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weekend blog followers caravan #17

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Weekend Blog Follower Caravan, a simple online blogger-helping-blogger weekly meme, was designed for bloggers to help each other in terms of blog followers  which can either be through Google Friend Connect and email subscribers, or for this week, Facebook Page likes!

It is a good thing, I was up this early (or should it be this late?), I will be making my post for WBFC on time, for a change 😀  Am catching up on many a number of backlogs so I scheduled to stay up late today, just so I can have the rest of the day offline tomorrow + spend some quality time with my little man!

Well, Mommy Rubz is putting a little exciting twist for this week’s caravan. She will be giving away $5 each to 2 lucky participants + shall be raffling off $20 to a lucky blogger at the end of the month. Each entry earns you one raffle entry, so make those posts now!

For this week, here are the assigned tasks:

  • Follow the sponsors The Pink Piggy and Like WBFC’s page on Facebook (mine is just up on the sidebar)
  • Make a welcome post so that other participants will know where to leave their comments
  • Make sure to leave your comments to the welcome posts of other participants, too! If you are an old follower, you can still leave a comment to let them know that you visited

Now, on with the hop! 🙂

By the way, Lovingly Mama is letting me guess how many colored balls does Dindin have? And my guess is 79.”

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gt: august 28 in retrospect

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Since the pretty + talented host of GT is celebrating her birthday this month, I don’t think this month’s topic require any more explanation. So, through the host’s prodding, here’s what I found when I check my birthday with Wikipedia.org:
Births
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (1749)
  • Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (1814)
  • Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (1828)
  • Vance Palmer, Australian author (1885)
  • George Whipple, American doctor and Nobel laureate (1878)
  • Jack Vance, American author (1916)
  • Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (1917)
  • Billy Boyd, Scottish actor (1968)
  • Jason Priestley, Canadian-born actor (1969)
  • Jack Black, American actor (1969)
  • LeAnn Rimes, American singer (1982)

Events

  • William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn (1789)
  • The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published (1845)
  • A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan (1859)
  • Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink “Pepsi-Cola” (1898)
  • Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country (1901)
  • Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce (1996)
  • Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights (1963)
august 28 bits ‘n pieces
  • is the 240th day of the year (241st, if it’s a leap year) in the Gregorian calendar + there are 125 days remaining until the end of the year
  •  Holiday + observances for this day include: the Assumption of Mary (Eastern Orthodox Church, a public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Georgia)
  • Christian Feast Day for this day includes: Augustine of Hippo + Saint Hermes
+ here are some interesting figures from PokeMyBirthday.com:
  • Your lucky days are Tuesday (Conceivement date, Your parents decided to not to have an abortion, You were born) and Wednesday (Your first cell is built, Your mother suspects she is pregnant, Your heart beat for the first time)
  • You are exactly 31 years 45 weeks 5 days 19 hours 32 minutes 36 seconds old
Got any interesting trivia about your birthday? Share it here:

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june top 10 commenters

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It’s that time again to express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who took the time out to visit + leave their heart-warming comments here in my blog. Without further ado,  my Top 10 Commenters for June are (drum roll, please :D):

  1. Beauty Queen Gene Beauty Queen Gene (6)
  2. gagay gagay (4)
  3. raya raya (4)
  4. Clarissa Clarissa (3)
  5. Gene Gene (3)
  6. The Pepperrific Life The Pepperrific Life (3)
  7. Trish Trish (3)
  8. Vhen Vhen (3)
  9. grace grace (2)
  10. Janice Janice (2)

Thank you so much guys,  I look forward to seeing you back here soon! In the meantime, I shall be putting the Top 3’s badge on my sidebar as a token of my appreciation 😀

Note: I have not found a badge in Beauty Queen Gene‘s site, please let me know if it is okay for me to use the badge for GT instead or if you have a new one, all the better. Same goes with Raya. Kindly send me your codes so I can add them to my sidebar soon. Thanks ever so much 😀

image from https://www.kelloggforum.org

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