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Self Care Sunday

Taking the day off so today’s post is scheduled.

Attempting a day offline as a little self care.

Back tomorrow

Erk, Well Ok then…

Blog Everyday In November is going swimmingly, yes? I managed a couple of days and then promptly forgot about it. :/ So here’s a couple of days catch up

Photography

Here’s a pretty photo I took

Fireworks Night

Beautiful_sky_with_fireworks

I used to LOVE fireworks when I was little. It was my Grandad’s birthday around Cracker Night so we’d have a family get together with cake and fireworks.

Friday Night In

Ha this is me pretty much every week! Hubby goes out and plays D&D with his mates and I get to stay home. Depending on the kids, it’s either something on TV, baking or scrapbooking. I remember when Friday night in meant a bunch of mates coming round, lots of alcohol and loud music 😉

Unusual Hobby

I didn’t think I had unusual hobbies, then I went and googled “unusual hobbies”. As you do. Who would of known my love of haunting cemeteries (haha) actually had a name?

Taphophilia is a passion for and enjoyment of cemeteries. The singular term is a taphophile. It involves epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and history of (famous) deaths.

There you go. I love checking out local cemeteries and absorbing the history of the place. Which reminds me, it must be time for a photo walk again soon 😉

Food Glorious food

I’m such a foodie and I LOVE cooking. You can check out some of my favourite recipes by having a look on my Pinterest board or click on the following tags – Food, Thermomix, In the Den Kitchen

Love Mondays?

Kinda. I mean it’s the first work day back after the weekend (boo). Miss K is at school giving me more 1 on 1 time with Miss A (yay). So many days left til the weekend (boo) yet so many possible things we can do during the week & swimming lessons (yay)

So are you a fan of Mondays?

Something new about myself

Honestly I’m struggling to think of something new to share about myself.

You all know about my love of cooking, how I met hubby, my hobbies…..

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have I shared that I have a birthmark on my foot? No? Can’t remember. So there you go. My new fact to share with you all 😀

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I’m taking part in Blog Every Day in November. You can sign up, find all the prompts and a list of participants here.

Blogging every day in November

Not as part of NaBloPoMo but as part of #BEDN. I do it in May and found out Elizabeth at Rosalilium does a November version as well. So I’m taking part. Back tomorrow with my first post 🙂

Time for some bloggy housekeeping

Yup, it’s time for the Biannual Blogathon Bash again. I’m planning on a smaller list this time around as Miss K has soccer tomorrow & Miss A has been pretty unsettled the last week (4 teeth last weekend!) and wanting her mum all the time. Just realised I’ve been taking part in this since 2013.

So here is my June 2015 list…

take part in at least 1 Twitter party
do a couple of the mini challenges
tidy my blog emails
get reviews written & up
write and schedule some posts
check old posts for broken links & missing images

Mini challenges (will add as we go along)

Instagram prompts (1,2,3,4,5)

Binannual Blogathon Bash

It’s nearly time for the Biannual Blogathon Bash again. It starts next Friday! This will be my fourth (or fifth?) time taking part and it’s a great way to get some blogging tasks you’ve been putting of done and learn some new things through the mini challenges.

You can read about what I’ve done in previous blogathons by checking out my posts.

What is the blogathon?

It’s a FREE online event held twice a year (January and June) giving bloggers a chance to “work on all their blogging to-dos and learn more about different aspects of blogging at the same time as many other bloggers. Basically a blogathon=blogging+marathon. Most participants dedicate a large chunk of time during the weekend event to work on their blogs but you can join in even if you can’t dedicate that much time.”

The blogathon is open to all bloggers – new/experienced, solo/group, for profit/not for profit, business bloggers, personal bloggers, those who have one blog, those who have multiple blogs, bloggers of ALL niches.

Sound interesting? Sign up here then join the Facebook group (make sure you have some mention of your blog in your facebook profile or PM Kathleen Garber letting her know you have requested to join the group and where you blog.

I’d love to see some more Aussies join up. Let me know if you do so I can come check out your blog/cheer you along during the blogathon 😀

My blogging journey

Today marks the last day in May and therefore the last post for Blog Every Day in May for 2015. I missed a few days this year but oh well.

I started my first blog way back when before blogging was cool, pretty sure it was on yahoo, maybe a geocities site I can’t really remember. Then Blogger came out and I started Ramblings from the Goth in May 2005. It rambled along til 2006 which is when I started Nightwolf’s Den (originally on Blogger until I won a domain name & hosting package a couple of year’s back).

2006 also saw me start a blog documenting our wedding. After the wedding I went back to one blog again then in 2009 I started From the Wolf’s Den when we found out we were expecting our first child. This one is still going but I don’t update it as often as I’d like. It’s all pregnancy, baby and children.

2009 I also started a Christmas blog but decided 3 blogs was too much and ended up just adding all the Christmas stuff to this blog.

From 2010 onwards I’ve pretty much concentrated my blogging journey here with the occasional post over at From the Wolf’s Den. This little space on the net has continued to see and record so many things – the birth of 2 gorgeous girls, my various businesses, scrapbooking adventures, a blogging conference, mum getting sick, Frocktobers, Afternoon Teals, LOTS of house renovations, some great products to review and so much more.

I look forward to seeing what the future brings 😀

10 things that are in my head

(my attempt at a roughly buzzfeedish post)

In no particular order

1. Adam Goodes is a tool. don’t care if he is aboriginal or not, the man is a tool.

2. I so need more sleep. and chocolate.

3. Buzzfeed is slightly addictive

4. I love that miss K loves soccer

5. Miss A is growing way to frickin quick

6. I really should back up my photos

7. i need to clean up

8. a hot chocolate would be delish about now

9. I am really tired

10. should clean the table and do some scrapbooking when the girls go to bed tomorrow