Getting Paid to Blog From Home

If you read my blog, then you know that I have a dream of getting paid to write from home. I am happy to announce that I am one step closer to my dream!

I've been published! I wrote this article for associated content and made $2.42. I'm quite happy about it! It doesn't seem like much, but it stands for something huge. It means that I can put myself out there and work from home. It might only be part time, and it might only be spare change, but right now we can use all the help we can get! I'm hoping that this is really going to help my family in the long run.

If you want to give AssociatedContent a try, you don't have anything to lose. This isn't a sponsored post. This is me; a mom, trying to tell you that you can blog from home and make money. You can spend more time with your family and have a little extra money to have fun. With my $2.42 cents, I took Caleb to the $3.00 theater to see The Princess and the Frog. I'm so happy that I was able to spend time with him with the money that I earned blogging from home!

Please read the article that I blogged from home! It's about how chemical forms of flea control can be hazardous to your family's health.

Here is an excerpt:

It makes sense when you think about it. If you are pouring enough poison on your pet to kill fleas for 3 months, its probably harmful to your cat or dog as well. Children are also especially sensitive to chemicals and pesticides. It's amazing that in a time when we will pay 3 times more for an organic apple, we still bring pesticides into our homes and put our loved ones in direct danger.

I can't wait to get paid to do more blogging from home! I'd love to be able to spend more time with my family.

Saturday Morning

Caleb had a bad dream last night and got into bed with us. Normally, I put him back into his own bed. I have felt like I've been working a lot lately and I've really been missing him, so I let him stay all night. Now it's Saturday morning and I have two sleepy boys in bed, and the dog is outside. What a great time to work out! Skinny jeans here I come!









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Brace Yourself for Adorable

Get ready for the cutest thing ever...

Mom Quotes

Here is another great quote, courtesy of my mom

Lilly is not the brightest cookie in the package

Thanks Mom.

I'm a Car Insurance Model!

This post brought to you by your friends at www.automobileinsurance.me.

I was checking out this website today. Shawn and I have been reviewing our coverage lately. We've shopped around at some places, and even went to those sites that say they will do the shopping around for you. We weren't really happy with what we found. I think one reason might be because we don't exactly know what it is that we are shopping for. Car insurance is confusing. There are all different kinds of programs and different states have different minimums. This website breaks down the different types of coverage there is and writes it in plain, normal-human language.

I was introduced to something called no-fault, which I thought was a great idea. Unfortunately, it isn't in effect in my area. Only certain states have it. If you want to know if your state is one of them, there is a list available here. You can also check out this site to get a quote and see if you qualify for one of their discounts.

Actually, I liked it so much that I am going to include a link in my side bar. That way when this post is old and on another page, you'll still be able to easily get to the link. Oh! While you are there, you have to check out the pictures on the side.I was amazed when I saw the picture of the girl in the lower right hand corner. She looks like a cross between me and iCarly!!!! Look!

A Better Way to Blog

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PostTwo. All opinions in this review are 100% mine. Read my disclosure.

I wrote a review about PostTwo last night and since then I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I have just recently started blogging again, with the hopes that eventually, I would be able to make a little money from home. With this new blogger FTP change, I feel like my work-from-home dream is being threatened. I thought that I was revealing my ignorance by saying that I didn't know if or how the blogger FTP change on May 1st, 2010 will effect me. As I thought about it more and more, I don't think I'm the only one.

I'm not the only mom who blogs from home! I'm not the only one who chooses to use blogger because its simple and easy to understand! I'm not the only one who doesn't know what this change means! So, I'm not ashamed to say that; although I don't know if the change on 05/01/10 will result in a change in the way my blog appears, I am still looking for alternative ways to post to my site... just in case.

PostTwo had another offer on SocialSpark asking for honest reviews. After watching the video on their homepage, I was anxious to try anyway. This is the perfect time for me to test this system out for all those other blog-from-home moms out there! So, if you're in the same boat as I am, this review is for you!

I can already tell that PostTwo is helping to make me a better blogger. Before you even begin your post, you are asked to choose keywords. This step alone has helped to keep me focused on what I originally planned on writing about. Normally, when I write my posts on the blogger website, I always write in the "edit html" section. My posts come out looking better, but its a pain to have to type in all the codes for hyperlinks and text styles.

I feel like the tool bar on PostTwo is a lot easier to use. I am not composing this piece in the HTML editor, but there is one available if I decide to start using it... and I might! For now this seems to be working really well. The best part? Its a free service! All they ask for in exchange is a little publicity. I was informed that a small hyperlink will be added to the bottom of each of the posts I create using PostTwo. Ha! I've got about 5 of them in this post already, so what's the harm in one at the bottom?

If you don't like the idea of a hyperlink at the bottom, there is a paid service for $95 a year. Personally, I think it's worth it. The way that the system analyzes your post alone is worth the price. I think that PostTwo has saved my blog-from-home dream! I mentioned earlier that their website says

You own the content.
You own the blog.
You maintain control over your keywords and settings.
All we do is make you a better blogger!

I can tell that I'm getting better at this already! Thanks guys!

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Blogger.com FTP change!

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I was browsing opportunities to promote my blog on SocialSpark.com and I came across one for a website called PostTwo.com. It mentioned something about Blogger making a change that would impact many of its users. Well, as you can tell, I'm a user! I perked up my ears.

Apparently blogger is making a change that could impact me very much! I don't know what it does, I don't know what it means, and I don't know if I will be effected, but I think I will be. If this is any way shape or form makes my blog even slightly less adorable, I am going to be SO ANGRY.

I'm not stupid! Really! But one thing that I have never understood is FTP. Maybe I am alone in this, but I can't wrap my head around it and I can't figure it out. I can't even describe how it is supposed to work in theory! I found a page run by the blogger.com team here. This FAQ page talks a bunch of computer talk... and by computer talk, I mean that it could only be understood by someone who has robot dreams and writes memos to themselves in binary code. The one question that I had, wasn't answered here at all, "does this effect me?"

From what I could gather, if it will effect you, you will know. But what if I don't know? What if I log onto blogger on May 1st, 2010 and I can't work my own blog? I'm a little panicky; its true. There was a video on the PostTwo website that I watched. While it didn't tell me anything about FTP it did look very interesting. The front page promises to make me a "better blogger". After watching the video about how their little dealy thing works, I think it's true. SOLD.