Post Comment Love & Blogger Showcase 8-10 September 2017

Hello there and welcome to another #PoCoLo - if you were here last week, it was great to see you and if you're linking with Morgan and I for the first time this week, we're really pleased you've chosen to join us. We know you're going to find some fab posts to read and we're looking forward to catching up with all of you. 

As ever, for me, life has been busy and as crazy as normal. Not helped, I think, by deciding to learn to crochet last weekend - like you do - after seeing the most beautiful blanket, which I blogged about earlier this week.  I managed to teach myself and I am hooked (pun intended) and can't believe I thought it was so hard.  It's a portable craft too, and as I said on twitter I've mastered the carrying around bit, now I need to practice the taking it out of my handbag and doing it!  

Small steps and all that...

My photo this week is one from Greenwich Park, I spotted the cheery yellow pine cone flowers as fancying a change, I walked my winter route to work. I was so glad I did. This week I've also decided to move on in my "year in Greenwich Park" series, but not because I've fallen out of love with it, but more because I'm just enjoying it.

cheery yellow coneflowers in greenwich park

Blogger Showcase: Mrs Smith from Finally Mrs Smith

1. Who are you?

I am Mrs. Smith and I blog over at Finally Mrs Smith. A midwest girl who is making the best of marriage, motherhood, and myself. 

2. How did you discover blogging?

I discovered blogging in a course I was taking about technology in the classroom. 

3. Why did you start blogging?

I started blogging as a way to share my thoughts, experiences, and knowledge. 

4. What do you find most challenging?

I go through phases of challenges. Sometimes it's posting regularly. Sometimes it's figuring out what to post about. Right now my challenge is growing my audience. 

5. What is your favourite topic to write about?

My favorite topic to write about are my littles and reviews on products and services. 

6. Are you blogging for fun or do you have goals?

I am currently blogging for fun but would Love to make it a business. I have a topic I am working on that I think can take me in that direction. 

7. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

My favorite thing about blogging is that I control it. 

8. Have you ever attended a blogging conference and if so, what did you think?

I have never attended a blogging conference. 

9. What are your 3 best posts?

  1. My husband is trying to kill me

  2. Bathroom Remodel

  3. A pad/tampon free period!

10. Describe yourself in three words!

Three words that describe me are entertaining, petty, hopeful. 

11. Are you a tea and biscuits or coffee and cake person?

Can I choose tea and cake?  I Love cake and tea. I don't do coffee. 

12. What's your idea of a perfect night out?

For me the perfect night out would consist of nonstop laughing, food, and something physical like laser tag. 

13. Your perfect night in?

The perfect night in would consist of great food (that I don't have to prepare or clean up), board games, friends and family and good music. 

14. What would your best friend/OH/mum or kids say is your best quality?

They would say I'm sweet/nice. 

Great answers, thanks Mrs Smith - so nice to find out a bit more about you.  And definitely yes to tea and cake, cake with anything is a winning combo in my book!  Thanks for taking part, and please do grab your "I was featured in #PoCoLo" badge.

Before you link up, please do take a look and connect with Mrs Smith on her social channels: Twitter  -  Facebook  -  Instagram  -  Pinterest

Post Comment Love 1 - 3 September 2017

Well, hello September!  And welcome back to another Friday and #PoCoLo. If you were here last week, it was great to see you; if you're new here this week then you're very welcome. I'm sure that once again you'll find some great posts to read and some lovely bloggers too.

It's been a funny week, as only short weeks can be. In the office it's been quiet and that's usually a good opportunity to plough on through some work, and I have, but not as much as I'd hoped as all of a sudden it was Thursday and the list was, as ever, still long. That'll be the optimist in me again!

We had a great long weekend and made the most of the weather. Relishing kicking back for a bit I think I've almost booked a holiday. Unusually for us it'll be our first time abroad this year. We're going back to Portugal, but not to the Alentejo for a change. This time we'll be flying to Porto and then taking the train to the Douro Valley where MOH is hoping for some cycling. It's pretty much there, and it's not for another month - yes I'm a bit of a last minute girl - but I'm already looking forward to it.

My photo this week is from my walk to work, but not of Greenwich Park. As it was wet, with more rain expected, I steered clear of the wet grass and took a completely different route. Well they say a change is as good as a rest, don't they?

I spotted the fanciest brick wall, and couldn't resist a photo.

FAB, ISN'T IT?

FAB, ISN'T IT?

Blogger Showcase: Rog from Rog Willis

Rog has a great tagline on his blog - Getting Fit. Rock n'Roll Forever. Life. - and he describes himself as funny, determined and compassionate. I'm also glad to see he's chosen cake to go with coffee, even if it is just a small portion. But when you learn that his favourite topic to write about is weight training, that makes sense.  He's a dad and grandad, and clearly a devoted husband.

To find out more about Rog and his blog, pop over to Morgan's to read all of the answers to our questions - but before you go make some time to connect with Rog on social media: Twitter  -  Instagram

Post Comment Love & Blogger Showcase 25-28 August 2017

Hello there and welcome to this week's Post Comment Love. If you were here last week, it was great to see you and if you're new here this week you're also very welcome. Morgan and I just know you'll find some great posts linked up this week, and maybe even some new-to-you blogs too. Please do stop by some of the other posts linked up so everyone benefits from our fabulous linky community love.

This week has been one of those weeks where I'm sure I've done loads but if you were to ask me what I'm not sure I could tell you. There's been gardening, allotmenteering, and a bit of sting (ouch!), lots of lovely food, some blog post and friends along the way. It's been busy at work, but there's always something to do. 

I have noticed it's getting darker earlier though this week and that's not so welcome. In the mornings too our living room is darker and with no natural light of its own, it's not surprising. Let's hope that's a passing blip and the sun hangs around for a bit longer.

My photo this week is one from the archives, and my visit to the London Design Festival last September. It was held at the Truman Brewery in Shoreditch - and the building was as fascinating as some of the exhibits. This one caught my eye then, and again as I scrolled through my photos this week. 

Clocks on the wall at LDF16

Bloggers Showcase: Bryony from Rebel Momma

REBEL MOMMA

REBEL MOMMA

1. Who are you? 

I'm Bryony aka RebelMomma; I'm mum to a 16 month old Frankie-Monster. Trying to navigate my way through this very new life and reconcile the old me with the new me.  

2. How did you discover blogs/blogging?

I started reading blogs and watching blogs when I was pregnant as I found them a lot more relatable than "official" information. 

3. Why did you start blogging?

I started blogging after being diagnosed with postnatal depression when my son was about 4 months old. It was and still is my therapy. 

4. What do you find most challenging?

I find writing consistently the most challenging, I either seem to write non stop for a week or I hit a wall for a month. 

5. What is your favourite topic to write about?

I've tried to keep the blog quite personal but I love writing anyway so just the writing itself is my favourite. 

6. Are you blogging for fun or do you have goals?

Not even for fun, it's a need in me to write and it helps keep my PND at bay by getting my thoughts out of my head. 

7. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

I've had friends get in touch to thank me for saying things that they had struggled to verbalise. 

8. Have you ever attended a blogging conference?

I haven't ever been to a blogging conference. 

9. What are your three best posts?

1. Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. 

2. Baby daddy. 

3. Knowing me, knowing you (A-ha).

10. Describe yourself in three words.

Contradictory; honest; loyal.

11. Are you a tea and biscuits or coffee and cake person?

Do I actually have to choose? Tea and biscuits. 

12. What's your idea of a perfect night out?

I can't remember what a night out is like! But it would be me, my boyfriend, Jagerbombs and dancing. Lots and lots of dancing. 

13. Your perfect night in?

Pizza, wine, Guardians of the Galaxy. 

14. What would your best friend/OH/mum say is your best quality? 

Probably my resilience. I've had a tough year.