CBC with Jendi of Profitable Mommy Blogging

I’ve recently been invited to participate in a cross blog conversation (CBC) with Jendi at Profitable Mommy Blogging.

If you’ve never heard of a cross blog conversation, it’s when two bloggers correspond with each other, each from their own blog. I’m excited about the opportunity to ask Jendi some of my burning questions and I will attempt to dazzle her with my own answers!

Jendi began our conversation by asking the following questions:

“How much time do you spend online in an average day? Do you spend more time online shopping or doing blog related things?”

First of all, that’s a heck of a loaded question!

I probably spend more time online than a lot of moms because I also work a full time business from home. If it weren’t for that factor, and I truly spent all that time shopping online, I’d need to check myself into the nearest Shopaholics Anonymous, ASAP! But, I digress… to be completely honest, I’d say I spend an average of 8 – 10 hours online daily. Yikes!

The second question is a bit tougher to answer. It’s virtually impossible to NOT shop online these days… or at least ‘window shop’ online. I am constantly distracted by lovely things when online while I’m working, blogging, surfing or just catching up on my friend’s blogs.

For instance, just this morning, I responded to a comment on my personal blog and clicked on over to my friend Nell’s blog to see what she’s been up to lately while I drank my coffee and waited for the dryer to catch up with the washing machine. Nell distracted me with a post about the lack of adorable baby boy fashion and some great sites she found with drool-worthy items. I had to check it out, because I’ve been grumbling forever about the tiny selection of boy’s clothing to myself and publicly here at Moms Love Shopping, as well. (Um, I don’t even have baby boys anymore!)

I would like to spend more time productively blogging, but I’ll need to learn to control my internet window shopping to do it.

Here are my questions for Jendi:

1. What was your interest in becoming a blogging intern at Profitable Mommy Blogging? I noticed that you were already blogging on your own blog for two years before accepting the position.
2. What are the distractions that keep you from spending as much time as you’d like blogging and how do you avoid them?

You can find her answers at Jendi’s Profitable Mommy Blogging Column.

Chele Neisler is your host for Moms Love Shopping. As a mother of three boys, Chele is happy to have Moms Love Shopping as an outlet and a connection to other women. Spending every moment with all males isn’t easy! Hosting the show also allows her the chance to return to her two first loves, shopping and chatting.