You Asked For It!

In celebration of our Blogaversy (or is it Blogiversary? I better consult the Urban Dictionary!), Emily and I are answering reader questions! So if you have any questions, please email one of us or leave a comment. We just are DYING to spill our guts here. Really. Anyhoo, one of the questions we’ve gotten more than once is how and if we make money blogging. Well, we are NOT the people to go to for advice on the subject, but we have made about an average of $60/month over the past year thanks to this blog and Google Adsense, Text Link Ads, and BlogHer Ads. (Split two ways of course, so we are TOTALLY rolling in it!! But it’s nice to have and we make it doing something we enjoy!) Although I noticed while I was on vacation that our google ads have diappeared, and I really need to look into fixing that. But I juuuust haven’t gotten around to it yet. So you can see how concerned I am about bringing home the bacon with this endeavor!

Jen B. sent me the question, “Where did you go to college?” I went to Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, which is just about the smallest town ever, but it is close to Lexington. It’s a small Christian college with a small, idyllic campus and lots of good programs. I really enjoyed my time there, and I met a lot of great people there as well. I majored in Media Communications and I loved it. But the work was hard, and I was reaalllly glad to be done when I graduated! I could never do grad school. I am way too wimpy!

Jen also wanted to know if I plan to send my kids to Christian school. Bobby and I plan to send our kids to Dayton Christian Schools, which is the same school we attended. But, if we can’t afford it, I will homeschool. But I realllllllllllllllly don’t wanna homeschool, because I am basically selfish and lazy, so I will keep a-clippin’ those coupons so I can send my babies to school!!

Another question I got more than once was if I could pretty please tell you something funny about Emily. So, I MUST oblige, sorry cousin! Here’s the dirt: when Emily was her daughter Kate’s age of 4 years, she was painfully shy. So shy, in fact, that she would not even talk to my mother, her beloved Aunt Diane. (Whereas I suffered then and now from “cantshutup-itis”.) And my mom is like, the Preschooler Whisperer, she’s a professional, but apparently even though she was her aunt who she saw about once a week, she was too scary for Emily to make eye contact or speak to! Fortuntately, Em’s social skills have come a long way since then. But I gotta laugh when I see Kate’s gregarious personality and think she definitely got that from her daddy!

Have I whetted your appetite? Are you dying to know more?? Email us at jenny[at]momminitup[dot]com or emily[at]momminitup[dot]com and tell us what you wanna know! Or leave a comment! PLEASE!! Or we might have to come up with original content this week and that would suck. 🙂

Tomorrow’s the ACTUAL Blog-iversary date so dont forget to get us a present!! After all, we’re giving you one! GO ENTER!!

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Enter to WIN our Fa-blog-ulous Blogaversary Giveaway!!

Dear readers, it’s hard to believe, but this little blog is really GROWING UP! This coming Wednesday, June 18th, will be our ONE YEAR BLOGAVERSARY! I seriously cannot believe it. We have had such a great time blogging together this past year. So, in celebration of this MOMENTOUS event (really, can you think of ANYTHING else more important that will be happening this year? I can’t!!) we want to ask something of you and we want to GIVE something to you! First the asking: this week we would like you to do two things for us! 1) De-LURK!! Leave us comments!! Let us know who you are and how long you’ve been lurking! 2) Ask us anything! This week we will be answering reader questions. So please email us your most burning questions to either one of us at jenny [at]momminitup[dot]com or emily[at]momminitup[dot]com. Please do it or we will have nothing to blog about next week. YIKES! That could be embarrassing. And far be it from us to embarrass ourselves in front of the whole blogosphere…oh wait…

Anyways, on to the GIVING!!! We are having a GREAT giveaway with TWO great prizes!! The first is from our AMAZING friends at everyone’s favorite store, Target. The folks at Target are offering one of you this AMAZING diapering basket, worth over $100, FILLED with Target products!
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In this basket, you will find:

– Target Baby Diapers

– Target Baby Wipes

– Target Vitamin A & D Diaper Rash Ointment

– Target Zinc Oxide Diaper Rash Ointment

Little Star Diaper Stacker

Dresser Top Diaper Depot

Diaper Me Darling Diaper Wallet (dangit I want one! Why can’t I win!???! It’s my Blogaversary! Waaah!!!!!!!!!)

Patemm Diaper Changing Pad (GRR! I want one of these TOO! That’s it, I’m rigging this thing!)

Otopia Baby Dri Natural Baby Powder

Ok, so that’s the GRAND PRIZE in our contest, thanks to those awesome peeps at Target!! But we also have a prize for the runner-up, from Emily and I! It’s a…you guessed it…$25 CVS gift card!! If you are a CVSer and you win, congrats! Go crazy! If you are NOT a CVSer and you win, you will have the choice of us just sending you the gift card, or you can give me a list of things you want/need/use and see how much I can turn $25 into for ya. It’s up to you!!

To enter our Fa-blog-ulous Blogaversary Giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment on THIS post by midnight Friday June 20th! We will pick the winners by Random.org on Saturday the 21st. If you want to gain a SECOND entry, post about and link to this contest on your blog and leave an additional comment letting us know you have done so. That’s all you have to do! Now, ready, set, Comment! De-lurk! Enter! and don’t forget to EMAIL US YOUR QUESTIONS!!

We love you dear reader readers!

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My BFF Has a Blog!

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See the beautiful blonde in this photo with me? She is my best friend Luanne, and I am thrilled to say that she has finally succumbed to months of peer pressure from me and started a blog! YAY! Today her first post is up, and I’d be even more tha-rilled if you’d all go over to her blog, read her post, and leave her a comment to encourage her in her bloggy ways. She will be writing about what is most precious to her: God, family, beauty, and fashion. I am pretty sure I got the order on that right. 🙂 She is also having a great giveaway to kick things off, if you’re up for a little participation…I won’t tell you any more! Go see for yourself!!

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