Money Maker?

My sister has a real business head on her shouldersShe worked in Sydney Australia for ten years as a project managerSo she is very computer literate She thinks logically And is the designated technical support person in our houseI swear we would be lost without herAnd were while she was awayShe is home over a year nowAnd she took the first year to find her feet hereAnd to look after her mental healthShe is now doing wellShe has come off her meds And feels able to look for work now So she has moved 6 hours awayTo stay with her partner While she looks for workAs there is just no work here for herOr for anyone for that matter 
For a while now My sister has been telling me That I should try and make some money from my blog And that it's a valid way to make an income I guess my blog is like a job in a lot of ways I do it at the same time every day I put a lot of work and energy in to itAnd I pour my heart and soul in to itFor a long time It really didn't matter to me whether my blog made money or not It wasn't about money And it's still not about moneyBut I can't lie It would be amazing if I could earn some sort of living out of writing my blog
I've seen blogs with advertisements And I'm not sure I want to go that route Especially not if its some thing to do with weigh loss or anything like thatThat goes against everything my blog stands for And I don't want the tone and flow of the blog to be tarnished with ads My sister also thinks I should make my blog in to an E-BookAgainI don't know quite how that works But I am definitely interested I mean Yes I can write But all the other stuff Like logistics and computers I'm not so good at 
I guess these days There are more and more ways to make money on lineYou have Youtubers And people who write booksSelf publish books And if there was a way to make money from my blog Apart from advertisements I would definitely do it 
I haven't worked in quite a while My last job was teaching dance to kids It was something that I set up myself And went on to have four classes a week I've had many jobs since leaving schoolEverything from working in a factory To being a teller in a bank I'm really not good in those type of jobs though And I think I do better in a more creative type of post Or working with animals Which I am so passionate about 
My blog is something that I love to do Even if I never made a penny out of it I would still do it It means more to me than money ever could Making money from it would be a bonus 
With all that said I was wondering about you Have you ever thought about making money from your blog? Would you put ads on your blog? Have you ever thought about publishing an E-Book?Inquiring minds want to know.....