An Autumn walk

At the weekend we went for a lovely Autumn walk in the woods near our village.

We explored and walked and shouted as loud as we could.

We looked across fields and spotted some squirrels. We saw horses and dogs and cyclists.

I was even able to take the time to spot the little things. The things that you often don't notice.

We ran through leaves and collected sticks. After all a woodland walk wouldn't be complete without a stick!

 

Should I stay or should I go?

Image courtesy of My Crush Party via Pinterest

So I want to start blogging again but there is no way I can continue with the blog looking how it does. It has been like this since 2009 and well, a lot has changed in that time. 

Some people don’t mind what blogs look like, some people like lilac and pink and sparkly bits but not me. Design matters. Yes, I am a design snob. Less is more and white space is king.

I chose Blogger back in the old days due to its ease of use but let’s face it Wordpress is the platform of choice for those that really know what they are doing. Or is it?

Is it just that Wordpress templates are a little more professional and a bit less ‘hobby’. A quick search came up with a few template download sites for Blogger which may yield some results and I have saved a couple but they are very reliant on imagery, which although I do want to increase as part of my blogging is always the most time consuming bit. Also, to say I am a little scared of updating my blogger template is a slight understatement. I have been tweaking the current template continuously since 2009 and can’t quite remember what I have done but I have backed it up so all should be fine.

But the niggle remains, should I take this opportunity to switch to Wordpress? Is it required to be taken seriously as a blogger? (If there is such a thing!)

If I stay with blogger is there anything else to consider, I want the best comment plugin as possible and I like the LinkWithin plugin, do I also finally sort out the URL (I have owned theprojectlab.co.uk since 2009!). What has changed on Blogger since 2009 that I need to consider?

Any advice greatly received!

It's been a while

So I have lost count with how many of these types of posts that I have written over the years. You know the score. I haven’t blogged for x weeks/months/years. Well it has been 7 months on this occasion.

My last post was celebrating E’s first birthday and just a couple of weeks after I started working full time. My ambitious vision of working full time and managing to keep up a blog failed quite quickly. Not necessary due to a lack of time but a definitely an increase in tiredness. Seriously there just aren’t enough hours in the day! However, I seemed to decide that being a full time mum and full time employee wasn’t enough and took on even more by volunteering as a marketing coordinator for a new Oxfam Fundraising Group and arranging and promoting events to raise money. 

Um, yes. There is a reason this blog was called ‘the project lab’ as I always seem to have to have something going on. This certainly hasn’t changed. 

So, as nothing stays the same forever we move into October with me due to change full time jobs and a personal vow to start blogging again. I often read back through old posts and they really do bring my memories of E’s first year to life. It’s time to start capturing his second year properly…and making the time to do so.