Pross Collinate.

Once a year I gird my disorganised self into some semblence of organisation and I do my best to introduce new bloggers in the community to all of us by hosting the Great Blog Cross Pollination.

Except THIS year I inconveniently went and scheduled International! Travel! With! Three Children LS! and Twins! right when I should have been nagging you all to merrily swap entries for a day left, right and centre. 

Because I know full well my organisational limitations (you will note that I remain slightly disorientated to time and place despite having been home for, what?, several days now, although person has reassuringly remained rock-steady though all of my recent travels), I didn’t even try this year.

Yet.

So, here’s the deal.

Please, pretty please with a cherry on top participate in the Great Blog Cross Pollination this year.

It’s open to EVERYBODY in the ALI community, and divided into two groups of blogs, those that reference children (hereon known as ‘avec’) and those that do not (the ladies and gents of ’sans’). The idea is to swap posts for one day with a matched blogger so that you BOTH meet new bloggers and everybody finds new readers. Old blogs, new blogs, infertility, loss, pregnancy and parenting blogs (and anybody else I haven’t covered) are more than welcome.

Actually, having crossed into the dreaded muh-’ummy’ (or ‘ommy’) blog territory myself I especially welcome meeting new bloggers still in the trenches.

Here are the details, it really is easy. I do most of the work. Really.

1. Leave a comment here (ensuring that your blog url and email address are written the appropriate fields, you don’t have to write them in the comment itself and this stops spam filters eating your words, too).  In your comment, all I need to know is if you fit the AVEC or SANS group. You can write as many other nice things about me as you like (or not, I shan’t be offended), but the AVEC or SANS is handy to know.

2. This one bites me in the posterior every year- please make sure the email address you have entered is one you check, because I shall be in further contact with you about your match via that email address. Also, if you change your mind about participating, let me know. I’d never be offended because sometimes circumstances change, but it is hard for your match-ee on the day if you bail unexpectedly.

3. Periodically I shall send out an email acknowledging receiving your entry. Please reply so I know your email addy works (see above) Get cracking on that wonder post with which to bedazzle new eyes and introduce yourself to a new audience.

4. Closer to the date (at least a week beforehand) I shall email you with the name of your match. You then email each other your posts.

5. On the 9th december, you post the cross-pollinated entry WITHOUT SAYING WHO IT IS FROM, but WITH a ‘click here’ hyperlink to THEIR blog (so your own readers can find where YOU are hiding on that day). Just for fun, ask people to see if they can recognise the guest blogger in a different home in the comments section.

See? Easy.

I will keep a masterlist of participants here, so on the day, EVERYBODY can have fun clicking hyperlinks and guessing who posted what, and where. Hopefully along the way everybody shall make lovely new bloggy friends.

I really do adore hosting this, so please sign up. The more the merrier. It really is fun.

For those who like buttons on their sidebar, this is this year’s linked button. Feel free to grab the code and put it up on your own blog. Actually, that would positively fill me with delight.

Here is detailed instructions as to how to snaffle it, if you need a hand.

Now, please sign up? Pretty please?