Archives for January 2012 | Essentially Jess

IBOT, the Linky Tips Edition

Posted by Jess on Jan 31, 2012 in Essential Blogging | 83 comments

When thinking and planning for the year, obviously IBOT features pretty high on my bloggy priorities. Whilst I would love for this linky to grow in numbers, what I would love even more is for it to grow in community. For us to get to know each other, and enjoy and respect each others places in the webby world. image credit With this in mind, here are my tips for getting the most out of a link up. Try and get in early. It’s not always possible, but when you can, write your post the day...

School Holiday Fail

Posted by Jess on Jan 30, 2012 in Essentially Family | 9 comments

I always get excited at the end of the school term, because I know it is nearly time to read the kids report cards. I’m always nervous to ask the teachers too much how the girls are going; I know they are very busy people and I don’t want to nag them, so I love the written academic report at the end of the year. Well today marks the end of the holidays and my girls are off to year four and year one. And I think it’s about time to give myself a report card. If the kids get one...

And the winners are….

Posted by Jess on Jan 28, 2012 in Essential Blogging | 0 comments

And the winners of the Blogoversary giveaway are…… Merryl- Congratulations! Your 4 Event Cinemas Tickets will be coming your way soon! Kelly n Caleb Kelly- Hooray! You will soon have some wonderful clean floors with the help of your Sabco Super Swish mop! Rhianna Suttie-Gunson- Yay! You now get more to blog whilst your little ones are occupied with the zig zag car set from Mums the Word Boutique Katie Gatt- Good for you. You (or your children) will now be the most stylish people in...

You’re Worth It

Posted by Jess on Jan 26, 2012 in Essentially Emo, Essentially Faith, Essentially Jess | 33 comments

It would be nice if life was simple, and everyone fitted into neat little boxes. All the personality tests would give you all the information that you needed and life would be full of hugs and puppies. (Maybe not the hugs.) But it’s not. People are multifaceted and have different layers, and often we have no idea what is just below the surface. To many I look confident. I know this. There are not many people who could comfortably film themselves dancing in a dressing room and then post...

Facebook, Betty and a Very Helpful Pin

Posted by Jess on Jan 26, 2012 in Essential Extras | 21 comments

Social media gets a lot of bad press sometimes. Part of it is that a lot of people still don’t understand it. A lot of it is that some people use it as a way to attack others. But there is a lot of good in social media, and I’m thankful for it. Apart from the obvious opportunities it opens to connect to others, and meet new people (just yesterday The Fridge Door Blog and I had a conversation about the individual low pressure systems sitting over our respective parts of the...