Blogs; When Do You Read?

Now I think its fair to say I am very much BACK in the blogging swing of things! 😀 
And as a very keen blogger, I have started thinking of a bunch of questions to try and improve the blog. BUT most of these questions, I cannot answer by myself.
Don’t worry, I am not about to spring a survey of a 100 questions on you, I just have one particular question I am really curious about.

Time.
What time do you get yourself onto WordPress to read up on the blogs you like?

Is it a first thing in the morning routine to accompany your Weetabix and coffee? Or is it a lunch break thing where you have nothing much to do at your desk and need a bit of light entertainment? Or is it even a bit of bedtime reading for you??
Maybe I am reading into all this timing malarkey a little too much and you just read and catchup when you can, but I am dying to know for sure.

I have been scheduling my posts to go public at 8am GMT every day, not for any particular reason other than it was about the time I would get to work and figured people would maybe like to have something new to read from the morning onward really.

I even wanted to keep this post hamsterific so got Casper to pose with a clock.

‘HOW VERY RELEVANT’ I hear you scream 😉

HAHAH, I even tried to get Dexter to pose nicely with a clock but he really does have none of it. An unnatural celebrity.
But Casper posed away very nicely for me.

And I know it looks like he is even nibbling the cushion m iPad is sat on in the picture to the right, but he isn’t I swear.
Even Diva-Casper needs a little bit of encouragment to sit still sometimes. So a bit of broccoli may have appears in his paws…

Anyway back to the point..
I know it may seem trivial and it could be completely RANDOM but at least then I will know.
As for some reason this thought has been bothering me since I began blogging again…

So, I would be mighty grateful if you could answer the poll below, just to give me a rough idea of what time people are reading.
I understand there is a time difference and as this blog reaches every corner of the globe, my 8am is different to your 8am kinda thing, but going on your time of day wherever in the world you are, when do you check out the blogs you follow?

Thank you in advance for your participation. It makes setting up the hamsters with props that little bit more worth it 😉

Hamster-y cuddles! 
xx

The Hamster Halloween Costume Vote

Now October doesn’t have many positives. Its getting colder. Its getting darker. And its getting colder. I am a summer-lover – walking round in my puffy fat coat and losing the feelings in my fingertips is not my idea of a good time.
So basically October gets a bum deal.
What is the best bit about this gloomy month? The last day of it of course; Halloween!

It may be 3 weeks away but I am looking forward to it already. Its that occasion I can dress up and no-one cares or looks at you funny! 😀 Less about me!

In the true spirit of things, I am going to make the hammys little costumes –  horrifying hamster outfits ;D
In true ‘me’-style I couldnt possibly decide what to dress them up as and this is where YOU come in.

Below are 3 polls.
One for Dexter, one for Eve and one for Casper. On each poll there is a choice of three frightening-fancy dress ideas for the hams (don’t think ‘how will she manage that?’ because I will worry myself with that at a later date!) 😛

Now I would be mighty appreciative if you could chose a costume for each hamster in the polls below. I will leave this post at the top of my page until this Sunday. So you have until
Midnight on Sunday 14th October
to vote for your favourite outfit choice. You can vote more than once, so if you really can’t decide between some you can just reload the page and vote all over again! 😀 Thank you all for making my mind up for me! 😉

Its not OK to have favourites… is it?

I imagine when it comes to pets its a little bit like children. If you have more than one, you can’t have a favourite.
Saying that, doesn’t everyone have a favourite even if they don’t speak of it out loud?

I love my three hamsters very dearly. They are cuddly, cute and make me laugh even if I am having a bad day. They are certainly nowhere near as much work as an infant would be, and I personally am not even close to mature enough to have my own children any-time soon. So hamsters seem like the logical stepping stone.

I have an older sister. There has been no end of sibling rivalry between us over the years. My point? My parents dont have favourites between us (despite all the typical conspiracies). Thats law number one with children isnt it? You cant favour one over the other, its just not the done thing. I may be considering my pet hamsters way too closely with offspring here but you get my point. You can’t put one loved ones priorities and needs over the other loved one.

Now I am prepared very much so for the backlash of my next statement.
Okay, I lied. I’m not ready.
But here it goes….
I have a favourite.

I’ve tried not to love this particular furry more so than the other two. But I just can’t help it!
Can you guess who I am talking about???