Brilliant Blogger Award

Annette at 3 Little Buttons invented the Brilliant Blogger Award, an award to celebrate:

"...  all the bloggers out there that make you go ‘WOW, Oooohhhh, and Aaahhhhhh’. It’s for the bloggers that make you feel all warm and fuzzy, the ones that make you read every word they have written, and for the ones that have you snorting out your morning tea with all the giggles."

And awarded it to all the regulars who take part in the Dream Team linky.  Most kind.  Thank you very much Annette. 😀

The Questions

1. Are you a full or part time blogger?

Part-time.  Blogging is fitted around work, family and everything else.  But blogging can be a bit like Japanese Knotweed on occasions.  An invasive species that takes over, is resilient to cutting and has deep roots.  (A friend is in the process of getting rid of the stuff.  My gardening knowledge is pretty non-existent).  It's important to remind myself that the Internet will not vanish or forget me if I don't post for a week.  Or three months. * cough *

2. What’s your favourite thing to blog/vlog about?

There isn't a favourite topic or theme.  It's whatever I'm writing about at the time.

3. What’s the best part of being a blogger?

Blogging is whatever you make of it.  There's no right or wrong way and there's space for everyone to be themselves.  From expressing your love of baking to craft via fashion and the prefect makeup flatly or something slightly scruffier.  The rules are that there are no rules.  Apart from the ones relating to Disclosure, GDPR and ...

I love meeting and connecting with like-minded people from all over the world ... Learning new things ... Creating a memory book of my family ... Occasionally I dream of being the 50 year old Zoella ...But suspect the reality would be too much like hard work.

4. How does blogging make you feel?

It depends.  When it's going well, the ideas are flowing and there are great chats, I love it. When something breaks and either I don't know how to fix it or it takes ages, not so much.  Getting GDPR ready was stressful. 

5. Your stranded on a desert Island with your blogging pals, help is on the way but don’t expect to see the rescue party for at least a week. What will you blog about first!? (Magically, you have unlimited battery and wifi on your phone)

Well, that's a miracle with the unlimited battery and wifi ... Hopefully there will be food, water and shelter as well as I'm no survival expert and suspect my blogging pals aren't either.  I'd like the rescue party to have something to rescue before it all goes a bit Lord of the Flies.  

Blog posts would be about our desert island adventure and how much I miss my family ... Write what you know and what you're living.  Hopefully the desert island is very scenic so we can all cram our Instra feed with #beachvibes. 

My first post

Hello World! Welcome to my blog with a picture of a cup of a coffee and a few sentences introducing my blog to the Internet.  My first proper post, School Gate Babylon, was a few days later.  

My favourite post

They're all my favourites.  If I'm not proud of something or believe in it at the time it was written then why would I press publish?  

That said, there are some posts I look back on and think, "Well, that could have been better phrased.  I sound really chippy ".  Insufferable, middle class know-it all.  Guilty as charged.  Sorry.  Others I read back and wonder who on earth wrote that as it's rather good ... 

But as I have to choose only one, let's make it cheerful so here's 50 Things That Make Me Happy from May 2015.

My Nominations

If you're reading this and have a blog then you are obviously A Brilliant Blogger.  If you would like to be nominated for an award, then please help yourself to the badge and go create after reading the rules below carefully.

The Rules

Because there must be some ...

• Put the award logo/image on your blog.

• List the rules.

• Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog.  Which would be me.

• Mention the creator of the award and provide a link to their blog – Annette, 3 Little Buttons. 

• Answer the questions you were asked.

• Pay it forward!  Nominate 5-10 brilliant bloggers and and let them know they are up next.

• Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice. Or copy the ones up there.

• Share a link to your first ever blog post and your favourite one.

Talking of brilliance, which we are ... Wednesday was Rev T's birthday.  All together now, "Happy Birthday Rev T". 

#happybirthday to the most handsome, kindest best husbandy

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