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One Year Ago
One year ago on this very day, “From Inmates To Playdates” made its way onto the bloggy scene with this post.
My blog design looked like this, and I have to admit I’ve missed this cute little gal a time or two since Jo-Lynne redesigned me with a skinnier, older princess.
For those of you who have been here with me from the beginning, I appreciate you! Around the halls of Inmates, you’ll find 393 posts, 2,480 comments and lots and lots of crazy!
My most loyal commenter is my McMotherInLaw, Jean logging in 144 comments. My URL friend, Kellyn [who works within sight of The Mall Of America] came in a close second with 133.
The post that yielded the most comments was entitled I’ve Been Expecting You which happened to be linked to Boo Mama’s Christmas Tour of Homes.
My highest comment day is Thursday because that’s the day I post my You Capture photos. I’ve enjoyed learning more about my camera each week in a feeble attempt to ‘run with the big dogs’ over at the You Capture carnival. We’ve photographed shadows, reflections, red stuff, technology, ourselves, fall stuff, old signs, Joy, and all kinds of other stuff that I can’t think of right now. Basically if you can think of it, we’ve shot it. I keep waiting for the week when Beth assigns CRAZY. I’ll be all over that.
History was made here at Inmates back in June when my daily visitor count reached 1,008. I watched it slowly climb toward 200 and I was thinking it wasn’t even noon. Just before midnight, I hit 1,000. It was an exciting day! That was on a Monday and I was the first linker to link MckMama’s Not Me! Monday post.
This blogging gig has been enjoyable for me and I am grateful for the opportunity to make new friends, review some cool products and make a teensy-bit of cash through advertisiting opportunities.
My most controversial post by far was this one about animal rendering.
Remember all these posts about deployment? It was a long six months with a trip to Guantanamo Bay thrown in the middle of it. I appreciate the kind, encouraging words y’all left throughout the McDeployement Journey.
I think most of you would agree that the thing that sets me apart from most other bloggers is my quirkiness -and believe me, there is plenty of it. My quirkiest post was entitled Things I Learned At The Funeral Home and was a result of my watching an embalming. Yes, you should go there right now and read it. I’ll give you a second.
You back?
I told you it was quirky!
What can I say? I’m a quirky girl. A quirky girl who loves to give stuff away.
And, with the holidays just around the corner, this give-away from uPrinting is perfect!
I am a card-writer. I try to send cards ‘just because!’ Giving custom thank you cards is the perfect gift to express sentiments to your loved ones.
One lucky reader will be jingling all the way with a pack of 50 Custom Thank You Cards with envelopes! UPrinting cards are made from high-quality paper and cardstock and will surely bring holiday cheer to your friends and family.
I am so excited about this give-away! I can’t wait to design custom made thank you cards for the McFamily.
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Blogger Appreciation Prize: (50 ct.) 7 x 5″ (folded to 3.5 x 5″) Custom Thank You Cards with plain envelopes
Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs.
*Pursuant to the FTC ruling on Blogger Reviews and Sponsored Postings, I am fully disclosing that I will be receiving fifty (50) thank you cards from UPrinting.com for hosting this giveaway.
To win, simply leave a comment on this post about how you plan to use the thank-you cards.
A winner will be drawn at random on Sunday evening, November 15th at 10:00 pm ET.
Thanks for celebrating with me!
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Updated to announce the winner of the 50 custom thank-you cards.
And the winner is…..
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Congratulations to Commentor #8 Michelle who does not have a blog but has a Yahoo e-mail address.
Thanks for stopping in for a daily dose of crazy, Michelle! Enjoy!
Does the fact that I love reading your posts mean I’m quirky? Heaven Forbid LOL
I love cards of all kinds, to me there is nothing like opening the mailbox & finding a card instead of a bill.
I use Thank You cards alot, thanking my clients (before I retired), thanking my family for just being there and I send Hubby a thank you card or a thinking about you card about once a week. He loves it
Congratulations! 1,008 visits in one day? That’s something to be proud of! I love reading your blog and stop by daily – Usually when I am supposed to be doing something else… oops!
Thank you cards? During the holiday season? I would take a picture of my boys and use the cards to thank family and friends for all of the generous gifts we receive during this time of year.
Becca @ Our Crazy Boys´s last blog ..Here’s to…
That was a great post! I’m totally going to steal this idea for my next anniversary!
PS – I have fun badges that you can steal on my DSWP blog for the ftc disclose thingy.
Congratulations! A job well done!
Cathy
Ahh…Mall of America…and Ikea too! lol
Congrats on one yer! That is wonderful. I love reading you, you are real and if that make you qirky BRING IT ON!
Thank you cards…umm…the kids birthdays are in February and we go through a ton of thank you cards then, so I think that would be perfect.
Thanks!
Kellyn´s last blog ..Five For Fighting – Review
YAY!! Congrats on one year of craziness!
Well, the craziness has been around longer than a year, you just weren’t blogging about it.
I like reading all of your posts, but the Thursday 13 list is still my favorite.
Oh – almost forgot – Thank You cards are always good to have on hand. It’s a nice way to show appreciation – and customized cards would be even more special.
oops I forgot to mention the cards….I would defintely use the cards for writing thank yous after the holidays. I was taught from a very early age to hand write thank yous as it means so much to the recipient!
Allison @ Slice of Heaven´s last blog ..New Toy
I’m getting into a bloggy funk because I’m not getting new readers/comments. I think everyone goes through it, but you! Man! 1000 visitors? I would be happy to break 50 these days!
Heck! I’ll send YOU a thank you note if I win. How bout that? If not, then sending thank you’s has been bread into me, by my Mother and Grandmother. You ALWAYS send a handwritten note to say thank you, or just because!
Krista´s last blog ..Where The Wild Things Are
One year! wow. I’m terrible at coorespondence/thank you cards, so personalized ones might make it easier to remember to sit down and fill them out.
I recently ran upon your blog and now I’m addicted!!! Happy one year to you! I would use your thank you cards to thank everyone for my daughter’s birthday in February.
Hey you – I’ve been thinking about ya’ll – how did the surgery go??? Poor little Alex.
I wish that I could say I don’t need thank you notes because I have all kinds of pretty hand-made cards ready to go, BUT I DON’T!!! I don’t have time anymore to make cards, even though I love it! So, I’d use the thank you cards to send to people who make a difference in my kids lives – their Sunday School teachers, their babysitters,etc.
Sherri´s last blog ..My friends, Tigger and Pooh (and a friendly little witch too!)
I would surely be able to put them to use but the most immediate need is to write thank you cards for the gifts my 3rd baby received for her arrival….last year. Yikes! Having three kids in just over 3 years is a reasonable excuse but still, a little motivation to get those done wouldn’t hurt and free would be downright fabulous!
As always, I love to read your posts EVERY morning while drinking my coffee. I laugh alot, learn alot, and relate alot!!!
I am always buying thank you notes to send out to people. But I have never had Custom made ones before–So, I hope I win!!!!