Tuesday, March 24, 2009

1 Year Blogaversary AND 201st Post AND Giveaway

Time has gotten away from me. TODAY is my One Year Blogaversary and 201st post. I was so wrapped up in all of my Mama Drama that I completely missed that yesterday's post was number 200!

The anniversary giveaway is a $50 Target gift card. All you have to do is leave a comment for one entry. If you're a follower or become a follower and leave a comment then you'll get three entries. Deadline for entry is 11:59 PM on Thursday, March 26. Let's have some FUN!

I'm loving this blogging thing and all of the wonderful people that I've met in blogland. Here for your reading please is my FIRST ever post from one year ago today. I still stand by every word.

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This Is My Life! Post #1 - March 24, 2008
In no particular order....I am a wife, mother, educator, daughter of the South. I'm conservative yet politically liberal. I have the most wonderful husband in the world and two children, Legare (pronounced "Lagree") and Lorelai, who make their parents look like the best parents in the world. They save "showing out" for when they are at home and behave like a perfect southern gentleman and a perfect southern lady in public (as far as I know).

I have incredibly strong opinions on just about anything you might bring up and don't mind sharing them. I try hard to balance the southern belle thing with "taking care of business." There are some really dimwitted people out there and I kind of feel responsible for setting them straight. Sometimes they appreciate it and sometimes they don't. I'm OK either way.

Life is good from where I'm sitting in the Lowcountry of South Carolina....not that there isn't unpleasantness from time to time. We have elderly parents, demanding professional lives. The children are heading to law school and college in the fall. We're busy!! This blog is going to be interesting....it's a new experience for this ol' gal but we'll see what happens. Stay with me...

79 comments:

  1. Oh - & of course, I'm a follower... love seeing what you have to say!

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  2. Congratulations on your blogaversary!

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  3. Happy One Year!!!! I have immensely enjoyed you blog! And to know you are a Carolina Girl to boot makes it that much more special!

    Blessings!! (Hope mom and Ned doing good now!)

    ~Beth

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  4. Congratulations on the blog-a-versary!

    I hope things are starting to settle with your family move. Still in my prayers :)

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  5. Happy Blogiversary! Yeah! And I am a follower..I love Targ'et!

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  6. Congratulations on your 1 year blogaversary! I don't even know when mine is... maybe I should figure that out. :-)

    I've been following for awhile. Just have to support the fellow South Carolinians. :-)

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  7. Congratulations on one year and of course please enter me! :)

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  8. Yay for your one year!!! I'm a follower and enjoy reading your blog:)

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  9. Happy Blogaversary!! So glad that we met!! xoxo

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  10. Congratulations from you Gamecock friend. :) I'am a follower and a commenter and I'd love to win! :) Thanks for hosting a great Giveaway on your special day/week.

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  11. DO I do this three times? Or do you set it? You'll let us know. :)

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  12. I certainly love reading all of your stories!

    PS - I'm a follower too.

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  13. Congratulations, I absolutely love your blog! Here's to another year!

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  14. Wow! I went to leave a comment and was sure I had already "followed" your blog! I check it daily so I dunno what happened there!
    Congrats on your One Year Mark and congrats too on getting your mom and Ned in this past weekend. I know you're pooped but I'm sure this is the best for them. My mammaw has moderate dimentia so I totally understand the mood swings and crazy things they say!
    Again, congrats!

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  15. Yay for your blogaversary!!
    What a great giveaway sign me up!!!
    (Ps.I am a follower)

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  16. Happy Blogiversary!!! :) And you know Im a subscriber! I love your first post! I have always wanted to be a Southern Belle, but I have never really achieved the charm needed it seems ;0)

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  17. Congratulations Belle! You've had a blogaversary & moved Mom & Ned! You're doing good there Lady! ♥ Diane

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  18. Congratulations! 201 posts, that just sounds unattainable, but I know what you mean about time flying. Thanks for sharing your first post again, I only wish I had found your blog sooner! Your description could be me (except for the 2 children) - twin daughters of different mothers? Actually our mothers don't sound all that different lol. Hugs, Kathy

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  19. congrats! and im also a follower! and i love target so im really crossing my fingers for this one!

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  20. I have been a follower, so enter me in the contest for your blogaversary! I have only been blogging since January, but I know a year will go by before I know it. I love Target!!! Take care and have a great day. Love & blessings from NC!

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  21. Yay I love Target, but I'm probably posting to early in the giveaway to actually win anything. lol..anyways I am also a follower!!

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  22. Happy Blogaversary! And 201 post? WOW! That's awesome. I'm dropping my name in the hat for your giveaway (also a faithful follower :) ).
    Have a great evening.

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  23. One year blogaversary and 201 posts...wow, you go girl! Congratulations and wishing you 201more!

    Thank you for the great giveaway!

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  24. I am so happy to be one of your followers. I really enjoy your blog!

    Awesome first post.

    Happy Blogiversary!!!

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  25. I enjoy reading your blog! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and thoughts with us!

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  26. Congrats! I'm already a follower of course.

    And a Target gift card sounds heavenly! I am coming to the states in 2 months and plan to go on a Target binge. Help a sista out :)

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  27. I am a new follower and have had a wonderful time so far. I have told so many people about your blog. You may not realize it yet but this is a book in waiting. you need to get this in print!! :-)

    I dream of being a Southern Belle, but I'm just a Yankee. HA.
    Thanks for your honesty, your incredible humor, and saying so many things that most of us want to say and don't. I'm hooked!!

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  28. Congrats on your blogaversary from a fellow South Carolinian (and Clemson fan) who follows your blog daily.

    banne@comcast.net

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  29. Congratulations on your anniversary.

    The mystery of how to pronounce Legare is now solved. Yeah!

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  30. Congratulations! I've really enjoyed popping by over the past year to see what you've been up to. I hope all is settling into place for your mother and Hank

    I'm also a follower as well.

    Have a great day,
    Jo

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  31. Congratulations! I love your blog! It is one of my daily "must reads"

    Have a great day!

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  32. You know I am already a follower (Tiger Girls and Sandlappers stick together). Congrats on your BLOGAVERSARY! I enjoy following you and your kids - the latest formal pics remind me of my C of C days and the El Cid formals (lordy that was long long ago - BUT GREAT memories and thank you for bringing them to the forefront of this "mature" mind).

    Again - happy happy blogaversary!

    GO TIGERS!!!

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  33. Happy Blogaversary! I've really enjoyed reading your blog and have appreciated the sweet comments you've made about our lil guy!

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  34. Wow, can't imagine 200 postings but it looks as if you've found your calling!
    Happy blogaversary!
    I'm in for the giveaway and a follower already.

    P.S. Left something for you on my blog hunt list yesterday.

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  35. You're a blogging pro by now!

    Thanks for the giveaway...I'm a follower :)

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  36. Congrats. Time goes by fast when you are having fun. My latest post had the word Lowcountry in it too.

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  37. Wow! A year already!
    I think I found you not too long after you had started!
    And of course I am a follower!

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  38. Congrats! I love reading your blog!

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  39. Congratulations on your milestone. I love reading your blog. Thank you for opening up so that the bloggy friends can read.

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  40. Congrats on 200 + 1 posts! I am a follower of your fabulous blog of course!

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  41. congrats on the blogiversary!!!! awesomeness!

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  42. Congratulations on the milestone! I hope things are going okay with your mother and Ned!!
    Of course I'm a follower!!

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  43. Congratulations on your blog anniversary! I love your outlook on life and Ned and your mom are very lucky to have you in their life.

    Thanks for your upbeat personality and great sense of humor.

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  44. Congratulations...I, of course, am a follower and I love your blog! Hope mom and Ned are doing well!

    Hugz,
    Michele

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  45. Happy Blogaversary! I'm now officially a Follower, although I've been following in the shadows for a while now! LOL

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  46. Congrats on the blogoversary!!! YAY you! I LOVE reading other bloggers first posts

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  47. Congrats on your first blog year! I love to read it!

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  48. Who can resist a Target giftcard?! I love some of their new things for spring!

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  49. Happy Blogiversary! I love reading what you have to say, and happy to be a *follower* so I don't miss any of your whit and charm.

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  50. Congrats on 201 great posts and a Super Happy Blogiversary to you!!!!

    I think I have been following you since Day 1 (or at least close to it). :)

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  51. Congrats on your year and 201th post!

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  52. Congrats on your blogoversary! I wish you lots more!

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  53. Congratulations on your anniversary! I enjoy reading your blog a lot. We are going through many of the same things and your sense of humor brightens my day.

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  54. Congrats on your blogaversary!!! Love your blog! So glad you come visit me, too! Oh, and I'm a follower!

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  55. Happy Anniversary of your wonderful blog!! I enjoy following your adventures . . .

    Smiles!

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  56. Congratulations! I am so glad you decided to share your life with us. I love reading the latest happenings of a True Southern Belle!

    Happy Bloggin'! Heres to many more!!!

    If I win, I win! If not I still love reading and I will follow as long as the internet allows!

    Have a great day!

    Sabrina~

    GO TIGERS!

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  57. congratulations on your milestone. Hopefully many more years and posts to follow.

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  58. I have been reading you for quite a while now but just followed.

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  59. Amazing who comes out of the woodwork when you are having a giveaway.......Congrats on your 1 year blogversary. I still am amazed that you are at 201 after just a year.

    I just can't find that much time, but sure like reading yours.

    Have a great day!

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  60. Congrats...I just love reading your true honesty!

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  61. Congratulations on your 201th post! Awesome giveaway! I love reading your blog and I am a follower!

    diane@diane-anderson.com

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  62. Congratulatons. I love you blog.

    I'm new to this too.

    Melinda
    http://youknowjuststuff.blogspot.com

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  63. Congratulations on your one year, been following for a while. The Bumpkin really loves Target, now don't forget!

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  64. Congrats!!! You know I am a big fan, and must read you daily.

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  65. Congrats!
    momconnection@yahoo.com

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  66. I am a follower.I love your blog.

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  67. Happy Blogaversary! I'm a follower! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  68. Cheers, the first year is always a memorable anniversary.
    Happy Twirls,
    Libby

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  69. I very much enjoy your blog. I have been reading back issues to get to knwo you.
    Yours is a blog I could definitely get lost in!
    hugs
    mel

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  70. I really love this blog - I even sneak a little time at work to read it! Congrats and keep up the good work!! Hugs, Lisa
    extragoodlife.blogspot.com

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  71. Woo hoo I'm not too late! I got in just under the buzzer :) Thanks for having such a wonderful giveaway!

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  72. Oh and I'm already a follower :)

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  73. Congrats, I love your blog!! I am also a follower!!!

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  74. My mother is 89 and insists on living by herself with many health issues. I help her do things, take her places,etc. It is not easy. The older she gets, the gripier she gets. She doesn't trust anyone at all! Lives in fear we may put her in a home! I know from experience that it can't be easy for you either!

    By the way, I love Target!

    God bless,
    Jennifer

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