Guess Who’s Wiping Up Snot At My Mommy’s Place?

by Leslie

It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet some brilliant women; to celebrate, learn from and be inspired by our differences, while drawing strength and support from the common ground we share.

February is the month of love, what with Valentine’s Day and all. So, it only makes sense that the featured mother for this installment of This Is Motherhood is someone I am completely in love with: the fabulous Karly Campbell of Wiping Up Snot fame.

I was excited to sit down with Karly - you know, me at my computer and her at hers, completely separated by distance and time, but whatever. There was sitting! And communicating! And the result was the following interview.

Leslie: Why do you blog?

Karly: This is a hard question for me to answer, because my answer changes with my mood. Mostly I blog because I’ve been stuck in my house with two short people for a long time and if I don’t hear from another adult soon I’ll just die. The interaction is definitely my biggest reason for blogging. Writing also helps me cope, though. Some things just eat at me until I get it written down and then I feel like I can just let it go and move on.

Leslie: Many of your readers have commented that they enjoy reading your blog because you tell the truth. Your writing is very honest and real. How do you determine what you will share on your blog? Where do you draw the line in terms of privacy?

Karly: This is going to sound totally lame, but I don’t really put a lot of thought in to what I should or shouldn’t share on my blog. I just pretend that nobody that I know in real life is reading and I write what I need to say. I’m actually struggling with this lately, because I know for a fact that quite a few of the men my husband work with have been reading my blog. (My readers who remember that picture of Cleatus and “the hurricane” will find it humorous that his nickname at work is now Hurricane.) This makes me think twice before I blog about Cleatus. He is a pretty minimal player in my blog and I think he prefers it that way. As for privacy, I’m not really concerned that someone is going to hunt us down or anything, but I do use nicknames for the kids and my husband so that my blog doesn’t turn up should someone google their real names. I do use my real name, though.

Leslie: If there were a movie made of your life, what would it be called and who would be cast in it?

Karly: Pass. I never know how to answer this question. Obviously, the actress playing me would be hot and Cleatus would be played by Paul Walker. And there would be a lot of “adult” scenes, because mmm, Paul Walker.

Leslie: Let’s do some word association. I’ll give you a word and you tell me the first thing that comes to your mind. First word: Laptop.

Karly: Couch

Leslie: Gout

Karly: Old People

Leslie: Vinegar

Karly: Douche

Leslie: Mess

Karly: Clean

Leslie: Love

Karly: Cleatus

Leslie: If you were given a day completely to yourself where you could do whatever you wanted - money is no object - how would you spend that day?

Karly: I would probably get my two favorite shopping buddies (my mom and my aunt) and head to a big mall for a day of shopping. I love shopping. It is a sickness that runs in my family (see above re: shopping buddies).

There is so much I could say about Karly and how great she is, but this is her spotlight; her writing speaks for itself and I don’t want you to miss a word of it. So, quit wasting time here! Check out Karly’s edition of This Is Motherhood. Then, visit her blog. Just remember who sent ya and that I’ve got dibs. That girl is mine!

Want some time in the spotlight? There’s room for a few more. I’m still accepting submissions.

Posted in Mommy's Stuff, My Mommy's Place, Guest Contributors, This Is Motherhood |

Comments

6 Cool Kids Came To Play

Karly on February 1, 2008 11:46 am
Woohoo for linky love! Thanks for the ego boost. You’re very sweet!
This Is Motherhood | on February 1, 2008 11:56 am
[…] Guess who is the featured mother over at My Mommy’s Place? That would be ME! You can go read my interview with the fabulous Leslie here. And then you can go read my article on motherhood here! […]
Jen in MI on February 1, 2008 2:12 pm
Oh… so many new blogs to visit and so little time! YIKES! I’ll definitely head over there and check out Karly, though, because this was great fun!
Jerseygirl89 on February 1, 2008 8:56 pm
I LOVED that interview. And I PROMISE my submission is coming. No, really. And Karly (just in case you’re checking in here) - I loved your submission.
Michelle at Scribbit on February 3, 2008 1:16 am
She says “Cleatus” and I think “Dukes of Hazzard.” I’m an 80s idiot
My Mommy’s Place: Mommy’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Gout and The Goiter on April 21, 2008 10:52 am
[…] You see, a few months ago, I wrote about a little problem I was having with my hand. The doctor told me that there was a possibility I had gout. Yeah. I know. I’m not 90 years old and I don’t use a walker and I have all of my teeth. Quite odd that I would get gout considering those facts, eh? Well, my readers (especially Leslie) seemed to find it humorous that I possibly had gout. (I didn’t. It was a ganglion cyst. I think.) In fact, Leslie (sweet little Leslie!) still teases me about the gout. When she interviewed me for her This Is Motherhood column in February, she asked me about gout. […]