MUMMY TO THE MAX

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How did you get into blogging?

I started blogging after reading a lot of blogs when I started entering competitions. I used to love reading money saving tips and I loved watching people's families grow. When I first started blogging, Maxwell was just a baby. The main reason I started blogging was due to fact I wanted to document our journey, starting off as a young family and I wanted to share my own money saving ideas that many people had not thought of. We are now 3 years into our journey of blogging and we are loving every single minute of it.

A blog takes time, money and patience. It is like a child. You need to love and nurture it, support it and over time it will blossom into something you love. You need to think about a subject you want to blog about and pick a fitting blog name that is unique to you and not others. You want your own identity, something that is easy for others to find and follow.

I always see people stating on forums that they are going to start a blog because they think it is easy to get "free" things to review and make money quickly. If you are looking to do these things, look elsewhere. You need to build up your blog which takes time and a lot of hard work. You need to learn thing's off your own back. You need to interact with the blogging community and you need to build up your own contacts which takes years not days. 

Are you setting up a blog for the right reason? Why would a company send you items to review or pay you money to promote  if you have no following? What is in it for the company?

How has your blog changed since you started writing it?

My blog has changed and will continue to change. As the world moves on, day by day, my blog moves on. When I first started blogging Max was just a baby. My blog was more baby orientated however Max is now a 3 year old little boy so baby things take a back seat.

When I first started blogging I had never laid my eyes on Instagram, Pinterest and I only had a Twitter account to enter competitions. These days I know how to use these sites well and I now have a large following on them - especially Twitter. Since I started blogging I have created my own identity, gone from a blogspot address to a co.uk address and had a lot of fun along the way.

 
The smallest things make me happy and I love to see Maxwell smile. My dream campaign would be something that would help us create memories and something we could look back on years to come. My dream campaign would be a little holiday somewhere or a day spent on a cruise ship together as a family. 

Do you have a plan for your blog?

I would adore to write more money saving ideas and I would love to spend more time developing my blog - I hope to do this in the next year. I have a few other ideas that are sitting on the back burner at the moment but I can not wait to share new ideas with my readers in the future!

Is the number 100 going to change to number 1 if you obsess over it for a few hours? Ranks can be great however so much time can be wasted obsessing over them. The time that you spend obsessing can be spent better by doing positive things. If you are doing the best you can then being number 1 should not matter. Ranks can be great but they can make others feel very low. On these low days, step away from the numbers and remember why you started your blog!

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I hope you enjoyed my answers to the questions above. If you could ask me any blog questions, what would they be? Please leave your questions in the comments below!

1| Spending time with my family

2| Watching Maxwell develop into a incredible little human

3| Having a tidy home

4| Going in the car on drives with Maxwell and Ben

5| Yankee candles

6| The beautiful area that I live in

7| Music - Especially songs which have meanings

8| Using coupons on most of my food buys

9| Playing with Maxwell outdoors when the weather is nice

10| Sunny, windy, cool days

11| Nice food

12| True friends who are always there

13| Learning new ways to save money

14| Daily phone calls from my Mum

15| Knowing that people around me are happy and content

16| Going to the theatre with Maxwell and Ben

17| Seeing childhood toys/objects that bring back happy memories

18| Towie 

19| Positive talk about curvy/plus size people

20| Not paying full price for anything in life

21| One Direction - Without Zayne the pain

22| Positive talk about people with ginger hair

23| Cutting any monthly bills

24| Dancing with Maxwell

25| Clean washing - especially bedding

26| Stock pilling items which normally have a big price tag

27| Having the occasional date night/day with Ben

28| Helping people who are worse off than myself

29| Opportunities which have come from this little blog of mine

30| Late night shopping on the internet

31| When Maxwell watches YouTube videos in English and not in languages no one else understands

32| Obsessing over things - In turn makes me complete tasks quicker

33| Watching soaps in the evening with Ben

34| Ben working day's instead of nights

35| Decluttering 

36| People that say please and thank you - I dislike people who have no manners

37| Sharing deals with good friends

38| Fast and furious films

39| Having holidays/days out to look forward to 

40| Feeling reassured that Maxwell know's I am here if he needs me

41| Having and playing on gadgets

42| Not having to take the bins out

43| Spoiling Maxwell

44| Walking around carboot sales and picking up gems

45| Entering competitions

46| Having the time to blog

47| Snuggling up on the sofa on cold days with Ben and Maxwell

48| Drinking fresh apple juice/fruit juice

49| Being motivated to do exercise

50| Creating memories which money can not buy

I tag Sarah over at Life In A Break Down to do this tag as well as Rebecca over at Mum Of A Premature Baby! What things make you happy?