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Monday, May 7, 2012

A-Z Reflections





Well, I did it - two years in a row. I must be a couple sandwiches short of a picnic, because after barely getting through it last year, I voluntarily signed up for it again this year. *shakes head*

I'm glad I did it again, though. I had several posts written in advance, and some I re-wrote later because I felt like it, or I wanted to get something off my chest, or fill y'all in on my life, because I know you're just dying to know what's going on. Right? Of course not. And then of course, there are the letters that are difficult no matter how hard you try. And I didn't really want to repeat anything I wrote about last year.

I didn't do any "themes". I'm not sure I'm that creative to come up with something that would work for the alphabet, but if I start thinking now, maybe I can come up with something that's not lame enough to make even my horse's eyes roll into the back of her head.

The first week I had a lot of new traffic, people stopping by to leave a comment. Each week, though, brought fewer and fewer passersby, but they were still there. I gained 17 to 20ish followers I think. So, I'd love to thank y'all for stopping by to at least give me a shot, and I'd love to say "welcome" to all those that hit that cute little follow button on the left. Those that followed finally put me over the 100 mark - I'd been sitting just below it months, just waiting to see if I could actually hit it. lol

I tried to visit everyone who visited me, and went through the entire list on the A-Z page and tried to visit 5-10 blogs a day. I followed a few new blogs, but I was careful not to follow everyone simply because there aren't enough hours in the day read everyone's stuff! Especially for someone who has three jobs, blogs in her spare time, and attempts to keep up with the ones she follows. Plus the stack of books I have on my counter hasn't moved much recently (maybe it's because I keep buying more??? Didn't think so.) . . . And then of course there's my fairly recent Castleville obsession on Facebook.

Yes. I need a life. I'm aware, thanks.

Anyway, I will probably voluntarily sign up again next year because I'm about as nutty as squirrel poo. 

13 comments:

  1. Haha I'm glad you survived it! And I'll probably sign up for it again next year too :)

    Congrats on passing 100 followers btw! I got a bunch of new followers as well so happy days lol!

    Hopefully you'll be able to read my reflections post for some reason it's not showing up on the feed =/

    http://pablosangel.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/a-to-z-challenge-round-up.html

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    1. That's really weird why your post isn't showing up in the feed. Blogger never ceases to amaze with it's weirdness! lol

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  2. I just think it was funny that it took the A-Z for me to find you. :)

    I will likely not sign up next year as I just really felt like I could not keep up with the commenting. But we'll see. Because I have been known to change my mind a time or two. Or seven.

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    1. I know - that was totally weird! All those people in common and never saw each other's blogs. lol

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  3. I kind of wished I had signed up. I'm really finding it hard to blog lately, but every time I get on here, I love being here, writing, reading, etc. We need more hours in the day. I may petition God. lol Yeah, I need a life, too. Badly. Very badly. Like insanely badly. lol

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    1. Let me know how that petition works out for you. Because if it works, I'll put one in. lol

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  4. ha, it was fun, wasn't it? I failed miserably at visiting as many blogs as I wanted to, but assuming the list is still around, I want to concentrate on visiting more of them in June...

    It's been nice to follow along on your blog!

    Jo
    In Which We Start Anew

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    1. My eyes would start to go all buggy on me, so even if I only visited a couple, I'd have to quit. lol So many blogs so little time!

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  5. Congratulations! Given my short attention span and tendency toward procrastination, I could never accomplish this, so massive kudos to you, dear.~ =)

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    1. Thanks for the kudos. And it's tough even for those who have an attention span. lol

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  6. I'm definitely down for it next year. There were a lot of folks doing it and it seemed awesome!! :)

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    1. There was around 1900 bloggers participating this year. Next year I would think it was definitely be over 2000!

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  7. Somehow I missed your reflections post, now I'm going through the A-Z list... Nice to meet you through the Challenge :)
    Let's join the Nut club next year too!

    Roadtrip: On my way from A all the way to Z!
    English Speaking Zone

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