May 27 2008
I’ve been reading Claire Robertson’s blog Loobylu since before I started blogging. She was part of the inspiration for me to start my own blog.
Anyway, I asked if I could interview her and she agreed and I’ve posted it over on the Aussie bloggers blog. Please go and have a read.
May 07 2008
I’m very pleased to host the May 7, 2008 edition of Carnival of Australia. I had to delete a couple of spam type posts but otherwise all have been included. I had some trouble with the formatting from the Word doc I received so if you notice any errors please let me know. Read on….
Lin Burress presents So Sexy, So Soon: The Sexualization of Childhood in Commercial Culture posted at Telling It Like It Is.
Lightening presents Netball Grief posted at Lightening Online, saying, “A raw and emotional post with bittersweet memories of a time gone past.”
Martin Russell presents Long Copy Vs Short Copy - The Final Say. posted at Word of Mouth Marketing.
Sandy Naidu presents Income Protection Insurance (Disability Income Protection) posted at Future Nest Egg, saying, “Personal Finance Blog”
Keran Thomas presents A touch of Birdwing history posted at Birdwing Therapies, saying, “How my business name, Birdwing Therapies, came to be.”
Brennan Ryan presents Do You Have What it Takes to Lead? posted at Free Business Tips.
Suzie Cheel presents My Big Hairy Audacious Goal! posted at The Abundance Highway, saying, “On Monday I said I have a big goal I want to achieve quickly, based totally around LOA and that I would expand on this on a post on Wednesday. That was optimistic but here we are.”
7million7years presents A retirement dream - Australia « How to Make 7 Million in 7 YearsTM posted at How to Make 7 Million in 7 YearsTM, saying, “Australia is the country most people around the world would like to live in when they retire. So, how well does the typical Aussie live in retirement?”
Shan Siddiqi presents Disease can’t go on strike; why can doctors? posted at Globally Rational, saying, “New Zealand’s junior doctors recently went on strike for more money. Wait… doctors can go on strike?”
Megan Bayliss presents Sex predators groom against child protection posted at imaginif, saying, “While personal grooming is generally considered to be good, grooming is also a process of desensitization that sex predators use on children. A sex predator will use grooming to make themselves look nice and to prepare and trick a child into accepting sexual abuse.”
Kathie Thomas presents You’re only as happy as your saddest child posted at The Thomases.
Belongum presents “You look like a man I knew,”… « Belongum’s Weblog posted at Belongum’s Weblog, saying, “A family Yarn!”
Jen presents Being a boy posted at Semantically driven, saying I think I was blessed with a boy so I could learn just how different they are from girls.
Craig Harper presents The Non-Optional Stuff. posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, “Q. Why do so many of us who want to get in shape (whatever that means for us individually) fail to do so, even though we know exactly what to do, and why we should do it?”
Anne Maybus presents Two Kinds of Courage. posted at The Tall Poppy.
Jeff presents Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition posted at Jeffagogo.com, saying, “Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition Perth”
PlanningQueen presents A Newbie’s Lessons From Upgrading to Wordpress 2.5.1 posted at Planning with Kids, saying, “While still not perfect, some lessons on how I muddled through the upgrade to WordPress 2.5.1 and got the blog up and running.”
Des Walsh presents The One Dollar Trial a Gift that Keeps on Giving posted at Thinking Home Business.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of australia using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Apr 20 2008
I just saw the date 14 April on someone elses blog and I realised that my four year blogiversary completely slipped me by. This doesn’t surprise me as I saw a friend today and realised I’d completely forgotten her birthday too. She always remembers mine and JJ’s and I felt really really bad.
It’s not worth apologising to myself for missing my blogiversary, but happy belated birthday to this blogging thing for me.
Apr 07 2008
Welcome to the April 7, 2008 edition of all women blogging carnival. This carnival will now be hosted fortnightly which is why nothing happened last week. I’m glad to be hosting again - it’s good fun, and there’s no mess to clean up at the end. Here we go:
Edith presents Who Are You? posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.
Tali presents Easter Special - 10 Finest Bunny Bombshells | Holidays, posted at Tali, saying, “It’s Bunny Mania at The Pinup Blog! Easter leaves me no choice but to go bunny hunting across the web. I bring you the finest bunny bombshells: Be vewy vewy quiet…”
Rena Williams presents Are Your Goals Golding You Back? posted at Balanced Success.
Suzie Cheel presents Monday Motivation Just Being posted at The Abundance Highway, saying, “The ability to Just Be, helps us to have peace , reflection and more in our lives. Take time each day just to be.”
Robyn J McCleary presents MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA posted at Rhythm ‘n Rhyme.
Edith presents Obama, Clinton and Web 2.0 posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..
Tali presents Plus Size Pinups - Could they Ever Grow Beyond Sidestream? | Art, Artists, Plus Size, Diversity, Comics, History | The Pinup Blog posted at Tali, saying, “Plus-size pinups are a niche within a niche. It’s hard to see a potential of growth outside of the plus-size fetish community. I would like to propose otherwise, by showcasing a few plus-size pinup artists.”
Jenny presents Cartoons can drive you crazy! » the so called me posted at the so called me.
Tali presents Welcome to The (new and improved) Marketer Review or Why I posted at The Marketer Review, saying, “It’s shiny, it’s pretty and it’s fully functional! It’s The Marketer Review! New and improved! But why did I move?”
Cindy King presents How Do Your Foreign Prospects Use Their Search Engines posted at Cindy King.
Nara presents Surviving Marital Infidelity - Signs of Infidelity » Getting Over Past Relationships posted at Infidelity, saying, “Surviving Infidelity helps you identify the signs of infidelity and deal with the situation.”
Micellaneous Mum presents Tears for fears posted at Miscellaneous Adventures of an Aussie Mum, saying, “A snippet taken from a 2 year old’s sadness over Thomas the Tank Engine”
Aparna presents Cover your gray with touch-up sticks posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, saying, “I recently heard about hair touch-up sticks (color sticks) as a quick and easy way to cover gray hair. How do they work? You have to wet the color stick and then brush over the offending strands.”
Lisa Jey Davis presents Yo Yo Me posted at Ms. Cheevious, saying, “Ms. Cheevious explains the ups and downs, ins and outs of trying to live healthy, keep her boyfriend happy and lead a very hectic life - all while trying to enjoy every moment!”
Suzie Cheel presents Monday Motivation: Being Present posted at The Abundance Highway, saying, “Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift, That’s why we call it the present. -Anon Being present is often a challenge in the busy world A new Earth provides us with new ways of being still”
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Deja Views posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
GP presents Follow Up .. with feeling posted at Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn, saying, “Follow up with feeling… it makes all the difference”.
Mandy presents How to Make a Camera Obscura posted at The Photographer Blog, saying, “This blog takes a look at my love for digital photography and everything to do with it. This is a fun ‘how to’ article!”
Stephanie presents Frugal Green Crafting posted at Stop the Ride!.
Tip Diva presents Top Ten Tips - Getting Things Done posted at Tip Diva, saying, “Getting things done can be a big hassle. But if you take the time to ponder, prepare and prioritize, you can simplify your daily tasks. Here’s how.”
lisa presents My cell group posted at Life Lesson, saying, “visit and enjoy my writings”
valereee presents Foraging: Wild Garlic posted at Cincinnati Locavore.
Mandy presents My First Month of Project 365! posted at The Photographer Blog, saying, “I’m looking at how I am getting on with my project 365 and how it is documenting my year.”
karen alonge presents he’s leaving the nest posted at advice for parents.
Elizabeth presents Never let go of your dreams! posted at The best is yet to come!, saying, “This blog discusses how to have success when going after your dreams!”
poetloverrebelspy presents The Art of Being a Gracious Houseguest posted at Less Than a Shoestring, saying, “Staying with family and friends while traveling is an easy and enjoyable way to save money. A gracious host will make you feel that you and your wishes are at the center during your stay — but a wise guest is one who makes his host’s wishes his own, thereby honoring his host. How can you make sure you are the type of guest who will always be welcomed with open arms? Find out more in this post.”
Elizabeth presents Reaching your dreams with PASSION! posted at The best is yet to come!, saying, “This blog discusses success and happiness when going after your dreams with passion!”
Adie Dornom presents 3 Tips to Blog Like a Manic and Still Have a Life posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog. presents How to Make Your Own Free Printable Birthday Cards posted at Home Life Weekly, saying, “These easy to make these free birthday cards, are tasteful quality designs which you wouldn’t be embarrassed to give to anyone, just choose your design and print, fold and give.”
Marcella Chester presents Socialization Which Sets Up Sex Predator/Passive Victim Model posted at abyss2hope: A rape survivor’s zigzag journey into the open.
Meg A. presents 5 Ways to Make a Difference to the ENVIRONMENT Before you go to Work posted at How to Make a Difference.
the baglady presents The Business of Being Born posted at xynny, saying, “review of a great documentary about natural child birth”.
Elizabeth presents Small steps that ignite the flame of passion! posted at The best is yet to come!, saying, “This blog discusses the steps that you need to take when going after your dreams with passion!”
Jennifer Price presents Spanking is NOT Loving Discipline. posted at Cosmicmama.com. Tra presents Follow Your Intuition posted at SINGLE MOM LIVING.
Megan Bayliss presents Child safety at weddings posted at imaginif, saying, “We have just celebrated our first wedding anniversary. Reflecting on our first year together, I can truly say that I love Paul more now than the day we got married under a waterfall in the rainforest.”
Jen presents Party food and suspension from school posted at Semantically driven, saying “It’s not always smooth sailing at school. Some kids find it hard to fit in and make friends and unfortunately get into trouble as a result.”
Kate Sheofsky presents Just another manic monday posted at Mighty K8.
Sarah presents SARAHSPY: Buy me compass jewelry to help me find my way posted at SARAHSPY.
Erica Douglass presents Are Your Business Cards Still Stuck In The 1990’s? posted at erica.biz - Erica Douglass challenges you to change your life! What is holding you back from your dreams?, saying, “Are your business cards boring, or do they grab people’s attention right away? I share “four steps to business card bliss” based on conversations with top bloggers.”
Tali presents Jack Humphrey’s Authority Black Book 2008 - Very Necessary posted at The Marketer Review, saying, “Like most second editions the changes made to the Authority Black Book 2008 aren’t huge, but they’re very necessary.”
Amy @ The Q Family presents Can I ride? posted at The Q Family Adventure, saying, “Great product for travel with kids” .
Silicon Valley Blogger presents See Our Lower Utililty Bills! Save Money, Energy and Water With New Appliances posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “thank you!”
Arriane presents XOXO: Style Lessons from Gossip Girl « The College Girl Inquiries posted at The College Girl Inquiries.
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Mar 04 2008
Below is my interview which forms part of the great interview experiment. After a bit of reshuffling I was interviewed by Dana of Diary of a MILF in Progress. I’ve already interviewed Kristabella. Confused yet? The way it works is that Dana sent me the questions below and I answered them below to the best of my ability. I made up questions that Kristabella answered on her blog.
When I first read the questions, I thought, wow, these will be hard to answer. The best way to do something is to start it and go from there and I start I did it at 2.15pm last Friday. I’ve mentioned the time because I thought I’d spend 15 minutes on this and then go and vacuum before I picked JJ up from school. When I looked at the clock it was nearly 3pm so the vacuuming waited a bit while I went and did the school pickup. I ended up really enjoying these questions. Read on.
How do you feel about the term “mommyblogger/mummyblogger”? Do you feel as though it is simply a category, or does it provoke an assumption about the writer and subject matter of the blog?
I think it does evoke an assumption about the writer and the subject matter of the blog because it’s a label for a type of blogger. Even though I blog about my parenting it’s not all I blog about because my whole life doesn’t revolve around what I do as a parent. Kids are pretty consuming when they’re young but then they get older and one day will leave home (hopefully) so what will the current mummybloggers be labelled then, provided they’re still blogging of course.
If given the chance to choose a particular age be for as many years as you wished to be that age, how old would you be and how long would you maintain that age?
Whew, that’s a pretty philosophical question. I’m pretty happy with my life at the moment so it might be nice to maintain my current age for a while. Physically, things are going downhill (literally) at the moment so a halt to that would be good. I don’t fancy going back to my teens or early 20s because I didn’t enjoy them as much as I’m enjoying myself now. I’ve grown up a lot in the last few years, surprisingly – or not – since I’ve had my son and I also feel that my life is a lot more fulfilling, partly because of him, but partly because I’ve gone out and sought other things.
What is the smartest purchase you have ever made? What is the most ill-advised purchase?
The smartest purchase was buying my house when I did before the property boom happened. There’s no way I could afford to do it in the area I live now, or afford to buy a house for that matter.
The most ill-advised was my first car. I took along a friend who I thought knew something about cars and as it turns out he didn’t. It was a Datsun 180B SSS. I had trouble getting insurance because of mag tyres, the gearbox was in backwards and it was a lemon. Everything went wrong with it and I got rid of it as soon as I could and bought something a lot more reliable, without the advice of my friend, but got the local motoring authority to check it out.
What traits or aspects of your personality do you most want to pass on to your son? Which ones do you hope he does not inherit?
This is a hard one. I’m pretty optimistic so I’d like to pass that on because it’s really easy to see the negative a lot of the time. Otherwise I like to think I’m considerate of others and hope that he is also.
As for the ones I hope he doesn’t inherit, there are none. Yeah right! I swear a bit too much and swear in front of him and sometimes at him. I can be a bit quick to lose my cool, usually because of him but of course that’s no excuse.
Describe your perfect meal (prepared by someone else, if you want, and cleaned up by someone else as well).
Any food prepared by someone else is bloody brilliant and I love it even more if I don’t have to do the clearing and washing up. I love seafood, hint hint for that someone else.
What word(s) do you like to say (because of how they sound, not because of what they mean or their context)? What words do you dislike?
I like vicarious. I can’t think of any others at present.
Words I dislike – c*nt (except if it’s used in the right context which is very rare).
If money and childcare were no barriers, where would you like to travel?
I’d love to see more of
What moment in your life do you consider the most major one in shaping how your life is today? Where would you be if that moment had happened differently?
My moment is the moment I got pregnant. I sometimes wonder where I would if I hadn’t got pregnant. I hadn’t planned on having kids, in fact I was pretty sure I wouldn’t which is partly why it was a major thing for me. I think I would be quite different if I didn’t have him in that he’s taught me how be less selfish and I’ve become a more rounded person I think.
Complete this sentence: “You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but…”
It’s for me to know and you to find out. Whatever I could think of to finish this sentence is probably not anything I’d ever write on my blog.
What is your favorite type of chocolate? (I refuse to entertain the notion that anyone dislikes chocolate, so everyone must have a favorite!)
Green’s organic white chocolate. Mmm mmmm.
Feb 29 2008
Shai Coggins crept into my radar again recently. I’d come across her blog some time ago when she was featured in our local rag, The Advertiser, and then again more recently when she joined a Flickr group I’m in. Every week she’s running a 52 weeks of blog community project (52WoC for short) and this week the task is to feature one of your readers on your blog. There’s a few ways of doing this and I’ve chosen to feature three of my top commenters. There’s a bit of a theme here as you will see.
Jeanie from Jeanie in Paradise came into my blogging life about a year ago. Her memory is better than mine so she might be able to remember how we met, but all of a sudden she started leaving me comments. We have some stuff in common, being sole parents and all - although she now has a man in her life. Tuesday night is Taco night is perfect for showing us mums how those great intentions we had before having kids go out the window when the little ones come along.
I met Joy of Joy of Six via her daughter Jory. Jory talked her mum Joy into blogging just over two years ago. She’s like a second mum to me and has been a fantastic support when I’ve had some life issues. Myself and JJ also have names starting with J like her and her family. She’s always encouraging and I love the comments I get from her and I actually like her poetry (I’m not a huge fan of poetry).
Megan from Imaginif Child protection became serious business is yet another person who’s been really supportive of me and yet another person who I feel that if I met in real life, I would really like. If you want to know anything about child protection hers is the blog to visit. She writes lots of interesting articles and has got me thinking more about child protection. Her BITSS of protective behaviours is definitely worth a read and she also facilitates the Carnival of Australia.
I’m also getting to know more bloggers because of the new Aussie bloggers community. Check it out if you haven’t already. There’s loads of how tos about blogging and if something related to blogging is not there you just need to ask as there’s plenty of people to help out. It’s not restricted to Australians either.
All of these people, and there are more who drop in occasionally (see the top commenters in the right hand nav), are fantastic blogging buddies and I feel honoured to know them, well know them virtually anyway. Thank you.
Jan 28 2008
Some people that read this blog already know about my involvement with the Aussie Blogger forum. Now I’ve written my first post for the accompanying Aussie Blogger blog about Creating a blogroll from your Google Reader subscriptions. Hopefully this will be the first of many - I’ve just got to think of relevant material. As there will be a few people contributing to this blog I don’t have to come up with ideas all the time so this blog won’t suffer as a result.
I’ve been away for the last three days and tomorrow school starts back, so today will be a domestic goddess type day and a day of rest. As much as I’m addicted to blogging, playing Scrabulous and checking on emails etc I did not miss looking at a computer screen one little bit.
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