Good morning all and once again I'm sitting behind my computer screen. This has become a common trend in the last year as this is the one year mark since the creation of this blog. Blogging has become a way of life for me it seems. My goal when I set out on this momentous undertaking was to have fun with a journal of sorts and try to practice my writing skills somewhat. I didn't know if I would enjoy blogging and I was a little scared about what I wrote being appropriate and interesting enough to entertain folks who happen to read it. My thought was to write about the things that I do with wool. But I very quickly realized that it would become so much more than that. I have had people tell me all the time that they read my blog, which is good, but it kind of leaves a hole in your conversation because you really don't want to keep repeating yourself. It also has been marvelous for those down East who keep up with our lives through the blog. I am a terrible letter writer (and Hubby doesn't write at all) and so for all the family back home it is a great way to keep up with our lives. I hope I have done that in an entertaining and light hearted way. I also wanted to provide information to those in the same boat as me. I wanted to let them know how to start up a small hobby farm and small business. I'm not sure I have done this but if you keep following along I'm hoping that it will come as I continue to learn. A huge part of the last year was taken up with renovations on our house and all that goes with it, and while we are not yet finished with that we are still working on it. (I'll keep posting pictures from time to time).
Recently Hubby was able to help me add a counter on my blog. It is really cool (though freaky, I'm told by one of my blog followers) and with it I am able to see how many people follow my blog and where they are from. It doesn't tell me (so don't worry) what their name is or any personal information just how they accessed my blog and what part of the world they are accessing from, (so ISP and the previous page from which they joined YOB). It tells me what pages were accessed on my blog and how long they stayed on my blog. The statistical information that I get from that is really helpful. Yesterday someone joined my blog from Italy.... but their visit was very short lived. I would say they were just surfing. Still it is cool for me to know whose reading here. Speaking of statistical information regarding YOB, I have written 182 times in the last year which works out to be once every two days on average. I think that is pretty good.
Blogging has become a part of my life like washing my face or brushing my teeth. I wake, I get the family breakfast and out the door to school, and then I sit and blog. Sometimes it is really easy to write but sometimes I just don't have anything to say because the reality is that my life is not all that interesting at times. Daughter #1 says I have a talent for turning the mundane into something interesting but I'm not so sure. Still though I like blogging and most of the time I sit here and it all rolls out easily once I get started.
I want to especially thank all my followers, for staying with me this year and I want to welcome any who actually hit here and think well maybe I'll follow what this gal has to say. I also want to thank the blogging gods (yes there are some) for this outlet for public journaling. What an interesting world we live in.
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