More excitement in the build-up to CyberMummy which is only eight days away! Today we’re braving the frozen tundra of Russia to share some lovely thoughts from the profound Potty Mummy. She’ll be fresh off the plane from Moscow and assures us that she’ll be sporting a fur-lined bra and sheerling-lined wellies when she touches down in Blighty to attend CyberMummy11.
It’s CyberMummy next weekend. I’ll say that again; it’s CyberMummy next weekend. Bloody hell; next weekend? Where on earth did the last 6 months go?
One minute I was sitting in Moscow last December, where a glance out of the window confirmed that yes, it was still snowing, the temperature was still below civilised, and that my reflection did still have hat-hair, and the next? I find myself wondering where on earth I left my sunglasses, why I didn’t think to put sunblock on for the 10 minute walk to school (I do not rock the red-nose look), and which of my many forwarding UK forwarding addresses I had the CyberMummy ticket sent to…
Non-bloggers might ask why I’m making the trip from Moscow to London for this event. But non-bloggers don’t understand the attraction of meeting fellow bloggers face to face, because most of them interact with their friends face to face all the time. We (by which I mean bloggers generally and perhaps parent bloggers more than most) don’t necessarily limit our friendships to ones we can have on that basis. Blogging about or around one of the most emotive things that can happen to a human being – being a parent – can lead to real and lasting friendships between people who have never met, and possibly never will. Never will, that is, unless they attend events like CyberMummy.
So that is why I’m packing up my family perhaps a little earlier than I would otherwise have done this summer, and swapping Moscow for London for a short while. Well – that, and the fact that I’ve run out various essentials for civilised living and you can’t get decent cheddar, spicy tomato pickle, or Green & Black’s chocolate for love or money out here…
Thank you Potty! Safe travels and we’ll see you in EIGHT DAYS!!!
About Karin Joyce
Karin Joyce is the creator of Embrace Happy, an inspirational and motivational website where the focus is on celebrating the good in our lives every day. The Embrace Happy tagline is: Not every day is good but there is good in every day. Before starting Embrace Happy, Karin was one of the “old school” bloggers from the early days of what was then British Mummy Bloggers with her parenting blog Cafe Bebe. In between school runs, blogging and being a wife to Mark and Mum to Ella (6 1/2) and Sam (3), Karin also works as a freelance social media manager and consultant.
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Susanna
Friday 17th of June 2011
Potty Mummy was the second blogger I met in person (the lovely Jo Beaufoix was the first!). We've come a long way baby. C U at CyberMummy!