Tell The Truth Thursday! Why I'm Ok not making money blogging...

So as you may see here on the blog or rather you DON'T see here on the blog I don't have ads, I don't do sponsored posts, I don't sell anything really....

And well, I'm ok with that

I do consider blogging my job and the reason I do is because without blogging and crafting and connecting with you fine people on the internet I don't get out much....

Can you tell?!?!

Either way I consider blogging my job because it makes me take time out to make the blog better, to research for my projects, to make something productive about my day... and well that is how I keep up with the blog (or in recent days not keep up with it...) I make myself make time for it because it helps me keep my sanity as a Momma. And since my other job is being a good Momma my sanity is kinda important if ya know what I mean...

Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that sponsored posts are bad, not even thinking that selling ad space is evil or that selling your product is some crazy offense... to be honest that's just not how I want to run my blog right now...

Will that change in the future?

TRUTH... I don't know.

Would I say no to a few extra bucks kicking around... NO! Who would, but lets be honest here I'm just not at that point with this blog that I want to sell anything, my time, my space, even my opinion... and that is just what works for me.

Whats your blogging TRUTH? Are you making money on your blog? Is that what you set out to do or is it just how your blog evolved? I'd love to hear your story... share it in the comments!

Tell The Truth Thursday! A Facebook Truth!

So I have lots of friends on my personal Facebook page.... (OK not lots but enough... OK so Its more like a few, maybe...) and I love Facebook it's great for keeping in touch, sharing pictures, resources and keeping up on life with the people you are close to and even those ones you keep around to creep on I mean creep on I mean... oh hell I do mean creep on... you know you do it too!

Anyway I have the friends on Facebook that update every few months with Happy birthday to whoever or were moving or were having another baby and thats great... I have the friends that update every week or so with funny stories or pictures and such and thats great too... but we all have the friends that post every two minutes where they are, what they are doing and how sweet their child/cat/dog is.... and that is...

Ok lets tell the TRUTH here!

It's annoying....

I am all for letting the people you know in on your life, and what happens and who you are with and I do love that my Blog friends post frequently throughout the day but to see the same person update every ten minutes with personal issues kinda bugs me....

I mean things happen in life and they change you and your life in a moments notice, they flip your life on its head, happy and sad, blessings and sacrifices they all happen to all of us. I am so glad that I have the support of the people in my life be that in my household, on the Blog or even on Facebook but there are somethings in life that are sacred, some things that the world doesn't need every detail on...

I don't mean to offend if you are a constant personal life Facebook poster, and I don't mean to demean either but really don't you have support offline? Can't you call up a friend and say "Hey I need to talk!" or "Look this just happened can you help me?"

TRUTH be told this all stems from this summer.... and as I have mentioned previously my family suffered a great and tragic loss this summer when my Father-In-Law passed away, it took me a great deal of time to share that information here on the blog and I haven't shared it outright on my personal Facebook or on the Blogs Facebook page either... however about a week after his passing a "friend" on Facebook posted that a family member was ill and was not going to make it, she then posted repeatedly that day and over the next few days about the family members status and that she was so very sad, I felt heart broken for her and for her family but I couldn't help but feel that this was a bit on the inappropriate side. This poor family member was on their death bed and here was this girl posting every detail about it on Facebook.

Maybe I am just a little more private, maybe I just don't over step my boundaries when it comes to other peoples lives or maybe just maybe this crosses the line!

I am all for Facebook as I have stated above and previously here on the blog but I feel like it has allowed us to forget that the people we post about and the topics we discuss may just be a little to private for 400 of your "closest" friends to know!

I mean really the life and times of Jane So and So sure are interesting and I know that its hard sometimes to pull back and keep the info to yourself but really I don't need to know how many centimeters dilated you are or that your kid just broke his leg and the bone is sticking out and oh by the way have a look at the photo I just took at the ER! I know that having a phone that makes this all too easy to share, I know that sometimes you just need to get the words out, I know that the torment of feeling alone in the heartbreak is unbearable but... and this is a BIG BUT is it really helping you to post it on Facebook?

I know, I know delete this poor soul or block them and walk away right. Well thats fine and I do that to almost all of them... but like I said you have those few that you creep on...

The Power of Words!

If you follow Momma Made It! on Pinterest (AKA if you follow little old me... and here is how...) you may have noticed that I pin A LOT of quotes....

Like this one...

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Or this one...

Or even this one...

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Sometimes they are light hearted and funny and sometimes they are down right serious and heartfelt and every now and then I pin one that is sad and heartbreaking.... that's a whole lot happening to my heart right there... but that is just it.

Its amazing to me what words can do for us, what they "say" to us how they change our mood or our thoughts or how our hearts feel... It still shocks me that a word or two can change how I see things and how I think about them.

The power of words is really something when you think about how they effect us.

So I leave you with one of my favorite quotes...

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Do you have a favorite quote, a few words strung together that you just keep coming back to... Share them in the comments I love having a few new words to rattle around in my head...

Tell the Truth Thursday! I hate Liars!

Liars.... They burn my biscuits, they rot my socks, they just plain old make me MAD!

It's not much of a confession I know... but I do!

I am a fairly honest person I like to think, I don't even really like to tell white lies... Maybe its because I try to be honest, maybe its because I like to tell the people I care about what I really think, maybe just maybe its because I would rather that people not look me straight in the face and tell me what they think I want to hear rather than what they need to say.

Why can't we tell the truth?

Come on were adults lets just be honest with each other.

If I have bad breath and you don't want to spend time with me because of it tell me or offer me some gum and say you really need this... (I don't have bad breath... I think...) If you don't like my husband and don't want to spend time with us as a couple tell me rather than break plans at the last minute or wait to invite me until you know we already have other plans. If you feel like my kid is too rough then tell me that so I can help her realize that what she is doing might be too much for her friend do not tell me you cant make it to a play date or just not show up at all. Worst of all to me is the people who constantly say sorry but I can't afford to do that and then go out and spend a ridiculous amount of money on something that is frivolous and unneeded... why play poor when you can say hey I don't want to do this or i don't want to spend my money on that... I will understand.

I know that these are just little white lies and they make most people feel better, both the lier and the lied to... but keep in mind that smart people usually find out that your lie no matter how little or how white was a lie.



How do you feel about lies? Are you a regular liar, or do you try to tell the truth? let me know in the comments!

If I won the lottery...

While checking my twitter today and being very unproductive I clicked over to The Not So Functional Housewife, where she had a pretty personal post about what she would do if she won the lottery. Its kinda silly but I think we all know what we would do or have at least had a conversation about what we would do with the winnings.

Robyn and I have such great plans for lottery winnings but we rarely buy tickets... a little illogical hey!

But since the housewife shared what she would do I thought (since I am not feeling very crafty while tending a sick Max, prepping for the move and being sick myself...) that I would share our top 10 things we would do.

1) Buy a house! 

(or maybe build my dream house... which looks a whole lot like Katie Bowers house)

2) Take a LONG vacation in Hawaii. 

(I have a bit of a thing for Hawaii)

3) Pay off student loans and other debt!

4) Give our family members money or make their "dreams" come true.

5) Put away a trust fund/college fund for the kids.

6) Buy a NEW car 

(like off the lot new)

7) Take the kids to Disney 

(ok I want to go too...)

8) Open a restaurant.

9) Go back to school.

10) Go see Ellen 

(in the audience of her show not like a stalker or anything...)

So what would you do if you won the lottery? If you post it on your blog join me in linking up with the Housewife!

Tell the Truth Thursday! Vacines!

Vaccines….. it seems that this is a never ending discussion and source of judgment among parents.

How do you feel about getting your little ones vaccinated? Better yet why is this even a topic of conversation among parents?

One of the reasons that I was away for part of the week last week is because Max had his first vaccinations. I have always had my kid(s) vaccinated and I will continue to as long as they are recommended. I do hear and understand that they are somewhat controversial but personally I would rather my kids have them now than get an illness that I know can be prevented with a vaccine later in life.

Maybe its because I worry that my kids may someday have to deal with Chrons disease like Robyn has, and that is enough for a young person to deal with, maybe its because I want to hold them and protect them the best possible way I know how for as long as possible, and according to medical science this is it, but maybe just maybe its because I know that a moment of pain when the nurse jabs their leg is much better than a week of the chicken pox, or a lifetime of paralysis and pain from polio, or worse…

Its hard to know if you are doing the right thing or not as a Momma. Its hard to make a snap decision as a parent, weather its as simple as “yes you can have this cookie” or as major as “no I don’t want my child to be vaccinated” either way its each and every Momma and Daddy’s decision.

And since we all think that we are doing the best by our family and by our kids why is it we get chastised when we do make our own decisions. If you think your right and I think that I am why do you feel that its ok to bully me or make me feel small because I wish to do something different with my family.

Personally I think that as Mommas and Daddies we need to support each other, be strong for each other and help each other to do the best jobs we know how, not make a ruling that says I think you are doing it wrong and I say you should do it this way…

Tell The Truth Thursday! Things that make me go hmmmmm....

I really don't get some people....

I deleted a few people off of my Facebook recently because I hadn't talked to them in a while or they aren't really my friends and why would I let them in on the things I do day to day or how my life is going if I don't know you or like you or if frankly I don't want to... 

So whats hard for me to understand is if you notice that I have removed you from my Facebook why would you go back and request me as your friend over and over and never even attempt to to contact me and say "Hey there how are you?"

This tells me that you don't really want to keep in contact with me you are either 1) one of those people who values them selves on how many friends you have and your just using me to keep "numbers" up there and you will never talk to me. or 2) your just nosy and you want to see me or my kids pictures or find out what we have or are doing and you will never talk to me.

If someone removes me from Facebook I'm not going to get all beat up about it, its an online community, not my real life. I know that it is a great way to reconnect (it's actually how I reconnected with my best friend after about a year or two apart) however I don't necessarily want to reconnect with every single person I have ever met, been introduced to, or went to school with.

How do you feel about Facebook? Do you keep it just for real friends or do you add everyone you know?