sounds about right
…in the life of TMBL.
One year ago today, I posted my very first post on this blog.
I wasn’t going to include a link here on account of the shoddy photos, poor formatting and lacklustre text, but I’m my own worst critic and everyone has to start somewhere, right?!
Besides, I still standby this recipe (made it the other week in fact).
nope, just a home cook with access to the internet
It’s been a crazy year. I never thought I’d be committed enough to post every day (I have a day job, a family and a social life after all) but I did and it’s down to you guys. If there was no-one reading or commenting I’d have thrown in the towel and eaten some commiseration cake a long time ago.
So thanks. Seriously. Thanks.
and if you did this, then even bigger thanks 
Special dues must be given to some fellow bloggers. When I joined WordPress I was surprised to find myself part of an instant family. It was extremely encouraging and inspiring. I found creative cooks, deep thinkers and comedy geniuses.
mmm, this is scarily familiar
So thanks bloggers. Here’s a roll call of everyone who’s been with me from the start (or almost the start)*. Please check out their work, they do great things.
- REM Cooks
- The Obamacrat
- Green Door Hospitality
- Expat Chef in Barcelona
- Rose Wine Lover
- Scrumptious Pumpkin
- The Humble Foodie
- Real Food Road
- An Unrefined Vegan
- The Healthy Frenchie
- The Primal Sexy
- A Journey of Two
- Our Life in Food
- The Healthy Frenchie
*sorry if I left anyone out, my brain doesn’t work the way it used to (time to start quaffing the coconut oil probably)
Also a special thanks to Cooking with Mama Miyuki who gave me a ‘Sisterhood of the World’ bloggers award yesterday. It requires me to answer some questions so here goes:
- What is your favorite color? This sounds suspiciously like the lead-up to a Monty Python sketch.
- Your favorite animal? My hubs (hey, humans are animals too)
- Your favorite non-alcoholic drinks? I’m sorry, I don’t understand the question*
- Twitter or Facebook? Facebook all the way (please go ‘like’ me!). If I were a bit more down with the kids, I’d probably pick Twitter but it confuses and disturbs me.
- Your favorite pattern? What a bizarre question. Sometimes I buy kitchen roll with tiny cartoon dogs on it, that’s a pretty awesome pattern.
- Do you prefer getting or giving presents? That would depend entirely on the present.
- Your favorite number? I don’t have that much of an emotional connection with maths, sorry. I’ve heard that 3 is magic though, which is pretty cool, so I guess I’ll go with 3.
- Your favorite day of the week? Any day that I’m alive, with my hubs and the sun is shining.
- Your favorite flower? Sunflowers. Always, always sunflowers (though I did go through a tulip stage that is best forgotten)
- What is your passion? Cooking! and eating! and eating things I’ve cooked!
*kidding! I’m just getting into grapefruit juice, so it’d be that or cranberry kombucha.
That’s it for today folks. It’s a birthday of sorts so I’m away to eat cake, January resolutions be damned!
Happy blogoversary!
Happy anniversary!
Cheers! Happy Blog Birthday, and many more!
Happy Anniversary!!
And thanks for the shout-out. Very sweet. I have so enjoyed following your blogs and the fun things you say! (By the way, I too am a huge fan of sunflowers — hence them being one of my three wedding flowers). Here’s to another year of you blogging and us enjoying your posts!
Kenley
Congrats on your one year mark! Thanks for the mention.
Happy blog anniversary! Thank you for the sweet shout out. I have really appreciated your support as a fellow blogger in the last year…and as I’ve mentioned before, you have my favorite food blog Facebook page. I can’t wait for another year of your delectable creations! My roommate is still thanking you for the bacon and liver meatballs…yum.
Congratulations and I am thrilled I found your blog. Thank you so very much for adding my name to a variable list of who’s who in culinary excellence.
Reblogged this on The ObamaCrat.Com™ and commented:
Today is Things My Belly Likes 1 year anniversary. Thank you Ms. Cat for being a magically food place. Here’s to your next year of culinary excellence.
Happy blog birthday to you!! Hope you’ll be around for many more years to share the deliciousness.
Happy Birthday … Thanks for the nice blogs … especially the poetry … food .. and … music are great romantic stuffs that keeps a lonely heart occupied when necessary … That is why i love it … Thanks again and happy birthday …
Congrats! A whole year…..time flies huh? You’ve got a great blog and you are a superwoman to be able to tackle a life and post everyday. So was that cake nice? Hope it was some guava duff!
And thanks for the mention 
Happy blog birthday!!
you are so funny! and I’m so glad I found you via TheObamacrat’s blog. The king of reblogging don’t ya know
I too don’t really like my first post but you’re right, everyone’s gotta start somewhere! which just reminded me of a post I was thinking about doing for a while now: a newly improved and redone first post. hey, maybe I’ll do that for my first blogoversary. He he. Keep up the great work!!