Monday, January 31, 2011

it's my blogoversary!


today's my 1 year blogoversary. is it weird that i just gave myself a cake? blogging seems to fit me and my current lifestyle very well as i've figured it all out and learned the ropes. when i wrote my first post, i didn't even know what a follower was or have any inkling of what i was getting myself into. who knew i'd have 160 posts inside myself, just waiting to come out in the course of one year. or that i'd get 500 hits on that one crazy post about shaving my head.

when i look back on that first night of writing, it reminds me of how far i've come in the past year. how much my life has changed and how you can learn and adapt to anything that's thrown at your way if you're willing to try. that was a really rough period (and i don't mean of the red, sloppy variety) because my husband was sick & suffering & we were trying to adjust to life without 2 vehicles. i seriously thought i'd be getting a replacement car at some point shortly after the dead one died, but instead, i learned to write & to cook. not exactly an even exchange, but valuable, none the less.

at first, i wanted to write out all my ideas as fast as i could. my posts were sometimes ridiculously long, but i wanted to squeeze every funny thing i thought of into each post. they were often of a listy nature rather than a story nature, but since then i've learned that i can do a story more justice by letting it stand alone as a solo post rather than abbreviating it and putting alongside several other amusing stories. these are not facebook statuses that need to be short & witty. this blog's not going anywhere, so i can slow down & tell a story the way it's meant to be told. i think i may extract portions of my older posts that i wrote back when i had hardly any readers. some of them are pretty good & it's a shame to let them disappear into history, so if you guys don't object, i may rewrite them & present them a second time around.

another thing i didn't realize is how much i'd come to enjoy reading the blogs of others'. i didn't know that i'd get drawn into the lives of so many people by reading their posts regularly, as if each one is a chapter in a book. or an episode of a tv show, but one where you can interact with the characters through comments. i can spend hours a day just reading through and commenting on people's posts. i love commenting, especially on someone's blog who doesn't yet have a lot of followers or commenters. some of them are truly gems & i wonder why they don't get more traffic. i want to encourage them and let them know that they're doing well & they're appreciated. they have value, even in the mind of this humble stranger.

thanks to all of you guys who stop by. you are appreciated & i like you, even if you just lurk in the shadows in the middle of the night. if you want to come out into the light of day & introduce yourselves, i'd love to meet you. you've seen my place & i'd love an invitation to yours too. we could sit & chat, maybe exchange boob stories or laugh about that time when you called that bearded lady "sir." you tell me one of yours & i'll tell you mine and we'll laugh and cry together. and maybe on occasion, we'll do both at the same time.

29 comments:

  1. Congratulations!
    I always enjoy your posts.

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  2. Happy Anniversary! I love you!

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  3. Your blog makes me happy. :) It makes me snort-laugh in the middle of the night when I should be sleeping but can't help looking at it. Then I can't sleep because I'm laughing.

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  4. Happy Blogoversary! Hi I am new here. My name is amber and I would love to swap boob stories with you :)
    I have been bloging for a couple of years but have only really started enjoying it this year, but I have always loved reading others blogs. I am a nosey person (i just cant help myself) so reading about peoples lives online works great for me.
    Amber

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  5. Happy Blogoversary. I'm relatively new to your blog but am loving your sense of humor.
    Kim

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  6. Happy Blogoversary! Mine's coming up in March, and yeah, I feel the same way about a lot of stuff you said. I also spend way too much time here in blog land. Er--quality time.

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  7. congrats!!! i don't even know when mine is i guess i should look into that lol!!

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  8. Happy Blogaversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  9. the best and most interesting thing you said was 'getting drawn into the lives of others' and yes that is exactly what it is..I am glad to know you , it has been an already interesting and funny interaction...

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  10. A year? A year? You are older than me! Holy cow, I defer to your wisdom, oh queenie blogbeenie!

    Congrats lovely! I have truly enjoyed our warped little connection!

    xxoo

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  11. Happy blogoversiary.


    I like your blog.

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  12. Hey, congratulations! Mine's coming up in a couple of days - it's interesting to see how similar our blogging journeys have been, although our blogs are so different!

    Have a great day!

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  13. Happy blogoversary!!! Always love checking out what you have written for the day. Such wonderful humor.

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  14. i like the comraderie i find in the comment section of blogs. i liked tracey aka average girl 's idea for a party where every one introduces themselves and visits each other. we might need to work one of those in over here soon. let me clean up first though, i'm not company ready.

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  15. Happy Blogoversary! I think it would be good to recycle some of your older posts, because I hadn't met you then, and I'd love to read them.

    I, too, spend hours reading other people's blogs. It's so much fun, isn't it?

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  16. Congratulations!!
    Your posts are so hilarious! Keep blogging! Wishing you many many more anniversaries!

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  17. Girl, I would be happy to exchange boobs with you. Do you like full 36C's?? OHHHHH.... boob STORIES!!? Geeesh.

    Happy Blogoversary!! :o}

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  18. Hey Congrats! I always like coming over here :) And I appreciate when you comment on mine to :)

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  19. I always get excited when I see that you've posted something new! It's not exactly like a box of chocolates though, because I pretty much know what I'm going to get...a lot of laughs.

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  20. Happy Blogaversary! I hope you don't mind, but I at some of your cake! It was delish. I would swap boob stories with you as well but during the puberty years, the boob boat passed me up so I don't really have much to talk about! Give me a visit anytime at...

    http://cubicle-confessional.blogspot.com/
    or
    http://lesliejmoon.blogspot.com/

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  21. Congrats! I just love coming over here and reading your posts. And a party like Average Girl's?! I'm always up for that! :)

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  22. Yay- I love your blog. Happy blogoversary!

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  23. Happy Anniversary! Keep me laughing! :)

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  24. I recently had my blogoversary too. Isn't it great! Congrats to you!

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  25. Happy Blogoversary!!! :D it is kind of weird to go through old post isn't it? Seeing how much your writing has improved?

    I heart Blogger just for that. <3

    Keep up the good work!

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  26. Enjoyed the read! I'm attempting a blog myself, just underway! Hoping to go back and read some posts over your first year....congrats!

    http://boxfilledwithnothing.blogspot.com/

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  27. Congrats on the 'versary! Long may you write! (As long as you like, really - pages of it would be FINE!)

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  28. Congratulations on a year. I've only been going for three months, so it's hard to imagine going for a whole year. Anyway, I don't think it's weird that you gave yourself a cake, and, being that I'm new to your blog, I wouldn't mind at all if you rewrote some older ones. :)

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