Aloha Friday...Blog Hop Time!

I know I've been seriously MIA lately.  I have a ton coming up including the announcement of the winner of the $750 cash giveaway.  I also have some featured bloggers in the coming weeks that are and were sponsors....yeah... I'm running that behind.  I've enjoyed the break and look forward to blogging again. Won't you come and hop with us?  

Hey there people and a very Happy Aloha Friday to you all! Welcome to the most hoppingest of all hops - The Aloha Friday Hop :)

We have a great team for June - I know you're going to love them! Just don't forget to head down to the linky to click and follow them when you link up your own lovely blogs :) Our hosts and co-hosts links are always the first you will see, so it's easy for you to click and follow.

Grab a button and link up below! If you'd like a different sized button click here. <a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o-w0ow4aJqw/UTEC8Kxi4HI/AAAAAAAAMo4/p7jZEg0qHqY/s1600/Aloha+Friday+button+300+with+words.png" border="0" /></a>

Don't worry if you already have Jean's lovely Aloha buttons on your blogs - switch if you'd like to. Or choose one of Jean's buttons here.

The rules are the same as before and are posted below. The Aloha Hop is one of the most hoppingest hops of the week, attracting over 400 linkups on the regular. Let's keep that blogging tradition going people!

If you'd like to host future Aloha Hops with us then please get in touch at our swanky new email address alohahop@gmail.com

I believe we're all set for June with lots of lovely co-hosts but feel free to get in touch about July onwards.

If you'd like to spread the love even more, why not tweet and twitter all about it? Just click the pic below :)

Here's the extra special addition to our lovely hop. It's an oh-so-easy opportunity for you lovely participants of the Aloha Friday Blog hop to get some exposure to your blogs!!  What do  you have to do to enter?  Just link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop Below!! It's that easy!!  No extra forms or hassle, just link up!  Each week we will pick a linker to featured at random and invite you all to say ...

Grab a button if you were featured this week! <a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4bM2HwNLY8/UKnx1zTR7aI/AAAAAAAAI1I/jrflm1VMyzw/s1600/Aloha+Friend+button.jpg" border="0" /></a>

Aloha Hoapili translates as Hello Close Friend. So, without further ado let me introduce you to this week's featured friend ...

Leyla at This Day I Love.

Leyla blogs all about life, love and her littles. Want a little taste of her blog? Check out these posts to find out what you've been missing:

Kiddies and Tidy Books  A Mile in Memory  A Birth Story

Now let's start hoppin'! Click on the links in the linky to visit some lovely bloggers and make new friends. Oh, and don't forget to link up yourselves!

Aloha and have a great day people!

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Aloha Friday Blog Hop, a free for all and a big Mahalo

As many of you know from my post earlier this week, I'm a little burnt out.  Thankfully the lovely Sarah, my co-host for this hop has really stepped in and taken SO much of the stress from me.  This step back I'm taking is such a wonderful opportunity for this hop to have a fresh look and feel as we see things from Sarah's lovely point of view.  Mahalo Sarah for being such an awesome co-host.  This week there is no team, the June team starts next week.  This is a free-for-all.  I hope you all have a blessed weekend.  Now, come link up with us! 

Hey there people and a very Happy Aloha Friday to you all! This week (as May has 5 Fridays instead of the usual 4) it's just myself and the lovely Jean hosting this most hoppingest of hops.

If you are a regular reader of What Jean Likes you probably read her recent post about The Aloha Friday Hop and how she's finding it hard to fit all of the coding and all of that into her life. I am not surprised at all - Jean puts together such complex code each and every week for all of us to use and really works so hard on building up this gorgeous hop we all love. I have been doing my little bit for a while with the Aloha Hoaplili section but honestly - Jean does all of the heavy lifting! I am so grateful to her for doing all of that and felt it only right and proper that I take on the mantle from her and try to relieve her burden a little if I can.

So, Jean will be staying on as co-host (yay!) and will be helping with newsletter stuff (and when I get stuck with anything code related!) but the hop posts will be mine all mine from now on (insert evil cackle here!)

Hence everything has turned all pink and been mysteriously covered in illustrations. I don't know how that could have happened ...

*Clears throat* On with the hop!

Grab a button and link up below! If you'd like a different sized button click here.
<a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o-w0ow4aJqw/UTEC8Kxi4HI/AAAAAAAAMo4/p7jZEg0qHqY/s1600/Aloha+Friday+button+300+with+words.png" border="0" /></a>

Don't worry if you already have Jean's lovely Aloha buttons on your blogs - switch if you'd like to. Or choose one of Jean's buttons here.

The rules are the same as before and are posted below. The Aloha Hop is one of the most hoppingest hops of the week, attracting over 400 linkups on the regular. Let's keep that blogging tradition going people!

If you'd like to host future Aloha Hops with us then please get in touch at our swanky new email address alohahop@gmail.com

I believe we're all set for June with lots of lovely co-hosts but feel free to get in touch about July onwards.

If you'd like to spread the love even more, why not tweet and twitter all about it? Just click the pic below :)

Here's the extra special addition to our lovely hop. It's an oh-so-easy opportunity for you lovely participants of the Aloha Friday Blog hop to get some exposure to your blogs!!  What do  you have to do to enter?  Just link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop Below!! It's that easy!!  No extra forms or hassle, just link up!  Each week we will pick a linker to featured at random and invite you all to say ...

Grab a button if you were featured this week!
<a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4bM2HwNLY8/UKnx1zTR7aI/AAAAAAAAI1I/jrflm1VMyzw/s1600/Aloha+Friend+button.jpg" border="0" /></a>

Aloha Hoapili translates as Hello Close Friend. So, without further ado let me introduce you to this week's featured friend ...

Gertrude at The Chosen Remnant.

Gertrude blogs all about life, spiritualist and dealing with life.

Want a little taste of her blog? Check out these posts to find out what you've been missing: Dealing with bitterness Rough Days If you had the chance

Now let's start hoppin'! Click on the links in the linky to visit some lovely bloggers and make new friends. Oh, and don't forget to link up yourselves!

Aloha and have a great day people!

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Stepping Back...

I haven't really posted in a couple weeks. I'm so very sorry for neglecting this blog.  I've had so much going on in my day job and in my day to day life that it left little time for writing.  Truth be told, I'm a stressed out person, super stressed out and I needed time off.  For those of you who aren't all that familiar with my blog, I'm a Christian. I don't shove my beliefs down anyone's throats but I like to share my love and devotion to Jesus and I believe that sharing Jesus' love with my readers is the priority.

Lately I've just been burdened because I feel like I can't do anything 100% because I'm stretching myself too thin and burning the candle at both ends.  I'm back to dieting and working out which depletes me at night so there's no late night blogging sessions so the blog gets neglected.  Daytime is consumed by work and my son so it's a very delicate balance and juggling act and I feel like too many balls have been dropped.  I am working on Sponsor Love posts for early next week and the Aloha Hop goes live tomorrow.  This week's hop has no co-hosts with Sarah and I as May has 5 weeks and the last week is a "break" for me as far as coding and co-hosts go.  June 7th will launch the June team of the Aloha Friday Blog Hop and I may be stepping away from it at least as a main host for awhile.  I am not sure exactly how it will work out and I'll still be sharing it on my site and doing the mass email but it will no longer be something that is "mine".

I am so proud of the Aloha Friday Blog hop, how much it's grown and how many wonderful ladies and blogs I've found because of it. I will continue to interact and love on everyone that participates but as a host, it's a lot of stress and time and I can't afford much of either it seems. I'm wrestling with issues not only with the blog but with my own personal life and walk with God and not having time to do anything right.  I apologize to any of you that are let down or upset with me for stepping back and doing this but it's something I need to do.

To those of you in the June team, don't worry, you're still co-hosts!!  I am transferring all the emails and the lists to a new email: alohahop@gmail.com so that Sarah can easily access it all.  If you're interested in co-hosting with Sarah, shoot us an email there.  Please keep in mind that the Aloha Hop is a really time consuming enterprise and that she's going to need someone willing to do the work, network and be a partner with her through it all. Sarah is one of the most amazing bloggers I know and I'm so honored to know her and to have spent the last 6 months having her as my co-host.  If she will have me, I will still be hosting in some way shape or form to help network, spread the word and email everyone but my part in it is going to be far diminished.

My blog will still be up but I really just want to post things I have a passion for and lately I feel like it's all business, no fun, all work, little about what I love.  Time for a shift in focus as I step back and let a new team bring a fresh face to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop.  Thank you all for being a part of the growth, the love and the Aloha.  My focus has to shift to Jesus, my son and my day job.  I can no longer burn the candle at both ends every day, it's just too much for me.  My blog will still be here and I'll be regularly writing on it but it will be shifted in many ways.  I want to love blogging again instead of dread it. As a result of me stepping back from the Aloha Hop, I've reduced the prices of my ads in half permanently.

Love you all.  Thank you so much for understanding.

Aloha,

Jean

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