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Welcome to my WordPress World!

25/07/2013

Faithful blog readers and friends will know I had been having ~~a few~~ many issues with my blogger blog. I created my blog on Blogger way back in 2007, when I hardly knew what a blog was. This blog originally started out with the catchy blog address of www.welcometomyworldjanmary.blogspot.com! You can read that first post HERE.

As time went on I purchased www.janmary.com but remained loyal and faithful to Blogger.

Recently however, it has been a real struggle – readers weren’t able to access my blog at times, and commenting was tricky.

For me, a blog without readers and commenters – a bit dull! I love the conversations and interactions I have with my blog readers/friends.

The final straw was when Blogger wanted to link my blog to my personal Google+ profile – I could no longer comment on other blogs, or my own blog, using my online name of Janmary. I don’t mind others knowing my real name, but when I comment online, I prefer to be Janmary.

So ….. long story short(ish) I took the plunge and have moved to WordPress.

Thanks to Moonsteam Designs for her patience and support, holding my virtual hand through the transition……so here I am…..

Welcome to my WordPress world!

The look of the blog will gradually change as I get a bit more used to my new surroundings and dashboard.

I would love to hear what you think – can you comment? Please try. If you have any advice or tips on Word Press that would also be appreciated.

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Monday Musings including an (in)RL invitation

Another busy week has past. Here is what I have been up to: 1. Extreme Knitting On Saturday at the Creative Crafts Show in the Kings Hall, Belfast I came across Rachel John and her extreme knitting. I purchased a cushion kit and within 2 hours I had created this! It is a pleasant change…

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…and the rain came down, and the floods rose up!

On Saturday, Nothern Ireland received more rain in several hours than it usually does for the entire month of August. Let me assure you, we are not usually strangers to rain here, so we usually see more than enough in August as it is! We drove north to the cottage, chosing to drive through Belfast…

Home Exchange – ready for a change!

We have been fortunate to have spent 4 great summers at our holiday cottage on the north coast of N Ireland. However we feel it is time for a change, and to spread our wings a little and travel a bit farther. Not sure when I first heard of home exchange / house swap, but…

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A review of The French Rooms in Bushmills – Bon Apetit!

When we come up to stay at the north coast, near the Giants Causeway, it is always interesting to look out for new things happening in the village of Bushmills. New shops and restaurants are always eagerly anticipated, and where possible we like to support local businesses. I had spotted The French Rooms a few…

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Storage Solutions for makeup and jewellery

Thanks to my friend Deborah, I bought these cheep (£3) and cheerful hanging pockets from Primark. I am using 2 cream ones in our bedroom – on the back of the ensuite door I have my makeup (not that I wear much, but I like having it all accesible and not rattling around in a…

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Lovely flowers and yummy breakfast in bed for Mothers Day

I received these lovely flowers and yummy breaskast in bed for Mothers Day (yes …. it is Mothers Day / Mothering Sunday here in UK – before my discovered blogs I didn’t realise that not everyone celebrated on the same day!) My daughters were away at our church youth fellowship weekend until 4pm, so I…

10 Comments

Caroline Smyth says:

25/07/2013 at 10:47 pm

welcome to your new home x

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1. Janmary says:
  
  26/07/2013 at 7:52 am
  
  Thanks Caroline – still finding my way around, but I’m getting there!
  
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Clare says:

26/07/2013 at 7:22 am

I am a big wordpress fan. It is very easy to use. You will love it. Well done!

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1. Janmary says:
  
  26/07/2013 at 8:33 am
  
  Thanks Clare – now I have made the move I am delighted!
  
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THM says:

26/07/2013 at 9:02 am

All seems to be working well

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Elizabeth says:

28/07/2013 at 12:03 pm

So curious to hear what you think of WordPress – I love it and have no issues with it as long as I’ve had it. I think you will be really happy -anything exciting planned for last week at the cottage? It’s been a rough couple of weeks here will explain in an email later!

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1. Janmary says:
  
  28/07/2013 at 9:06 pm
  
  Had to approve your comment, but yes, so far so good 🙂 Email me!
  
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Kate says:

29/07/2013 at 7:29 pm

Hi Janmary, well done and good luck! I took the challenge and joined wordpress too 🙂 So far I like it – easy to use 🙂
Hope to see you again at one of the meetings when school year starts 🙂

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1. Janmary says:
  
  29/07/2013 at 8:23 pm
  
  Thanks Kate
  
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Marvelyn Brown says:

07/08/2013 at 4:50 pm

I love your blog design, your theme does a great job of capturing your lifestyle and business activities. Your jewelry looks awesome too!

I too made the switch to WordPress.org from Blogger and WordPress.com. Once I made the switch I haven’t looked back. I found that you can do so much more with the .org version…

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