Okay not a 5th blog birthday cake, but you get the gist.
February is my fifth February blogging and my blog’s fifth birthday.
So I thought we’d look back at a post from each February of my blog’s life.
February 2010:
My first ever post to this blog–before I knew how to insert links or images. I was living on Wall Street and writing part time back then.
February 2011:
I was on a daily posting schedule during my trip to Italy. Pictures in posts weren’t happening because I didn’t have the ability to move them from my camera to my iPad.
February 2012:
I’ve shifted to a five day a week blogging schedule. Hanging out lots with Grandma H and capturing the hilarity that is her.
February 2013:
I’m posting a few times a week now. Gearing up for my debut novel’s launch.
February 2014:
Posting a couple times a week and I’m doing author events–talks, workshops and signings!
February 2015:
Weekly posts now. And that would be today’s post. 🙂
Congratulations!
I still can’t quite believe I’ve been doing this blog for 5 years. But it’s really cool to go back and see where I was each year. 🙂
It’s funny how we change until we find a schedule that suits us around our daily lives.You’ve gone up and down he scales here Kourtney as things have happened in your life. It looks like you’ve found the right balance.
Happy 5th Blogaversary.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
So true David. I’ve settled into this once a week posting and I think I’ll be here a while. 🙂 It’s manageable and it lets me get all the writing and promoting done. 🙂
Thanks. Hugs, Kourtney
It was really fun to take a stroll down blogging memory lane with you Kourtney and to see they way you’ve progressed. A good dose of words from grandma H always helps. I’ve been to Venice a couple of times but I’d love to go in the off-season and experience it in the fog!
Andrea, there were so many moments I forgot about. Almost like I wrote them out of my head. So it was cool to go back and revisit them. Piazza San Marcos in the fog was really cool. The vaporetto ride over from Lido was a bit scary but what a memory to make. 🙂 Venice was my favorite city in Italy.
Thanks! 🙂
Happy anniversary and wishing you many more.
Thanks so much! 🙂
Five years already? Wow, I didn’t know you’d been blogging that long. WordPress should have an award for that longevity. Most blogs barely make it a year. Congrats!
I didn’t have many followers the first year or two. Basically me posting to an invisible audience. But man did I post in those early days. LOL. That would be lovely. I may not be freshly pressed but darn it I stick around. 🙂 Thanks!
Congratulations. Fun to see where you started and the process that has brought you to here. Hoping to see you around for another 5 years, at least. 😉
Thanks. It’s crazy to look back and reread some of those old posts. Especially my rants on elevator etiquette or Xi’an. I forgot how much that upset me at the time. Aw hope to be seeing you here at least another 5 years too!
Congratulations, even in the time of our association a lot of other bloggers have come and gone, that’s an admirable accomplishment and a lot of posts particularly combined with all your writing, promoting and back-end stuff. I must have found you after Feb 2012 because my hand automatically mouse-clicked on The Things My Grandma Says, which I hadn’t read before… Grandma H never disappoints 🙂
Thanks. It amazes me how many bloggers aren’t around anymore. I’m a little surprised that I’m still here. 🙂 LOL. Most of my followers came in in late 2012/early 2013. Oh she’s a hootenanny. Glad you got a new one to read!
Congratulations! I’m bookmarking those posts and will try to read them all because I don’t go back as far as you! 😉 ~Elle
Thanks. 🙂 I think my earlier posts were pretty amusing. Clearly I was trying to find my voice and my style. It’s funny to see how far I’ve come. 🙂
Very cool, Kourtney! And look how much you’ve grown in that time. Super happy for you. 🙂
Thanks August! I went from no readers to a lovely group of blog buddies. Much of that happened because of you!
So lovely to hear! *big hugs*
Seriously, you were my social media yoda. I learned it all by watching and interacting with you! 🙂
*hugs* Touched and honored!
*Hugs* Thanks for all your support and help! 🙂
Congrats Kourtney!
Thanks Jen! 🙂
What a great idea to look back at the years past. Fun to read the first couple of years when I wasn’t following. Congratulations on 5 years.
Thanks Lori. It’s weird to realize how long I’ve been putting my thoughts out there. 🙂 Thanks for checking out the old posts!
Happy 5-year blogiversary, Kourtney! So glad you have shared your journey with us. <3
Thanks Mayumi! I’m so happy to have you in my blogosphere! 🙂
Hooray! What a great idea to review what was then. (and it goes to show, if you write, they will arrive and read!) Cheers!
It’s funny to look back and see how far the blog has come. I loved those massive paragraphs without photos. I think it took me a month or two to finally get the nerve to ask my best friend, who was also blogging, how to insert photos. 🙂 It was taking the time to invest in others, that got them to invest in me too. 🙂
Cool fifth anniversary post, Kourtney! It’s been fun to revisit those earlier posts with you and see how far you’ve come. 🙂 I’m looking forward to the next five years and beyond!
Thanks JM! I had a blast looking back at where things started and evolved to each year. Thanks for being a part of my blogging world and becoming a real world friend too!
Right back at you! 🙂
🙂 🙂
What a fun jaunt down memory lane. I remember those posts over the past couple of years, but I didn’t know you’d been blogging for 5 years! Here’s to the next 5!
It was kind of cool to go back through old posts. I’m glad I’ve had this blog to document different times in my life. Yeah, 5 years. The first few were very quiet lonely blogging years. But I eventually found friends. 🙂
Woooohoooo for five years! That’s awesome! And I’m so glad we met. Blogging is wonderful that way.
Thanks! Blogging is such a cool way to meet people you’d never encounter in your day to day life. I’m so glad we met too!
Dear Kourtney.. So sorry I have been absent for a while.. Congratulations with your 5th year Anniversary.. Brilliant.. Well done you xxx 🙂
I’ve missed you Sue but we all need breaks from social media. 🙂 Thanks. I can’t believe half a decade of my life is cataloged here. Hugs!
When I have more time Kourtney I will revisit some of your past posts.. But I am blog hopping like mad this evening in my attempted catch ups.. 🙂 xx
No worries Sue. We all miss posts and it’s impossible to keep up with every one’s posts. Hugs!
So please you understand.. x Hugs