Listography...Top 5 Keyword Searches

I said I wasn't going to do this week's Listography because my top 5 searches leading to my blog aren't very interesting.  Some people have such mind boggling search words that have landed random searchers to their blog such as Kate's  intriguing "peas" and "Chewbacca".  Mine are a little more starightforward...but still deserve to be shared!!  It is a great subject for Listography!

1:  The Notebook / Notebook Quotes
This is a bit of a controversial subject. My daughter had posted on her blog Not Met Megan, a lovely picture from her favourite film "The Notebook" with a Noah & Allie love quote written across it.  It received 2000 hits from the USA in a week.  I honestly did not mean to steal her thunder when I put her picture on a post that I wrote about her...but I did!  Sorry Meg.  'The Notebook' has become the most searched for phrase to land you on my blog. Anyone expecting Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams were sorely disappointed to find me saying I was looking forward to watching chick flicks with my gorgeous girl when she was home from uni.   Her blogpost was by far superior and deserves every hit that I stole from the American's searching for Noah Callhoun. *hangs head in shame*

2:  Horsemanning
Yes I jumped on the photo-taking bandwagon and took piccies of my girls horsemanning!  It is a popular craze and people search for examples of it.  I hope I didn't disappoint!

Horsemanning

3: Japanese Snow Monkeys
When an early post of mine scored pageview over pageview I was a tad confused.  I soon realised it wasn't because the world loved my Christmas Ponderings post, but because my image was taking the top spot in Google searches for Japanese Snow Monkeys.  Life lesson learned!!

4: Graco Symbio
As the winner of the 2010 Graco Ambassador competition, I have posted  loads of videos, photos and reviews on the Graco Symbio pushchair.  Searching for Graco products might make you arrive at my blog...sorry you can't buy one here!!

5:  Jungle Junction 
One review post has generated lots of traffic from Playhouse Disney fans looking for Zooter, Elefan and Bungo.  The video I made on YouTube has had over 6000 hits too...clearly a popular subject!


Jump across to Kate's Listography for more Search Words that are far more interesting than mine!!

Reasons to be Cheerful

1: My daughter is coming home for Easter.  We'll be picking her up on Sunday from uni and bringing her back to the fold.  I love it when my chicks come back to the nest. When Meg is home she has certain demands that have to be met in order to maximize her joy:  

• We need to make her mashes in various forms...sweet potato, potato, swede and carrot, cheesy mash...Megan has a real thing for mashed carbs, especially when accompanied by a home made mushroom pie.  
• We have to have a constant stream of chick flicks at the ready for her and Ella to watch. Megan's favourite has to be The Notebook.  She loves Noah Calhoun :)
• Sky+ has to be set up to record numerous episodes of American series such as The City, The Hills, 90210 etc.  The planner drops down to about 3% of space  because of her TV lust.

The Notebook...Meg's relationship philosophy!

2:  The kids break up for Easter which is simply wonderful.  Two weeks without school runs!  Two weeks with the company of my girls!  Two weeks of lie-ins!  Two weeks of having help to entertain Freddy!  Love it.  The only pity is that Ian still has to go to work!  It's both mine and Ella's birthdays over the Easter weekend and my big son Joe is coming to stay.  So I will be back to completeness with all five of my children with me!

3:  I am over the moon to see my blog jump to #52 this month in the Tots 100.  I am going to enjoy my moment of success because I know it may not last.  I am not competitive, but I love the feeling that something I am doing is being well received.  I try hard and I'm committed, so I am delighted to receive some validation. I know a lot of people are unhappy with this month's rankings which has taken the shine off it a little.  But I am still delighted.