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July 16, 2007
Blueberry Day
Today was a busy day. First thing this morning Adam, the Bug and I went to visit the new daycare we'll be using when I go back to work (there is an offer on the table and I'll be making a final decision by the end of the week. Woo hoo!) I really like the teacher in the 2-year-old room, and Lily seems pretty comfortable there. It's just really scary to think about her being with someone else for a big chunk of the day. It will be a big transition, but we'll get through it. I feel really good about getting back to work at least part time.
After hanging out at "school" for a little while, Nana and Bug and I met up with some friends at Blue Sky Berry Farm. We spent about 2 hours picking blueberries and playing on their little toddler playground. We got almost 6 lbs of berries. The Bug was soooooo good, and picked some berries for her little bucket (though most ended up in her mouth). We are still trying out this potty training thing, and although I asked her about ten times if she needed to use the potty before we went out in the field, about five minutes later she said "Bug want a diaper." I looked over and she had had an "accident." She even peed in her socks, poor kid. But the rest of the morning went very smoothly. I now have six bags of frozen blueberries, a nice blueberry pie, and some refrigerated berries for a pie for our Friday potluck.
The rest of the day consisted of running errands, having the 2 stumps in our front yard ground out by a local tree service (wasn't expecting that, but they were in the neighborhood and gave us a good price, and those stumps have been bugging me FOREVER), and Adam and I got in a 3.5 mile run before dinner.
And a little PSA: Although I know some readers are a little annoyed at my blogging-for-pay, I figure it's actually making me blog more often about other stuff, to offset any guilt for being a blog whore. I have checked out a couple of other pay-to-blog services and decided against them, mainly because I wouldn't have as much control over which things I choose to blog about. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about participating in the whole scene; to some degree I think a lot of unscrupulous people are blogging about things without really taking care to make sure they endorse them, resulting in Google hits on certain companies or products being mainly reviews-for-pay. I don't think that's a good thing. And I'm not sure I can sit around and say "well, it's ok because I'm the ethical exception." I'll wrestle with this a bit more, I'm sure, before all is said and done.
On my plate for the rest of the week are more job interviews, some beach time, a blog redesign, and saying goodbye to Nana. Some people think having their mother-in-law stay with them for three weeks is a bad thing. I have time to myself, another person in my house complimenting my cooking, and every time I turn around the dishes are done. I really can't complain.
Posted by mwashburn at July 16, 2007 08:45 PMPosted to True Stories
Comments
I really haven't had anyone complain -- at least not directly to me. Funny -- I am finding that one of the other sites that just assigns you opps actually has higher quality, more "legit" opps than PPP. And they're a whole lot easier to write. I don't have any guilt about it, especially considering it's making my car payments! As for the whole "reviews for pay" thing, well that's what they are, at least as far as PPP goes. ::shrug:: The other sites, I see it as getting paid for a link. But I see your point and I certainly understand what you're saying/how you feel. I've gone back and forth myself, but in the end, I'm okay with it. But it's not for everyone.
Posted by: Carol at July 17, 2007 10:17 AM