Author: Emily

So first of all, let me say that I am a little off my game this morning… I was laying in bed, trying to recover from a long day at King’s Island yesterday, when the door bell rang at 8:00 sharp. We had no idea who it could be, until Andy opened the door and found the carpet cleaners I had scheduled a week ago, right on time. I had completely forgotten. So we picked up everything off the floor (which is quite a feat) and threw it in the bathrooms, I grabbed the kids and we headed to Grandma’s house to get out of the way. Yeah, it’s been a great morning.

So anyway, the answers to a few questions… Christie asked what my best bargain ever was. I’m not sure this is better than the three packages of diapers that I got for $3.61, but I was pretty excited to get a great deal on a big purchase – in December, I found a Maclaren Techno stroller that’s usually $350 for about $200, with free shipping. I am slightly obsessed with strollers, so I was thrilled to be able to get a great deal on a stroller that I wouldn’t normally have bought. Ok so that’s kind of lame, but it doesn’t take much to excite me.

Jenny and I got several questions about blogging this week. Alyssa asked what we like best/least about blogging. The “best” part is easy! I love being able to blog with Jenny, I love the friends we’ve made through this site, and I love having a record of all the great (and not-so-great, and sucky) times with my kids (because I am not really good about the whole baby book thing. Like, as in Sam doesn’t even have one). What I like least is that, for right now anyway, I am not able to keep up with all the blogs that I want to read and comment on, and I feel bad for being so out of the loop! But once I return to work and have lots of computer time (what? I should be working?) I will rectify that situation.

Elizabeth asked if there are fees associated with blogging and how we got started. The only fees we pay are for our hosting service, and since we paid for that up front, it doesn’t seem like we spend any money at all, haha. But there are plenty of free services as well. Jenny and I always said we were going to write a book, but with our busy lives that was never going to happen, so I suggested we start a blog. We did a little research and planning, and kicked it off last June. We have had a great time with it!

Stay tuned for the winners of our contest to be announced, and thanks once again for making this such a great year and we hope you’ll continue to stop by Mommin’ It Up!

Today is our official blog-iversary! How exciting. Click here to read our first post EVER!

If you haven’t entered the contest yet, now’s the time! Just leave us a comment on this post to enter to win a Target gift basket or a CVS gift card.

Jen sent me an email asking me if Jenny had ever taken me CVSing, haha. The official answer is no, although there was one time when we took turns staying in the car with all of the kids so the other could run into CVS, and I have been known to call her from CVS and make sure I am doing it right! I may or may not have left a message on her answering machine about the three packages of Pampers that I got for $3.61 as well.

Jen also asked if we are planning on having more kids… and while the answer is no, it’s not as an emphatic of a no as it would have been had she asked me while I was still pregnant! But we’re not planning on more kids. We can hardly handle the two we have!

Several of you asked me to tell something about Jenny that you don’t already know, so here’s a strange fun fact… Jenny was once obsessed (I know, Jenny? Obsessed with something?? No way!) with Jones Soda. You know… the pop that comes in crazy flavors (I believe sour apple was her favorite) and is in the old-fashioned glass bottles. Jenny LOVED the stuff. At the time, we worked together and we were often driving to appointments together, and regardless of where we were in the Cincinnati or Dayton area, Jenny always knew where the closest stock of Jones Soda was and what flavors were available at each store. Hmm… sounds like her thorough knowledge of area CVS stores, eh? Yeah, so she and Bobby went so far as to decorate their mantel with green and red soda for Christmas and they toured the Jones Soda factory while on vacation in Seattle. Yes, she is nuts.

And finally, what would I do if I had a day to myself? Um… probably use my breast pump a lot. Ok but seriously, I would find a comfortable spot, hole up with magazines and a good book, and spend the day reading and napping. And sipping margaritas. On the beach. Yeah, that sounds fantastic.

Ok so if you have more of a life than we do didn’t spend your Friday night reading blogs, you may have missed our big announcement…

Mommin’ It Up is turning a whole year old and we are celebrating with a rockin’ giveaway!

All you have to do is leave a comment on Jenny’s giveaway post. If you want a second chance at winning (and you do, because the prizes are sweet), put a link to us on your blog.

You can get all the details on the prizes in Jenny’s post but here’s a pic of the grand prize – a fantabulous gift basket from our friends at Target.

We also have another prize – a $25 gift card to CVS. We’ll either send you the gift card, or if you’re not the giant CVS dork that Jenny is (and I pray most of you are not), you can send her a wish list and she’ll work her magic and turn that $25 into a gazillion dollars worth of CVS merchandise. Pretty sweet, eh?

AND, just in case you don’t already know more about us than you ever wanted to, we are opening ourselves up to questions this week, so ask away. Either leave a comment with your question or email it to us (jenny [at] momminitup.com or emily [at] momminitup.com) and we’ll post the answers later in the week. I’ve been asked to tell you all something interesting about Jenny, and I am carefully crafting my response. I’ve got the goods, you see, but you know what they say about paybacks…

Anyway, I will stop babbling now, but enter to win those cool prizes by leaving us a comment on Jenny’s giveaway post and help us out by asking random questions… we need some material for this week’s posts!

And as always, thanks to both all of you readers for making this such a fun venture.