#KCACOLS – 22nd August 2021

Welcome back to #KCACOLS. We had 13 linkups last time! THANK YOU ALL so much for being part of the linky! I really appreciate your support. For new people joining us this week, I really hope you like #KCACOLS and that you come back again next time! You can also find out more about this linky on the #KCACOLS linky page! 🙂

PLEASE READ

Please remember that this linky is all about commenting hence the reward of being featured. I cannot chase people individually. That is why I send the “Thank You Email” so people can check the list and make sure if they have been mentioned so they can go back to the linky and comment.

ALSO, PLEASE remember to comment on the co-hosts and host posts. We are allowed to change our posts on the following Saturday after the linky is live. So, please be aware of these changes during the second week. There are a lot of people that are skipping the first 4 posts which is very disappointing. These posts are part of the required comments, so please don’t skip them. 

Remember that FRIDAY NIGHT is the deadline for all comments. 

We are now in the UK. We had such a lovely time in Greece. We miss it so much already! We wish we can be there again!. Since we are back we have been busy with birthday celebrations. First was Sienna’s birthday. I took her to Flip Out with a couple of friends in the morning and then we spent the afternoon in the park. We then spent the weekend away celebrating my parents in law birthdays. They both have their birthdays on the same day.

This week we didn’t do much. We went to Notting Hill for cake on hump day to Hummingbird Cakes. Sienna ordered a rainbow cake. It was yummy!

Each linkup, I love sharing a photo from my last 2 weeks on Instagram, so here is my favourite:

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We had 13 linkups! It is sad to see that we are having fewer linkups lately but I really hope it is related to the summer holidays. Let’s hope things come back to normal in September.

On Thursday we had 4 posts that needed more comments. By Friday night (deadline for commenting) we managed to reduce this number to 1 post which is very good.

Regarding the people that have not commented on the post before theirs, we didn’t have anyone who didn’t do their commenting. This is the first time that we have had that, so I am very happy!

Also, remember to comment on the co-hosts posts. Please also be aware that I’m BLOCKING URLs/Emails of people that have joined the linky and have not commented on any posts for consecutive weeks. If you find I have blocked you by mistake, please contact me.

I also wanted to say that I will need all your comments to be done by Friday as I won’t be doing any counting on Saturdays anymore. So Friday Night will be the deadline for all comments from now on. 

LINKY TWEETS 

I’m not tweeting individual people once the linky is live but I will tweet the people that have been featured and mentioned. I’ll also post a link to the new linky post on the KCACOLS Facebook Group, pin it on my Twitter account and on my Facebook page together with some generic tweets. I will of course, email all of you the link. If you could also share it by clicking the link below that would be FABULOUS!

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Thank you so much for all your comments on the host posts and the linky post. We will do our best for you to receive a comment from someone on behalf of the linky (either the co-hosts or me).

GUEST CO-HOSTS FROM THE PREVIOUS LINK UP 

I would like to say THANK YOU so much to HELEN from Twins Tantrums and cold coffee and KENDRA from Growing Exceptional for helping me with the commenting this week! 🙂

GUEST CO-HOSTS FOR THIS LINKUP

My first guest co-host this week is DANA from A Mamanista Life. I am so excited to have DANA as my co-host for the second time for this new linkup. Dana has a family, lifestyle and travel blog. She is from up North and a forty-something mama to three beautiful and energetic children. In her blog, she aims to capture and write about the funny bits, the challenges and the everyday wonderful moments of her family life and friendships. Please give some love to her social media accounts which are (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Pinterest). She will also be retweeting your tweets this week so please add her Twitter handle (@amamanistalife) to your tweets as well as mine. Finally, she has a guest co-host post, Wellness Hacks Here’s 10 We Can All Do Right Now linked up too. Please if you could go there and add a comment it would be AWESOME!

My second guest co-host this week is KELLY-ANNE from Mimi Rose And Me. Kelly-Anne has helped me to co-host the linky many times. Kelly-Anne is a writer, blogger and mum to a beautiful girl called Amelia. She is married to Tony and together they have set up their home in the beautiful countryside of Norfolk. She is a self-certified tea addict, a lover of the 50s, stationary and she eats way too much Haribo. Please give her social media accounts some love (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Pinterest). She will also be retweeting your tweets this week so please add her Twitter handle (@Mimiroseandme) to your tweets as well as mine. Finally, she has a guest co-host post, What Social Media Has Taught Me Recently linked up too. If you could please go there and add a comment it would be AWESOME!

FEATURED POSTS – TOP 3

We had a tide so the first and second have commented the same amount. See below:

The first person who commented a lot was KATRINA from Chatter Fox. It is lovely to see Katrina back within the 3 commenters again. She has become a great supporter of this linky too which I love so much.  Thank you, Katrina, for all your lovely comments within the linky. She has commented on 8 posts! One of her posts from last week was Autism and School Holidays. Please visit her post and give her more love if you can.

The second person who commented a lot was SAM from This is Where it is At I am so excited to have Sam within the top 3 commenters for another week in a row. It is really nice to be able to feature her again. Thank you, Sam, for all your comments. She has commented on 8 posts! One of her posts from last week was How to keep cool at home in the summer. Please visit her post and give her more love if you can.

The third person who commented a lot was LYDIA from Pandora and Max. I have featured and mentioned Lydia several times. It is fantastic that she is also back within the 3 commenters! She is a great supporter of this linky and has always been very lovely with her commenting. She has commented on 7 posts! Thank you so much, LYDIA! One of her posts from last week was Share Four Somethings – July. Please go to her post and give her more love if you can.

FEATURED POSTS – TOP 6

Behind Katrina, Sam and Lydia were SHELLEY from Wander and Luxe with 4 comments and KAREN from The next best thing to mummy with 3 comments. Thank you so much to all of you! 🙂

For this week’s linkup, I am linking up 5 Stunning Mediterranean Spots to Add to Your Post-Coronavirus Travel List and Quick Ways To Add Personality To Your Home so I hope you like it! 😉

Please do not forget to follow and check out the #KCACOLS Pinterest Board. We have pinned all your posts from last week’s linky so please go and have a look. There are some great posts that deserve a read!

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Now let’s carry on with the linky:

RULES:

Every 2 weeks I will choose 6 people who have commented A LOT on the linky. Three will be featured and another three will be mentioned in my fortnightly Saturday linky post. This means that 6 people will get a backlink on my new linky post every other Saturday!

1. Be sure to grab the #KCACOLS badge, which is found below or on my sidebar. Simply copy the code from the box below the badge and add it to the text/html at the bottom of your post or place it on your blog sidebar.

2. You can link up to 2 posts. I recommend you to link up one post each week to get the most of the linky. 

3. Any subject is welcomed but please keep it family-friendly. No graphic violence, explicit sexual content, etc. You can link up posts that are old or new. You are allowed to link up another linky ONLY if it is a promotional post about the linky and you can do this only once and I expect you to put my badge or a link to my linky and of course to follow the rules regarding commenting. 

4. Comment on:

• one of the hosts’ posts (choose one that you would like to comment). 
• the guest co-hosts posts.
• the post which is linked up immediately before yours.
• and finally, any other post that you would like to comment on.

That way everybody receives at least two comments (one from the host/guest co-hosts and one from others).

5. This linky will be open every other Saturday from 10 pm and will remain open until the following 2nd Wednesday at 08.00 pm or until we reach 100 link ups, whichever comes first.

6. If you would like us to tweet your post that is absolutely fine, just tweet your link to me @WithFranca, DANA @amamanistalife and KELLY-ANNE @Mimiroseandme and we will retweet it. Please remember to use the hashtag #KCACOLS.

7. Finally, if you could please follow A Moment With Franca (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube) that would be fantastic!! 😉

I look forward to reading and commenting on your posts!! 🙂

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Thanks for stopping by,

Love you all ❤

Franca  💋