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I’m not going to BlogHer this weekend. Why? Because at registration time, I had recently lost my job and didn’t know how I could ever afford to pay all of our bills, let alone fly to Chicago for a blogging conference. Now that I’m wildly successful with my writing business, Phenomenal Content LLC, I found myself without a ticket because the conference was sold out! And while I may be incredibly jealous of all of the women who get to meet each other in person this weekend, I’m pretty happy to be at home with my family. So I thought I’d write about the 10 best reasons why I’m exciting about staying home.
- By writing about staying home this weekend, I have a chance to win $100 for a Non-BlogHer scholarship! For that to happen, I need you to comment. Please leave me a comment below. Feel free to tell me what you had for lunch or the cute thing your kid just did. Just please leave me a comment!
- I get go to a great local mom networking event at Tumbing Tykes on Friday night. I’m bringing TJ along. The kids get to play with each other and have a little pizza party while the moms connect with other business moms!
- I get to sleep in my comfy king size bed every night. No strange hotel rooms for me!
- I get to kiss my husband and son whenever I want.
- I’ll be getting my groceries as per my usual Saturday routine. Four generations go shopping together each week: me, TJ, my mom, and my grandma. Family tradition wins!
- No jet lag.
- I can change into my pajamas pretty much whenever I want. No fancy parties to dress up for!
- Homemade dinner. Tom (hubby) made his special gourmet cheeseburgers tonight. Tomorrow night? I might make calzones. (With dough made in our bread machine.)
- Another family tradition: we’ll be spending Sunday with my parents and Tom’s mom, having “Sunday dinner” around noon and hanging out at my parents’ house for half the afternoon.
- Sleeping in! Tom gets to sleep in on Saturday morning, and I get to sleep in on Sunday! No getting up early for conference sessions or early morning flights.
If you’re at BlogHer, please comment to help me win the contest. Why? Because you’re doing something awesome already. Don’t I deserve a little bit of awesome, too?
If you’re not at BlogHer, please leave me a comment, too. Maybe you just don’t feel like making your own post for the contest, or maybe you want to (hint hint) comment with a link to your own contest post so we can scratch each other’s backs. (15 winners means we can both win, right?)
And just for the fun of it, why not head on over to my Best Mom T-Shirt Giveaway and get yourself an extra entry for commenting here!
That’s me: Christina Gleason. I’m a writer, editor, and disability advocate. I'm a multiply disabled autistic lady doing my best in this world built for abled people. I’m a geek for grammar, fantasy, and casual gaming. I hate vegetables. I cannot reliably speak, so I’ll happily conduct business over email or messaging instead.
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My kids are in bed… i want to sleep in someday too!!!
have a great weekend with the fam!
Family time rocks! I’m sitting in a session at Comic Con waiting for my son’s turn at the mic. He’s going to ask some obscure game related question of the panel that will be Greek to me, but I’m thrilled to be here with him – and so proud that he’s not afraid to do so (there’s over 1000 people in this session – he’s only 13). Enjoy your weekend 🙂
great reasons!
awesome!
I loved your reason number four. You can never have too many family kisses.
sounds like your going to have a wonderful time and with family! sounds like you have an amazing family!!! hope you have a wonderful weekend!
awesome ^_^
Who doesn’t love family grocery shopping?
Sounds like you got the better deal. What do you have to be jealous of?
I can tell you’re very happy to be with your family. Congrats!
I hope whoever is supposed to win something from this comment wins…whtvr. This is my comment so thank you for taking the time to read this…well, you reading this does nothing for me, so I guess I have no reason to thank you. Irregardless, yeah, happy family time whoo >.>
I like all of the above
There is nothing I like more than a good peaceful trip to my house 🙂
Sometimes I prefer it alone, but that’s only after my brothers have been really annoying.
Those are all great reasons, you are the best list-maker I have ever seen on this site. You got a good deal!
Awesome reasons! Haha, sleeping in has to be my favourite, good luck on getting the scholorship too.
I like #9 as I love good old-fashioned family get-togethers.
Those are all fantastic reasons to stay home with your family, but the one I’m most jealous of is the part where you mention calzones made with homemade dough!! Lucky!!
Great blog..love it <3
Lucky you, gourmet cheeseburgers. I’m hungry now.
Hooray for staycations! Sometimes they’re the best kind.
I’m disappointed that being on KoL a lot has not entered your thoughts here.
KoL did cross my mind while writing this up, Journe, but it was number 11! You know, since Jick made 11 (it’s not even funny!) such a special number in the Kingdom of Loathing. KoL is definitely #11 on my list… especially since so many of my fellow gamers came over here to my blog to support me. <3
Sounds like you’re in for a fun weekend. King size beds at home are far better than anything you’d get at a hotel, and those homemade meals sound delicious. Have a good time with your family!
Calzones? What kind of calzones? Chicken, bacon, or just cheese? Or all three? Yumm-o
I was thinking just cheese, so the Pooks would eat with us!
Win! Win! Win! What do you want, I’ve had 4 hours of sleep 🙂
Awesome reasons!!!! If you haven’t yet… make sure you come join in my BlogNerd party @ garibaysoup.com
You deserve all kinds of awesome! And you won’t be too tired to play with that beautiful boy when you get home….cause you ARE home! Hope you win.
WOW! You’ve got lots of comments! I could so do a calzone!
Helping you out. Now will you please come up with an emergency to get me away from my out-laws? Seriously, they are in town for the entire weekend. They have never stayed in town for more than 4-5 hours and this could really be rough. Calgon really needs to take me away. Double insult to injury with missing BlogHer.
Good Luck Christina! I just want you to know that as of three weeks ago, I’m in the same situation, and believe it or not, seeing as how you put your little company together gave me motivation to set up my own little consulting firm. It looks like it’s going to pay off. You rock, Thanks and again Good Luck!
I’ll be at home in my jammies too! Have a great weekend!
I also love not having jet lag!!
Number 10! thats where its at!
Cool! Awesome!
I just got back from a great vacation where we visited Yellowstone national park. I got to see Ol Faithful, swim in a hot spring, and see buffalo from like 3 feet away. It was great!
I get to see my son not this weekend but next weekend, perfect reason to stay home. He will be reunited with his cat and the two guys (he and I) will catch up on the things he’s done in the last month while visiting his g’parents. A nice quiet weekend for us to catch up before he heads back to school.
Does your son like to sing? My daughter sang her bedtime songs with me last night and it was great! Even if Amazing Grace got the filk-like line, “I was blonde, but now I see…”
the home cooked meal with family is worth it.
Family time is always I good thing, I wish I had traditions, such as numbers 5 and 9
I’m having a BLT for dinner
Also, I’m excited to stay home this weekend because I get to play with every Atari system made!
Kissing the husband and son IS a good reason to stay home! Happy blogging!
Your son sounds like such a cutie!
#10 would seal the deal for me! I would love to sleep in! Good luck on the $100.
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Hmmmm probably #3 and #5 for me……! I kinda like my weekly trip to the grocery store…..Good luck 🙂
This is the last weekend of the last summer my step daughter spends with us. At our home. Before she turns 18 and is off to college. It is very bittersweet. Watching my younger children at the beginning of their childhood & my older stepkids at the end of their childhood. I am so incredibly happy to be spending this weekend with all of my children and my husband
You know, I’m glad you’re not at BlogHer, because if you had been, you likely wouldn’t be coming to Type-a-Mom, and you know that’s gonna be so much more fun, because you’ll be here with me! (I managed to be able to go too, by the way.) LOL
It’s Bele Chere weekend in Downtown Asheville this weekend. Some locals like it, others, like myself, loathe it with a passion. You’ll see the streets of downtown when you’re here and wonder how in the hell we cram hundreds of thousands of people in all weekend. LOL
Here’s your comment, sweetie. I love your reasons for staying home. I’m kind of excited – BlogHer is in NYC next year. I can take the train in, and still sleep in my own bed at night! Of course, I’ll miss the crazy midnight parties….hmm.
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Great list …Homemade dinner ( i should have had that on mine) LOL. Thanks for the comment, good luck 🙂
Toenail clippings are not very tasty.
Nice work on your business. Amazing you did it so fast.
Christina, hard to keep up with all your activities, reason #11 – so you can launch a new site, busiestmomever maybe, alright, Kidding aside you’re doing great keep it up!!
My favorite part about being home is saying goodnight & reading to my girls each night. I really miss that when I travel, even tho bedtime is sometimes the worst part of our day right now. See http://intentionalbirth.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/night-time-parenting/ for our recent struggles.
Good luck to you!
Good luck! I’m trying to win as well! If you stop by and comment It’ll enter to win a prize!
Hugs and kisses rock. Hope you had a great weekend.
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You go on losing the job and getting your own business up and booming! I want you to win but Blog Her was great and even though your reasons to stay home were great, there was a pajama party so #7 isn’t really ummm accurate. 🙂 Good luck!!!
i practiced with my band saturday and was greeted an hour after waking sunday with a 12 pack, bottle of vodka, and bottle of jaeger. i remember about 4 hours total out of those two days.
So was your weekend everything you hoped? I got spend mine with my hubby, but I’ve been fighting off a flu bug, so no steak dinner for me.
I think it’s cool that you would rather spend time with your family than go to some far-away contest. 🙂
Fun list. Sounds like you’re living the life =)
I also think that it’s cool that my mom’s best friend also decided to skip out on a big event to stay with her family.
I love your list!!!!!!! Definitely great reasons!!
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that is so great that you go shopping with your grandma and mom. I wish my family got along that well and were that close.
I am thinking of starting a blog, but right now I am posting articles at my website http://www.delaneyjp.com
Why I should be on your blogroll???? Because I’m AWESOME! 🙂 I really hope you win this 🙂
Gourmet cheeseburgers and calzones!? omg you are making me hungry lol
Good luck with the contest! I’m entered too but have less than 25 comments I do believe:(
good luck
sweet