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A blog review for In My Psyche as entry to Kaye and Pehpot’s Contest.

This is my first time to visit In My Psyche; it is one of the third level sponsors of K & Pehpot’s contest. A two column template with green and brown background welcomed me when I landed the page. Not too many widgets on the sidebar, I like the availability of the archives on the sideabar and the tag clouds at the bottom on the page. The author is Mae, but her penname is peppermayo. She’s a Filipina but migrated to the US to get married to the love of her life. Actually, she is floating in wedded bliss for 1 year and 11 months; you can track it on the ticker at the bottom of the page. I admire this lady for surviving long distance relationship for 10 years.

This is her personal blog, an online diary. She talks about her life, her ups and downs, her thoughts and interests. I can just feel how much she misses the Philippines, though she is in US, she is updated with what’s happening here.  You gotta see her comment about a Kris Aquino’s facebook status.  She’s one smart gal. You can get to know her just by reading her blogs. I invited you to take a peek at Mae’s Psyche, and discover her innermost self.

A blog review for My Journey to Life as entry to Kaye and Pehpot’s Contest.

I’ve visited My Journey to Life several times already. Actually, I am one of her sponsor in her First Online Baby & Blogging Contest. If you haven’t join this contest, you still have time because it will end on the 15th of March. At first look on the site, I see a woman happily married with a beautiful daughter. The header contains the picture of their family. The home page of the blog is quite different and unique. It’s a magazine type layout but I don’t find her sidebar clean. Badges are everywhere, on the side bar, down the posts and even at the three column footer. Links are quite redundant; there are contest text links just below the header inviting everyone to join, and badges of the same contest are on the sidebar too. But I like the way she categorize her blog roll on the footer. I hope Ria would understand what I mean, and will take this constructively. And I admire her for putting great effort in designing her own template. Putting the layout aside, I like her blog, that’s why I keep on visiting her. Aside from the different contests she joins, wherein she has winning luck, she also shares her journey in life as a mother and wife. I can see in her pictures how she enjoys her life now. As she said, she was once an ugly duckling, but this duckling turned out to be a beautiful swan. Yes, in deed she is so beautiful and she is so blessed with a happy family. While browsing, her pages for her old posts, confusion started again, some of the posts don’t have titles, maybe she just overlooked it, and when I click on some titles it redirects me to another site, or it redirects me to her home page, other titles are just fine. Maybe I should click the “read more” to, yeah, continue reading. Overall, I would recommend you to visit Ria and join her in her Journey to Life and don’t forget to join her two contest. Good luck!

Upon landing on the pages of My Quality Day, I already have the impression that the author loves nature. This is not my first time to visit the site, but K and Pehpot’s contest gave me the chance to review this site. The layout is simple, with two columns, sidebar on the left side with some ads, profile, archive, labels, awards and top commentator’s buttons.  The author calls herself Sharkbytes, at age 61 she loves hiking and blogging. I just love the pictures of nature and places she goes to, some what it also connects me to nature. Her pictures of sunrise and sunset are awesome. Aside from being an active blogger (an average of one entry a day), she’s been working on hiking the North Country National Scenic Trail for 17 years. As of last year, she already completed 3518 miles. Wow, this woman is great. She also shared her secret on the elements of a Quality Day.  This helps her remind that everyday there is something to be cheerful about. Upon reading her entry, it also gave me a reason to believe that everyday is a Quality Day.

If you want to know her secret too, just visit her site, and have a Quality day everyday.

A blog review for Living Life to the Fullest as entry to Kaye and Pehpot’s Contest.

Living Life to the Fullest is a blog brought to you by Levy, a devoted mom to a boy and a loving wife. She gave up her career to take care of her family, but still find ways to have an additional income through the internet. This blog is all about her journey as she tries to Live Life to the Fullest.

Green, the color of nature, life and well being, is the background of this blog which fits the blog title so much. She have this three column layout wherein the sidebars are located both on the left side. Widgets are placed neatly; she is a proud member of She bloggers, BC bloggers, and a participant of Girls Talk and Mommy Moments. She loves joining contest too; check out the buttons on the sidebar.

I like the way she writes every article, you can just feel the emotion. Mothers and children should read her post about Debt Owed, but prepare your hanky . She writes interesting topics, and you’ll be amazed with cool, odd, funny facts or pictures she shares. Sometimes, she does write things that are depressing, but I know she avoids doing that. I also like her signature, a constant reminder to her readers that, “what ever happens in life we should always remember to live life to the fullest” Do give her a visit today.

A blog review for Stalking Minds to Kaye and Pehpot’s Contest.

At first, I thought this is the first time that I landed on this blog but after browsing through the articles I realized that I visited this blog before. Good thing, I joined K & Pehpot’s Contest I was able to visit the site again. Without looking on who the author is, the layout already gave me the impression that the author is a male. The black and green background and the simple header is so masculine. It has two column layout with just a few widgets are very clean. But I would always look for the categories for an easier browsing but it wasn’t available.

The author indeed is a male. He is Valdimyr Botones, happily married with two boys. Her wife just gave birth to their second son last December 22.  Stalking Minds was launched last May 2008, this is his third attempt to make a blog. The site has a lot of interesting topics, from personal matters to current events. I found out that he is a fan of Costume role play or Cosplay for short. He attends cosplay events with his son, and he shares their experiences and pictures. I think I need to be updated with this one also, I’m sure my son would love to see different characters.

I feel that this Daddy blogger is kinda busy because he doesn’t have an updated for February, but I’m sure he is trying to fit blogging in his busy schedule. Let him feel that he have a lot of stalker by visiting Stalking Minds today.

Visiting A Mom’s Life and Loves is part of my daily routine. I must admit, I like the site’s new layout. I still like the three column layout, with just a few widgets on the sidebar. As for me, having categories would be very helpful. The black background just gives elegance and sophistication to the site. Amy Grant once said “Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there’s shadow – no, not just shadow, but fullness. You’ve got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that’s real.” It best describe the site, it shows the fullness and the realness of the author, Samantha.

I’ve always like Sam’s writing skills, very direct and conversational. She can express her thoughts freely on her articles. I can feel how much she misses her little girl, Sabyn, and how excited she is to raise and witness the milestones of her baby boy, Sanjo. Aside from the sponsored posts, she is a WAHM, she also shares her daily dose of Mommyhood, musics she listens, her sentiments, her joys and just anything under the sun. So, if you want to know what I’m talking about, just visit this site that have a page rank of two and find out what’s behind A Mom’s Life and Loves.