...my blogging anniversary

September 20, 2008 is the date of my very first post on this blog. I had intended to write an anniversary post on that date this year, but...yeah...my life is a little bit crazy right now. In the past year I've written random thoughts, dreams, goals and complaints, whined too much, celebrated good times, said goodbye to a loved one, shared lots and lots of pictures, talked about my love affair with a certain bicycle, and in the process connected with friends and family. (Well, some family--my mom never remembers that I have a blog!) A few of my readers post comments; most don't. I do get emails from a handful and am always glad they stopped by. And there are probably a few lurkers out there who might eventually speak up. If they don't--no worries. (I've been a lurker myself from time to time and either felt enough of a connection to leave a comment or stopped checking in. The day I recognized someone in the grocery store from her blog was a bit disconcerting! And was it my imagination, or did she have a moment of {Who is that?} as well?)

My very first post had a picture of Katie and me. So in celebration of the anniversary, here's the latest of the two of us,

taken this past weekend. Blogging has been great fun--I haven't written this much in many years. (I wonder if there is a way to save all my errant thoughts to a file?)