4.17.2007

Cien

This is it! The big 1-0-0 is finally here. I have been thinking about this post, wondering what I would say, what is inherently special about me posting 100? As I was in the garden, waging unholy war against dollarweed, the thought came to me: I will write about Mr. Hollis Baker! After all, about a year ago, when I was looking for references to what a dominick rooster was, I found this post from Mr. Baker. I love the way he writes. Mr. Baker just tells a good story, with both words and pictures. He and his wife are people I would like to meet someday.

So, that's how I got started blogging. Then, I joined Katie's Self-Sufficient Women Yahoo group and met even more nice, witty and down-to-earth bloggers. After that, nothing could stop me. I learned HTML, I learned how to monitor page hits from Melissa and I learned the therapeutic and intellectual value of blogging fairly consistently. So much to learn! So much to see and do! New recipes to try from Stephanie's blogs, Jenn at Frugal Upstate got me started on a Spicy Thai Noodle feeding frenzy. Wow. I love that dish. We eat it quite a bit in this house.

Really, I just kind of wanted to post a tribute to the excellent bloggers out there--not forgetting Linda, of course. She is such an encouragement and has awesome pretty things!

Here's the deal, then: I am sending out a care package in honor of my 100th post. Just drop me a comment sometime this week to let me know you're interested in the package. On Saturday, we will draw a name and on Monday, the package will go out in the mail. I'm excited about this first package from the real Brighthaven being sent into the blogosphere. Of course, it will be a gardening package, filled with all the good gardening finds I can imagine!

Look forward to hearing from you soon!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh absolutely count me in!!

BTW - I have finished Darla's book and will be taking notes so I can write a proper review on your new site in the next few days. I can't wait!!

Shereen said...

Thank you so much for visiting me. I'm happy you left me a comment, because I was able to follow you back here. ;0) I'm looking forward to going through your older posts. For now I'm off to get the boys in bed. Isn't it horrible that I can't hang laundry. I found out that it's illegal to prohibit someone from hanging laundry outside, so what my community did was they said okay, you can hang it, but it has to be hung in a way that your neighbors can't see it. URGH!! That's almost impossible. Maybe I can hang it and then put a tent over it. A tent with a sunroof. ;0)

Shereen said...

Oh, please count me in for your 100th post. I make a year blogging on Sunday, and I was trying to figure out what to do as well.

linda t said...

Hey Becca... congrats on your 100th post!!
Count me IN!!!
Don't know if that was me that you mentioned in your post... cuz when I pushed the link, it went to your blog.
Loved your slide show... man, there is sooo much I need to learn... and I want a banner for my blog... and I want... !