Snoskred – Life in the Country

This week has been a very busy and productive one here at Life in the Country. I’ve been commenting like it’s 1999 or something, making somewhere between 30-50 comments a day most days and usually a fair proportion of those have been on Blogging Chick blogs. I’ve found some fantastic new blogs. I’ve also put aside some of my favorite blog posts for you to check out, which will be a new feature on the weekly wrap up. I’m moving it to Sunday rather than Monday. I think that’s the more logical day for a weekly wrap-up.

This week “chuzzle” and “morten harket girlfriend” have tied with “vodafone stake incorporation” to be the top three search terms.

Funny searches include -

websites for shenanigans (what is it with shenanigans? Who USES that word for searching?)
pictures of horrible haircuts for men (now there’s a blog post we all should write! )
dead poets society analized (for the record, it’s analyzed. And I’m not here to do your homework!)
soup (that’s it? Just soup? No flavour in particular?)
country where did a go (I don’t know. I haven’t seen a lately. Can anyone help? lolz)
scary websites that can tell who my lover is (err, ok)
cremation clothes melt fire pantyhose (I don’t even want to know what prompted this search!)

Blog posts I put aside to recommend you check out this week -

We’re Not Divorced, But I’m Definitely Choosing the Destination of the Next Weekend Getaway – long read but well worth it! Post of the week!

A recap of the first episode of Age Of Love and it sounds just as craptacular as it did when I first heard about it, so I’m going to watch it when I can! Great summary of the show, and I’m going to be checking back for more..

An Open Letter From A Black Guy To His Average-Sized Penis – This is excellent writing.

Five great things about Australia – I heartily agree with this blog post.

How to kick down a door while surviving a shark attack A great title followed by some more excellent writing.

50 Beautiful and Stunning Pictures from Air – a visual feast well worth taking a look at even though it was posted on May 11 (well I only just found it, it’s new to me!)

Are you getting enough sleep – I know I’m not.

What I think about voting – an interesting perspective. I’d never thought about it from that point of view before. Great post!

transfer of motivation – Legendary! I love it, Suzanne. If I had kids, this would be on my list of parenting techniques.

Thinking about ways you might want to change your life? Have a read of these -
The ship without a rudder an article which speaks a lot of truth. I set goals and then achieve them, do you? But I still don’t have a future plan, this is something I’m thinking about. On a similar note – 39 Ways to Live and Not Merely Exist -

Here on the blog –

I wrote about – Blogrolling and Commercial Promotion – and I must say I made some very good points even if I do say so myself. How’s that for advertising?

If you ever travel on a plane you should read this post – Plane Safety – a must read for all.

I also wrote about – The power of positive thought – how positive thinking can help A night at the Sydney Harbour Marriott – including breakfast which was stunning – Accident of birth – the SCARY country – how I lost my fear of snakes.

Monday is the busiest day here at Life in the Country. Weekends are the slowest days, traffic can drop by 50%. Most week days are getting around 130 unique visits now. This week over 800 people dropped by, probably a lot of that was due to comments I left around the place.

Blogs added to the sidebar this week -

Artrepreneur – Aussie In The Orient – Because I Said So – Can we kick the bar here? – The Ravin’ Picture Maven – bermudabluez – Coming2Terms

Blessed Moon Family Coven – About to adopt their second child from China. I applaud you heartily. As we say in Australia, good on ya mate.

Found in Google’s we noticed these blogs browsing area, an absolute gem – The Assimilated Negro

For all you Johnny Depp fans, there is Depp Obsessions which I have added to the sidebar too.

New blogs on the Australian Blogs Community this week –

GENNIT – G2007 – St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst – Male Nurses – Goldcoaster – Japanese Ice Cream – Decomposing Trees – MyPhotoBlog – Mary and Martha – Cut the Bullsh*t – What I think about – Souvlaki for the Soul – Small Office Australia – Metroblogging Melbourne – How to Live Online – Disassociated.com – A huge week with 15 new blogs coming on board. If you’re in Australia and you’re not a member, what are you thinking?!? Become a part of the community!

And that’s the weekly wrap up. Long, but excellent. In my opinion. I’m not biased, no, not at all..

What’s on the agenda for next week?

Commenting challenge – The West Wing season 5 – reading all your blogs – winter house cleaning – trying to keep warm – trying not to have an agenda because too many people I don’t like use that word – finishing Gene Kranz’s book Failure Is Not An Option which I may review however I do not think any words of mine will do it justice – positive thinking – candle photography – play some pool – write a post about my Roomba!