Please join me every Friday for my weekly Pinterest Party, Pinning & Singing on the Weekend.

Please join me every Friday for my weekly Pinterest Party, Pinning & Singing on the Weekend.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

A big Announcement! I have a dot.com~Welcome to Five Minutes For Me!

That's right, my blog is no longer called 5 Minutes Just for Me. I now have purchased my own domain name!


One of my goals this year was to try to be a better blogger, to change the name of my blog and to get my own dot.com! Well.... unfortunately my part-time job this term has taken me away from my blog so I need to work on being a better blogger next term...but.... I am now two steps closer to achieving my goals!

You see, when I decided to start my own blog I created the name rather impulsively and didn't realise that there would be a very long blogspot.com at the end of the blog title... www.5minutesjustforme.blogspot.com is so long!

Also, as an English teacher I really regretted using the numeral five instead of the word five in my blog's title! I don't know how many times I have told my students over the years that small numbers, such as whole numbers smaller than ten, should be spelled out yet here I was doing exactly that! Bad teacher! I have also noticed that when lots of bloggers link back to me they often forgot to add in the word "Just" so I decided to simply get rid of it and make the blog title even simpler.

So, I have finally removed blogspot.com from my URL, I have a new and simpler name for my blog and I am following the rules for writing numbers...yippee!

I have a few other exiting things planned for this little ol' blog but as always, everything takes time and patience. Please bear with me while I make a few changes and try to reach my blogging goals in 2012!

Now, onto this week's Five Minutes for Me

Pinning & Singing Party!


I can't wait to see what you have been pinning on Pinterest this week! I have been pinning lots of recipes, ideas for Easter and some decorating ideas. I have also found myself listening to lots of Chillout music while I have been at home by myself. I thought you might like to listen to one of my favourite pieces that I seem to be constantly playing over and over again! It is very ambient and is great background music while I am marking homework, cleaning the house or reading my favourite blogs!

Fragile State - The Facts And The Dreams

Now to my favourite Pins for the week!









For our new bathroom...one day!


How cute are these Nest Eggs made with wonton noodles from bhg.com



This Guacamole Grilled Cheese Sandwich from twopeasandtheirpod.com is calling my name!


I made these Chocolate muffins via @GoodFoodChannel this week and they were divine!










Now, to an oldie but a goodie!

What would we do without Pinterest?



Have you posted some of your favourite pins in a post recently? Maybe you would like to share a favourite song or a project that you finished that was inspired by Pinterest! Any post that related to Pinterest or Music is welcome at my weekly

Pinning & Singing Pinterest Party!

If you would like to link up a post, old or new, to my Pinning and Singing Pinterest Party, just add the url of your particular blog post that you would like us to visit to the Linky tool below.

You can link up posts about Pinterest, posts that include pinterest pictures,
posts about projects you have completed that were inspired by pinterest,
you can link up posts about your favourite songs
or you can link up a post about singing and pinning!

Feel free to grab the code for the Pinning & Singing on the Weekend button and add that to your post so that your readers might be able to find other bloggers who love Pinterest and Music as much as we do.

5 Minutes Just For Me






If you would like to Tweet about this weekly Pinterest Linky Party please add this to your tweets #PinterestLinkyParty

Thanks so much for linking up! I hope you might have some time later on to come back and visit some of the sweet Pinning Bloggers who have joined in with this week's party. Please let them know that you have dropped by and say G'day!

Thanks also to the following wonderful people for having me this week:

Courtney (Feathered Nest Friday), At the Picket Fence (Inspiration Friday) , Holly (Tickled Pink), Debra at Common Ground ; Cindy (Show and Tell Friday), Home Sweet Home with Sherry, Fridays Unfolded at Stuff and Nonsense, Pink Saturday with Beverly, Fabulous Friday; Strut your Stuff Saturday; Honey at 2805; Flaunt it Friday; Everything but the Kitchen Sink Party; Friday Free For All; Feature Friday; Feature Yourself Friday;Free for All Friday; Weekend wander; Show & Tell Saturday; Serenity Saturday; Once upon a Weekend;Saturday show Off; Saturday Seven; Sunday Blog Love; Piquing my Pinterest; Sunday Linky Party Sundae Scoop; More the Merrier Monday; Met Monday;  Creative Bloggers party; Making The World Cuter Mondays;Market Yourself Monday;Rook no.17; Take it on Tuesday; One Project at a Time;   Tabletop Tuesday; Wow Me Wednesday; Show & Tell; Whatever Wednesday @Momma Hen's;  Wow Me Wednesday; Show & Tell; Whatever Wednesday; Simply Link Party; Wow Me; Show and Share; Whatever Goes Wednesday; Artsy Girl Connection; Bunny Jean's Bunny Hop

Finally, in case you hadn't heard, I have created a central list of Pinning Bloggers so we can all find each other's Pinterest pages more easily. It is called....

The Pinning Bloggers Master List.


If you would like to add your name to the Pinning Blogger's Master List just click the button below:


Thanks again for stopping by and sharing my exciting news with me! I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend five minutes with me! 

Take care and I hope you all have a fabulous, healthy and fun weekend!

Best wishes,

Natasha
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Pinning & Singing on the Weekend Pinterest Party ~ The Valentine's Edition!

Welcome friends to this weekend's Pinning and Singing Pinterest Party!


I really can't believe that another week has just about gone and that Valentine's Day is literally only days away! Didn't we only just celebrate Christmas?

Since this is a weekend full of hearts and flowers in blogland I thought I would get in on the act too and share some of my favourite pins for Valentine's Day! These pins are all from my "Hearts & Flowers" board.




Source: bhg.com via Natasha on Pinterest


Source: bhg.com via Natasha on Pinterest


Source: bhg.com via Natasha on Pinterest


Source: bhg.com via Natasha on Pinterest




Source: bhg.com via Natasha on Pinterest


Source: bhg.com via Natasha on Pinterest







I don't know about you but whenever I think of movies that are truly romantic and all about love this is the one that always comes to mind...


Now there is nothing romantic about this clip....I just love Hugh Grant and wanted to see him dancing!



Note to self...I must watch Love Actually again soon!

I would love to know what you have been pinning on Pinterest this week? Have you posted any songs on your blog lately? Please share your favourite pins, a musical post or a bit of both with me at this week's

Pinning & Singing Pinterest Party! 

If you would like to link up a post, old or new, about your favourite song (or any other music that you have blogged about) and/or your favourite Pins from Pinterest to my Pinning and Singing Pinterest Party, just add the url of your particular blog post that you would like us to visit to the Linky tool below.

You can link up posts about Pinterest, posts that include pinterest pictures, 
posts about projects you have completed that were inspired by pinterest, 
you can link up posts about your favourite songs
or you can link up a post about singing and pinning!


Feel free to grab the code for the Pinning & Singing on the Weekend button and add that to your post so that your readers might be able to find other bloggers who love Pinterest and Music as much as we do.

5 Minutes Just For Me






Thanks so much for linking up! I hope you might have some time later on to come back and visit some of the sweet Pinning Bloggers who have joined in with this week's party. Please let them know that you have dropped by and say G'day!

Thanks also to the following wonderful people for having me this week:


Courtney (Feathered Nest Friday), At the Picket Fence (Inspiration Friday) , Holly (Tickled Pink),  Debra at Common Ground ; Cindy (Show and Tell Friday), Home Sweet Home with Sherry, Fridays Unfolded at Stuff and Nonsense, Pink Saturday with Beverly, Fabulous Friday; Strut your Stuff Saturday;   Honey at 2805;  Flaunt it Friday; Everything but the Kitchen Sink Party; Feature Friday; Feature Yourself Friday;Free for All Friday; Weekend wander; Show & Tell Saturday; Serenity Saturday; Once upon a Weekend;Saturday show Off; Saturday Seven; Sunday Blog Love; Piquing my Pinterest; Sunday Linky Party Sundae Scoop; More the Merrier Monday;  Creative Bloggers party; Making The World Cuter Mondays;Market Yourself Monday;Rook no.17; Take it on Tuesday; One Project at a Time; Wow Me Wednesday; Show & Tell; Whatever Wednesday; Anything Goes Linky party; Simply Link Party; Wow Me; Show and Share; Whatever Goes Wednesday; Artsy Girl Connection; 

I hope you have a great week. If I'm not around much you know where I'll be....




Best wishes,

Natasha
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

5 Minutes for...#FEBPHOTOADAY and Pinning Party Reminder!

Welcome sweet friends! Thank you for stopping by for 5 minutes-it is so wonderful to see you!

I have had another busy week at home and at school but I am having an absolute ball! I have also been having lots of fun posting daily photos on instagram for the February Photo a Day Challenge which is being hosted by Australian blogger fatmumslim.  

Are you playing along too? If not here is the daily program!


It’s a great way to record my daily happenings and to look at the everyday things that happen my life a little differently. I've also met some new friends on twitter and instagram by tweeting about my daily pictures.




I am posting my pictures on my Tumblr blog so please pop by and check them out if you have 5 minutes to spare. Here are a few of my favourites from the last few days:

The view from my deck on a hot summer’s day. Happy February! #febphotoaday 
(Taken with instagram) 


This is without a doubt the best hand cream in the world! #febphotoaday #hands 



10am…time for a cuppa! 


How is it that I have collected so many random #buttons #febphotoaday 



Good morning #sunshine!


It's not too late to join in so if you want to link up you will find instructions here. If you are already sharing photos please let me know so I can come by and visit you.

I'm also linking up with:

Favorite Photo Friday
Sweet Violet
Happily Mother After
Project Alicia
Weekend Flowers

and


Thanks again for taking time out of your busy day to visit me-I appreciate you and am so grateful for your support, friendship and all of your very sweet comments!

Best wishes and see you tomorrow for this week's Pinning & Singing Pinterest Party!

Natasha
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