The "next" button

Aos meus leitores portugueses as minhas desculpas por postar primeiro em inglês, prometo que ainda hoje escrevo o post em português. Fiquem atentos

Hi! Today I am here to post a little tutorial that made my blog reading a lot easier and even pleasant. How do you keep updated on your favourite blogs posts? Do you use a reader? I started by bookmarking all my blogs and each day I opened all my bookmarks and looked for new posts. This is probably the worst way to read blogs and a big waste of time. Then I discovered Google Reader, much better, at least I knew which blogs had new posts. But the feed in google reader is not very satisfying, you loose the whole picture plus you can't post comments. Then a few months ago I came across a tutorial on how to add the "next" button and I would like to share that with you because it really changed the way I blog.
So, first you go to your google reader, click the "options" button (a little gear on the top right corner) and choose "reader settings".

 

Next, open the "Goodies" folder and drag the button to your bookmarks bar. What this does is lead you trough all the unread blog posts on your list of subscriptions. The big advantage is that it really opens the blog so you see the original content and can comment all you want. Now, GO to your next blog!

For some extra fun (and some danger as well) add the "subscribe" button. Whenever you find another blog you want to follow just hit the subscribe button and that is it! Whatch your list of blog subscriptions grow exponentially... (this is the dangerous part).

Ainda Natal / Still Christmas

Bom dia! Eu sei que ainda é um pouco cedo, mas... muito trabalho, lembram-se? E do calendário do advento que fizemos cá por casa?

Good morning! I know it is still a bit early (or maybe not, depending on your timezone!), but... lots of work, need to use all available time. Do you remember the advent calendar we made this year?

Bom, quanto a esse posso dizer que foi um sucesso! Todos os dias os rapazes lá se lembravam da surpresa. Pintamos, colamos, fizemos fantoches de rolos de papel higiénico, uma grinalda natalícia para a entrada de casa, bolachas de laranja, fizemos bombons em forma de robot (que foram um falhanço total), lemos histórias e vimos filmes de Natal. Foi muito giro e definitivamente uma tradição a enraizar cá neste cantinho.

Well, it was a huge success! Everyday my boys would remember to open their "surprise". We painted, glued, made toillete paper puppets, we made a christmas garland to our house entrance, orange cookies, robot shaped chocolats (a huge failure, by the way), read stories and watched christmas movies. It is definitely a tradition to keep.

Com os dois rapazes em casa o tempo para me dedicar aos trabalho manuais foi pouca, a não ser que construções de lego contem ;).

With the two boys at home I had little time for my crafts, unless lego construction counts ;)

Bem, ainda tive tempo de fazer uma coroa para a nossa porta de entrada, inspirada aqui. Não é tão dramática como a original e as fotos estão fraquinhas, mas fiquei muito satisfeita com o efeito final.

Well, I still had some spare time to make a Christmas wreath inspired here. Not so dramatic as the original one and I appologize for the bad photos, but I was really happy with the end result and how it looked on my door!

Agora que o Natal passou e espero que o vosso Natal tenha sido ao bom como o meu (talvez seja um pouco tarde para este tipo de desejos, não?), esperem ainda ver mais uns posts com um tema Natalício, já que ainda tenho uns trabalhinhos para aqui mostrar.

Now that Christmas has passed and I hope you have had a Xmas as good as mine (isn't a bit late to this kind of wishes??), expect some more christmasy posts as I still have some some more projects to show you!