Happy Birthday to my blog, Happy Birthday to my blog...
(and also Happy Birthday to my country.)
(that birthday is probably slightly more noteworthy than my blog's. Slightly.)
My blog turns four years old today, which means that next year, it'll be old enough to start kindergarten.
These things just grow up in a blink, don't they? 😉
I realized the other day that I've been blogging for ⅔ of Zoe's life, since she was just two years old when I started. Isn't that crazy??
Back in July of 2008 when I wrote my first entry here, I had no idea my blog would grow the way it has, and no idea that I'd still be here four years later, typing away about frugality.
Thank you so much for reading, for offering helpful comments, for encouraging me, and for being a part of what is one of the most polite and respectful blog communities out there.
(seriously, just check out the discussion from yesterday for an example. It could have been a total disaster and it wasn't because you guys are fabulous. 😉 )
I'm so thankful for you, my readers, and for the way that this blog allows me to help inspire people to live content, cheerful lives even when money isn't abundant. I've received emails from many of you telling how my blog has changed your life, and I'm so honored and delighted that the little missives I type up here every day have affected you in a positive way.
So, mwah! to the best readers in the blogosphere.
And here's to many more years of frugal, cheerful living.
< raises a champagne glass from Goodwill, filled with private label Aldi sparkling juice >
Congratutations! Blogging four four years is a huge accomplishment, and keeping quality content over those four years is often rare. When time is tight, the only two blogs I check in with daily are yours and soulemama. Thank you so much for the great content! You've been a huge inspiration to me as my family has more consciously downsized to up our quality time together.
Congratulations! It is at least as much our pleasure to read it as it is yours to offer it. IIRC your blog was first at another site, making your first post hard to find. Care to supply a link?
I actually deleted that blog...it has disappeared into a black hole!
happy 4th anniversary!!! I enjoy coming here every day to read your posts. Yours is the first blogg I read in the morning!
Happy blogday! I've been reading consistently since 2009 - it's amazing how time flies! I just realized that my own three year blogiversary is in 6 short days. I'm envious of how consistent you've been over these years - please keep it up!
Congratulations, Kristen! Job well done...an informative and fun blog to read. May you blog on for years to come!
Congratulations! You have a great blog with valuable information and you deserve all your success 🙂
Happy Birthday! (to you blog) Congratulations on great work. I love your blog!
Congratulations! You have inspired me! Happy Birthday Blog! And America too!
Thank you, Kristen!
Many happy returns to the FG blog! It's the only blog that all the members of my family dip into...from the 9yr old to the 44 yr olds! Here's to more FG blog birthdays in the future!
Congratulations, Kristen!
And happy Independence Day to all in the US! The freedom to live as we choose was hard won.
congrats! here's to another four.
Happy Birthday The Frugal Girl. We are very grateful you were born 4 years ago (I know I speak for many!).
p.s - it may be a year till Kindergarten (Reception in the UK) - but in the UK it'd be ready to start pre-school.
p.p.s Happy Independence Day Guys!
Dear Kristen,
Happy Birthday to your blog and THANK YOU for your blog. I love it here and have been reading almost from the beginning. I love you and your family as if I know you in real life (please read this in a nice way and not in a creepy one - english is not my first language and sometimes things do not sound as they should). It is so great to read about the life of someone who could not live different than I do and still I really enjoy it and get so many tips from you. Please keep up the blog forever ;-))
Many greetings from Germany
Katja
(who grilled Hamburgers today in honor of the 4th of July - really!)
Vielen Dank, Katja, und liebe Gruesse aus Seattle, Washington! (My grandfather came here from Germany in 1925 and I love your language and country very much.)
Congrats, indeed! And thanks for being such a consistent blogger--both in terms of posts and useful content. Carry on!
Happy birthday, blog!
And thank God for the freedom to live the frugal lifestyle!
Happy Birthday, lovely blog!
Thank you, Kristen! And, Happy Blog Birthday....
Happy fourth birthday to my long lost twin!
😀
Katy
Thanks Kristen. Yes, you have been an inspiration to my life. Another four-tee years!
I am very glad your blog is in my life. Happy Blog Day.
Congratulations! Please keep writing. In a sometimes very ugly world you are a ray of hope for the family and frugality.
Gracias por siempre esta ahí 🙂
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Thanks for writing Kristin! I've been reading for at least 3 years 🙂
Thank you, Kristen, for your always interesting, thoughtful, and frequently amusing posts, and for sharing your life with us.
Ooh! And for all of the recipes, many of which have become favorites at our humble home.