Because I have nothing else to do with my time….

I know I am supposed to be cutting back on the extra work, but I have a problem saying no. Clearly. But actually, these are fun projects and you know I am all about having a project or two on the go. Rather these than the unhealthy ones I’ve had in the past!

So besides my day job, my mothering duties, my wifely obligations, the publicity requirements for my book* and my normal run of the mill blogging activities (eek! edited to add: and the FET, forgot about that), I am busy with the following new projects:

The Samsung Blog

The first project is a fun initiative I am involved in. A good friend of mine (coincidentally a HC himself, love those HC’s!), Mike Stopforth is a Web 2.0 guru and helps corporates get into this new media gig. Anyhoo, he is working with Samsung South Africa and they have come up with a really cool idea. They gave four South African bloggers each a new Samsung cell phone and asked them to blog about their experience on a specially created blog. We each have to submit at least one blog post a week and then the public are asked to vote which blogger they think deserves to keep their new Samsung phone. Hint hint. GO VOTE FOR ME, I WANT TO KEEP MY NEW PHONE!!! It’s a sexy little black number that I really want to keep as my own. Actually, Marko really really wants that phone.

 
The Times

The Sunday Times, the biggest Sunday newspaper in South Africa have just launched a new daily publication called The Times.  

It's new, different, exciting and it's interactive

 

And it’s taking South Africa by storm. Last Tuesday, The Sunday Times, South Africa's biggest selling and best loved Sunday paper, launched a daily edition - The Times.

* Is delivered to the homes of 120 000 Sunday Times subscribers each weekday; this immediately puts The Times among top morning newspapers in terms of circulation.

* Promises to be South Africa's most interactive newspaper with additional video material, podcasts and blogs on its website

They have asked myself and four other local bloggers to contribute weekly columns to the paper. About whatever we want to. I am going to write about pretty much what I write about here, just without the F word. It is a family newspaper after all! The good thing about this one is that it is a paid-for gig. My first bit of extra bucks on the side, yay. Every bit helps. (And it really is only a bit.)

Kak Funny

Then, purely just for laughs and definitely not for money, I’ve joined a handful of other local bloggers and am writing on a blog called kakfunny.com. About all sorts of arbitrary, silly shit. I have nothing much in common with the other bloggers besides the fact that they are South African and have a great sense of humour, and that I really like them. This is my space to be silly. It is the brainchild of a young man called Kevin who is extremely funny. And silly. But he makes me laugh. I am old enough to be his mother, which doesn’t make me laugh.

Kak Funny are running a competition for the best naked feet – go check it out and submit pics of your feet!

 

StorkSisters.com

This one I’ve told you about. It is my infertility support site. I need to kick it up a gear, but I haven’t had the time. The forums section is running nicely on its own, but I am looking for some co writers to author some content for the site. My next project! 

So, that is where you will find other bits of me on the Net. This blog will always be my main home, but the other sites allow me to explore different parts of my personality. The ‘decent’ side (ala The Times) and the irreverent side (Kakfunny). 

If you aren’t doing anything this weekend, pop in at the Cape Town International Book Fair at the CTICC – it is a fabulous event, I was blown away by the one last year. I am talking on Sunday about blogging. 12:30 at the Struik stand. Come and ask questions so that I don’t look like a poep standing up there with a mouth full of (newly crowned and very gorgeous looking) teeth.

Happy reading and don’t forget to send us pics of your feet and to vote for me on the Samsung blog. Really want that phone. Would make excellent b/day gift for Marko as HE really wants that phone!

There. That should keep me out of mischief.

Comments

[Ute]

Wow. Sounds like quite a load of projects.

Speaking of which: What ever happened to your friend Harrison? I'm still curious to know how he reacted. :o)

[Orange]

Yay for paid blogging!

And also? You're a phone whore. But your SAMSUNGISGREAT post over at the LOOKHOWCOOLSAMSUNGGADGETSARE site was funny.

[Kevin Cadman]

Tertia dear... if you are old enough to be my mother, it means you had me when you were 14. That's pretty young, I jest you not.

At least your readers won't give you shit about having babies too old, or thinking that 40 is a bad time to have one ;)

Oh, and did you stay at the Sandton City Garden Court? Man I've spent so much time there, they know me personally. Haha.

[JuliaKB]

Damn, girl-- you are busy.
GL with all the projects. So cool that I read you before you became a national columnist and all that... :)

[Sarah]

Tertia, you are truly divine. Love you. Worry that you are taking on way too much, but love you nevertheless. And so, with the utmost respect and a little trepidation, I must admit that the Samsung thing is a bit unnerving. But I guess that's how I feel in general about the corporatization of things I love. Wish it weren't so. :(

[Les]

Hi. You don't know me, I'm just a random 20-year-old student from Scotland, but I accidentally found your blog a few weeks back and have been coming back every few days. It's a really interesting blog to read and I enjoy it. Just wanted to say hello.
Les

[Ashlee]

Yay for you having 80% of the vote to keep your phone right now!!

[Heather G]

Bloody hell. I forget whether you are on happy pills or not but if you are "I'll have what she's having"

[Dani]

So, does this mean you're too busy to post pics of your new G & D teeth? ;)

[angel]

sheesh t... i dunno how you fit it all in!!!