Continuing on with this week’s cross-blog conversation with Aprile of The Steady Hand. Are you guys enjoying eavesdropping on our back and forth conversation?

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If you’re not caught up yet, here ere are the posts in this conversation so far:

• My Day 1 Starting Post
• Aprile’s 1st Response
• I answered
• She answered
• Then it was my turn
• And then Aprile’s turn

My Turn

And the conversation continues on …

Hi Aprile,

You’ll definitely have to let me know if you get the chance to travel here again. It’s a great city with tons of stuff to see and there’s a decent amount of stuff that’s kid-friendly so maybe when you’re little one gets a little older it would be a nice trip to make. I’ve lived here for six years now and I’m still finding new things to explore here every day. So far this year I’ve been to the Conservatory of Flowers, Orpheum Theater and the Jewish Contemporary Art Museum and those were all new places I hadn’t seen yet. I also just got a book of Stairway Walks in San Francisco and I’m going to use that to explore some of the places I haven’t seen in a more active way. What did you guys get a chance to see while you were here? The nice thing is that you can cover the most popular things in a short trip but then there are all sorts of things still to discover no matter how many times you’ve visited. Where else have you traveled?

You asked about my experience being a foster parent. I had worked at a group home and there was a child there that I thought I wanted to adopt … to do that given the situation I needed to get my foster care license. It’s a long story but I didn’t end up doing the adoption and instead ended up using the foster care license to have foster kids in my home for two years. It was a wonderful experience and I hope that I was able to offer something positive to the kids that were in my care. However, I was really too young to be a parent (I was 23 when I started and I was fostering tweens/ teens). I was single and there was a lot I hadn’t figured out about myself yet. Additionally, I was working with child protective services, getting a social work related degree, mentoring kids in the system … and I burned out. That’s the short version. So after two years I made the tough decision to move on from that. Now that I’m older, though, it’s something that I would consider doing again. I think if I ever decide to have a family I will want to do a foster-to-adopt situation with a group of siblings. But we’ll see. One day at a time. Did you always know that you wanted to be a mom? Will there be more kids in the future?

Ooh, I don’t know how anyone can not love fresh pineapple! I think you hit the nail on the hand with Ramen-like foods, though, when you said it’s a comfort food. I think that’s why I love the cheap 45 cent stuff from the grocery store better than the real Ramen (that yes, you can easily get around here) … it’s one of those nostalgic foods for me. I have been eating a lot more at home lately but there are tons of great restaurants near me and I used to eat out a lot. Thai, Ethiopian and Indian are my top “go to” choices when I’m going out or ordering in. I’ve just recently discovered that I like Vietnamese food. I miss the really spicy Mexican food from when I lived in Arizona. I’m originally from Tucson and although I traveled the country a lot I really only lived there before moving here. There’s Mexican food here, of course, but somehow it has a different taste than what I’d get back home. Everything else is better here though.

I like the drama shows, too, and in fact those are the only ones I really watch as opposed to just having on. Revenge is turning out to be such a good new show this year! I really like the smart crime dramas like Criminal Minds and Lie to Me and Numbers when that one was on.

Okay, one more question … I noticed that you have a lot of sponsors for your blog. How do you go about getting sponsors? Has that been a positive part of the blog experience for you?

Tag you’re it!  :)

Summary of Questions:

• What did you guys get a chance to see while you were in San Francisco?
• Where else have you traveled?
• Did you always know that you wanted to be a mom? Will there be more kids in the future?
• How do you go about getting blog sponsors? Has that been a positive part of the blog experience for you?

Do you have any questions for Aprile? Share them in the comments and I’ll ask!

Tags: blog chat, cross blog conversation