Recap - Jan 2012

Recap - Jan 2012 @ Hema’s Vantagadi:

Recap:

I started blogging this month with a change which made me to come up with 22 posts out of which 1 is just a link.

Change:

I peeped into Jan2012 Events and bookmarked each one into my bookmark toolbar. Once in a day, I used to check this folder and was eager to participate in the events. But I couldn’t make it up for few.

Lessons Learnt:

• Different varieties of sweet
• Pageviews, friends will increase when we participate in events. Hence make it an habit to participate in maximum of events.
• Remove word verification during group events

Highlights:

Total Pageviews in January - 4095

Highest Pageview: 23rd January - 671

Adsense: Removed adsense this month in my blog

Google friends list: Increased from 30s to 56 as on 31st Jan.

Google Readers: increased from 30s to 91 as on 31st Jan. (subjected to vary based on the deletion of bookmarks.)

Template: Template was changed on 30th Jan. New template is FooDeluxe from Premiumbloggertemplates.

HTML Work: Made the pages not to show and edited the links to each page manually.

Blog Name: Changed my blog name from Hema's Blog to Hema's Vantagadi in last week of January 2012

Non Event Post - 1:

A dog's willpower

Event on my blog: Double Celebration – Wedding Anniversary on Feb 14^th and Blog Anniversary on Feb 23^rd. Due to this I have an event called “Murari-Anniversary Giveaway” and the prize is Embroidery pillow cover. This started from Jan 5^th and will end on 29^th Feb. So far I have got 4 entries in the event.

Events I participated:

Event Participated	Event Link	Host	My posts	Remarks (if any)
Weekly Series
Black & White – Weekly Series	Black & White - #25	Susan @ The Well Seasoned Cook	Fafda
			Dark Chocolate Milk Shake
	Black & White - #27
Weekend Herb Blogging	cindystarblog	Claire	Onion Chutney	Event was started by Kalyn and it has been continued by Haalo.
	Weekend Herb Blogging-#316	Simona	Tomato Rice (direct)
Fortnightly Series:
Blogging Marathon	Blogging Marathon	Srivalli	Puri Urandai	It’s held last two weeks of the month. First Week: 16th Jan to 22nd Jan – Seven Days of Delicious Dhals Second Week: 23rd Jan to 29th Jan – Kid’s Delight Something Sweets.
			TenkaiKarjikayalu
			DatesKheer
			UradDhalHalwa
			Dark Chocolate Milk Shake
			Almond Bread Golls
			Rasayana-Sekarni
			Facial-Powder using Dhals
			Moong-Dal Balls
			GreenGramDal-Fruits Salad
			Masoordal-mysoredal
			Dal-Palak
			Poriyal Podi - Urad Dhal
			Aamvada
Monthly Series
Blog Hop Wednesday – ver 2.0 – Group Events	Blog Hop Wednesday	Radhika @ Tickling Palates	Fafda	Partner: Nayna Kanbar
Sweet Heat Bloggers Challenge	Sweet Heat Bloggers Challenge	Michelle @ Food, football and baby	Aamvada	Started By: Vanilla
			Poriyal Podi - Urad Dhal
MLLA Series	MLLA Series	Claire @ chez cayenne	Aamvada	Started By: Susan
			Poriyal Podi - Urad Dhal
Kids Delight	Kid's Delight - Something Sweet	Kavitha Iyengar @ Edible Entertainment	Puri Urandai	Started By: Srivalli
			TenkaiKarjikayalu
			DatesKheer
			UradDhalHalwa
			Dark Chocolate Milk Shake
			Almond Bread Golls
			Rasayana-Sekarni
Cook Eat Delicious Desserts	Cook, Eat Delicious - Desserts	Suma Gundlur @ Veggie Platter	Rasayana-Sekarni	Raven
MEC Series	MEC series	Kalyani @ Itsnot madras	Almond Bread Golls	Srivalli
			Dark Chocolate Milk Shake
Bake Fest	Bake Fest	Pradnya @ Pumpkinfarmfood	Almond Bread Golls	Vardhini
			Dark Chocolate Milk Shake
Breakfast Club	Breakfast Club	Aimée @ Food, Je t'Aimée	Dark Chocolate Milk Shake	Helen
One Time Events:
Chocolate Events	Chocolate Fest	Sravani @ Srav's Culinary Concepts	Chocolate-Cashew
	Chocolate Lover	Reshma @ Daily Cuppa
	Chocolate Mela	Srivalli @ Cooking 4 all seasons
Walk through memory lane	Walk through memory lane	Gayathri @ Gayathri’s Cook Spot	Aamvada
Let’s Cook Rice	Lets Cook Rice	Radhika @ Tickling Palates	Tomato Rice (direct)
Banana Event	Easy to Cook Recipes	Dr. Sameena Prathap	Rasayana-Sekarni
New “U”	New "U"	Vardhini	Puri Urandai
			TenkaiKarjikayalu
			DatesKheer
			UradDhalHalwa
			Dark Chocolate Milk Shake
Cooking Challenge – Flavour of Tamilnadu	Cooking Challenge - Flavours of Tamilnadu.	Vidhya Subramony	Puri Urandai
Cooking with Love	Cooking with Love	Saraswathi Iyer	Puri Urandai
Lets Cook with leftovers	"Lets cook with leftovers"	Nayna Kanbar	Pudina Rice
Cooking with Leftover Kitchen Chronicles	"Cooking with Leftover Kitchen Chronicles" - Jan2012	Veena	Pudina Rice	Kalyani
Celebrations – 2011 a flashback	Celebrations – 2011 a flashback	Smita @ tastebuds	Eggless Vanilla Cake Diwali Sweet Savory

Awards & Appreciations:

I got a “Happy Blogger Award” from Teena Mary and I am passing it to all of these people whom I am following in January 2012.

 

Name	Blog Name	Blog	Following Since
Hasna	Kachuss Delights	http://hasnasdelights.blogspot.com/	4-Jan-12
Sravni	Srav's Culinary Concepts	http://sravscc.blogspot.com/	16-Jan-12
Reshma	Daily Cuppa	http://daily-cuppa.blogspot.com/	16-Jan-12
Hema	Aromatic Cooking	http://aromatic-cooking.blogspot.com/	16-Jan-12
Nagalakshmi V	Edible Garden	http://www.cookingandme.com/	17-Jan-12
Ramya	Maneadige	http://maneadige.blogspot.com/	17-Jan-12
Lakshmi	Taste of Mysore	http://www.tasteofmysore.com/	17-Jan-12
Cool Lassie	Pan Gravy Kadai curry	http://pangravykadaicurry.blogspot.com/	18-Jan-12
Sushma	From my kitchen to yours	http://sushmapinjala.blogspot.com/	18-Jan-12
Susan	The Well-Seasoned Cook	http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/	18-Jan-12
Claire	Chez Cayenne	http://chezcayenne.blogspot.com/	18-Jan-12
Santosh	Santosh's Kitchen	http://santoshbangar.blogspot.com/	18-Jan-12
Ms.Chitchat	Chitchat@crossroads	http://chitchatcrossroads.blogspot.com/	19-Jan-12
Kaveri	Palakkad Cooking	http://palakkadcooking.blogspot.com/	30-Jan-12

Tribute: I am following Amu's Crazy world from 30-Jan-12 after I heard from a fellow blogger about her sad demise as a tribute to her.