thank God it’s bloomin’ friday…

It’s official – officially school holidays in these here parts & seeing as I consider myself to have learnt a thing or two (or at least one thing)  – since blogging fairly consistently the past 9 months –  it’s that blogging & full-time entertainment of the kids just don’t go hand in hand for me!  They do so it seems, for the thousands or millions even of brilliant ‘mummy’ bloggers the world over… but not so much for me.  Hence these school holidays the blog is taking the back seat & the kids are hopping into the driver’s seat, well & truly.  Of course, I might take to my facebook page on the odd occasion, so if you want… you could head on over and hit LIKE & then you wont miss out on a thing – there’s a little link over to the right there – see it – black box.

There are these most gorgeous flowers all over the place at the moment.  My big kid keeps picking them for me – so cute.  I have no idea what they are, native or pest, but the colour of them, oh my God, amazing! Then throw in some daisies and some sunlight and well, they’re just bloomin’ lovely…

I’ve been having some very frustrating technical issues with the blog of late (in fact, precisely since baby MacBook came along – kids huh!) but I can’t seem to position my pics properly, get them sized or spaced properly (this post a prime example) or to do anything properly at all… grrr! What appears in the visual editor is not what appears in preview & it would be fair to say, it’s driving me a little bonkers.  Does anyone else have those problems??  Anyhow, fool was I to think I could go from being a Windows user all these years to being a Mac user without any system interruptions.  It’s off to the Apple store with me for some Apple tuition… I think my ‘intuitive’ cover has been blown!

Well, if you’re in school holiday mode or any holiday mode for that matter, enjoy & see you soon!

show me social media…

Just a little bit of Housekeeping this morning.  First up, I’ve gone & got a Facebook page for the blog!  I know right – maybe some of you might be thinking – what for??  I thought that myself for a while, but then I also thought – why not?  Seems the thing to do & I figure it’s a great way to post little snippets of bits & pieces that don’t really deserve or need a full blog post… & to be honest, seeing as I was publishing my posts on my personal facebook page, I thought maybe friends & family were being inundated… so in a sense this could be viewed as a public service of sorts… I’m excited!  If you’re interested in having a look &  perhaps even ‘liking’ it – feel free!  You can find me at https://www.facebook.com/justalittlebitloudernow

Now here’s the thing – is anyone able to tell me how to get spiffy social media buttons for the blog & how to put them on the blog?  I have been googling, but with little success.  Do you have to pay for these things?  I know I could use the WordPress facebook widget but it’s not particularly stylish is it, though it may have to do.  So please geeky peoples, any clues??  I’m thinking, Facebook, RSS & Email, should be a cinch right!

Thank you!  Hope you’re having a great weekend…