Well if you follow my blog, you will probably notice there have hardly been any blog posts this week. Unfortunately at the weekend I came down with gastro-enteritis or food poisoning, I’m not sure which and I have to say it is the most knocked out I have been with an illness in a long time. For at least 3 days I was barely able to do much more than curl up on the sofa and quite frankly not be a great parent! On the 4th day I decided I needed to get the children out the house, we walked to the local park and I must have looked so awful as a Mum very kindly offered to push Aria on the swing for me so that I could sit down. So I just needed to put myself and my children first for a week and focus on getting better.
If you link up to my monthly linky Lovely Things, it will be a week late and will go live next Monday – 11th instead.
Top Posts
- Kids Love To Read #5 & Giveaway
- My Daughter, Sleep Deprivation & When It’s Time To Ask for Help
- Lovely Things #12 – March 2016
- Flapjacks, Heartland, #LittleLoves February 2016
- Ben’s Zone – Luminette Light Therapy Glasses Review
Top Things That Have Made Me Happy
- Well, I have been keeping it quiet until all of the details were fully confirmed as I didn’t want to jinx myself, but I think the most exciting thing for me is that in a couple of weeks my family and I are off to Nice to review some apartments for the blog and I am super excited about this! Actually that is probably an understatement!
- I have been nominated for three MADS – a huge thank you to anyone who has nominated me. I am utterly thrilled. I very much doubt I will be shortlisted, but to be nominated really means a lot.
- I had some extra design bits done on my blog – do you like my new category buttons? A blog post to come on that soon – as I said behind at the moment!
- In terms of stats, I have seen the following growth:
- My Facebook has grown from 760 to 800 (+40).
- Twitter from 6000 to 6600 on Twitter (+600).
- On Instagram I have gone from 1100 to 1200 (+100)
- My domain authority took a huge leap, up 7 points which I’m delighted about to 33.
- Here’s how I did with my goals from March:
- Finally finished updating all my information and linky pages
- Written a guest post for The Mumington Post – details to come soon.
- My big fail was growing my Twitter to 7000 from 6000, I guess I was a bit ambitious on that one. But I am doing some work with another blogger who might be able to help with that one, so watch this space 🙂 .
Things To Focus on in April
Here are my goals for April:
- Ok so I want to hit 7000 Twitter followers, 1300 Instagram and 850 Facebook. I think Facebook will be my biggest challenge.
- Finish updating all of my new categories inline with my new designs.
- Commit to another guest post.
- I am also doing some work with some other bloggers where we are coaching one another, swapping strengths and weaknesses, so I am really looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into that!
How about you, how was your March and what are your blogging plans? xxx
Your new category buttons look great, love them! You are doing great at growing your social media/ DA etc recently too. I hope that you have an amazing time in Nice and I can’t wait to read all about it on your return. I hope you are feeling a bit better now and can relax and enjoy your holiday xx
I can’t wait to read your Nice review! Hope you’re feeling better xx
I’m so pleased you are feeling better! And now have some answers too! A good March to say how much illness you’ve dealt with. That alongside sleep deprivation! Super woman, lady! I absolutely love your new category buttons. I cannot wait to see and hear all about Nice! xx
I’m so excited for you about Nice! What an incredible opportunity! Hope you’re feeling well enough to enjoy it. Congratulations on the MADS nominations, thoroughly deserved. Xx
You’ve had a tough time this month and still have some blogging progress. The buttons look fab. Have an amazing time in Nice. You deserve it!