Blogging - Link Ups
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Posted: Most Clicks of All Time
Joining in the fun over at Sarah’s today, sharing my post with the Most Clicks of All Time. All time post with the highest clicks is ….. Table Manners Obviously we mustn’t be the only parents who consider table manners to be important. We continue to be a work in progress here, as there are still younger children to train but we can confidently say that progress has been made, certainly no one eats off their knives. Thinking it’s time we dusted off the chart again as other areas need more attention.
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“Most” Posts of 2013
Joining in with a link up over at Sarah’s, sharing our “most’ posts in the following five categories, Sarah does indeed like to issue challenges. Post with the most clicks Top clicks goes to Mega List of Lent/Easter books with 1931 clicks!! Not sure where all these clicks are coming from, pinterest, spam..?? This totally amazes me and for any book lovers I have more book reviews listed at the top tab under Book Lists or head over to My Book Site. Post with the most comments The Challenges of Blogging and Changes Within Blogosphere totally blew me away with 42 and 33 comments respectively. Admittedly half of those comments are…
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Creating Synergy
Whilst co-ops are an important resource for many home educators in the States, they don’t play a major role in Australia, although they exist in the major cities I haven’t experienced any in rural Australia. Periodically local home education groups may gather and parents share and impart skills, but formal co-ops certainly haven’t been part of my experience within the home education movement of the past 30 years. Co-ops haven’t flourished in rural Australia for a number of factors, primarily our numbers are low, in our region, population 50,000 we have approximately 10 home educating families. Then many home educating families aren’t interested in mixing and there is a general unwillingness to sacrifice…
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2012 Homeschool Blog Awards
It’s once again voting time at the Homeschool Blog Awards:) The concept of blog awards can create a funny feeling for some and I respect their viewpoint, but I firmly believe that any blogger who ‘picks up the keyboard’, writes thoughtfully, respectfully, circumspectly and well is already a winner. The blog awards are an opportunity to acknowledge some generous and talented women (and men and teens) and to discover some awesome new blogs. I’m often fascinated by what blogs others are reading, I believe what you read reflects your interests and what writing style you appreciate, your reading list changes depending upon your ‘season’, for example when I’m at a low ebb…
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Versatile Blogger Award
My friend Becky at Academy of the Good Shepherd has awarded me ‘The Versatile Blogger Award’. It’s always a surprise to be awarded an award. a lovely surprise:) Glad to know I must talk about something other than books and building;) Thank you Becky. Rules for the Versatile Blogger are: Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them. Tell your readers 7 things about yourself. Give this award to 15 recently discovered bloggers. Contact those bloggers and let them in on the news. 1. I always wanted curly hair, alas my hair is dead straight. 2. I’ve travelled within Australia a bit but never internationally. 3. I…
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Liebster Award
Imagine my pleasure and delight to discover Crissy had awarded me the Liebster Blog award. I was most humbled and honoured to read her comment: I want to go and live with Erin and her gorgeous family of 9 children. They live an incredible life of Home Schooling, following their faith, and rural life and so much more. A must follow blog. How nice was that!? I discovered Crissy’s blog through Digital Parents (Aussie mummy bloggers;) when Crissy shared the most poignant story I have ever read. A post that bought me to tears, one that lingered for weeks in my mind, and when the ‘grand visit’ was occurring I was praying lots in…
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My May Photography Challenge
Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion it is vitally important to be involved in a creative pursuit, an opportunity to ‘re-boot’. During the last few months I have turned my creative energies towards photography, keen to improve my skills. Whilst ‘chopping off heads’ is a ‘skill’ of the past, I have plenty of room for improvement. Browsing through pinterest I found a few photography challenges, a great way to help me focus, however none of the challenges were quite ‘me’, so I’ve tweaked and added. Realising my interest is in specific areas I focused my challenge there; my family, our bushland and landscape. Over the month of May…
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The Lobster Award – An Award with a Difference
Last month Sue gifted me with smiles when she awarded me the Lobster Award. Last year I was blessed to discover Sue and her blog and have enjoyed her busy commenting community and our friendship. The Award was created by Victor an unique reader and busy commenter at Sue’s blog. The Lobster Award is an award with a difference, it is not an award for blogging but an award of acknowledgement and gratitude to our readers and in particular our commentators. This magnificent and rarely presented Award is only given to those tireless and hard-working Bloggers who, despite the many vicissitudes which life may throw in their way, despite the magnitude of the task ahead in…
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Pinning it Down – Grain Free Baking
Joining in with Sarah and Pam as they encourage me to turn my pins into an actual project. To my readers it must appear that all my energy at present is directed towards the gastronomical, whilst that is not entirely so, pinning projects did once again focus on my Grain Free board. Our grain free breakfast menu this week included Grain Free Blueberry Banana Muffins from Real Food Whole Health. As our little ones are not yet keen on berries, so I made half with and half without. The only complaint was I didn’t make enough. We also thoroughly enjoyed Double Down Chocolate Muffins from Healthful Pursuits but alas I didn’t manage a photo before they were all gobbled. Truly though the most…
