Building A Readership Beyond Your Blogging Community

The other day I had an in-depth email conversation with several of my online blogging pals about who’s reading our blogs. When looking at Google Analytics (and beyond), it’s clear that many bloggers are receiving visits from fellow bloggers. One of my buds reported that for her, it was as high as 85 percent of all visits to her site. She also noted that the bulk of her comments come from fellow bloggers. She feels that, to some extent, Read more

What I’m Really Thinking While Watching Kids' Cartoons

Caden officially outgrew watching cartoons about a year ago. Aless, on the other hand, has just reached the age of being totally intrigued by dancing sponges and doodling dogs. What does that mean for mom? Well, whether I like it or not, I'm subjected to watching hours of nausea inducing animated characters doing things that would cause us real people to get arrested. As you can tell, I'm not a big cartoon fan. Never have been. But I do Read more

The Crock Pot Crowd, A G+ Community

I've been an avid crock potter for more than 20 years and love sharing recipes, tips and stories with others who also enjoy this quick and easy cooking method. I often write here on the blog about what I've whipped up that day such as Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken Bake, Slow Cooker Wimpy Chili and Crock Pot Apple Pie Cake (to die for!). I've loved all the feedback I've received and enjoyed seeing the pictures of the creations you've Read more

Pitter-Patter Go Little Feet, She Is My Heart

Pitter-patter go little feet as she runs up behind me. Her arms wrapped tightly around my legs, the soft giggles begin. I reach back and gently grab her wrists, growling loudly like a bear. "GRRRRRRRR! I'll get you, Alessandra!" The giggles turn to laughter as I feel her collapse to the floor. Bent down, I softly kiss her forehead, taking in each smile and loving gaze from her eyes. She is my heart. Wild hair, big blue eyes, every step Read more

Welcome to MommiFried!

A blog about the adventures of a middle-aged mom suffering from Motherhood Unintentional Distraction Disorder, otherwise known as MUDD. MUDD is the inability to complete a thought or action without being distracted by 14 million other things related to motherhood: balancing work and home life, taking care of pets, changing poopy diapers, cooking, cleaning, shopping, changing poopy diapers...you see where this is going, right? If you're a mom, you've probably experienced two or three or 500,000 episodes of MUDD since Read more
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Gorilla Glue Gone Gadzooks

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Crystal in MUDDies | 4 Comments

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I had a major mishap this weekend while working on my flea market flip project – the music-themed end table. Despite everyone trying to urge me not to glue the metal music box disk to the top of the table, I decided that it would be safer secured. Because the wood is so thin, screwing it down was not an option. On to Plan B.

My first thought was to just hot glue around the edges. I should have stuck to that plan, but that’s when I caught sight of an unopened bottle of Gorilla Glue sitting in the drawer. It was whispering, “Open me and I shall pay you handsomely.” Who in the hell listens to a glue bottle? Yes, moi. The damn primate on the front got to me. Read more

What I’m Really Thinking While Watching Kids’ Cartoons

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Crystal in Kids, MUDDies | 16 Comments

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Caden officially outgrew watching cartoons about a year ago. Aless, on the other hand, has just reached the age of being totally intrigued by dancing sponges and doodling dogs. What does that mean for mom? Well, whether I like it or not, I’m subjected to watching hours of nausea inducing animated characters doing things that would cause us real people to get arrested. As you can tell, I’m not a big cartoon fan. Never have been. But I do behave as my daughter enjoys the colorful escapades unfolding before her tiny, impressionable eyes. Inside, however, is a whole different story. Inside, I’m flipping off Johnny Test and trying to figure out how to pronounce “Lalaloopsy”. La-la-loop-say. Lala-loop-see. I know. I’m going to hell.

Here’s what I’m really thinking while watching kids’ cartoons: Read more

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JD Hancock

The Freaky Licker of Walmart

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Crystal in MUDDies | 1 Comment

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Ever had one of those moments when you look at something and think, “That can’t be right.” So you scratch your eyes, look away for a minute and expect to see something else when you look back. Well, that happened to me on Sunday – at Walmart, of all places. Home of the Crazed and Medicated, which I needed to be after seeing “this.” I didn’t have my phone on me or I would have snapped a picture. Five hundred pictures. Forget pictures. I would have taken a video for the world to see what I endure every damn time I enter that place. Read more

What is my brain doing?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Crystal in MUDDies | Leave a comment

Brain Wars

Sometimes I wish I could dissect my brain and find out why it does the things it does. Like the OCD isn’t enough, it’s now thrown me another curve ball; an unexplainable one that I’m hoping a few of you out there might be able to relate to and say, “Okay, this is why this is happening.” If not, I’m going to have to sell the plot to a reality TV show and I’m not fond of that route. Exploitation for dollars! Read more

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Before the Rooster Crows

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Crystal in MUDDies | 4 Comments

Some of the weirdest conversations we have around here happen before the rooster crows. Maybe it’s the way our brains wake up. Or maybe we’re not really awake.

ME: Why do alligators have such a powerful bite? That seems unfair to the rest of the animal kingdom.

PONTILICIOUS: What? It’s 5:30 in the morning. I can’t answer something like that right now.

ME: No wonder they have been around since prehistoric times. They can eat a dump truck. And why do think dinosaurs existed? Read more

I’m a Jerk?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Crystal in MUDDies | 14 Comments

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This isn’t a happy post. This is a “you can bite my butt cheeks and like it” post written specifically for the people who have called me a “jerk” in the last few weeks. Oh, yes, yours truly has been called a J-E-R-K at least three times that I can remember and once by my dog. Well, with the dog it was more of a “You’re a real jerk” look than her actually speaking and saying, “You’re a real jerk.” It happened when I didn’t open the sliding door wide enough for her to shimmy outside and her ass got stuck. It’s not my fault she’s built more like Nicki Minaj than Gwyneth Paltrow. It was cold out! I was trying not to freeze my own ass off while hers was officially getting hung up. But anywho. This isn’t a happy post. Read more

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