Today is January 31

Today is January 31

Do you know what today is? Right, today is January 31.  But do you know what that means? Well if you have participated in the Ultimate Blog Challenge for 2017, you will know it’s the last day of the Challenge!!  Did you write a blog each day of the month? Did you enjoy the challenge? Did you learn anything new or meet new bloggers?  I can answer YES to all those questions!

I had so much fun writing my own topics plus taking some of the ideas from the daily email from Paul T., host of the challenge.

 

I also read and replied to each comment left and some of the comments even gave me ideas for a blog!  Roy A. mentioned about adding quinoa to acorn squash on my post about acorn squash filled with brown sugar.  I tried his suggestion and was it delicious! Thanks to Roy, I came up with this blog: Acorn Squash Filled with Quinoa

I also wrote about some of the new bloggers I met through the challenge. Grab some popcorn and read some of great blogs that I found: Five Blogs I Recently Discovered

 

I was going through my stats and the blog I wrote: Another Coconut Sugar Scrub Recipe received the most views with 226 in one day.  I enjoy making my natural sugar scrubs and sharing the recipes.

 

Another fun blog I wrote that had 122 views on the post was: Give This Photo A Caption But this post was also a contest for the best caption and the winner received an Amazon Gift Card.  Just something to bring a little fun to blogging.

 

I love posting my delicious recipes and this is one I came up with for Baked Acorn Squash It’s loaded with melted butter and brown sugar in the squash cavity and does it smell good when baking.

 

I think my favorite blog for the month was a poem I wrote in memory of my mom on her birthday.  A Beautiful Mother  My mom passed away January 15, 2000 and not a day goes by when I don’t think of her or see signs that she is watching over me.

 

I even won a contest from an online earning site! Prize Rebel had a contest to write a blog about their site and they choose 4 winners to each receive a $50.00 Amazon Gift Card. WOO HOO, I was one of the four winners!  When I was putting my blog together, I used many photos that showed how the site works, I used a large font so it stood out and I also used a splash of colors on the links.  By doing these different things, it makes the blog pop when a reader opens it. For this blog, that’s what I wanted to do so it stood out. It was worth it, for a $50.00 prize! Have Fun and Earn with Prize Rebel

 

What fun I had meeting new bloggers and reconnecting with regular bloggers that joined in the challenge, reading and sharing their blogs.  This was another fun Ultimate Blog Challenge for January and looking forward to the April Challenge.  A big thank you to Paul T. and Danni A. for hosting this challenge that gives our blogs a boost!