Grateful for Husbands, founds and even my Mother in law

Today I am grateful because my husband found our misplaced OFFICE computer discs. I needed them to install on my new laptop (the one I won thanks to Lenovo and Sarah@Ah, the possibilities) . They were somewhat buried in the garage (inside boxes ), stuff packed ready to go into storage.

I was able to finish some business stuff so it was very helpful. We didn't find the MYOB discs so I had to purcha$e an upgrade for that.

The biggest thing I am grateful about is that OFFICE picture manager makes it so easy to compress pictures - to upload to my posts. I was having trouble with the basic Windows installed program.

Still, in the process of finding those Discs - it led to a bigger project which has taken mu Hubby 3 days. Most of our boxes are now being stored off the premises now.

My nose is very grateful for soft Kleenex tissues this week (and last). I could have used a year supply of them too.

Today is my Mother in laws 80th birthday. I may not see eye to eye with her on everything though we have a good relationship. She is a kind and generous with advice everything.

I am most grateful she birthed the love of my life- my husband and raised him to be a loving, caring , househandy man - he loved to clean and vacuum as a boy. We are having a family celebration dinner tonight and her daughter has arranged  a high tea afternoon for her with her older friends from the retirement village.
MMM I guess it means we will have CAKE tonight too.

This is one my hubby will love - Credit

Ps - Can you tell I like cake and chocolate - what is your favourite cake ?

What are you grateful for today ?

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Meet me ...

Finally I can say it - shout it if you please...

I’M DELIGHTED TO BE MEETING

YOU -

at the day session, at least, and to meet others for dinner Friday night.

There has been envious watching of all the tweeting and chatting abuzz in the Aus Mum Blogger circles.

This weekend some 170+ mummy and other personal bloggers will hit Sydney for the first Australian Blogging Conference (ABC or Aus Blog Con).

I still don't feel like a real blogger even after nearly 4 yrs of personal mummy blogging (and 6 years of an online presence in other parenting forums).

I was shy about going.My husband's health was also my main concern six months ago when the ABC tickets were first announced. I held off buying a ticket because ... I just couldn't commit to anything not just that finances were and are still tight.

When DH's scan on Feb 1st was clear the ABC tickets were sold out. I held my breath, hoping , quietly.

Monday, I saw a tweet from the gorgeous Holly @ Good Golly Miss Holly . Don't fret - you still get to meet her too - Holly is going to the hot frocks dinner and I got to buy her day ticket. It suited me.  

I'm most excited to re-new acquaintances , hug and hang out with the chicks who make me laugh and cry daily with their real life stories on their blog or one liners on twitter.

Here is ten IMPORTANT things you should know about me

1. I'm hearing impaired - The thing behind my right ear is my BAHA hearing aid - bone anchored hearing aid and if you can see the screw in my head - it means I've lost it. I may start screaming too.
   
   
2. Seriously if you say 'hello' from behind or from my left I may not hear - please don't think I'm ignoring you. Feel free to tap me on the shoulder or jab me in the back.
   
   
3. If I answer a question inappropriately - don't assume Kelley has given me too many Margaritas - I probably didn't hear you.
   
   
4. I ask people to repeat things, a lot sometimes, in noisy environments - forgive me I am not really stupid I do get things - I just miss bits (see #3 too) and keep asking until I fully understand.
   
   
5. Don't worry I can't lip read much ...but I do concentrate hard on people speaking sometimes so if you think I am staring strangely - I am not.
   
   
6. I don't mind if you talk 'louder' to me but please remind me if I am talking too loud too ...
   
   
7. I'm also vision impaired in my right eye - I wear contact lens only in my left eye. You wouldn't know it until I look at you - my right eye has minimal peripheral vision, my eye has a slight turn and a bit different. I am very self conscious about it but what can I do but grin and carry on.
   
   
8. I hate the way I look especially in photos ...my right side is the worst. Just saying - I will hide in the corner if your camera comes out.
   
   
9. I get very nervous when I meet new people. I may babble to hide my nervousness. I get the feeling many of us are nervous so I know I'm not alone.I don't have any business cards to offer you :( but I do have heart shaped post it's.
   
   
10. Friday & Saturday I hope I leave behind some of my concerns and just enjoy connecting in real life with new and old friends. I'll soak in as much information as I can as the conference and come home re-newed.
    

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Blogs With Great Content and No Readers

I saw this on Lani's & Jen's blog and also at Planning Queen It is a project going on in the blogosphere being run at Chuck Westbrook’s Blog and is aimed at solving the problem of Blogs With Great Content and No Readers.

In brief participants like myself will:
1. Join the group for the project.
2. Read a good, lesser known blog for two weeks.
3. At the end of the two weeks, the group moves to another blog to read.

I've joined in a few things before like ICLW and carnivals .I have gained a few new readers and found some hidden gems.There are fantastic little gems of blogs out there, and they might even bring this blog some new readers.
Hop on over to Chuck’s blog if you would like to join in too.


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RSS awareness Day

Just wanted to remind you all May 1st is RSS awareness day !

Do you use RSS ?

What is RSS ?

May 1st is RSS awareness day ?

Thanks Sue @Blogging Sueblimely for bringing this to my attention.

Daniel of Blogging Tips has initiated RSS Awareness Day to take place 1st May. The objective - to get as many people as possible talking about RSS and its benefits

You can join in and get involved here!

So do you know what RSS is and how it works ?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format used to deliver information from websites and pages that get updated regularly

Tonight I was staggered to read only 4-5% of internet users use RSS. Do you ?

I use Goggle reader. There are many choices.

It is so much quicker then visiting all my favourites and seeing if they have new posts.It saves me time and I still visit most blogs personally or I can skim through relevant posts and then go directly to them.

I also love seeing how much subscribers I have. Have you subscribed Me ? See the little orange button on the top left.

It only takes two clicks and then you will never miss a post.

This video explains how it all works -much better than I can.




If you are reading this in your RSS feed please de-lurk and say hi ...and tell others about your RSS experience. Then spread the word on your blog ...

101 writing tips ... writing 101

I found this excellent link 101 writing tips because as I finished school and studying too many years ago to count, I thought it worthy to share. ( all wrong I know)

Though my maths is strong - my grammar and punctuation ain't ! or should I say isn't ?

It is very funny, tongue in cheek too !

Your turn - do you care about how well a blog writer writes ?

do you just skim it anyway to get to the point or read it carefully?

what turns you off (in a writing sense - please keep it clean) or on in a blog ?



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