What is it? Is it Blogiversary, Blogaversary, or even, heaven forbid, Blogoversary? Well, whatever it is, however you spell it, today is it. A hundred posts, my dears. Not only a hundred posts, but 5 years of blogging. A hundred posts in five years, I hear you say. Is that really something you should celebrate? Shouldn't that be kept very very quiet? But no. As some of you may know, in another life, I had another blog, which I started five years ago to this month. During those five years a lot has happened and you were always there to cheer me on, comfort me in times of woe and -very kindly- laugh at my wacky wanderings.Now that I've started this post, I really don't know what to say. How can I say the things I want to say to you without getting all teary-eyed and sentimental? Your presence means more to me than I ever thought possible when I got this crazy idea of writing regular reports about my stitching. I've had comments that made me laugh (or LOL or even ROFLMAO, if you like), comments that made me cry, comments that made me all squishy inside, comments that made me think and comments that inspired me. And what a joy that all of you, the commentators, have blogs yourselves to make me laugh or cry, make me go squishy inside, make me think and inspire me. You're all dears and I love you. Thank you for visiting me and making my life even more special.
A blogi/a/oversary wouldn't be complete without a giveaway, now would it? The prizes are as yet unwrought, but that's because I want to know who the winners are before I start anything. You know, to avoid disappointment on the receiver's part. I wouldn't want to send warm woolly winter socks to someone living in deepest, darkest Africa. Or a primitive stitchy thing riddled with spelling mistakes to someone who gets eczema on their eyeballs when they spot such errors (I'm not naming names. Besides, I'm one of them). Anyway, if you leave a comment on this post, congratulating me on my awesome achievement (ahem), you have a chance to win something handmade by moi and because this is a special occasion, there will not be one, or even two, but three winners. I will draw the names on March 1st. Now for the slightly nasty bit: if you don't react to your win within five days if you are one of the lucky ones, I will draw another name. I'm too busy stitching to chase after you :o)
Celebrations aside, I've been working on a new potential BAP. It could also turn out to be a really small, quick stitch. But my desire is to make it a BAP. Intrigued? Well, you'll just have to wait until next time!Yours celebratorily,
Annemarie.
65 comments:
Waking up early is a benefit because I get to be the FIRST to congratulate you! We have loved your blog, your life stories and your adventures with Pelle so much! Happy Blog/a/oversary, gf!!!!
Woohoo, mag ik meedingen voor een paar sokken, echt waar????
Happy, happy blogi/a/oversary Annemarie! Here's to another 5 years and another 100 posts ;)
Congratulations! Raising a (virtual) glass of bubbly.
Congrats and Happy Blog-however you spell it-versary. A word soon to appear in the Websters or Oxford dictionary.
Been a follower for awhile and enjoy seeing your creations and including Tiger Man and the Baktus. Actually have me wanting to pick up those knitting needles myself.
Thanks for your posts and please enter me in your giveway. I am sure anything you giveaway will be wonderful.
Congratulations to you!
What fun that you will get to "know" the winners before you start anything! It will be fun to see what you do and for whom!
Gefeliciteerd met je Blog-feestje!!! Ik ben een stille genieter, maar volg jou, je borduurwerken en Pelle wel trouw!
Hoera hoera hoera enz. Voor de gelegenheid een Nederlands commentaartje... Dat er nog maar 400 berichten mogen volgen, dan heb je gelijk je 25-jarig jubileum te pakken... yoehoe (stopwoordje van DS).
Pelle is wel een echt Teigetje zo. Springt hij ook zo lekker heen wen weer??? En dan nu vasten?
groetjes
WOO HOO!!! Congratulations on your Blogi/a/oversary!!!
I think I need a piece of cake to really make the celebration complete.
:)
hugs
-missy-
Congrats - five years is something to celebrate :)
So please count me in.
Pirjo from Finland
pirjo.kallioniemi(at)yahoo.com
I think you are fabulous Annemarie and no matter when or where you blogged you were so. :)
Happy Bloggerversary :)
Happy Anniversary!
That post was too funny! Congrats of your milestone, and please include me in your draw. Cheers!
Happy Blogaversary my dear friend. You have brought such joy and laughter to my life since you started blogging. I have enjoyed each and every post.
Here's to many, many more.
Happy Blogi/a/oversary Annemarie, and congratulations on five years of blogging!
Happy Blogaversary! Happy Blogiversary! Happy Blogoversary!
I have enjoyed your posts very much as well as looking at your beautiful projects and your very adorable son!
Please enter me in your giveaway!
Congrats on your bloga-thingie, and also for having the two cutest cats and kid ever (next to mine of course)!
Wahoo, another stunning feat. Happy ####versay!. I think Vonna adder another option. Bloggerversary. We should all adopt this term! Anyway, congratulations. Please include me in this celebration.
bkirk1029@sbcglobal.net
Well done hun! I'd love a chance at the giveaway. Please add me and here's to another five years (better ones) of blessings and blogposts. xx
Happy Blogaversary LOL!! Gosh is it 5 years, I remember when...ahem.... you started LOL!
Blogging is always fun isn't it and I for one am so glad you continued.
Hugs Su x
Congratulations, Annemarie! I've been reading since Wacky Wanderings, and I'm so glad you're back in the blogosphere. Your stitching is lovely, and your way of writing is very entertaining. I'm glad you've reached a happier spot in life.
Best wishes to you and Pelle, and to the kitties as well. :)
Congratulations on 100 posts! I would love to have something made by you. diana.h@comcast.net
Happy blogoversary! (Or however you spell it!) What an enjoyable blog to read, too! Celebrate your accomplishment and keep on blogging!
Congratulations, Annemarie! 100th post and all such wonderful ones, full of cat mischief and maybe some Pelle mischief, and some of your own!
I would love a chance to win, of course. Our exchange (ahem) does not count! ;-)
Whatever you call it - congratulations, and here's to many more posts, I love reading them, although I don't always comment!
WooHoo, congratulations! I think the blogging community is so much better because you're in it :)
Now I'm off to cross my fingers, and toes, and eyes...
Congrats on all your "awesome achievement"!! At least you have started a blog, which is much more than I can say for myself.
debra in NC
Congratulations on your blog-?-versary! Love looking at your projects and finishes. Thanks for the chance to enter!
kayhilgendorf@hotmail.com
Happy Blogiversary! (I spell it that way because we have anniversaries, not annoversaries or annaversaries) Congrats on 5 years... and ya know YOU have inspired us, made us laugh, and made us cry, too!
Thanks for the contest... I would be thrilled to receive something you made!
Congratulations on your blog anniversary...and 100 posts! I love visiting your blog and reading your adventures with Pelle, the felines, your stitching and editing. =)
Congratulations on 5 years of blogging, however you choose to spell it. I'm glad I've found you - I enjoy your point of view. I would love to be entered!
Andrea
Congrats on your 100 blogs! (I've made 2.)
Here is the real question as I'm a loser on the abbreviations - BAP - what does it stand for? The only one I can think of is big a-- project and I don't think that is correct. Please help me someone!!
Congratulations!
Here's to another 5 years and hundreds more posts!
If it is an anniversary, then it shouldn't it be a blogIversary? As you know, my eyeballs have been assaulted in the past, but I would cherish whatever you stitched for me should I be the winner.
Happy Blogoversary! 100 posts, huh? I am lurking and enjoying your adventures with little one, Pelle. Please enter me in your giveaway!
Conrgatulations ! Heres to another 5 years or 100 posts wichever comes first :)
Life goes on ~ bla!
I spell it with an O because that's how it's spelled on my Blogoversary countdown button.
Have the merriest blogoversary ever, Annemarie! I am always thrilled when I see a post from you in my reader! You ~are~ awesome!
Count me in, please!
Hey, reaching the 100-blog mark is an accomplishment. Never mind how long it took. Besides, content is way more important than a number. I've only been around for a little over a year, so now I'm thinking that I'd better go back a ways and catch up.
Anyway, congrats on reaching 100 posts. It's always a pleasure to see you in my blogs-to-read box and as a commentor. And by the way, I love the Beatles reference in your title today.
Happy Blogoversary Annemarie. Please enter me into your giveaway!
The reason we'll celebrate with you for "only" 100 posts is that your posts are a welcome sight on our computer screens and in our Google Reader accounts. We've learned to expect insightful observations about stitching and life, impossibly witty humor that has been known to simultaneously bring the whole online stitching community to tears (of laughter, of course), fabulous pictures of Pelle and pets and pumpkins, and fascinating needlework sagas, such as: Can Annemarie conquer a Baktus? Are the SAL police still monitoring her every stitching commitment? Will Mrs. Slocombe ever get a proper dress, or Noah, a proper coat?
So Happy Blogiversary, my online stitching friend! Keep posting, and we'll keep reading. After all, we have to keep reading if we want to see who wins the giveaway, don't we? Speaking of which, those random number generators **never** pick me, so feel free to simplify things and just choose me directly right now, OK? Thanks!!
Your friend, Linen
whhooo boy, 100 posts, now that's an accomplishment. I'm in awe of those with children who stitch like crazy AND have a blog. I don't think I could have done it. Heck, I can't keep up with the blog I have! Congrats! Would love to win your giveaway.
Fun with vowels! ;)
Hey, wow, five years? Really? Gosh the time's flown. And a hundred wonderful Annemarie posts. We should gift YOU!! :D
Congratulations, Annemarie, and don't you dare stop blogging. Ever!
Happy Anniversary or Blogaversary AnneMarie. It doesn't matter how many posts you've made over the years, I've enjoyed each and every one of them - about your stitching, your life and your dear son Pelle!!
Stitching bloggers are the best! I thank my lucky stars for stumbling across my first one over a year ago! Congrats.
Happy, happy anniversary! Here's to many more years, lots of posts and lots of stitching :-).
Congratulations on your 5 years of blogging and your 100 post!!!!! It was really fun reading your blog so keep them coming~~ Thank you for letting us celebrating with you!!!
Congratulations on your 'blogger'-versary ;)
Wishing the blogger equivalent of always having ink in your pen, a smile on your face, love in your heart...
Congratulations Annemarie! Your blog is definitely one of those I enjoy most in the Blogland and I always love to see another post from you :)
Lang zal ze bloggen, lang zal ze bloggen... dat we nog maar lang mogen genieten van je prachtige verhaaltjes en mooie werkjes, ik ben een fan!
dikke knuf uit het zuiden des lands...
Congratulations on your blog anniversary! There, I made it easier on myself, trying to figure out how to spell it. ;) Here's to another five years of reading your stories. :)
I salute your awesome achievement! And I think 5 years qualifies blogging as one of your BAPs. Love reading your entries.
I'd love to be included in your celebration - love all your awesome works! Sorry I didn't find you sooner!
I only wish I'd known to read you sooner!
A very happy Blogxversary, though I think we're the ones who are benefiting through being able to read of your stitching (mis?)adventures. :D
We're waiting on (or is it "with") pins and needles to hear of your Maybe-BAP.
Congratulations! I love reading your blog, and watching Pelle, your projects (especially the Blue Lady), and your kitties grow.
Dear Annemarie,
Congratulations from all of us who enjoy your blog. I love your grand enthusiasm for needlework, and your profound love for your nearest and dearest.
With best wishes, Laura in Massachusetts
Wow 5 years is a long time, congrats!
Congratulations on your blog anniversary, Annemarie! I enjoy reading your blog. Please included me in your celebration.
Congrats on your blog anniversary! And you can be sure that we love to check in with you and see your great projects. Thanks for adding some joy to blog reading and I wish you another happy 5 years of blogging (or more). pj
Congrats on your blog anniversary!I think blogging of any sort whether it be big or small is worth celebrating!
For sure, congratulations to you.
I would love to celebrate by having you send me something you made.
Love your blog, keep the juices flowing.
Congrats to you!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is awesome and I always enjoy your posts. Please include me in your lovely handmade drawing.
Well, congratulations on whatever you want to call it! I always look forward to your posts. Please add my name to your giveaway drawing. Thanks very much...and by the way, I love that "wall of letters" idea...too clever!
hat an Awsome Achievement, Annemarie! Congratulations!
Congrats Annemarie! Ik win nooit deze dingen maar je kan niet winnen als je niet probeert toch? :-)
Hugs en groetjes ~
Heidi
Congratulations, Annemarie! I hope you will write many more blogs: I love to read them.
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