Why it’s been so long since I posted here

My dear MomReviews readers, I haven’t forgotten about you!  I wanted to let all of you know about a situation that involved my blog Table for Five and will now drastically impact this blog.  My blog name was stolen and since I didn’t have it trademarked, I had no real recourse.

I tried emailing the author of the blog (which is called “Table for Five Reviews and Giveaways” but no, I won’t link to it), thinking maybe she didn’t realize there was already a blog called Table for Five. I politely suggested she change the name of her blog so that her readers wouldn’t confuse her blog with mine.

She said no.  SHE SAID NO.  Her email reply to me was that it was “too late” to change her blog and her new Facebook page and she wasn’t going to change it. Period.

Alrighty then. You can read the whole story here if you’d like – http://table4five.net/2010/04/30/dear-readers-of-my-blog-table-for-five-i-have-to-tell-you-something/

You might not have known that I was also posting reviews and giveaways on my blog Table for Five, but no more. All reviews and giveaways that I agree to do will now be posted here exclusively.  The PR firms that I work with know that I have this blog, they know that it might be called MomReviews but they are getting the author of Table for Five as well. My reputation proceeds me, which is why I’m not really that worried about that other blog.

While I’ve been dealing with all of this, I’ve been saying no to new projects.  Now that I’ve made the final decision, I need to put together a calendar and schedule out what I’m going to post and when. I get anywhere from 10-20 requests a day, but I’m thinking two reviews and one giveaway a day should be plenty. To keep my ads above the fold as required, I’ll have to move the giveaway list further down, so please scroll down to that when you click over from your reader.

So that’s what’s been going on here.  Thanks for reading, and as always, feel free to leave your comments!

No wonder I have frown lines

Last night on his way home from work, which is 40 miles away, my husband’s car stopped working. As in, he was on the highway and his car STOPPED. It’s a miracle he wasn’t rear-ended, as heavy as the traffic is where he works. He had it towed to a nearby Chevy dealership and the kids and I went and picked him up. Today, he heard from the dealership’s service department- it needs a new fuel pump, for which they want to charge us $800.00. $400 of which is the price they pay for the fuel pump, a part you can buy yourself at an auto parts store for around $220. Nice markup.

He called around and found a relatively new fuel pump at a junkyard for $70, but now we have to pay to get the car from the dealership (they charge EIGHTY DOLLARS for their “diagnostic exam” which takes two minutes), pay to have it towed to another repair place, pay for the used fuel pump, and pay someone to install it. GAH.

So is it any wonder that when I looked in the bathroom mirror a few minutes ago, I saw two deep frown lines on my forehead right between my eyebrows? Seriously, they are like train tracks. I’m going to need to order some nu skin wrinkle cream or something. All this scowling I’m doing is sure not doing my skin any favors.

Yes, this really is MomReviews

Hey everybody, I know it looks pretty different around here, what do you think?

As much as I liked the previous theme, it had not been updated in a long time and wasn’t optimized well for Google searches. I clicked a link on Sparkplugging for free SEO themes and found this one, which you might recognize as the old eMoms at Home theme designed by Wendy Piersall. I think it looks FAB here on MomReviews!

Karen from Simply Amusing Designs will be working on getting my custom header installed, which will hopefully work so I can get back my daughter’s eyes peeking through the Sony box and the wonderful ‘Subscribe To’ box. I’m not even going to try to code it myself because I’m notorious for making a royal mess of things when I try :P

I’ve got lots and lots and LOTS of reviews and GIVEAWAYS coming, so please stop by again soon or better yet, subscribe to the MomReviews feed so you’ll know when there’s something new. Have a great weekend!