Thankful Thursday with a hop

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Thankful Thursday! It is my pleasure to remind you to be thankful. Today, I am thankful to be done with state required exams for my job. Its been a long haul this week to get prepared. As I write, I haven't actually taken the exam yet but I fully expect to pass. 

Please hop on board for the Grow Your Blog Hop!

I am a big fan of this hop and have found some wonderful bloggers!

Good Thursday morning and welcome to the Grow Your Blog (or GYB) blog hop! Paula and I are so happy to have you link up with us this week. And we happily welcome any new bloggers to the party! :) How has your week been? Do you have any plans for the weekend? What is the Grow Your Blog Hop all about? NETWORKING! Meeting new bloggers, finding new content to follow, building your readership. Why is blog networking great for you? Simply put, it increases readership and traffic to your blog. How do you network? Visit. Comment. Invite. Communicate. These are key to growing your blog.

THIS WEEK'S HOSTS & LOVELY CO-HOSTS!

Julie from This Gal Cooks (HOST) Paula from Call Me PMc (HOST) Martine from Way Beyond the Naked Truth (CO-HOST) Annamaria from Bakewell Junction (CO-HOST) Esther from Esther Norine Designs (CO-HOST) Kait from High Heels and Hot Deals (CO-HOST)

WHEN YOU LINK UP TO THIS PARTY:

• Follow your hosts and co-hosts
• Link up the main page of your blog, not an individual post. You may link up your individual posts to Marvelous Mondays.
• Visit and follow other bloggers
• Comment to let them know that you stopped by and how you followed (Email, GFC, Facebook, Bloglovin, etc)
• Invite them to visit your blog (be sure to leave your blog web address - too many times have i seen bloggers comment and request a visit to their blog without leaving their blog web address)
• Communicate with them about what you like on their blog. Let them know you are interested in their blog. USE THEIR NAME! A simple "I'm so and so stopping by. I followed you please follow me." just isn't going to interest someone into visiting your blog. Sure, you can request a visit to your blog or a follow along but engage in some type of conversation first.
• Grab a button and promote the party(you can get the button on This Gal Cooks right here.)

Friday Chaos and Foodie Pen Pal Reveal

Welcome to Friday Chaos! Today I am very excited to be co-hosting the Friday Chaos blog hop with Kerry at Oh So Amelia. I am also pleased to share my foodie pen pal treat box from Audrey. I already emailed her thanks but I wanted to say it again on my blog. Everything was delicious! I sent a sweet box to Leah at MacKenzie Memories. Please check her blog so you can be impressed with what I sent her. I was pretty pleased myself. :)

I would like to thank Lindsay at the Lean Green Bean for hosting this fun regular swap!

Please stay tuned for Silly Saturday.

Hey everyone! That's right, it's Friday again! 

which means we're one step closer to the weekend!

that means it's time for... the "Friday Chaos Blog Hop!"

This is a link up for bloggers who want to increase traffic to their blogs and meet new friends! 

RULES:

1. Follow both hosts (The first two links below on each link up) 

2. Follow all of the co-hosts (the next 6 link ups)

3. Grab the button and put it on your blog somewhere to be seen.

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.ohsoamelia.com" title="ohsoamelia"><img src="http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/BericeBaby/Untitled7.jpg" alt="Ohsoamelia" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

4. Don't just add your blog hoping to get followers, join in the fun and visit a few blogs.

4. Tweet about this hop Tweet

If you would like to co-host one of the weeks let us know.

Okay, Lets get this chaos started!

Your Hosts:

Kerry @ Ohsoamelia

Lotte @ Bericebaby

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