Blah Blah Babycakes

Get Paid to Click

I don't clip coupons, because I think it's a total waste of time and I would lose them before they ever made it to the grocery store. Plus you have to spend money to save any. I realize that some thrifty moms can really make them work, but that's not me.  I'd probably end up hiring someone to clip and organize coupons for me and that would just be stupid. Even I can see that.

What I WILL waste my time doing for a few bucks is getting paid for clicking on website ads at YouData.

Yesterday I made $4!!  It's really simple and YouData deposits your earnings directly into your PayPal account once a week. They are especially looking for females and mommy bloggers. You can sign up here.

Their philosophy on consumer controlled advertising is interesting, but dude, I'm just focusing on what to do with all my earnings. I think I'm going to download some Lady Gaga.

1 Year Ago:  Say Ahhhh
2 Years Ago: Meet Me On The F Train
3 Years Ago: Damn Right I'll Rise Again

Can't Get Enough

of This Is Glamorous.

I hesitated to share my new favorite blog, because I wanted the inspiration all to myself...

 

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They say that a pictures is worth a thousand words.  I say, without a visualization I'm left uninspired. 

Many times I'm moved to write because of a photo and other times I'll take a picture to help capture my words.  Either way, the fact that my camera is broken means my stupid blog is broken.

I'll be back when I'm done pouting...

Love to Hate

It's the second week in January, which makes it National Delurking Week.  Only this year I don't feel like playing. Every day only around 100 people come to visit me at Blah Blah Babycakes.  It's not a lot, but it's enough to keep me writing about the boring minutia of my life.  And even though I'm not a writer, the blog serves a great purpose for me and I think I've stopped wondering what purpose it serves for you.

I read many, many blogs and I only comment on a few.  It takes work to comment.  There are certain blogs that I'll hold my breath waiting for an update, yet I've never taken the time to tell the authors that they are a part of my life every day. A weird, obsessive part, but still a part!  It's a strange, amazing thing.

Anyway, I think last year I threatened to quit you if you didn't comment, but that was a lie. I'm going to keep sharing. Mostly because I don't know how to quit.  I'm obsessed with you.  And maybe this year I'll do something interesting like move back to New York or have another baby.  You never know...

National DeLurking Week

Come on, bitches.  Post a comment or I'm gonna quit you.

It's National De-Lurking Week, again.

Have a blog of your own?  You can join the fun and grab a button here.

Lost in Translation

Meet Dees.
She is a graphic artist from Ohio, currently living in Beijing with her husband, Chris.  I'm addicted to her Far East adventures, which she stylishly chronicles here.  Such a brave girl to move so far away from home. 

Enough About Me

Adventures of Gingey

I love this little guy.  Follow him on his adventures around the world.

Garden Dirt

What's happening to the Spoonbridge & Cherry??

Chitlins and Camembert

Amy writes beautifully about her new life in France.  She might miss New York as much as I do.

Wild Oats

Meet Siri.  She grows things.  Mostly things of the green variety, but right now she's growing a baby too. Siri was the inspiration behind me buying a bunch of plants yesterday. They will all surely die, but for right now look fantastic in my apartment. I'm hoping this orchid survives my kiss of death.  It's so pretty. 

Gobs of Strangers

I read a lot of blogs.  Call me a voyeur, but I'm constantly fascinated, horrified and intrigued by stranger's lives and the stories that they choose to tell.  I even read the comments.  I especially love when the author responds, because it often shows a different, more candid, side of someone I think I already know through the words in their posts.  Many times there are critics commenting on how self-indulgent and dangerous it is to disclose so many personal details and perhaps there is no sane argument to make for doing so.  I do know that I often times have to remind the people that know me in real life about the poetic license I take.  "No, mom I really don't drink that much".  I assume that others do as well.

Revealing the gory details serves a purpose, i do believe.  More often than not, I end up touched or inspired by what someone has chosen to share.  For example this post over at Greek Tragedy and the comments it generated have honestly given me, not only great advice, but the desire to really make my life work and find happiness in Minnesota.  That sounds lame and crazy, i know.  It's totally random and has nothing to do with me, but i'll take inspiration wherever I can get it.  We're all human and all trying to navigate the same terrain.  Maybe we should stop judging each other so harshly and focus instead on what we can learn and how we can grow from other people and their lives --especially strange lives.

A note to friends and family

This weekend i've been working on the huge task of getting all of my photos uploaded to Flickr.  It's a long process (i'm not even close to being done) and involves a lot of tagging and organzing, but in the end I'll have oodles of searchable photos. It's a great and easy way to share them since I never get around to emailing them like I drunkenly promise to.

I'm going to experiment with keeping my account public. If I get too many emails asking if I have no boundries, sense of privacy, shame or dignity, I MIGHT reconsider.  I don't want to lose any friends over this or have people ducking for cover when I come around with my Canon.   

If you see a picture of yourself and you want it removed, because your nose looks big or you're smoking and you don't want your parents to find out, just email me and consider it done.

Use the comment feature!  It's a useful tool for making fun of people.

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Sittin' Pretty

So, what do you think?  Did you notice anything different?
It's just a subtle change. A trim off the ends.  A shoe shine.

The lovely and talented Sheryl of PaperNapkin created my new spring banner.

National Delurking Week

It's time to introduce yourself or say "hello" or "i only read because I hate you".  It's time to delurk.  The opportunity won't come up again until next year, so take advantage NOW, hurry!

Thank you for the lovely button.

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La Coquette

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Meesh
My name is mommy

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