This is a post where we open up a link to bloggers of all kinds to share a blog post they wrote recently or even a long time ago. All we ask is that the posts be family-friendly.
I am so sorry for posting this late (we try to get it live at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday) this week. It completely slipped my mind. It was a very busy day making cookies with my kids and parents.
I do not have a list of three favorites this week but I will make up for it next week.
I haven’t done anything very exciting this week – other than the fact we hit a deer Saturday night while my husband was driving us back from a Christmas event in a little town about half an hour from us.
The car was driveable but our left headlight suffered some. Not sure what happened to the deer for sure. Also hoping our insurance will cover some repairs. We are getting an estimate done soon to find out.
Today we woke up to snow on the ground – more than I expected. I thought we were only getting a slushy mix but, nope, there was actual snow out there!
This is our first snowfall this year that actually stuck around more than an hour or so.
Our daughter loved playing in it with Zooma the Wonder Dog who absolutely loves snow.
On to our most clicked post for this week. But wait! We have two most clicked posts this week. We have a tie!
This was a beautiful post about what we can do with our time, our energy, and a limited budget to help bless others. It was also a reminder of the greatest gift anyone received on any Christmas – Jesus.
I hope you will leave a link to your favorite post from last week or an older post that needs some love on the linky below today.
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving last week. We are back in session this week for our Weekend Traffic Jam. We are still looking for an extra host so let Marsha know if you are interested.
This is a post where you can link up any post about any topic as long as it is family-friendly. You can even dig into your archives to share.
The most clicked post for the week before last was:
I enjoyed this post because I am a homeschooling mom myself and I know how hard it can be to get started. Parents need all the advice they can get.
This post from Is This Mutton was perfectly true. There really aren’t any good “belly laugh” shows out there anymore and while she didn’t think it had all to do with political correctness (maybe some), I think that is the biggest reason no one can laugh anymore. They’re always afraid of who they will offend. Of course, everyone is also offended anymore. Like everyone.
I remembered a lot of the shows she remembers (Father Ted, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances – all shows I have watched over the years and enjoyed).
That is my intro post for today. I hope you’ll share a link with everyone at the link up below.
I cannot believe next week is Thanksgiving! Can you?!
It seems like school just started and now here we are rushing toward the end of the year.
I’ve been super busy lately with writing blog posts, editing books (past and future ones), and managing social media.
Last week a reel I posted on Instagram to promote the blog posts Erin (Still Life, With Cracker Crumb) and I were doing for autumn (Comfy, Cozy Cinema) went viral.
The reel was simply a clip of the documentary Tea With The Dames that Erin and I wrote about on our blogs but for some reason, it started to be shared and watched and commented on to the point it has 6 million views, 331,704 likes, 148,939 shares and 2027 comments.
There seems to be no rhyme or reason to what goes viral on social media, but I am guessing the reason this clip went wild is that people, one, love the dames (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright, and Eileen Atkins) and, two, people simply need something happy and joyful to see these days with all the horrors and negativity going on in the world.
If you want to see the Instagram post you can find it here:
I enjoyed the documentary but I don’t know if I thought the clip was worth 6 million views. Ha! Ha! I am really glad it made people happy, though. A couple of people even messaged or left me comments to tell me how much it uplifted their spirits during dark times. I suggested they watch the full documentary to further improve their mood.
If you would like to see the documentary, you can find it streaming for free on Tubi or you can buy or rent it here: https://amzn.to/3SKEL7d
We will be taking a break for Thanksgiving next week so please return with us on November 30th to link up your posts.
Also, don’t forget that we are looking for a couple more hosts for this feature. Contact one of us and we will put you in touch with Marsha. And please take the time to hop around to other blog posts that link up here.
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It has been a beautiful week here in my neck of the woods. The temperatures have been perfect. For the last two days the sun has been shining.
Today I walked among the fallen leaves and while I was a bit sad that most of our leaves have already blown off the trees, it was nice to look at the few leaves that are left.
Did you get a chance to visit all the links from last week? Or maybe you are new to the traffic jam? If you are new, please feel welcome to leave a link this week to a blog post of your own that was your favorite from this past week. Then please visit and comment on the other links and get to know the other bloggers who participate.
How do you relax during the week when life is chaotic around you? I’d love to read your tips!
Luckily this past week has been fairly tame for my family. I finished the first draft of the second book in my cozy mystery series and that was a load off of my mind, even though I still need to make revisions and edit before sending it to my editor and proofreader.
The weather has been very gloomy outside and that has been a downer because I haven’t been able to get as many nice fall photo+s as I wanted to this week but I did grab a few.
It looks like the temperatures will be even chillier this weekend into next, but this is the time of year for this weather so I’ll have to suck it up.
Our woodpile is piled high and we’re ready to light the first fire in our woodstove – probably this weekend as the one night is supposed to be in the 1930s.
How about you? Is it chilly or warm where you are?
I hope all my blogger friends will add your link to a favorite post from your blog this past week or even from previous weeks (there’s really no time limit). It helps to share your work more and connect with more bloggers, which is why I enjoy it.
I felt a bit numb this week from the news in the world so it was a nice break to wander from blog to blog and read about fashion and tours of photogenic villages and food and anything else not related to heartbreaking topics.
I’m excited to be joining Marsha at Marsha in the Middle and Melynda at Scratch Made Food for Hungry People for this weeks Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot post. The Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot is a chance for bloggers to link to their favorite posts from the week. Those posts can focus on food, travel, reading, crafts, or whatever was your favorite blog post of the week from your blog.
Add a link to your blog post below and then, please, visit and comment on some of the other blogger’s posts. Look for the link up to go live Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT.
What I’ve Been Up To This Week:
I’m new to this feature so I thought I’d introduce myself. I am not a fashion blogger like many of you and, in fact, know nothing about fashion other than I like to look at it, but I love visiting the fashion blogs.
I am a independent author, homeschooling mom, and a blogger who writes about faith, photography, writing, art, books, and old movies.
I’m currently writing a cozy mystery series but have also written a series of Christian fiction books. All of my books are available in ebook and paperback form and currently on Amazon. I only mention this because trying to figure out where and how to sell my books is a constant stress for me, but one I want to let go of and get back to my motto of just having fun.
I didn’t do a lot this week as I am dealing with a tooth issue, which isn’t painful but will need to be addressed sooner rather than later. I had to go to my regular doctor today to get an antibiotic because the dentist I want to go to can’t get me in until January and the other dentists in the area will not work with me with my budget issues and lack of insurance.
I’m grateful that I am at least not in pain. (Thank you, Jesus! Literally)
