After reading that first part outlining all the potential stressors, I'm incredibly glad I didn't go. Money was definitely an issue for me, but bigger than that was leaving my kids - they are only 2 and 3, and just recently turned 2. I also have a horrible fear of flying, strange since I was the former spokesperson at OKC's airport. =/ All that aside, I, too, would probably not fit in. I signed up for Blogher ads a few times, and was never approved b/c my content doesn't fit their ????? branding, I guess. 

Sometimes, I feel bad for not being more of a mommy blogger - but not as bad as I feel when I do this thing to my kids: make them my entire world. 

Kristin - sometimes your posts hit so close to home, I could have written them if I could have quietened the internal chatter long enough. Your writing is so focused. How do you do it???? I get very sidetracked by Twitter and email, etc.