And in my great plan, I thought I could reflect on the highlights of my year of blogging ...... but when I thought about it, I realised that my life and therefore my blog are quite tame. (Which is fine by me!)
Yes, I had an iron transfusion, a scary birthday and got through Climber's first year of school and love affair. I recorded for posterity the terrible year we had during my pregnancy with Cherub. But in terms of my plan, man, it just didn't seem to be worthy of a great deal of reflection.
Because this blog, it's just my family, in writing, so that my useless long-term memory will have a better chance of remembering this delicious time of my life.
Nontheless, I still think I ought to take time to state that I am so glad I started doing this. I love that I've taken lots of photos and written down the funny stories, I love that I've found all these other blogs to visit (do you see the length of my sidebar??) and actually met some of my fellow bloggers. I love that I am writing again, split infinitives, lax grammar and all. And this year of blogging, seriously; is that all it's been? I feel like like I've been blogging forever, like I'm such an old hand at this now. Weighing it all up, it seems valid to do an anniversary post, to commemorate a year of doing something that I enjoy so much, and will be, I hope, a treasured record to Fixit, the boys and me in the years to come.BUT....
It turns out that, true to form, I actually MISSED the anniversary of starting this blog. July 17th 2006 was my first ever post, not July 29th. Like my 100th post, it came and went and I found out later. What can I say? I'm not great with dates.
But what the hell. Won't you wish me a belated happy blog anniversary? And if you've ever lurked here and never said hello, then surely a belated first blog-versary is the time to introduce yourself.
Well hey! A happy bloggiversary to you!
ReplyDelete"Because this blog, it's just my family, in writing ..."
ReplyDeleteIsn't that what most of them are? And, I think, it's one of the most profound things there is, particularly yours. Boy, it sounds as though you went through the wringer about the time Cherub was in the oven!
Happy blogiversary! May you have many more.
Don't think of it as belated, just think of it as your using the Greek Orthodox calendar.
ReplyDelete-J.
P.S. Happy blogiversary.
Happy blogiversary! I love reading about your adventures, misadventures and mischievousness (is that I word?). No life, or family, is ordinary... as proven by your blog. Again, happy day (many days late).
ReplyDeleteI so agree that blogging is a great way to remember all the funny little incidents as your children grow up. Wish I'd had it. I do have lots of scratchings, scattered hither and yon, but it's not quite the same as blogging it, because, you get the bonus of making all these new friends, and free advice, solicited or un-. What more could you ask? Happy blogiversary Stomper!
ReplyDeleteHappy, Happy Anniversary, SG!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy you-know-what (don't make me type that word)!
ReplyDeleteWe love you Stomper, no matter how boring you are ;)
Happy missed-bloggiversary! Yours was one of the first blogs I ever discovered, and still one of my favourites. Blogs about "family, in writing" are the best!
ReplyDeleteThat is the BEST photo.
ReplyDeletehappy anniversary - even if you missed it you nuffy!!! and yes your blog roll is huge - happy reading and writing ofcourse!!!!!! x
ReplyDeleteI missed mine too *shrug* - but i'm known to be crap like that in real life... I got something for mum a month late this year, which is pretty good for me.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BLOGGY-VERSARY !!
i don't find your blog boring in the least .. it's one I look out for first on the ol' updated roll.
Coz I..
... like boring family life..
And you do such a good job of it.
err .. of detailing family life .. not being boring .. which I don't think you are ...
ReplyDeleteAren't you like some world-famous band-managing tap-dancing CD-recording few-el anyhoo ?
Bit more than just a domestic goddess..
Happy Blogiversary, I love reading about your adventures in life!
ReplyDeleteWhat everybody else said, and how come you can take such a great photo of yourself? Not fair!
ReplyDeleteHappy Bogiversary! And how glad I am to have met you!
ReplyDeletecongrats on your birthday,,,Have lurked more often than is probably healthy..orig.via poppalina ... have left a comment or two..but let me say your blog is not boring..not at all..gotta check up on the progress of Climber, Cherub .Fixit and not to mention your cooking challenges! seriously for someone without children..it gives a loving insight into your(gorgeous) family life..
ReplyDeleteThanks 'netties. I will confess here and now that it was bloody hard work to do a nice self-portrait and there were a lot of rejects. (Don't you love digital cameras?) And that in the end I chose the one with the non-intentional 'soft focus'!
ReplyDeleteHallo to Dy & Judi! Judi, I recognise you from Shula's and your comments a while back, and I think from a putative blog-meet...
Happy blog birthday! Did I come too late for the cake?!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary from a chronic lurker but dedicated reader.
ReplyDeleteYour blogging anniversary is the same day as my birthday - that should help you to remember it!
ReplyDeleteI love that have taken the time to record this delicious life and that we all have the good fortune to share a slice of it with you.
I have loved reading you for the amount of time I have been blogging, which is not quite a year. I must go and check the date so I don't miss it, like some people...
ReplyDeleteHappy belated blogday!
I cannot believe it's only been a year! Congratulations and happy blogoversary dear.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a pleasure coming here and reading about you and your darling boys (and man), and even more of a pleasure meeting you in real life.
Gorgeous self portrait by the way!
Hey stomper, I did exactly the same thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Anniversary to you.
Hey, happy blogiversary, and we, too, love reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Blogday from a newbie lurker! :P (I like your 'reflections/musings' BTW :o)
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Blogiversary from me too. Yes, blogging is fun, and my Favourites list is very very long, but they're not all in my Blogroll because Daughter 1, aka my technical adviser, has cruelly got married and left home. I keep meaning to tie her down and make her expand it.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy reading about your family's doings.
Happy blogversary - I love to read about your family and your life and your adventures and your thoughts - Mary
ReplyDeleteOh Miss Caroline...Happy blogging to you!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely:
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Blog'oversary!
And our swimming pools have some rather anal policies about picture taking over here, too... I can kind of see their point --I'm a tad sensitive in my swimsuit at the moment and don't want to be in any pics -- but I w ouldn't be there to take pictures of strangers... just mine!
A belated happy blog-iversary from me too! I was celebrating for you by having a girls w/e, yay!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary Stomper!
ReplyDeleteps I think the best thing about blogging is the reading of ordinary lives, that are really anything but.. And the writing of them.
nice photo tooo!
Happy blog-iversary to you. What a year you've had! a blog is a great way to record things for your family. WHo has time to write things down any more?
ReplyDelete(I spent the first year diligently recording everything my son did. Then life hit me, and well, he's lucky I remember his name sometimes!)
Anyway, your blog is a delight to read!