I apologize to anyone who was worried about me taking the weekend off. I wanted to skip town and have some time away from the internet, and I didn't want to have to worry about anything on this site. In fact, I didn't want to think about MWOP at all for a couple days after seven months of reading here every day. I'm sorry it wasn't around for those who enjoy posting here, but comments will be back up in the morning.
For those who have asked, I have not been contacted by anyone legally. I am not concerned about anything I have posted - there is not a single thing I have posted here that is not based in truth or that I don't believe is true based on evidence collected before I posted. My goal has never been to bring MckMama down, but to expose all the big and stupid little lies that keep popping up and she keeps blocking.
Once again, I do not believe or endorse everything said by others on this blog, but I won't moderate their ability to express their opinions so long as it's respectful.
I am, however, concerned that MckMama's days as a "top blogger" are coming to an end. While I partially worry for her children, I am more concerned she will lay the blame for her demise solely on MWOP instead of accepting that manipulating her readers left them with a bad taste and caused readers to look here for what others thought might really be happening.
I don't make money on this site, in fact I don't get a lot joy out of this site. It is not a pretty thing. But it angers me beyond belief that people think the internet means they can lie, steal and cheat...especially while hiding behind their faith. I am comfortable with my goal behind MWOP, regardless of how I feel about the site or why it exists, and if this blog does get taken to the next step I welcome the opportunity for MWOP to set a precedent for lying, profitable bloggers and online fraud, especially emotional fraud.
Anyhow, I'm headed to bed, but comments will be on bright and early tomorrow morning. I appreciate those who keep this blog on topic and bring things that don't feel or sound right to the surface. I know Disqus bogs down a lot and there have been relationships formed on this blog and some commenters would like more chit chat as well. If anyone would like to volunteer a spot for things off topic or for when comments bog down, I would be happy to post those links.
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Question....
Do you think MWOP hurts MckMama's business? Or does it help it? Without MWOP, would you continue reading MckMama? Or would she fall into blogging oblivion?
Does drama keep MckMama afloat?
Does drama keep MckMama afloat?
Monday, August 16, 2010
Driving
We need a new post again. MckMama has been out and about since her "babe" came home. For all you c-section mamas, how long after you gave birth did you have to wait before you could drive? What's the general time frame before a mom can drive after a c-section?
Friday, August 13, 2010
Breastfeeding
MckMama wrote a post about breastfeeding. Beyond that, I'm not sure what her point is, but I can say I'm pretty sure she failed to make one...even after using over 2,000 words.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
On to other things
There are two posts up tonight. This one is back on track. Things have been relatively quiet on the MckMama front, but the HP giveaway raised a lot of questions about how MckMama conducts her giveaways and how "legal" they are. I'll see if I can put together what we know already some time this week.
Care4Chris
I'm so sorry. Let's start there.
The back story: a reader left a comment months ago about a tweet from someone who wanted MckMama to retweet prayers for her brother. Readers here felt badly for the sister, who shared her story on MWOP. I reached out to the sister, Elisabeth, and offered to put a picture up of her brother in hopes it would help raise money for his expenses after a serious stroke.
I vetted the story to an extent. I called the apartment complex and the physical therapy office to confirm he was a patient there. He was. Since Elisabeth offered ways to donate money to companies that were not direct contributions to her account, I put the picture up.
Here we are, months later, and we found out yesterday that Elisabeth is actually Elizabeth and has ties to MckMama and April Rose. Chris is indeed a stroke victim, but he's also a convicted sex offender. On top of that, they're not related.
I was extremely pissed off. Why would someone lie about this? Why lie at all? I would have donated money if I had known they were friends and not related. Why the hell would you lie about that?
As for the sex offender part, I don't have much to say, but I think plenty about it. It's beyond disappointing and I hate that anyone had to find out this way.
The money did go to a man who suffered a serious stroke and was in need of financial help. At least he wasn't a blow up doll, right?
Again, I'm sorry. I trusted someone and was duped. It felt pretty shitty and it will be a while before I take anything online at face value again. If you donated money, Elizabeth should be returning it to you. If you have not heard from her in a month, please leave me a comment and I will send you any contact information I can find on her.
The back story: a reader left a comment months ago about a tweet from someone who wanted MckMama to retweet prayers for her brother. Readers here felt badly for the sister, who shared her story on MWOP. I reached out to the sister, Elisabeth, and offered to put a picture up of her brother in hopes it would help raise money for his expenses after a serious stroke.
I vetted the story to an extent. I called the apartment complex and the physical therapy office to confirm he was a patient there. He was. Since Elisabeth offered ways to donate money to companies that were not direct contributions to her account, I put the picture up.
Here we are, months later, and we found out yesterday that Elisabeth is actually Elizabeth and has ties to MckMama and April Rose. Chris is indeed a stroke victim, but he's also a convicted sex offender. On top of that, they're not related.
I was extremely pissed off. Why would someone lie about this? Why lie at all? I would have donated money if I had known they were friends and not related. Why the hell would you lie about that?
As for the sex offender part, I don't have much to say, but I think plenty about it. It's beyond disappointing and I hate that anyone had to find out this way.
The money did go to a man who suffered a serious stroke and was in need of financial help. At least he wasn't a blow up doll, right?
Again, I'm sorry. I trusted someone and was duped. It felt pretty shitty and it will be a while before I take anything online at face value again. If you donated money, Elizabeth should be returning it to you. If you have not heard from her in a month, please leave me a comment and I will send you any contact information I can find on her.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Not Me! Monday
I did not put up a new post because there were almost 900 comments on the last post.
Nope, not me!
Nope, not me!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
About that dress
You know what's sad?
MckMama has taken the time to change Lachlan's picture twice now, including once today, but has not had the forethought to change her middle son's, Nuggey, age from 3 to 4.
You know what else is sad?
That Jennifer McKinney's own friends have a hard time explaining her "MckMama" behavior and are becoming frustrated and visiting here more often. Case in point: the bridesmaid dress. I have had a hard time figuring out how to post this without saying "so'n'so told me!!" because the person is an "in real life" friend of MckMama and they're very obviously on the fence. Drawing attention to them or calling them out would not be in MWOP's favor. I think it would discourage others close to her who are frustrated or confused from talking with us in the future too.
So here's what went down, for those who missed it. MckMama was supposed to join a photographer friend at a wedding and stand in as a secondary photographer. She says she didn't make it:
There was then this huge convoluted scenario where MckDaddy didn't know where MckMama was for a whole day. Something about how he assumed she would stay in a hotel because the other photographer did, how he lost his phone, and she didn't have her phone charger or couldn't dial long distance and a whole bunch of other things along those lines. Somewhere along the line of trying to explain this, a reader asked MckMama about the other photographer at the wedding, who MckMama said called her the "minute she was late".
Another reader fussed at MckMama for not taking care of herself.
There was a lot of confusion on everyone's part on why, if she was so close to home, no one was able to let MckDaddy know where she was, and that she was in the hospital alone. Since this happened at the beginning of July, eventually the controversy around the situation died down and people stopped talking about it.
Until MckMama posted this last week:
A picture post teaser with closed comments. Closed comments? Why on earth would she close comments? She has never closed comments. What was behind that little teaser?
A picture of a woman with a tattoo in a fancy dress:
A dress that just so happens to match the style of a dress in the wedding her friend photographed on July 10 (thanks, JJ):
A reader asked her about the dress (apparently the only reader to ask) and MckMama became defensive:
Oddly enough, when MckMama's picture was run through an exif viewer website (thanks, Jennifur), the date is July 10.
Yes, the picture of the dressed up woman in the purple dress was taken on July 10, the very day MckMama was supposed to help out at a wedding, but never made it. Top that with an "in real life" friend of MckMama's saying she did INDEED make it to the wedding, but left abruptly, and you have yet another real-life versus web-life story.
What I don't understand is why on Earth was this something to lie about?
Thank you to everyone who brought this to MWOP's attention, and I ask that you please leave the photographer related to this story alone. She has a viable business and we don't need to bleed over onto her sites or have her name show up in search engines related to this one. I would appreciate it, thanks.
MckMama has taken the time to change Lachlan's picture twice now, including once today, but has not had the forethought to change her middle son's, Nuggey, age from 3 to 4.
You know what else is sad?
That Jennifer McKinney's own friends have a hard time explaining her "MckMama" behavior and are becoming frustrated and visiting here more often. Case in point: the bridesmaid dress. I have had a hard time figuring out how to post this without saying "so'n'so told me!!" because the person is an "in real life" friend of MckMama and they're very obviously on the fence. Drawing attention to them or calling them out would not be in MWOP's favor. I think it would discourage others close to her who are frustrated or confused from talking with us in the future too.
So here's what went down, for those who missed it. MckMama was supposed to join a photographer friend at a wedding and stand in as a secondary photographer. She says she didn't make it:
"...(I had (her computer) and my cameras because I was heading out of town to help my friend Carrie with some photography yesterday).
I wasn't going to have to do much; it would have been pretty low key. I had felt good all morning, had slept like Rip Van Winkle the day before, and was eating lots of small bits during the day and drinking lots of water. To make a long (embarrassing) story short, I ended up feeling awful on my way to meet Carrie, throwing up in the car as I drove, pulling over because I felt really dizzy and lightheadted, going inside an eating establishment to find a bite to eat and some more water, and passing out in line as I waited my turn.
That little episode landed me in this out of town hospital where I sit today."
There was then this huge convoluted scenario where MckDaddy didn't know where MckMama was for a whole day. Something about how he assumed she would stay in a hotel because the other photographer did, how he lost his phone, and she didn't have her phone charger or couldn't dial long distance and a whole bunch of other things along those lines. Somewhere along the line of trying to explain this, a reader asked MckMama about the other photographer at the wedding, who MckMama said called her the "minute she was late".
Another reader fussed at MckMama for not taking care of herself.
There was a lot of confusion on everyone's part on why, if she was so close to home, no one was able to let MckDaddy know where she was, and that she was in the hospital alone. Since this happened at the beginning of July, eventually the controversy around the situation died down and people stopped talking about it.
Until MckMama posted this last week:
A picture post teaser with closed comments. Closed comments? Why on earth would she close comments? She has never closed comments. What was behind that little teaser?
A picture of a woman with a tattoo in a fancy dress:
A dress that just so happens to match the style of a dress in the wedding her friend photographed on July 10 (thanks, JJ):
A reader asked her about the dress (apparently the only reader to ask) and MckMama became defensive:
jenak says:
"Yeah, I was thinking prom or wedding then I was like I highly doubt that’s a prom girl with a tattoo like that (which is gorgeous!) so I vote wedding since it’s the season for them. When do you have the time to shoot weddings with being in the hossy so much and being such a great mommy to your MSC? Can’t wait to hear the story behind the tattoo Jen! <3"
mckmama77 says:
"You know what’s fascinating? I was just looking over all of the comments you have ever left on my blog (you use a different name whenever you comment for giveaways, which is interesting in and of itself), and I noticed that in December of 2009 you complained about the ads on my blog and said you were never coming back:) What made you change your mind?"
Oddly enough, when MckMama's picture was run through an exif viewer website (thanks, Jennifur), the date is July 10.
Yes, the picture of the dressed up woman in the purple dress was taken on July 10, the very day MckMama was supposed to help out at a wedding, but never made it. Top that with an "in real life" friend of MckMama's saying she did INDEED make it to the wedding, but left abruptly, and you have yet another real-life versus web-life story.
What I don't understand is why on Earth was this something to lie about?
Thank you to everyone who brought this to MWOP's attention, and I ask that you please leave the photographer related to this story alone. She has a viable business and we don't need to bleed over onto her sites or have her name show up in search engines related to this one. I would appreciate it, thanks.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Another post
Comments have bogged the last post down, so we need a new post. I'm trying to be mellow while she's in the hospital because her son deserves the attention, but I do still owe you guys a post on the bridesmaid dress. I'll put that up after she's out of the hospital and the new "babe" is home.
However, if something incredibly underhanded happens between now and then, I will post about it. If anyone would like a guest post, I would love the different point of views.
However, if something incredibly underhanded happens between now and then, I will post about it. If anyone would like a guest post, I would love the different point of views.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Click, click, click....
Again. It took Jennifer almost eight hours from her first twitter to post a picture of the baby. It took four before she would reveal his name. She had people refreshing so much they crashed her server not once, but twice last night. Let's recap the timeline, shall we?
First tweet:
Obviously she has her iPhone. They're calling family, and they don't want to reveal the name or pictures yet. Fair enough. I think we can all respect that.
She's on her computer, but no posts, pictures or updates. Three hours down. Getting a little questionable, but okay.
Four hours later, she puts up his name in a blog post with a Twitter teaser. Still no pictures.
Still on the computer. And still no pictures. It's pretty obvious at this point she's going to drag this out for every click and dime she can.
Finally, almost eight hours after her first tweet, she puts up pictures on her blog, again with a Twitter teaser. Mind you, she and her husband have iPhones, but never once do they put up a single picture on Twitter. Why? Because you don't make money off of Twitter. She milked her newest child's birth for almost eight hours, getting clicks to her blog and making money. Is it wrong to make money off your blog? No, not by a long shot. Is it wrong to pimp out your newborn and drag out his birth announcement to make money? Maybe not wrong, but it is pretty disgusting.
Jennifer McKinney is nothing more than a shrewd businesswoman, and she has confirmed that there is nothing off limits. Let's not forget her own BlogHer profile:
Almost eight hours, two blog posts and five twitters before she finally posted a picture of her child. All to keep readers coming back......for money.
First tweet:
HE'S HERE! 1:04 pm, 6lb14oz, breathing well! We're still calling friends and fam. Will share photos and his name after we've done that! #fb
about 14 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Obviously she has her iPhone. They're calling family, and they don't want to reveal the name or pictures yet. Fair enough. I think we can all respect that.
I am in love, you guys. Just so, so, SO in love!!! Smitten. Totally. I am bursting with love for our new baby. I love him!!! #fb
about 11 hours ago via web
She's on her computer, but no posts, pictures or updates. Three hours down. Getting a little questionable, but okay.
What? You're dying to know our baby's name? You needn't to wait ANY longer! (removed link) #fb
about 10 hours ago via web
Four hours later, she puts up his name in a blog post with a Twitter teaser. Still no pictures.
Kidney pain now eclipsed by Cesarean section pain. It's all relative, huh? :) #fb
about 8 hours ago via web
Still on the computer. And still no pictures. It's pretty obvious at this point she's going to drag this out for every click and dime she can.
Just posted MckFlurry's first photos EVER to my blog!!!! He's still snoozing away and doing great!!!! #fb
about 7 hours ago via web
Finally, almost eight hours after her first tweet, she puts up pictures on her blog, again with a Twitter teaser. Mind you, she and her husband have iPhones, but never once do they put up a single picture on Twitter. Why? Because you don't make money off of Twitter. She milked her newest child's birth for almost eight hours, getting clicks to her blog and making money. Is it wrong to make money off your blog? No, not by a long shot. Is it wrong to pimp out your newborn and drag out his birth announcement to make money? Maybe not wrong, but it is pretty disgusting.
Jennifer McKinney is nothing more than a shrewd businesswoman, and she has confirmed that there is nothing off limits. Let's not forget her own BlogHer profile:
"Turn Your Visitors into Regular Readers - with MckMama
Chances are, most people who visit your blog will never return. It's hard to snag those visitors and turn them into active readers - someone who returns day after day and contributes to your blog community.
MckMama is a master at drawing her visitors into her blog. She turned thousands of passerby's who were concerned for her sweet son into a legion of active readers. Her blog, My Charming Kids, was voted the #1 Mom Blog of 2008 by Momdot.com. MckMama will teach us:
How to interact with your readers
How to draw a visitors attention
How to listen to your readers
Please vote for this room- we can't have a conference full of Mom bloggers without hearing from MckMama!"
Almost eight hours, two blog posts and five twitters before she finally posted a picture of her child. All to keep readers coming back......for money.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Baby is here.
Almost 7lbs at over 5 weeks early. No other details yet.
**New details**
Including some medical problems with Lachlan:
**New details**
Including some medical problems with Lachlan:
Lachlan was retracting a little shortly after birth, so he is sleeping in the Level II Nursery tonight. He is not allowed to nurse until the retracting stops. Our babe is getting fluids in an iv in his head and I’m pumping and storing up liquid gold for him already.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Stats
A quick update: Today is MckMama's second son's birthday. "Nuggey" is four. She started planning his birthday party on Wednesday, complete with a "big surprise". She has missed the last two birthdays of his, due to being in the hospital with Stellan.
Sadly enough for "Nuggey", his mom will miss it a third time, as she is in the hospital again this year with kidney stone pain, and now she may be delivering her fifth child five weeks early on his birthday as well. Hopefully that's what he wanted, because otherwise it can suck to share your birthday with a younger sibling.
On another note, there has been a lot of talk about hits and keywords and searches. Many who comment here believe MckMama creates drama and trending keyword posts to up her stats. Many also think she also plans well-placed giveaways and controversial posts in a cyclical fashion. With this being as "big" a week as MckMama is likely to have (giving birth to her "last" child) this year, I thought you might like to see the stats for the last two weeks:
Last week:
The blue line is MckMama's site. The red one? MWOP, baby. We have had the same traffic numbers as MckMama a handful of times now.
This week (with several giveaways, a hospitalization and now the anticipated birth of another child):
Yep, not as close. Anyone want to wager a guess at what her traffic will do when she has finally delivered Oops #5, and any drama around his birth has subsided?
Sadly enough for "Nuggey", his mom will miss it a third time, as she is in the hospital again this year with kidney stone pain, and now she may be delivering her fifth child five weeks early on his birthday as well. Hopefully that's what he wanted, because otherwise it can suck to share your birthday with a younger sibling.
On another note, there has been a lot of talk about hits and keywords and searches. Many who comment here believe MckMama creates drama and trending keyword posts to up her stats. Many also think she also plans well-placed giveaways and controversial posts in a cyclical fashion. With this being as "big" a week as MckMama is likely to have (giving birth to her "last" child) this year, I thought you might like to see the stats for the last two weeks:
Last week:
The blue line is MckMama's site. The red one? MWOP, baby. We have had the same traffic numbers as MckMama a handful of times now.
This week (with several giveaways, a hospitalization and now the anticipated birth of another child):
Yep, not as close. Anyone want to wager a guess at what her traffic will do when she has finally delivered Oops #5, and any drama around his birth has subsided?
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