I was looking through my facebook page today and noticed a blog from another mom, she was not a facebook friend, just a blogger from a coupon website. I decided to see what she had to say. And what she did say made me a little mad. She said that all of the blogs that she reads that are written by Mothers are negative, and that they only show the bad side of being a Mom. She said that Mom's writing blogs make other women not want to have kids. Well... I hope that I am not being negative. I know I write about things that have gone wrong, or not as planned, but I feel I try and put as much good as bad in my blog entries. And, I feel like the negative things I talk about do not give a "negative" reflection on parenting. I love being a Mom, and I would never want to make anyone think that any part of being a Mom is "bad". Yes as a Mom you will have some hard days and very challenging moments, but it still doesn't make it"bad" to be a Mom. I have some hard days with my little guy but at the end of the day I never regret my decision to have a baby, and I am always happy to have the title of Mom. And wow, I never knew love until the doctor put my little man in my arms. He is so amazing I can't say enough about it. I would do anything for him, anything. And I know that we will have our share of tubless nights and peeling pirate ships, but as long as we have them together they will all be worth while experiences. So I hope my 9 followers don't think I am too negative. I'm not, am I?
On another note, tonight is a big night.... Extreme Couponing is on TLC. Before this was just a special, but now it will be a series. I have mixed feelings though. YES I do want to see the crazy savings people get and learn tips from them{of course I will scale down their jumbo trips} but..... a lot of people have been pointing out that this show is going to ruin it for us small time couponers. These people get greedy....who needs 100 bottles of shampoo, or 500 toothbrushes? They only get these crazy quantities because they know they can get them for free or close to it. I do love my free chocolate bars every once in awhile, but I get 4, not 400. And as managers of grocery stores see these shows it may make them want to tighten their belts a bit more on coupon policies. And wow would I be sad if my King Soopers stopped doubling my coupons, it would be tragic :( But my hope is that since Colorado already has limits on coupons that this show will not effect us at all. I will have to see if I can learn any new tricks after watching the first new episode...I'll let ya know. I better go sneak in my shower before enjoying one of my free Dove candy bars in front of my coupon show! It's crazy how life changes once you're a Mom. Five years ago I would call myself a loser for being this excited over the premier of a Couponing show.... too bad, old me can make fun of new me all she wants, I'm happy where I am.
Kelly Callahan
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