One Year

One year ago today was the first post on this blog.  I had been reading blogs for a few months and had toyed around with starting one, but I couldn't quite commit.  At my Hubs' urging (I'm sure he rues the day now), I finally made the plunge and set up Rocks In My Dryer. 

I thought blogging was just about writing your thoughts and throwing them out there to CyberLand.  I had no idea how you gained readers.  I had no idea that you made friends.  I had no idea about any of it.  I couldn't tell you the difference between a blogroll and biscuit, and I thought a web ring was what Spiderman gave to his wife when he proposed.

But I've learned much this last year.  I'm a better mother, a better friend and a better writer from the time I've spent putzing around blogs--my own and others.  Thanks for reading, for commenting, for writing and for being a part of this quirky blogosphere.  I'm glad we're here. 

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Somewhere in the Mommy Bloggers' Constitution, it is written that you have to post a re-cap of your year on your blogiversary post (what, you didn't get the memo?).  So, I'll be a good sport and share the links to a few of my personal favorites from the last year (if I do say so myself)...

• Heroic Motherhood
• Remembering
• My Daughter's Hands
• Momma Earp
• Wilderness
• Four
• One For the Textbooks
• To My Little Boy, On Your First Day of Kindergarten
• Perhaps Someone Should Take Away Our Computers
• Odd Blessings
• I Just Trust Him
• A Visual Indication of What My Day Has Been Like
• Out Of the Mouth Of Joseph
• The Truth