1. Go to Pacifiers, Pumps, The World and copy the code to place the blog hop button (as seen above) on your post or on your sidebar. Help spread the word.

2. Add your link

3. Follow me and I will follow back. Please leave me a comment.

4. Follow Pacifiers, Pumps, The World, and Raven will follow you back.

5. Find at least one other blog to follow.

6. Happy blog hopping!

• You can subscribe to my blog via RSS or email.
• You can also follow me on Google, Blog Frog or Blog Catalog.
• You can follow me on Twitter: @mammakerr
• I also have a Mamma Kerr page on Facebook.
• Please feel free to grab my button and display on your blog! Thanks!

If you are visiting on one of the blog hops, please leave a comment to let me know, and I’ll hop over to your blog too!!

Please take a few moments to look round my site or bookmark to come back later!…

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Now it’s time for blog hopping!…

Follow Me Fridays at The Trendy Treehouse

New Friend Friday

You can link up at The Girl Creative and enter their fabulous giveaway here.

I LOVE Fridays, because it is blog hopping time! Yay!

It’s time to find lots of interesting new blogs and lovely people to follow. I also hope to gain lots of wonderful new followers too!

• You can subscribe to my blog via RSS or email. 
• You can also follow me on Google, Blog Frog or Blog Catalog. 
• You can follow me on Twitter: @mammakerr
• I also have a Mamma Kerr page on Facebook.
• Please feel free to grab my button and display on your blog! Thanks!


If you are visiting on one of the blog hops, please leave a comment to let me know, and I’ll hop over to your blog too!! 

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New Friend Friday

 

You can join the New Friend Friday blog hop at The Girl Creative site here.

 

Friday Follow MckLinky:

I have been given these two lovely blog awards from Frugal Mom from Frugal Family.  Thank you very much!

I’m now required to pass these awards on to 15 fantastic bloggers.

So I have tagged the following bloggers, with a little explanation as to what exactly I enjoy about their blogs.

The Domestic Diva - I’ve been a BIG fan of Heather Batts AKA The Domestic Diva for a few years now.  I first came across her on Twitter, and started following her blog.  Her blog has lots of reviews, giveaways, and beautiful photographs.  Heather also likes to vlog, and does it sooooo well.  The Domestic Diva reinvents herself often, keeping the blog very fresh.  This blog is something I aspire to.

Cop Mama  – I’m a fairly new follower of Cop Mama, but this has very quickly become one of my favourite blogs.  She does a fun meme, which I enjoy taking part in – Mama Guilt Monday – where you can offload your mama guilt each week.  This blog is full of beautiful photographs of Cop Mama’s sons.

Adventures of a Supah Mommy - I discovered Supah only recently, and I’m sooooo glad I did because her blog is just sooooo much fun!!  I really love how Supah’s whacky personality shines through on her blog.  Supah hosts some fun, original memes on her blog, with my fave being Post It Note Tuesday,

MckMama - A really lovely feel-good blog with  entertaining, heartfelt blog posts, amazingly awesome photographs and great memes.  Get to know all of MckMama’s lovely family – even MckFlurry, who is not even born yet!! 

My Little Life - I came across this lovely little blog a short while ago, and I participate in the author, Mama M’s great Friday meme – Five Question Friday – which is great fun!  I think I love this blog so much because I feel I have a lot in common with Mama M, as many of her 5QF answers mirror mine!!

Confessions From a Working Mom - Elizabeth from Confessions of a Working Mom seems to like memes almost as much as I do!  She hosts Top 3 Thursday, which I enjoy participating in.  You can find lots more memes, giveaways and interesting posts on her blog.

Bits and Pieces - Sammy is another meme-loving blogger, with a lovely little feel-good blog, She also has a cooking blog – Surviving the Kitchen.

Me, Myself and Aphrodite  – Another lovely blog that I really enjoy reading!  This blog is pretty unique.  The author has a fantastic positive outlook on life.  She also participate in a couple of my favourite memes.

Princess of Sarcasm - This is a very entertaining blog, which makes me laugh out loud!  The author, AKA The Princess, is both very clever and extremely funny!  You’ll find lots of great photos within the Princess’s posts.  She also participates in some of my favourite memes and blog hops.

All These Things That I’ve Done being Mom of One - A lovely blog by Adrienne, who is another meme addict, just like me!    Her blog posts are frank and entertaining and, like me, Adrienne believes that blogging is a team effort with comments encouraged and returned on your own blog!

Things I Can’t Say - Blogger, Shell, pours her heart out in this blog.  She is open, honest and full of fun.  Shell also participates in quite a few memes and blog hops, including a vlogging Just Dance meme (I haven’t got round to participating in that one yet!!).  Shell is another blogger, who adores comments and actively comments on her followers’ blogs.

Tales From The Trenches of Parenting - I found this blog via Entrecard and I love it!  It’s a very interesting, entertaining read, with lots of humour thrown into the mix. 

Realising The Dream - This is a blog by one of my real-life friends, Rosie.  This blog is about her and her husband’s journey as they build a new life together in the country.  They have moved from a three-bed semi in town to a farm, with outbuildings and lots of land, in the countryside.  Rosie shares stories of their renovation work, recipes, gardening and handicrafts.  She also shares photos and stories of her pets.

Twin Happy - This has been a favourite site of mine for a while.  Jennifer Miller, AKA Twin Happy Jen, is mum to identical twin girls.  Jennifer has written a lovely book about twins called Two Snowflakes, and is also in the process of compiling another book.  I like to participate in Jennifer’s Twin Tuesday meme most weeks. 

The Divine Miss Mommy - This is another great blog I discovered via Entrecard.  A bright, cheery, colourful blog with lots of reviews.

If you’re on the above list, then these are for you:

Enjoy!

The only condition to these awards is that you need to list seven things about yourself.

Here’s my seven random facts about Me:

1. I was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
2. I am a Taurean.
3. I am 5’4″.
4. I was a Brownie Guider for ten years.
5. I cannot ride a bike.
6. I love Indian Head Massage.
7. I am afraid of creepy crawlies.

*Shameless Self Promotion Alert!*

Speaking of blog awards, nominations are now being taken for the 2010 MAD Awards for Mum and Dad blogs.  I would be delighted if you would consider nominating my Mamma Kerr blog for an award. (PLEASE!!)

Frugal Mom has also tagged me in the I hear, I see, I smell meme.

I hear….

… the BBC News at Ten on my television.

I see….

… my Hubby sleeping on the couch (again!)

I feel….

… tired and so will be switching off my laptop once I publish this post!…

I smell….

… of Dolce and Gabana!

If I’ve tagged you for an award, consider yourself tagged for this little meme too!

I like to participate in the Follow Friday meme on Twitter and, when setting up MammaKerr, I envisaged using a Follow Friday meme on my blog. Initially, I anticipated using site reviews of the blogs and sites I like to follow. Indeed, I did do a couple of blog posts on this last year. However, I’ve not yet been able to get into my “blogging groove” and so, sadly, this has not become a regular fixture on my blog.

I was delighted to come across a Friday Follow Blog Hop on A Mom’s Rantings. I came across this great blog via Entrecard.

Check out the MckLinky below and, if you decide to participate, add your link. Then start following the other blogs. You only have to add your link to one and it will appear everywhere the MckLinky is added.

Here’s the official rules:

–Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
–Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.
–Follow as many blogs as you’d like.
–Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from Friday Follow.
–Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.

So why bother with this blog hopping Friday Follow malarky?

• You can discover lots of new, interesting blogs to follow, as well as people to follow on Twitter and Facebook.
• Lots of people will visit your site, leave comments and follow you.
• It’s simply an easy, fun way of increasing traffic to your site and, in turn, your search engine rankings.

Have a go!  Start hopping!  You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

This award is presented from one blogger to another to say:

“Well Done! Big Thumbs Up! Love the Blog!”

1. Twin Happy
2. The Domestic Diva 
3. Blissfully Domestic
4. Kristie T’s Home Business Blog
5. Internet Sweetie
6. Indie Biz Chicks
7. Tales From The Trenches
8. Brimful Curiosities
9. Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice
10. Less Ordinary
11. Working Divas
12. Mindful Mum 
13. Nicole on the Net
14. The Cat Comic
15. Realising the Dream

The blogs listed above are all personal favourites of mine.  Please check them out and, if you like them, leave a comment to tell the author that I sent you!

If you are one of the lucky nominees mentioned above, it would be great if you would pass the baton to some of your favourite bloggers.  Please also leave a comment here to acknowledge your award.

1. Anyone awarded with this one must pass this “BEST BLOG” Award to 15 bloggers who he/she thinks have the best and greatest blogs.

This week’s Follow Friday blog recommendation is for Realising the Dream by my friend, Rosie Morison.  I love following Rosie’s blog, as it is like a mix of some of some of my favourite TV programmes, such as “Escape to the Country”, “Property Ladder”, “Ground Force” and any decent cookery programme, all packaged into an entertaining read!

Tell us about your site

My site (www.realisingthedream.blogspot.com) is the story of how my husband and I are attempting to move from a city life to a life in the country.  Starting from when we first began looking at houses until… whatever the future holds!  It will let people into our lives during this time as we face the ups and downs (hopefully more ups) of the whole experience.

       Is this your first blog?

No.  I had several other blogs before this, although this is the first one with a real purpose and direction.  My Rambling Rose blog was dedicated to my love of cooking and gave recipes and photos of everything I had tried.  I am now attempting to incorporate that blog into the new one.  I had a couple of others as well, which gave me plenty of practice when it came to getting the style right (although I am still never happy!) for this blog.  I think there are still a couple of changes I’d like to make but it’s nearly there!

Tell us more about your big move.

My husband and I grew up in the country (my man more than me – coming from a farm) but we ended up, through necessity living in the town. Our dream was always to one day return to the country and to a slower pace of life.  I am a big animal fan and wanted some space to fill my life with animals and hubby wanted to have some peacefulness to return to after a day of work!  So we went on the hunt for a decent place, not far from the town (unfortunately we still need to work!) but with a bit of land.  We went through various options (which you can read all about!), almost settling on one place and then finally the perfect place came up, a place we weren’t even going to look at because it sounded completely unsuitable in the description.  But we thought we should look at it anyway and as soon as we stepped through the door, we both thought, this is it!  So we went for it!  We are now in the midst of getting the place ready to move into, we have a deadline of November the 13^th, but the house needs a lot of work, electrics, plumbing, wood treatments, new kitchen… the list goes on!

How often do you update your blog?

My blog is kind of an “if and when” style of blogging, as it relates to what is actually happening in our lives, but I usually try for three posts a week, minimum.  And I love to attempt the Wordless Wednesdays – although I admit, some of my Wordless Wednesdays are more Limited Word Wednesdays!

Where do you get the ideas for your posts?

Whatever is happening in relation to the ‘dream’ gets a post.  But I also like to add in snippets of our actual lives, particularly if it relates to my cooking, garden or pets!  Sometimes though I will suddenly spot something which seems mundane, like eating lunch, and suddenly think of an angle for a blog post.  In this case it was the fact that we were eating lunch in a field and I suddenly thought ‘Hang on! This is MY field! I’ve never OWNED a field before!’ so suddenly it becomes a blog post!  Just trying to share all the experiences that we have from the small unexpected stuff, like, “I Own A Field!”, to the bigger “What Happened When the Plumbers Came”!

How do you promote your site?

I don’t do much promotion work.  I use twitter to automatically tweet that I have updated the blog, I used to make more use of it but it has fallen to the wayside.  I am a big fan of Entrecard; it has certainly provided me with a lot of great followers but has also opened the doors to a load of great sites and blogs that are now part of my “Blog Reading List”!  It allows me some free advertising but also feels like I am helping out other people in my situation!  I also use Project Wonderful in a small way; I am hoping to make better use of it in the future.

Have you any plans to develop the site further?

Physically on the blog there is a hope to add videos, particularly once we get some of the animals into the mix – was an excuse to buy myself a nice new camcorder – and I would also like to add more “How To” posts.  Not actually moving from the “story of the dream” aspect of the blog but just adding details of things that I personally have done in a How To format; much like I do currently with the recipes. 

In a less pre-planned way I think the blog will, develop itself, as Annette herself said ‘The Dream’ never ends, and this is so true!  We have so many plans for the farm, vegetable gardens and orchards, so many ideas floating around that any, all or none could happen and take the blog in new direction, or perhaps just expand on what is already there!  I think that is what I like most about the blog, it gives me a chance to look back and see where we have come from; I hope others enjoy seeing the progression too!

What blogs do you enjoy reading?

I am a sucker for blogs of others who have done similar and people with great gardening blogs but I always pay a visit to Tanya at www.allotments4you.com, a trip to Critter Farm (http://critterfarmgirl.blogspot.com/) and spend some time on a Southern Farm (http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com).

You can follow Rosie on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cully_c

 Did you miss last week’s Follow Friday on The Cat Comic?  If so, you can read it here.