The first blog I ever read, three years ago, was Dooce.com. She talked about poop, boobs, her dog, and her daughter. She defines Dooced as: to lose one’s job because of one’s website. I love reading her writing and checking in on her family and their new adventures. But what I really love is that both her and her husband stay home with their children and work on their blog and support the lifestyle that they were accustomed to.

I wanted to blog when Jason was born, the development is so amazing to watch and I wanted to document it for personal reasons. Brian bought me a domain and I never once wrote on it. I was pretty exhausted and was extremely critical of my writing. It wasn’t until my mothers recent visit that she was telling me how much fun her blog was, that we came up with Triple Martini Lunch.

The best part about the blog is that I’m turning my thoughts about getting involved in child advocacy efforts into a reality. I am midway through my Guardian Ad Litem, and found sponsorship to attend the Meeting the Needs of Young Children and Families Conference this month. In addition to focusing my child advocacy efforts while I’m at home with Jason and not in the work force, I am off of farmville.  I was tucking Jason in at night, straightening up the house and checking on my crops.  Farmville had me considering paying real money for a virtual house which ends up becoming a status symbol within their society. Now, at the end of the day, I sit down and write.

I was told by someone that I wasn’t going to get rich off of it. Last month I made enough on my google ads to get a manicure and pedicure. Since choosing to stay home with Jason my pedicures are few and far between. I will totally blog for pedicures. The industry is relatively new and there is a pretty large following. Unfortunately, we missed the 2009 Blog World Expo in Vegas, next year we’ll be there.