2008 in review: Blogland and beyond
January 9, 2009 | 2008,2009,Audience participation,Blogging,Blogland games,Citizen of the Month,Dad2twins,Devra Renner,Friends,Goon Squad Sarah,Great Interview Experiment,Guest blogger,Gunfighter,Magpie Musing,New Year,Traveling
Hey. Still grateful here.
Just a little more than a year ago, we decided at the last minute to go to Norway for the holidays. My husband’s grandmother was gravely ill, and we hoped to see her one more time. (She died just a few days before we got there.)
I put out a desperate call to a bunch of blogfriends, asking if they would be willing to guest post in my absence. I was humbled with the response. I had guest posts for almost every day I was away.
So I’m still grateful.
For …
- AdventureDad
- Bad American
- The Bullshit Observer
- Childs Play x2
- Creative Ink
- Dad2twins
- Funny Business
- Kemp’s Blog
- The Little Bird
- Mamma Loves
- Margaret
- Mom’s Minivan
- One Man and his Blog
- Parentopia
- Sarah and the Goon Squad
- Toddled Dredge
- The View from Here
- Writer’s Round-About
For …
Linda Jones for letting me blog at You’ve Got Your Hands Full.
Linda also gave me free rein to redesign the blog, which I did over my crazy summer. I had some hits and misses. A photographer promised the use of an image then wouldn’t return e-mails or telephone calls. So I scrambled for a suitable replacement, and I got something even better. I called on someone I knew, Kristine Freed.
With the help of Kristine and Sherilyn Brinker of Brinker-Freed Photographyand new mother-of-twins Kerrin Laari and her 5-week-old babies, Elise and Ian, I had a fabulous image to use on the blog.
None of it would have happened, though, without Jo-Lynne at DCR Design. She made the header and buttons, arranged and rearranged everything and even called me to give me a crash course in making my own changes. (Though I’m still fairly hopeless in that department.) I would have made a big announcement on the blog by now, but I’m having technical difficulties with Typepad, and I haven’t been able to sign on. As soon as I get it figured out, though, I’ll get something posted.
For …
- Stefania for giving me a blogging job at Being Savvy.
- Morningside Mom for taking over my Tampa spot when I moved.
For …
Citizen of the Month for a great experience, The Interview Experiment, and meeting two new blogfriends at A Juicy Life (now Notre Vie Juteuse since she moved to France) and The Would-Be Writers Guild.
For …
- Dad2twins for the E for Excellent award.
- Magpie Musing for the <3 award.
For …
Bob for his review of Final Salute.
For …
- Gunfighter for letting me guest post.
- PunditMom for letting me guest post.
For …
- Everyone who stopped by to read and/or comment.
Happy New Year.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Thanks. I am grateful to have met you. Isn’t it strange that we may go our whole lives without actually meeting each other but we can still call each other friends.
These pipes in the internets are cool….
January 10th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Looks like you had a great year in blog land. I hope it continues through 2009.
January 11th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Mwah!
January 18th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
THanks for the shout-out! I just love that photo. It was worth the wait. :-)
January 20th, 2009 at 3:29 am
ooh hello – no need to thank me, you are a superstar.
Good day.