Real World Mom

Real World Mom’s new blog design has been chosen–and customized by the most talented Code Wizard/WordPress guy around!  Now I have to make the time to do my part–the tweaking/adding code, etc.  I’m hoping to have it ready to roll out sometime this week (just wish me luck in finding a few more hours in the day)!  Stay tuned loyal friends!

For the first time since I started Real World Mom, I’ve gone a whole week without posting anything. That sucks!

I’ve been so tired from working, that when I’m home, it seems I’m always trying to play catch up: rest (hope that actually happens someday!), housework, laundry, emails, etc. I’m still having a hell of a time trying to get into a routine with all this.

Then there’s the writer’s block. (Not only have I neglected my sites (realworldmom.com and thesaltymooch.com), but I haven’t posted on New Jersey Moms Blog or The AntHill in a while either.) I don’t know if it’s because I’m just so tired all the time, or I’m just having trouble switching gears back into ‘blogger mode’ when I have the chance, but I feel like I’ve just got nothing to write about!

The job still sucks ass, a little more now because it’s killing my back. I think I’m just too freaking old for this shit!

Haven’t registered for school yet, and I’m hoping it’s not too late.

I always feel like I’m not getting a damn thing accomplished, and that I’m just doing what I can to get through the day. What a crappy way to live…

Some good news too:  I was selected to become a member of cre8Buzz!’s  Buzz Board!  This, my friends, is very cool to me!

Anyway, I’m still alive, and hopefully I’ll be back–for real–soon!

Liz from This Full House (who is one of my favorite Jersey Girls, and the person who got me involved in the New Jersey Moms Blog) let me know that today is Blog Reader Appreciation Day!Blog Reader Appreciation Day was created by City Mama and The Other Mother. In honor of this important day, I would like to thank the following people for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the internet, to offer their words of encouragement, love, friendship and wisdom:

Bad Momma (Bad Momma)
Banana Blondie (Anna)
Classy Chaos (OH Mommy)
Cold Coffee…and Reruns (dkaye)
Huckdoll’s Hood (Jen)
If Mom Says Ok (Tara R.)
Immoral Matriarch: Catechizer (Maria)
Jogging in Circles (Kim)
Laski Gal (Laski Gal)
Melinda Zook (Melinda)
Misty’s Words and My Dogs Keep Me Sane (Misty)
Mom Knows Everything (Tammy)
Momo Fali (Momo Fali)
Singing with My Heart (Heather)
Such Simple Pleasures (Melissa)
The Inflatable Soapbox™ (Tim)

And anyone who I’ve inadvertently overlooked, as well as any lurkers I’m unaware of! Thank you all!

“My Dog Madison”, originally posted on 12/9/07, is my re-post for this week’s Scrolling Saturday.

In case you weren’t aware of it yet, I started a new blog, The Salty Mooch, in honor of Madison. Although you will see photos and updates about her there, the main idea of the blog is to share animal related stories, news and information.

The latest post, Oprah Sheds Light on the Reality of Puppy Mills, focuses on the cruel circumstances that the dogs in those places exist (not live). The show was heart-wrenching, and I cried through most of it. I hope you will take the time to go and read it and pitch in where you can.

The Salty Mooch

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“My Dog Madison”

Madison, aka “Maddie”, is 6 years old, and the sweetest, most gentle creature I’ve ever known. I once saw a sign that read, “Dogs are people with fur.” That describes Maddie as though the phrase were inspired by her!Our love seat has become her “Princess Couch,” & she enjoys lounging & napping there quite frequently! (Although, as I write this, she is sound asleep & snoring on the bed right behind me!)

Madison is not into playing ball or chewing on squeaky toys. What Maddie enjoys most is being near her family– showing us how much she loves us with the “whomp, whomp, whomp” of her ‘tail of destruction’ (you’d appreciate this affectionate nickname if you ever witnessed it clear a table or felt it make contact with your leg!) , or gracing us with her sweet puppy smile.

Stay tuned for more tails of “Maddie the Mooch”!

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Scrolling Saturday was created by Melissa at Such Simple Pleasures and Coleen at Manners and Moxie.

Caroline over at The Bingham Diaries (also author of Menu Planning 101) tagged me for the Seven Random Facts Meme. Due to the fact that I’m in love with Caroline, I am posting this immediately!

Post 7 random facts about yourself– The Rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Remember, Caroline asked for it!
1~ I am addicted to text messaging.
2~ Yesterday, I was accepted as a contributor for the soon-to-be-live
New Jersey Moms Blog. (Woohoo!)
3~ I need a good divorce attorney (but can’t afford to pay one).
4~ The Salty Mooch is my newest blog. (If you love dogs, go check it out!)
5~ I’m a ‘Linux Chick’! Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 to be exact.
6~ I’d like to have a rabbit as a pet.
7~ I have three tattoos–and I want more.

My victims:

Becca (BeccA’s Buzz), Tara (If Mom Says Ok), Tammy (Mom Knows Everything), Heather (Singing With My Heart), Janice (Twist & Skewer) and Karen MEG (A Day in the Life…One Glass at a Time).