating, I was able to find out your address and where you live. Of course, I would never do anything with that information. But one day you might come across someone that might do otherwise.

So I would be careful if I were you. Just FYI.

Take care, and I hope you have a wonderful evening. :)”

And this was her reply back:

“If you are willing to put your self up a website you should be ready to get feedback. I’m not sure what your knowing where I live has to do with anything. Anybody can find out where anyone lives these days. I’m off to try to find some info about the terrible situation with the flooding. I will delete any further message from you.”

Haha! Of course, I emailed her back, I mean, how could I resist? And I’m thinking, “Man…this will make a great blog post!” Here’s my last reply, and I wonder if she read it, since said she would delete it?

“That wasn’t feedback. It was cruel and mean. End of story. Like I said, I hope you feel really good about yourself.

Just remember…Karma’s a bitch!

TTFN!”

Now seriously, I can’t figure out what pissed her off so bad about my blog?? Is it really ridiculous? Now I’ll be honest, I actually felt bad after I posted about my husband being out of work due to the flood, because he and I were looking forward to our time together with the family, due to his casino closing. I did add something at the end expressing how I truly felt about the flood situation, and this wasn’t about the current flooding that is going on now. This was a couple of months ago. What’s going on now is such a tragedy. I’ve never seen anything like it. My heart goes out to the families that are going through this.

This is what I’m thinking of doing, because I in no way, want to come across as uncaring. I’ve been getting tons of hits on my site from people searching about the flood. And I’m thinking of deleting my post that’s getting all of the hits. I would love some feedback. Does anyone think I should delete the post?

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