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It has been over a week since the prestigious Britmums Live blogging conference and If I am honest I have struggled.
Struggled to get my head into gear and struggled to get my emotions in check too, hence the delay on any kind of blog post.
After last years event there seemed to be an undercurrent of negativity that I found difficult to deal with and after clearing the negativity within my blogging circles in the autumn last year I have finally fell back in love with blogging and I seem to have found a happy balance between work and home too …. So when the thought of Britmums Live came up I jumped at the chance to reconnect with those positive blogging influences in my life such as Sam from 40ish Year Old Domestic Goddess, Sara from Mum Turned Mom and the wonderful Charly from PODcast – these amazing ladies are like my rocks … we can go forever without chatting and yet they are always there and are ready to support anytime!
I got chance to travel down the night before Britmums this year and so managed to squeeze in my first catch up with the lovely Sam and Sara … I had forgotten how much I laugh with these ladies!
After a relaxed night in Travelodge I got to have a relaxed and unrushed breakfast before meeting up with Sara and heading to All Bar One for pre Britmums drinks and to meet up with Ellie from The Mummy Diary my fellow Nottingham Blogger and I finally got to catch up with the lovely Afra from Mad Mum Of 7 and Cathy from Wicked World Of Lucas to name just a few!
We headed to the event all in high spirits and after a whirlwind of meeting faces of friends I had seen before and lots of lovely new ones too … the weekend for me went so fast!
With some fantastic workshops, keynote speeches, inspirational speakers (and anyone that can make an audience laugh talking about period pants has my vote Carol Smilie!) Followed by a lovely meal at Wagamama’s (where has that place been all my life??) Organised by the lovely Laura Seaton from Tired Mummy of Two and while there I had the pleasure of catching up with the fantastic Zoe from Mama Geek, who has been my technical blog saviour on more than one occasion!
I am not even going to pretend I have processed all the events, workshops and conversations from Britmums Live yet, as it often takes weeks to get my head into gear from this event, what I can say is I have an amazingly brilliant set of inspirational blogging friends … many of which I would class as my friends in real life too!
Thank you Britmums Live for giving me this time to reengage, learn and grow.
Hey my lovely,
It was nice to see you last week, even though we didn’t get to chat that much. I absolutely loved my first ever BritMums Live, but as you said, it takes time to take it all in. It still feels to me like it was yesterday and I haven’t even thought about writing about it yet. xx
Glad all is well and i enjoyed having breakfast with you and meeting you in general xx
Looks like a wonderful weekend. Wish I’d been there. Glad you had fun. Lots of love x
So sorry we didn’t get a chance to chat – we will catch up soon I’m sure x
Glad you had a lovely time – they are lovely ladies. Took me days to get over it too was so drained. But glad I went. Lovely to see you there x
Great to see you there Jamie, it has taken me all week to catch up too and I’m still not sure I’m there yet, but sharing my Brit Mums post with you for Magic Moments too, I can’t believe it was only a week ago.
What an amazing opportunity to connect in real life with the people’s lives and blogs you enjoy following on-line. I have met some wonderful people through blogging and it’s been one of the main reasons for me to keep at it – as well as having such a fabulous record of family life to look back upon.
I can totally understand what a crazy, overwhelming, feeling it must be too!
Oh Jaime! It was so wonderful to see you too, I haven’t laughed so much in far too long (probably since last year!). We’ll have to sort out some virtual meet ups 🙂
Oh hun I am really pleased that you had a great time. I thought it was wonderful this year xx
Sounds like you had a much happier Britmums this year. I was sorry to miss it really. That food looks amazing!!
Sounds like you had a brilliant time. The event sounds so well organised with lots of things to do.
I’m glad you’ve come away feeling positive, I didn’t go but loved watching it all unfold on Instagram. I’m intrigued to know what caused your negativity but as its in the past don’t go there, it’s just me being nosey! #magicmoments
You are so lucky to have such a great group of blogging friends to spend time with. Lovely that you had such a wonderful times at Britmums. I wish there was an event much like it in the states (or that I can fly across the pond to attend it). That support is something that’s really valuable for a mom and blogger like me. Thanks for hosting this week, Jaime. Have a wonderful Monday!
Sounds like a great but hectic time! I think I may try to go next year. #magicmoments
It sounds like you had a fantastic time! Wonderful photos x
Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve not come across many who haven’t. What’s really annoying though, is reading all these posts and realising that I was in the same place and virtually next to lots of people I wanted to speak to, and didn’t even know it!
I attended for the first time this year and really enjoyed it, but i am the same i feel like my blog has taken a backseat since the event as i was so tired and have yet to read the notes i took in the sessions. I have never been to wagamamas before but it looks amazing x