Blog of the Week

Now it is time for my first "Blog of the Week".

I want to feature a good friend of mine, who I think is absolutely amazing in everything she does. I think is she such a wonderful, amazing person. Not only does she have several blogs, she is also helping Baby Monkey's Mom, in raising funds for her hospital costs. And she currently has a great giveaway going on.  CSN Stores Review and Giveaway She is giving away a cookbook called, "Paula Dean's My First Cookbook",  a Creative Home Iron Works Cookbook Holder and a Sassafras Kid's Polka Dots Apron all in one giveaway. If I can become half the blogger she is, I will be doing great.

Introducing Tree Lindsay.

1. What leads you to blog and how long have you been blogging?

I actually just started blogging almost a year ago....June 2009.  I was trying to meet a challenge by a friend of mine to take photos 365 days of the year and post them in a blog.....didn't work! LOL  I am bad about forgetting my camera and thinking later "Darn...that would've been a great pic!"  I decided to give it another shot and started my Mommies Faves  blog to promote my Voting Topsite.  Shortly after that, I caught the "blogging bug," and from there came my personal family blog, Mother of Pearl It Is  .  I also just recently opened my new design blog, Button Connection by Tree .  I already had a design forum called Skins Galore and More, which I've had for a couple years.  We cater to skin and graphic designs for Message Board Forums.  But, now that I'm a "blogger," I've expanded to doing blog design, banners, snag buttons, and more.

2. What is your blog about?

Mother of Pearl It Is

~ This is my personal family blog.  It's all about my "rather large, slightly dysfuncitional" family....I write about anything I can embarass them about (just teasing LOL), our daily "happenings" with 10 people in a 5 bedroom apartment, the crazy antics of my crazy hubby, kids, and grandkids, and my job (of which I'm on a temporary layoff...gotta love the State).  I also do Reviews/Giveaways, weekly memes, and other fun stuff! 

Oh, and I also have "Supahstah Saturday " in which I feature and interview a new blogger each week.  You are all welcome to sign up to be a "Supahstah" one week soon! :)  

     Mommies Faves
~ This is more of my "business" blog.  It was started to promote my Voting Topsite
(similar to Top Mom Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, etc.).  You can list your blog or website there to draw more traffic to your site....a great FREE advertising option.  You and your members vote for your blog or site to move it up in the ranks.  The blog itself lists our "Hall of Fame" winners for the year, our "Topsite Rules" and "General Info."  I also do Reviews/Giveaways there as well, and we offer paid Ad Spots on the main blog to bring you even more traffic.  I will also be starting a "Guest Blogger" feature very soon too...details pending.

Oh...and we now have our own community for Mommies Faves.....the Mom Bloggers Network.  Open to all mom bloggers (and women bloggers in general) to share their blogs, giveaways, tips, and social networks.  It features the ability to start your own groups, add and participate in community forums, set up events, and simply network with other women bloggers.

Button Connection by Tree
~ This is my design blog which I put together in one night, so that I could offer prizes for the "Mission Monkey" fundraiser (you will read about this below).  I started out doing skin and graphic designs for message board forums, but have expanded to blog design, banners, snag buttons, and more.  I have donated a Blog Design, several banners, and several snag buttons to be raffled off for "Mission Monkey" as well as 60% off my profits to benefit Monkey and her family unil she is cured.  So, if you need any type of blog or graphic design, stop by and visit....the proceeds are going to a great cause!:)

3. Please tell me a little about yourself.

Where to begin...well, I'm married to the love of my life (really was love at first sight), Kevin, whom I met almost 23 years ago.  We have 5 beautiful children together, and now 2 precious little granddaughters.  We didn't get married until after our first two kiddos were already here, but are celebrating our 15 year anniversary next Valentine's Day (yep...married on V-day of 1996), and will be renewing our vows at that time.  We all live together right now (all 10 of us...includes my lovely daughter-in-law too) in a 5 bedroom apartment.  It's a bit crowded, but we have alot of fun and alot of love to go around.  Oh and we live in New Jersey...but, I'm originally a "Georgia Peach." LOL

4. Do you have any other blogs you author? Please tell me about them.

OOPS...just the ones I mentioned above. LOL  I started out with message board forums many years ago, and still run my original mommy forum called Mom's the Word , which just celebrated it's 3rd birthday in April.  However, I just recently closed it off to only current members.

5. Anything else you would like to share with us?

I'm a bit ADHD, an awesome multi-tasker and LOVE my computer, so you will find me doing many "projects" at one time. LOL  My dear mother was diagnosed with a rare appendix cancer, Stage 4, back in December, and was pretty much given a death sentence, with only 24-48 months to live.  But, by the grace of God and lots of love and prayers from family and friends, and after months of chemo treatments...she was told that she was now cancer-free!!  Hallelujah!  So, because of this, I am working with many other wonderful bloggers on "Mission Monkey," in which we are raising money and donating prizes for raffles to help Monkey, a beautiful 16 month old girl, who was diagnosed recently with Neuroblastoma , a childhood cancer. Her mommy is a blogger friend to all, Michelle from Momma's Pixie Dreams , and can use all of our help.

Click on monkey to donate...please help!

Thanks so much for the Featured Blogger interview, Lisa!! You are such a kind-hearted person. :)

Thank-you, Tree for agreeing to this interview. God Bless You.

Blogs: Mother of Pearl It Is ,  Mommies Faves, Button Connection by Tree

Websites: Mommies Faves Mom Bloggers Network, Skins Galore and More, Mom's the Word

Twitter URL: @amotherofpearl , @mommiesfaves, @buttonsbytree

Facebook: Mother of Pearl It Is Networked Blog, Mommies Faves Fan Page, Mommies Faves Networked Blog

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