Rules for Blogging

Rule Number 1 


There are NO rules!!


Post what you like, when you want to and how you want to. 

Blogger Love and A Bit of Bragging

I've been a bit of a bad blogger in the last few weeks so today I will make it up to you all with a bit of blogger love. However there will also be a bit of bragging and self promotion from me as well but its my blog and I can do what I like!!

Firstly if you haven't already then please go and checkout the latest British Mummy Bloggers carnival which is being held over a Hot Cross Mum's its a Halloween special.

We have some new blogs on the block so go visit and show some love!

Life of A Pink Haired Mummy

 Beetroot and Gerkins

and finally if you haven't already check out Sleep Is For The Weak's writing workshops, one day I will have time to participate!

Ok time for a little self promo from me!!

I have written a guest post for Daisy Chain Baby, please go over and have a read and leave a comment, its all about our childrens firsts.

My first reviews for the Mums Test are now live and be sure to read my latest review for the great toy guide.

Lastly there was a list put together for the Indepedent of the Top 50 websites and blogs for parents and guess who was in there?? Yeap that right little old me! You can check out the A-Z here

Ok bragging over, I promise some proper post this week

NM X

The Mega Meme Part 1

OK so I'm a bad, bad blogger!! I've been tagged but lots of lovely people I keep forgetting to do the meme's. So I'm now going to do them all....in two parts

I shall do part one today and part two sometime next week.

Here are the meme's I have to do:

The Blame Tara Meme from Tara at Sticky Fingers
The 7 traits meme from Hot Cross Mum and Really Rachel
A Photo tag from Kellyfairy at A Place Of My Own
You're blog is lovely from Ruth at Look Left at the Pleiades
One Word Answers meme from Insomniac Mummy
10 Favourite Film Characters from Linda at You've got your hands full

So just a few as you can see!! I've decided that I'm not going to pass the memes on but I will pass on the award!

Here are the first three meme's!!

Blame Tara

Ok for the Blame Tara Meme I have to answer 10 questions, so here they are with my answers

1. Who is the hottest movie star? Christian Slater, I have a thing about his voice. I went to see him in One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest and found my self chanting "drop the towel, drop the towel" when he was wearing a itty bitty towel around his waist then remembered I'd gone to the play with my dad!

2. Apart from your house and your car, what's the most expensive item you've ever bought? A TV for my Dad

3. What's your most treasured memory? Holding BG for the first time

4. What was the best gift you ever received as a child? My first bike

5. What's the biggest mistake you've made? Spending 5 years with my ex

6. 4 words to describe yourself. Friendly, organised, impatient, tired.

7. What was your highlight or lowlight of 2008? Highlight - The birth of my baby Lowlight - The birth of my baby, she was born after 3 days of failing to be induced by c-section.

8. Favourite film? Some Like It Hot

9. Tell me one thing I don't know about you. I hate mayonnaise

10. If you were a comic book/strip or cartoon character, who would you be? Super Girl

I hope the answer weren't too boring for you!

7 Traits

Yes you've guessed it right for this meme I have to list 7 traits I have.

Now to be honest I hate ones like this, I find it hard to list things about my self, but never mind here I go...

1 Loyal

2 Bossy

3 Impatient

4 Friendly

5 Independent

6 Loving

7 Ambitious

Photo tag

For this I had to go to my 6 photo folder and find the 6th photo and then explain about the picture....

This is actually one of my favourite photo's of BG and if there wasn't sick in the corner of her mouth it would be perfect! She was about 2 months old when this was taken and its just a random picture I took one afternoon when we were home (I have lots of them!)

OK that's the first 3 done, now as I was putting this together I was given two more awards!!

Lorraine at Ramblings Of A Mum On The Run gave me the Zombie Chicken award (I will explain next time!!) and Emily at Maternal Tales From The South Coast gave me the Over The Top award! Thank you ladies I will pass them on in the next instalment

Feel free to answers the questions above your self, if you do then let me know

Part 2 next Sunday

NM X

Blogger Love

As its the 1st of the month I thought I'd share some blogger love

Firstly the latest British Mummy Blogger Carnival is being held over at Clareybabbling so pop over and have a read.

The fabulous online Organic Children's store Daisychainbaby has relaunched their blog, so I suggest you go and have a look!

For the chance to win a Goodie Basket from Daisychainbaby then check out Cafe Bebe's competition.

On the competition theme Sophie4sophie is running a competition with a difference, for the chance to get your hands on a unique dress then go and enter now.

And lastly a little plug for me, I'm holding a review rodeo next Tuesday at New Mummy's Tips, if you would like your review posted them email me at newmummy@live.co.uk

NM X

What A Week!

This week has definitely been a mixed week! Of course the most important thing that has happened this week is BG's crawling, since Tuesday she has picked up speed and is everywhere!

Unfortunalty all the chasing around and picking up my chunky monkey has meant I've out my back out!!

I'm in quite a lot of pain and the tablet given me by the doctors are not working so it looks like an expensive trip to the osteopath!

As I was in a lot of pain OH parents took BG out for the day yesterday, it was her first outing with them. It was also the first time had been at home for a long period of time without her, it was sooo weird, I keep thinking she was up stairs asleep!

It took a while to relax but it was really nice just to rest and read a book. After a couple of hours I really began to miss her and every time a heard a car outside I thought it was them! BG was a good girl and only screamed at them once!!

Hopefully they will take her out a bit more often, so me and OH can have a little break.

(Warning horn tooting and self promo coming up!!)

On Monday I launched my new blog called New Mummy's Tips !! It a tips, offers, discount, review, etc etc type blog. I found I was getting offered a lot of reviews but was concerned that loads of reviews on this blog would take away from this is really about ....ME!! Only joking its of course about me and BG! So pop over and have a look

The Great Toy Guide blog also launched on Monday, this blog features and advice on toys, activities and accessories for children aged 0 -8 years old. The review are done by a team of parent loggers which I am a part of of. Now I am just in the processes of testing my toys but there are some great reviews on there already so pop over have a good look.

This week I also joined the Mum's Test Panel over at the Living with Kids blog which is part of Kidstart

I also made it into Parentdish UK Mummy Bloggers Friday roundup

And last but not least the August Top 100 British Parent Blogs was annouched over at Who's The Mummy and New Mummy is now at 47! so I've moved up 24 places (Toot toot)

So in terms of blogging and BG's development its been a good week!

In terms of my back and finding a job its been a bad week!

Never mind it all starts again tomorrow!

NM X

PS I have about 4 memes to pass on, which I will do next week so watch out!!

PPS Check out the latest British Mummy Bloggers Carnival the link is in my side bar