A year ago today, I decided to become a blogger.
Some people are motivated to begin blogging to because they want to make friends online, some need a creative outlet, others are motivated to help keep in touch with family.
Me? I was motivated by the cute blog designs I found at April Showers Blog Design. Yes, I was motivated by shiny & sparkly things. I decided that if I was going to invest money in a blog design I had to prove to myself that it was worth the money & that I was in it for the long haul.
So, I wrote my first post titled “Okay Seriously Now!”
I jumped in not only head first, but a big ole’ cannon ball into the pool of blogging and boy did I not know what I was getting myself into.
I had no idea how addicting it all would be! I didn’t know that every.single.thing I did would become a post opportunity or that I would have notebook after notebook after notebook filled with blogging ideas.
In the beginning, I had a terrible basic blogger design, I naively titled blog posts “Warning: This is Long!!!” that just begged people to not read it, even though it was a good post. I wrote dumb posts about my new menu pages.
But, then I started to find my writer’s voice.
And I wrote posts that were special to me like the one about my great-grandmother & my grandmother when she was a baby, temporarily giving up grad school & the one about my Neighbor Tommy.
I wrote funny posts about Jackholes hating my baby & Lboy helping me flash people while shopping.
I started a blog design business which has TAKEN off & has me working 25 hours a week on design! And in a few short months, I will get to announce how my business will be expanding in new & exciting ways!
I joined twitter, started a facebook fan page, & a blog frog community.
My favorite part though?
All the emails, the tweets, the facebook messages, & the blog frog discussions from all the new, amazing people I’ve met.
And this is where I want to thank everyone who reads here! YOU’VE made this year awesome & YOU have me looking forward to the next one!
It’s been decided, I’m here to stay–if you’ll have me of course!
Congratulations on your Blogging Anniversary!
Thank you!!!
Congratulations on your 1 year! You are much more successful in one year than I've been in almost three!! 🙂 So excited to see where things are taking you! Here's to another GREAT year!
Yay! Happy Blogoversary!
Happy Blogaversary!
Happy Bloggerversary! I've been blogging since December, and I feel like I'm really getting the hang of it. Congrats on your business ventures, and keep the posts coming!
Thank you! It's been a lot of fun, but insane!
I loved the pics you had on your blog today! He is so cute!
Thanks!
Thank you!
It took me a while to find my blogging voice and to figure some things out, but it's just so addicting that it's all you really want to do. At least that's how it was for me, I don't think I'm going anywhere! I've had a lot of fun!
Glad to hear you're having fun too!
Happy Bloggiversary!!! I'm so glad I've come across your blog (and twitter, and facebook…not a stalker, promise!). I just started last August and it took me a bit to get my voice too and I'm finally seeing my blog grow. Congrats to you! Look forward to reading more 🙂
Happy blog birthday! Of course we want you to stick around. It took me awhile to find my blogging voice also. So funny that you were motivated to start blogging because of the cute blog designs you saw. Your blog does look great and I'm hoping you learn WP soon so you can help me with my blog design
I can't believe you've only been at this for a year!! When I went back and read your posts I discovered that I've been reading you that long — crazy days!! I knew you were one of my inspirations! You'rs awesome, kate!
Congrats on your one year blogoversary, Kate! You've done an awesome job and how cool the things you've accomplished, including your own business! I don't think we've got a choice if we want to have you, you're here to stay anyway 🙂
Congrats! It's been 6 months for me. I guess we usually improve at something as we keep at it.
Congrats, Kate! You're doing an awesome job and I just love you and your blog. #wineparty FO LIFE! 🙂
Isn't it crazy how different the first posts are from the newer ones? I go back to read some of my old ones and I just cringe. Live, learn and grow, right?
Congrats!!! I've been blogging for just over year. My favorite part is meeting people with lives so different from mine. I also like keeping in touch with life in the US because over the years I've forgotten what the culture is like there haha
I've even met a few bloggers in person! Soooo much fun!
I'm glad you're enjoying blogging so much. Your funny stories are my favorite 🙂
And you're right… every single time I go out I think "how can I turn this into a blog post?" hahaha
Way to use the internet to help people solve prebmols!
Congratulations! =) I just found you for the first time today and we may have been separated at birth 😉 Enjoy your anniversary. I'll be back.
Just found your from the blog frog community! I wanted to say congratulations of your 1 year anniversary! That is great. I have had a blog for a year now too but I lost my focus for a long period of time and didn't write for a long time. Being back I realized just how much I missed it! I'll now be following you and can't wait to see what the next year holds! Feel free to stop on by in my world, at http://www.beenomom.blogspot.com
I missed my 1 year anniversary. Saw your post and had to go check on mine. It was March 2nd. Oh well. I can't believe it has been a year for us. Seems like just yesterday.
Happy 1 Year!
OMG Alle! This is my favourite weiddng of yours, I sat here with my mouth agape in complete awe at your awesomeness! GO YOU GOOD THING! You are absolutely out of this world incredible!What beautiful beautiful images.love yaEXXX
Happy 1st year of Blogging and here's to many, many more! 🙂
Good for you! Congratulations on doing something you enjoy!
Happy 1st bloggy birthday, Kate! I'm so glad I got to know you!
Congrats on your anniversary!!! You've accomplished SO much in the blog world in the 1 year… that's awesome! I know I speak for several women when I say I'm really glad you decided to start blogging!
Congratulations! I'm catching up with some of your older posts now…
Yay! Happy Blogoversary!! I think the thing I'm most surprised about is how addicting it all is. And how much fun!
Congratulations on your blogoversary! you've come a long way! I hope you have a fantastic second year of blogging.
Happy blogaversary! I love that you started for shiny things. 😉 Excited to hear the news about your business!
You have been a busy lady… What a blogging inspiration! Thanks for stopping by today and the great comments – they really do mean a lot.
Very inspiring!
I love that you're celebrating! That's so awesomely fun! Don't we all wish that we could hang out, with people we like, and do something we really enjoy AND make a little dough doing it? Kudos for being able to do just that! That is DEFINITELY worth celebrating!