Finally, My Blogopolis Post!

On Saturday the 30th July, I ventured into the city to attend Blogopolis hosted by Nuffnang.  After waking at some God awful time of the morning, I jumped in my car with my trusty caffeine mug and off I went.

 

Thanks to my anal retentive need to research everything before venturing out and my trusty Navman, I was able to park straight away, nice and close to Zinc where Blogopolis was being held. As I walked down near the Yarra River, this is the glorious morning that greeted me.

After going in and picking up my name tag, I ventured over to the table where I was seated and wondered who I would be sitting with. In all honesty, it didn’t really matter because I knew absolutely no one in real life.

I claimed my seat and had a bit of a wander and bumped into Lisa from Life As We Know It. After having a lovely chat, someone mentioned that I needed to go over to Danimezza to have my “official” photo taken. Anyone that knows me, knows that I usually run away when any camera is pointed in my direction. I was relieved when Lina from Mothers Love Letters offer to do the picture with me *hi photo buddy!!*

With Blogopolis about to begin, I grabbed a coffee and went back to my seat and met the lovely ladies that were sharing my table. Seated as awesome table 23 were Vanessa from Food Allergy Mum, Nicole from My Ideal Life, Wendy from Wendy Moore, Sharnee from Suck My Lolly & Blogger Candy and Simone from The Daily Buzz.

And just how am I so awesome I remembered all of them. Of course we swapped our business cards! Here’s mine just in case you missed out on getting one :)

At the morning tea break, I popped outside for a pre arranged on Twitter the night before “fresh air break” with Jo from Chickens and Bees.  With the second session about to start we all headed back in, grabbed more caffeine and took our spots.

For lunch, Brenda from Mummy Time had organised for a group of us from Digital Parents to get together. There I got to meet Jolene from Mums Lounge, Madame Bipolar, Sarah from Mum’s The Word, Laney from Crash Test Mummy, Kelley from Magneto Bold Too, Gemma from My Big Nutshell, Maria from Mum’s Word and Fiona from Lumsdaine Photography,

At the end of the conference, Jo and I headed off in search off food before wandering back to my car and driving over to the post-drinks party at Showtime where I met the lovely Fiona from Oh Gorgeous Baby and Moment By Moment. I must admit, I was absolutely beat, so only stayed for a few hours before jumping my my car and heading home.

I think I had my PJ’s and slippers on within minutes of getting through my door and not long after I was sound asleep :)

It was an absolutely fabulous day - thanks Nuffnang for organising it!!

For a fantabulous review of what went down re the conference check out Bree’s account at The Blog Stylist.

Recipe Muster!

My gorgeous friend Fiona has just started her own recipe blog, Recipe Muster.  Fiona is a wife and mother to 3 beautiful children aged between 5 and 1. So what makes her new recipe blog so different from the gazillions already out there? Her son has multiple food allergies so most of Fiona’s recipes are dairy, egg, soy, nut, tomato and strawberry free! She already has a few recipes posted - a fabulous Pumpkin Soup, a Pumpkin Pasta, Chocolate Slice and awesome Pizza Muffins!

So pop on over to Recipe Muster and tell Fiona that Nat sent you over to have a sticky nose and her new blog.

Blog Love :)

 

Lucy over at Keeping Up With Lucy has started a brilliant new blog called Blog Love.  The idea came about after Lucy was trying to follow some of her followers back, and their blog wasn’t listed in their profile.

So, pop over to Blog Love, add your link by emailing Lucy, grab the very cool looking button and see what new blogs there are for you to follow. Don’t forget to share the blog lovin’ by doing a post about Blog Love and let your followers know where they just might find the coolest blog they have ever read :)

Stylish Blogger Award :)

 

 

Well, what a fantastic way to start 2011. I have received my first award - the “Stylish Blogger Award” from A Crafty Kind of Truffle.  I am pleased and proud to accept it :)

There are 4 duties to perform to receive this award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award
2. Share 7 things about yourself
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

7 Things About Me.

1. I’m a reality television addict :)
2. I’ve been working on discovering my family history
3. I love taking photographs and attempting to be creative with them.
4. I’m a nurse and work night shift a lot so my body clock is nuts!
5. I start every day with a LARGE cup of coffee
6. I love it when my home is full of my children’s friends.
7. I can’t swim despite having a pool in the backyard and always living near the beach.

I am passing on this award to the following 15 bloggers. Please visit them and congratulate them on their award :)

Becky And James - A Peck Over The Fence

CRAP Mamma

Keeping Up With Lucy

Maxabella Loves…

Where’s My Glow?

The Wug’s Backyard BlogSpot

Danimezza

Blooming Lovely

Caterpillar Family Blog

Farmers Wifey

Frills In The Hills

Soft Thistle

Sparkling Adventures

More Than A Mummy

Flour Child

Sharing The Love

I thought I would share the love today and link up a few blog posts from other bloggers that I have either found interesting, informative or just down right funny during the week.

Brenda over at Mummytime posted her first vlog this week. Great job  :)

An amusing repair happened at Random Ramblings of a SAHM. I swear I had the giggles reading it and even more so when my hubby walked in and asked “what’s so funny!”

Tina Grey {dot} Me’s blog about the quick clean up when guests are coming had me asking if she had been peeking in my windows!

 

Over at eighteen25 they made a really cool Christmas planner. They even supplied the links to download to cool labels!

 

I was inspired by Jen at IHeart Organizing. Her post “Make Notation of this Mailing Station” was fantastic! Jen is one very creative and practical woman :)

Zannick: our  home ed journey showed me how to make homemade fruit cordial - that recipes a keeper!

Lucy’s post “So funny”, was exactly that! You’ll find her at Keeping Up With Lucy

I hope you enjoy these blogger’s post as much as I do

Follow Me Back Tuesday

Follow Me Back Tuesday is another day of the week that you can gain more followers and find other great blogs to follow on a weekly basis. Follow Me Back Tuesday is hosted by Survey Junkie, Little Yaya's, and Boobies, Babies & A Blog

Each week they will choose a random number from the blogs linked and add the random blog to the #4 spot to link to the following week.

Guest Host Jessica from Caterpillar Family

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How it Works

1. Follow the 4 hosts, #1 – 4,  ( leave us a comment & we will follow you back- only leave a comment if you follow please ).
   
2. Create a blog post about FMBT (you may copy this post if you wish).
   
3. Follow as many blogs as you would like ( Leave a comment so they can follow you back).
   
4. When you receive a comment from a new follower  return the favour & follow them back.

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Meet Me On Monday

Thanks to Java’s for hosting “Meet Me On Monday!
Visit her blog here Never Growing Old

Questions:
1.  Have you ever been on a cruise?
2.  What is your favourite way to eat eggs?
3.  What is your favourite reading material?
4.  Name all the pets that you have ever had?
5.  Were you ever a girl/boy scout?
Answers:
1.  Have you ever been on a cruise?
Sadly, no. Jacob has a fascination at the moment with the “Spirit of Tasmania” so maybe we’ll start with a short journey.
2.  What is your favourite way to eat eggs?
I love eggs, no matter how they come really. I’m torn between poached and served on toast and scrambled with cheese and tomato through it as a favourite.
3.  What is your favourite reading material?
I love a good book. Yup, an old fashioned paperback. My library membership is one of my favourite things.
4.  Name all the pets that you have ever had?
When I was little we had two goldfish named Kerry and Charlie, who had a rather short life as they both jumped out of the tank which was on top of the fridge.  We adopted a little kitten who kept turning up on our doorstep and called her Josie - my favourite cartoon at the time was “Josie and the Pussycats”. I brought home Angie from work one day - another girl had got her as a gift but couldn’t keep her.
When I moved out of home we had a cat named Chrissy, who liked to hide around corners and attack your feet. My first dog ever was a Blue Heeler named Schnapp. We got him a mate, a Red Heeler called Bonnie. Unfortunately, Bonnie had to get put down and Schnapp was kept by my ex-husband.
Next I had a beautiful kitten named Cassie who was with me for sixteen years and two dogs, a Shitzu - Gizmo and a Maltese Terrier - Phoebe.
At present we have Emma, a pretty grey cat and Fev our Tibetan Spaniel.
5.  Were you ever a girl/boy scout?
I was a Venturer as a teenager, but as they were part of the Sea Scouts and I can’t swim, that didn’t last long :)
Directly from Java's Blog
Time to link up and meet!!
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Your link MUST include your Meet Me On Monday post or it will be deleted!
Remember if you don't have a blog or if you just want to post your answers in the comment section then that is fine too!

Awww isn’t it pretty!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Katrina! I’m in love with my new blog. It’s so pretty and organised.  Now I really must do my housework spend all day finishing up blog posts from the weekend and my 30 day meme posts and admiring them in their new surroundings. I’m sure my husband will wish I’d never seen your blog love what I’m doing with my time

New and Improved on the way....

Short and sweet post....
Thanks to Katrina Chambers my blog will be under going some improvements :)
I can't wait to see my new look unveiled