Thursday, March 1, 2012

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 14th and Blog Anniversary on Feb 23rd. Due to this I have an event called “Murari-Anniversary Giveaway” and the prize is Embroidery pillow cover. This started from Jan 5th and will end on 29th 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
Susan @ The Well Seasoned Cook





Weekend Herb Blogging
Claire

Event was started by
Kalyn and it has been continued by Haalo.

Simona


Fortnightly Series:




Blogging Marathon
Srivalli
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.






Almond Bread Golls










Monthly Series

Blog Hop Wednesday – ver 2.0 – Group Events
Radhika @ Tickling Palates

Partner: Nayna Kanbar

Sweet Heat Bloggers Challenge
Michelle @ Food, football and baby
Started By: Vanilla



MLLA Series
Claire @ chez cayenne
Started By:



Kids Delight

Kavitha Iyengar @ Edible Entertainment
Started By:





Almond Bread Golls


Cook Eat Delicious Desserts

Suma Gundlur @ Veggie Platter

MEC Series
Kalyani @ Itsnot madras
Almond Bread Golls


Bake Fest
Pradnya @ Pumpkinfarmfood
Almond Bread Golls


Breakfast Club
Aimée @ Food, Je t'Aimée


One Time Events:

Chocolate Events
Sravani @ Srav's Culinary Concepts


Reshma @ Daily Cuppa

Srivalli @ Cooking 4 all seasons

Walk through memory lane
Gayathri @ Gayathri’s Cook Spot


Let’s Cook Rice
Radhika @ Tickling Palates


Banana Event
Dr. Sameena Prathap


New “U”
Vardhini






Cooking Challenge – Flavour of Tamilnadu

Vidhya Subramony


Cooking with Love
Saraswathi Iyer


Lets Cook with leftovers

Nayna Kanbar


Cooking with Leftover Kitchen Chronicles

Veena


Celebrations – 2011 a flashback
Smita @ tastebuds



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
4-Jan-12
Sravni
Srav's Culinary Concepts
16-Jan-12
Reshma
Daily Cuppa
16-Jan-12
Hema
Aromatic Cooking
16-Jan-12
Nagalakshmi V
Edible Garden
17-Jan-12
Ramya
Maneadige
17-Jan-12
Lakshmi
Taste of Mysore
17-Jan-12
Cool Lassie
Pan Gravy Kadai curry
18-Jan-12
Sushma
From my kitchen to yours
18-Jan-12
Susan
The Well-Seasoned Cook
18-Jan-12
Claire
Chez Cayenne
18-Jan-12
Santosh
Santosh's Kitchen
18-Jan-12
Ms.Chitchat
19-Jan-12
Kaveri
Palakkad Cooking
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. 


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