Author: Oana

2013 in review

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I know these figures don’t compare to other blog successes. But I have learned to take joy in my own victories and assume them as my own, without concerning myself very much with comparisons. So here it is, the celebration of what this blog has been in numbers for me in 2013. Thank you everyone who commented, visited and showed care and concern. Here is to a glorious 2014 and a very happy New Year! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,600 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Click here to see the complete report.

Center Parks Blogger Challenge: 12 Christmas Favourites!

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Now that Christmas is behind us, I can look back in retrospective, ponder on the greatest joys of the festive season and respond with a post to the challenge launched at the beginning of December by Tots100 on behalf of Center Parks. 1. The first thing that comes to mind is Cinderella, the Christmas pantomime Emma and I attended mid-December.  It was a special bonding time between mother and daughter before the baby arrives and I cherished it fully. We laughed a lot, ate loads of sweets, stayed up late and took pictures with the ” silly stepsisters.” A delight! 2. Watching Emma’s ballet “performance” and seeing how confident she has grown in the last four months. I struggled a lot taxing her to the ballet lessons, fighting against my constant pregnancy fatigue and  putting up with a moody little girl in the evenings but seeing her doing so well in her evaluation made it all worth while! 3. Seeing Santa and handing in our “wish list.” Emma has grown progressively fonder of him over …