Hey! This is my 502nd post!

I meant to write something special for the 500th post but I forgot and lost track.  I really love blogging because it makes me very cool.  (It's the Dungeons and Dragons of the 21st century!)  Here's the highlights of the first 502 posts worth of blogging:

1.  27 people have decided to "follow" my blog.  That shocks and flatters me.  Thank you, you 27 people who have each given me a little ego boost.  (Actually, it's only 26 because I follow my own blog.) (Lame)

2.  I can tell from my statcounter that I have readers from all over the world.  CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!  I can't.  Every time I look at my stats and see that people from Jersey City and El Cajon and Weisbaden, Germany have looked at my blog, I get a little thrill.

 from my Statcounter map

Most of the people come here because for some reason the picture of a random bird that I used for one post has somehow gotten linked to my blog and now every time someone looks for a picture of a quaker parrot on google images, they get directed to my blog. Oh well.  I'll take what I can get.

3.  I have made some great new friends.  One of my first blogger friends was Aunt Becky at Mommy Wants Vodka.  She's great.  Also Wendi Aarons who is a big deal in the blogging world, has read my blog and both of them have actually commented!  No, you shut up!  They did! (Those two are like D and D wizards) Also I've re-connected with some real-world friends who I've lost touch with over the years.  (Hi Anne, Kady, Jill, Carrie!)

4.  I've discovered some excellent blogs by other women that I am now addicted to reading every day.

5.  I won an award out of the blue.

6.  I've finally started writing down stories that when I tell people they say, "You should write that down."  Done and done.  And they are organized, and easy to find!  Now I can easily find that funny picture of Sam doing the limbo, or Kira's art projects, and I can brag about my husband.

Thanks to everyone who reads my blog.  I really appreciate you coming here to read the latest silliness I've written about and I love your comments!

Happy 502nd Post!