My blog turns 10 today.
It's a little crazy to think of, but it's true: I've been blogging here at The Frugal Girl for a decade now.
That practically makes me a senior citizen in the blogging world.
I mean, in 2008, when I started blogging, the blogosphere was just a fraction of the size it is now.
Social media was barely a thing back then. Facebook was only four years old, Twitter was two years old, and Instagram hadn't even been launched yet.
Also, smartphones weren't a part of our landscape like they are now...in 2008, the iPhone was still a novelty!
I was freshly 30 when I started, and now I've just entered my 40's.
10 years, 3000+ posts, 115,000 comments, and here we are.
Thank YOU for reading my words, you guys.
I mean, I suppose I could have written 3,000 posts without having any readers, but you all are what make this fun, and you are the reason I keep sitting here at my keyboard to share words and photos.
So, thanks for ten years, friends! You are a special group of people, and I'm fortunate to have such lovely people hanging out in my little corner of the internet.
(especially considering that the internet is often a place that can be very...unlovely.)
I did a little digging in the analytics to see what my most popular posts have been, and I'm going to share some of them here with you.
Top 3 posts of all time
How to Paint Wooden Furniture
This is from 2009, and it got really popular on Google and on Pinterest for a while there.
How to Make Homemade Yogurt
I still make yogurt pretty much every single week, using this recipe. Homemade yogurt is crazy, insanely, ridiculously cheap, and once you do it a few times, it feels very easy.
Also: homemade yogurt tastes really good.
I bought a Vitamix. Here's what I think of it.
I got fed up with my cheap blender breaking, so I bought a Vitamix, waited a year, and then wrote a review.
Most Controversial Post
That's probably a tie between two.
Because $90,000 isn't enough. Clearly.
I wrote this about a 2014 article profiling a family having trouble making ends meet on $90,000 in Culpeper, VA, and people had a lot to say in the comments.
Why I don't think having four kids is un-green
I wish I'd have worded that as "bad for the planet" instead of "un-green", but whatever. That ship has sailed. 😉
3 Helpful Posts
It's impossible to choose from 10 years' worth of posts, but if I had to pick just a few for you to read, these might be good ones.
The Monthly Money Email
Because communicating with the person you share your money with is SO IMPORTANT.
If you can't do it all, do these three things
Prioritize the important stuff! These 3 are important for me.
7 Reasons Your Grocery Bill Is Too High
It's like reading a "What not to wear" fashion article, except it's about your grocery shopping habits.
Honorable mention:
How to get rid of lice without insecticide
I hope you never need this article. But if you ever have to deal with those terrible little pests, you will be glad you read/pinned/saved this. The tea tree oil/conditioner method is THE thing that finally helped us kick lice out of our house, and it happens to be incredibly frugal.
I get comments all the time from frazzled parents who are feeling much better after reading this post, and that makes me so happy.
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That's probably enough navel-gazing for a day. But hey, a blog only turns ten once. 😉
Congratulations on hitting the decade mark! You made a lot more effort with your ten-year-anniversary post than I did with mine a few months ago, although I did at least hit the important point of thanking my (much less numerous than yours) readers. But then, you make a lot more effort with your blog in general than I do with mine, which is why I read. I found you via a search for how to make homemade yogurt, which I've been doing since my first child was a wee one, so I've probably been reading about eight years now.
They were a good eight years. I'm looking forward to lots more. Thank YOU for writing. Carry on, please!
Congrats to you on ten years too!
Amoebae pizza maker here. Your yogurt post was the first one I read. My pizza post was referenced by your son I think when they were making them. That warmed my heart. “They know me”. Congrats. Love Love Love Your blog and am proud of you as if you were my own child.
I'm not sure when I started reading your blog - maybe 8-ish years ago? I am so happy that I found it though - you've pointed me in the direction of some awesome things - Hungry Harvest, better photos, the Mighty Fix, glass straws, and giving myself permission to let go of perfection and strive instead for better. Thank you.
Congratulations and thank you! I think I found you in 2010, and went back and read them all. I still go back and read older posts.
Thanks Kristen! I have been reading for several years. It is the first thing I do every morning!
Congrats!! I think I've been with you for at least five years, maybe more. I remember when I first found your blog I went back to the beginning and read every post. I believe I got through about three years worth of posts before I ran out of time and attention span. I still read your blog every day unless I'm super busy or on vacay and I really miss you when you take a day off (though obviously, you deserve it.) Hope you continue to blog for another ten years or more.
I’ve been reading since 2011! Out of all the blogs I’ve read or currently read yours has always been a constant read for me!
I am in my mid 70's and look forward to reading your blog every morning. It re-enforces things I have already learned but also gives me new perspective on many other things. It always makes me Think, which is the best gift. So, thank you have spending the time to write the blog.
Happy Anniversary on 10 years
Happy 4th of July to you and your family.
I don’t know exactly when I started reading, but it must’ve been not long after you started. I *think* you were featured on the 700 Club, no? If so, I started reading your blog that very day. Thanks for all you do! You’ve helped me summon my inner frugal girl many times!
I don't know how long. I mostly read and don't post much.
Your kindness and the nice tone of the blog is what keeps me coming every day. I don't have a lot in common with you except I like the frugal life. As I said you make this a nice place to visit. Thank you for all you do, and congratulations on this anniversary.
I’ve been reading pretty close to the 10 year mark. I can’t rememenr exactly, but I remember having a newborn when I first started reading and he is about to turn 10 now. I can remember you frequented Goodwill a lot in those days and shared your finds.
Thanks for such a wonderful blog. I know it’s not always easy, but all your effort is greatly appreciated.
Congratulations on 10 years! It's a huge milestone in blog years (mine turns 10 next month!) so that makes folks like us the dinosaurs of the Internet. I'm a fairly new reader of yours -- can't remember how long or what led me to you, sorry -- but I enjoy your posts. Here's to another 10!
I've been reading since 2010! Love your recipes, homeschooling posts, and random tips. My biggest takeaway from your blog has probably been that I make yogurt and use your pizza making tips regularly. Thank you!!
I have been reading since Zoe was 4, so I guess its been 8 years. I was laid-off in the summer of 2010, when my son was 1, so I am guessing that is what led me to find your blog. Yours is the one blog I read every day.
I read your blog M-F....I've been reading ever since I found a little news clip about you on YouTube. I appreciate your excellent, humorous, error free writing and your assistance in keeping me frugal. Love the community here. So positive, so encouraging, so inspiring (you changed your own faucet for goodness sake, among other things!!)
Congratulations on 10 years Frugal Girl! Just like the high quality products you like to invest in, your blog thrives because of its high quality!!!
Happy anniversary! I cheerfully live on less in AZ and love it. Now my grown boys do to. Thank you for all the inspiration! Keep it going!
Congratulations on a whopping ten years!!! 🙂
Congratulations! You don't seem to have aged a bit from then until now!
Haha, well, there are definitely some wrinkles around the eyes that weren't there 10 years ago, but thank you!
This is so cool! And you started on America day haha. I came here at the suggestion of Ms Frugal Asian because we went on and on about your blog 🙂 she has great taste!!
Aww, that's so sweet of her. <3
I activated my subscription on 2/21/10 (just checked). Whoo hoo! Have said this before...your blog is my FAVORITE one that I subscribe to. We share a lot of the same sensibilities including our faith. You have inspired me with your thoughtful and varied posts. I enjoy reading the comments, and a few of your readers are among my favorite responders ever. Happy Anniversary, Kristen. Here's to the next 10 years! 🙂
Happy blogiversary!! I've been reading about 7 or 8 years, I think, because Zoe was around 4 or 5 when I began. Like so many of the other commenters, I went back to the beginning and read straight through. Now it takes a lot longer because I read all the comments and feel like I know some of the people in your little community here.
I love your blog because of your combination of kindness and practicality. It sounds strange, because I'm older than you, but you remind me of my mother - which is a huge compliment, btw 😉
Thank you for all the time and caring you invest into this blog. Your voice is very much appreciated in this world!
Happy Decade Anniversary! Quite an accomplishment.
I've been reading through: paying private school tuition as a single parent, two bouts of unemployment, and two major surgeries. So about nine years.
My favs are: pizza dough recipe, homemade chocolate pudding, biscuits, taco soup, and honey-glazed rolls. You helped take away my fear of baking with yeast 🙂 ....and my family is very thankful LOL!
It can be lonely sometimes being "out of step with society" regarding money attitudes. I so appreciate the community you have created here.
Raising a glass of sparkling something to toast you and send best wishes for another 10 years!
Congratulations and thank you thank you thank you! I found you about 5 years ago when our family made a big income shift as my DH started his own business. I was googling Frugal Ideas and found a Five Frugal Things post and loved it.
I read every post even though I only comment once in a while. Like others I love the warm supportive tone and positivity. I also think (despite the few you mentioned above) that the comments section is one of the nicest and most friendly I've ever read. Thanks again!
That is the truth, isn't it? My readers are just so kind and respectful in the comments, and it's such a rarity on the internet. I'm seriously lucky.
I think I must have been reading you most of those ten years, seems hard to believe. I started after seeing you on the 700 Club. Inspired by you I blogged myself for a while but never built up a readership and lost interest. Why put it out there if no one is reading it.
Unlike almost everyone else, I haven't been reading your blog very long. I'm guessing maybe 6-9 months. I think I randomly googled frugal and your blog came up. I have you to thank for also finding your friend Katy's blog. I was curious when you mentioned her, so have been reading both blogs regularly as I see other readers do as well. I will say that I have located other frugal blogs that are less of a fit than Frugal Girl and Non-Consumer Advocate.
I am inspired by your frugality, positive outlook, clarity, gorgeous photos and as noted above, error free along with succinct writing. Thank you for your inspirational contributions. My only regret is that I didn't find your blog sooner. 🙂
Congratulations on 10 years! I have been reading every day for probably 8 years. I appreciate your crisp, humorous and humble writing style - coupled with the fact that you are extremely gracious and kind. You inspire me in many ways - especially in areas of contentment. I am the reader who made the donation to Living Water in your name as a thank you for the daily dose of inspiration I receive! 🙂
Congrats again!
Oh, that makes me so happy! Thank you for supporting Living Water.
And I'm so glad that you enjoy my blog.
Congratulations! I'm pretty sure I'm in the Old Timer's Club. I remember going to AUS and NZ in early 2010 and suffering because I was missing my daily doses of TFG and NCA, so my addiction* was pretty well established by then.
*As in, "I can quit any time I want." <----- Nope, apparently I can't. Yippee!
Thank you for sharing so much for so long. You really have made a difference in my life, for which I am profoundly grateful.
Congrats on this milestone as well. Thank you so much for the content you put together for us readers. The evolution of blogs over the last 10 years has been remarkable, and on the whole no longer such a consistently pleasant/escapist part of my day, but yours remains gold. The content you create remains relevant and truly useful - between homemade yogurt, granola, bread, diligence about food waste, I think your influence on me is exercised daily LOL! I love your voice and perspective, and just wanted to say you're truly lovely 🙂 Thank you!
Congratulations on 10 years! I believe I have been reading for 3 or 4 years. I have greatly appreciated your perspective, tips, and encouragement! I hope you do a little bit of celebrating for your blog today. 🙂
I think I started reading along 8 years ago as a piggy back to Katy’s blog. Thank you for being such a welcome force in the blog world. You have a very calm demeanor and I think that’s what the world needs more of. I follow you on Instagram & FB too.
Congratulations! I found you probably almost 9 years ago because it was shortly after I got married!
Now, I'm pretty much where you were at 10 years ago, 31 years, with four children aged 7 to 8 months, 9 years of marriage. Oh and homeschooling and occasional music teacher and accompanist.
I found you while discovering the joys of Aldi shopping as a newlywed! And I stayed because of the piano teaching, homeschooling and positive outlook! God bless! Here's to another 10 years!
Congratulations! Not sure exactly how long I’ve been reading, but it’s been a long time. It just gets better and better!
Congratulations on 10 years!!!
I started reading your blog in 2010 after finding it on another blog I had been following at the time. The blog was my year without spending,the blogger was Angela and you were listed as blogs she liked.
The first post I ever read was a food waste Friday post.
Oh yes, Angela! I remember her blog. I think she quit blogging quite a while back, but I loved her.
Congratulations Kristen - Thank you for sharing your life and family with us for 10 years. I'm pretty sure I found you shortly after I was laid off and was looking for tips on how to live more economically and that was 10 years ago - WOW - how time flies and even though I'm a single older woman , I came for the tips and stayed for the community. I have loved watching you and your family grow along the way. As long as you have something to share - I know you will have a following to listen. I've enjoyed every single post !! Keep it coming - Enjoy your summer
Ooh, so you ARE a long-time reader! Thanks for sticking with me all this time.
I’ve been reading since 2009- not even sure how I found you but I love you! I pass your site along to everyone I know. Congrats on a. Decade! Here’s to many more!!
I’ve been reading your blog for about 3 years, maybe a little more. A grand mom who was frugal because she had to in my younger days and now that I don’t have to financially, it really just makes sense to be money wise. My favorite two posts didn’t make your list, but I’m going to look for them and re-read today. The first was about kids sharing bedrooms, and the other is about your thoughts on boycotting stores or companies. I like both because well, I agree with them, but the way you expressed yourself is so how I feel and could never find the words. Congrats on 10 years! The internet needs more people like you Kristen, keep up the good vibes!
I forgot about the room-sharing one...is this the one you have in mind? https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2015/10/is-it-ok-to-have-kids-share-a-room-and-whats-it-like-to-go-from-2-to-3-kids/ I had to go do a search!
I remembered the boycotting one, though! https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2015/10/why-i-mostly-dont-boycott/
Since I remember when your kids were that small I must have been reading that long. Isn't that how mothers measure time?
It completely is. We also remember dates in the past by thinking about who we were pregnant with at the time.
Mr. FG: What year did we sell the townhouse?
Me: Well, I was really sick and I was pregnant with Zoe, so...2005.
Congratulations on your 10th Blog Anniversary! I think I've been reading your blog for 8-9 years. It has been fun following your frugal adventures and a joy watching your family grow up. Keep up the wonderful work! ~Sherry
I don't remember how long I've been reading but if I were to guess at least 8 years! Someone at my job at the library told me about it when we were chatting about being frugal while being married and going to library school. My favorite posts are the recipes! I wish there was a book of them all ;D
I have no idea how long I've been here. Hmm. BUT. I can tell you that I shared the lice post literally just last night with a friend. Nice 😉
High five on 10. That's a great deal of persistence.
Oh man, I'm sorry your friend needs the lice post! But I'm glad it's there for her, because I really, really needed a post like that when all four of my kids got infested.
Yeah, it sorta blew up our Fourth plans .. uh, no pun intended .. but so good to know the difficult mutation is not the end of the world. I feel like with kids, lice is inevitable, and bad timing is likely also inevitable!
Yes, that's one of the best things about this method: it'll get rid of even the pesticide-resistant strains of lice.
Please give your friend my best wishes!
Mazel tov on your blog's 10th birthday! I think I started reading in 2008, 2009 at the latest. Your kids were pretty young, I remember that. My son is just a little bit younger than Joshua and Lisey, so it's been fun reading about what they are doing. We also homeschool so that has been another common experience. Best wishes for 10 more years! 😉 If you're up for it.
I started reading you about six years ago. I love you and the Prudent Homemaker because you are both calming and insure that the community remains civil and positive. I also have used a number of your recipes, so thank you for that, too.
Thanks for being such a faithful reader and commenter! I feel like I know you because you comment frequently...I love that. 🙂
I have been reading your blog for about 4-1/2 years and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations on your ten years mark!
I’m reading you for about 8-9 years and I really enjoy your blog!!
Hi Kristen,
Well done and congratulations for your 10 years of blogging. I have probably been a reader for maybe 5 of those years. I love your blog for its content, honesty and great reliable real recipes. Here’s to many more blogging years. Kindest regards
Fiona from stayhomeinstead.blogspot.com.au
FYI--the grocery bill post links to the "Do These Three Things" article.
Oh man. Obviously even in ten years of blogging, I haven't gotten good enough at remembering to check my links!
Thanks for letting me know; I fixed it now.
I think I have been reading for 4 or 5 years and I have to say thank you! One of the first post I remember was about Ting and we switched. Your recommendation has saved us so much money! My family of five: 2 college kids, 1 high school, and two parents share an account and it is rarely over $100.00 a month for all of us! The kids all save and buy their own phones and we pay for their cell phone bill on Ting. Your blog is helpful and kind!
YES! So true about Ting. It was great when it was just Mr. FG and me with phones, but man, it's super duper great now that we have teens with phones as well. I'm really glad it's served you guys too!
Never commented before! I’ve been reading for about 8-9 years! I’ve always enjoyed the positive message your blog has had!!
YAY! You de-lurked! Thanks for popping in to say hi.
Happy Blogiversary! I haven't been with you quite the whole decade but it's close. It's been a pleasure and, I assure you, that you set the tone that makes this place a refuge of civility on the harsh online world.
As for the most controversial, my guess was the Wal-Mart post.
Yep, I thought you'd been here since nearly the beginning. You are an integral part of the FG commenting community!
Congratulations on 10 years of blogging!
I found you about four years ago and have read every post since.
All your posts are so good as you have such a clear, friendly voice, and it's so great to have a new one nearly every weekday. I will be using the advice from yesterday's blog about getting a discount on an excessive water bill due to a malfunctioning piece of their equipment and also the recent advice about buying a used car.
My very favorite post remains the lyrical ode to childhood memories when returning to SD for your grandfather's memorial service. That was perfection!
Here's to the next 10!
My, how time flies when you're having fun!!! Congratulations on this nice round anniversary! I, too, found you after seeing The 700 Club (in Canada!) episode and you have become a part of the family, so to speak. I tell lots of people about The Frugal Girl and I've made some of your good recipes. And of course I really appreciate your excellent spelling and loveliness of tone! Happy 4th of July to you and the family and thank you for all the good content! You rock! 🙂
What a great celebration party! I have only read your blog for about a year, though I know I came and stayed because you never tell me to drive for Uber, open an AirBnB, or insist I can be a millionaire if I use the right phone apps and shop twenty-three hours a day.
Those things have their places, yet your descriptions of how to take care in daily intentional ways are much more suited to how I wish my family to live. Here's to many more years!
Congratulations, Kristen! I echo the other commenters -- your kindness and positive outlook are some of my favorite things about your blog. I've been reading since before the year you did your 365 picture-a-day posts, which I loved (and still miss!). Your lists of most popular and most controversial were interesting. And I think it's thoughtful of you to give your readers surveys to fill out from time to time. I've used several of your recipes ... the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins come to mind, but I know there are others. And finally, in reading your responses to some of today's comments, it's interesting that you know who has been commenting for a while, and some of the commenters' personalities! Thank you for your lovely blog!
I bean reading after I retired, 9 years ago. My favorite parts are about your adorable family. I often smile at Zoe's antics still, such as wearing goggles to put sprinkles on cookies, referring to the TF 1 mark at the pool, and writing cute notes to you on her school papers.
The photos make the blog, along with your constant voice for contentment. You do not whine, you act to solve any difficulties.
I feel I owe you a great deal for adding to my thoughts. Congratulations on 10 years of excellence.
I’ve been reading for 5-6 years. I was searching for zucchini bread recipe and came across yours. I’ve tried other recipes since, but yours is the winner and the one I make every summer over and over again.
Happy 10 Year BlogVersary!
I love your postings, in the last three years some of the worst days that I have had have indeed been made better simply by reading your posts and your readers comments.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart (and your commenters too!)!!
Congrats! How fun to look back!
I've been reading since I saw a 700 club thing I think--maybe 2009/2010? Anyhow it's been a huge help to life skills/attitudes. Thanks for inspiring us all!
Happy 10 years! 🙂 I have really enjoyed your grocery meal posts! Also any family posts are fun too. I almost feel like I know you and your family 🙂
I have been reading for at least 5 years because my oldest will be 6 soon and I'm pretty sure I have been reading since she was a baby 🙂
Hope you have many more years of writing!
Congratulations on 10 years!
I'm surprised that your Thred-up posts didn't make the most controversial list. 😉
I first started reading your blog after my Mother-in-law saw you interviewed on some Christian network I think??
Over the years I've truly appreciated your authenticity, humility and gracious encouragement to live a life of contentment and joy.
And what a privilege it has been to watch your family grow up!
You probably helped contribute to my decision to homeschool my children as well. (I never ever thought I would homeschool, so having one more example of how learning at home can be a blessing helped me in that journey.)
You're definitely my favourite blogger and a big reason why I started my own blog. Your blog serves its readers well and welcomes them into your frugal life: a beautiful thing amongst so many generic personal finance blogs trying to get the most clicks, shares and sales.
So...
Thankyou so much for your words, your pictures and sharing your heart to encourage a whole lot of us.
And I mean the the controversial Stitch-Fix posts rather than Thred-up! Oi!
Now off to read about your most recent Stitch-Fix!
I knew what you meant! 🙂
Wow, 10 years! That’s really impressive especially considering blogging isn’t as big as it used to be.
I’ve been reading since 2009 so 9 years! I can’t remember how I found your blog (maybe through Katy but maybe the other way around?) but you’re one of the very few blogs I still read which is saying something! Also, I still often think of poor Zoe as being around 3-4 years old! I can’t believe she’s 12!
You’ve helped me stay frugal through the early years of my marriage and now as a SAHM 🙂 I appreciate what you have to say and am looking forward to another 10 years of reading! 😉
Happy Anniversary! Like you, I've been blogging since 2008 and now call myself the Grandma of Zero Waste! It's wonderful to see how the 'green' blogging community has swelled and I struggle to keep up with the likes of Instagram (but I do rock Facebook and Twitter - not bad for a Grandma :D)
I loved your roundup of popular posts. I've still not managed to make successful yogurt, but have learned a heap of other stuff. I hope you planned some kind of celebration as a gift to yourself for all you've contributed to the world wide web 🙂
Congratulations on a significant milestone.
I know I've been here since you were doing the other baking blog. I feel I can't change my name in the comments for that reason.
Congratulations on a decade of blogging. I could never make it more than a few months.
I found your blog back in 2013 when I got my first apartment after graduating from college. So much about our lives was - and still is different but I always find your posts relatable and useful and I've been reading ever since. I started monthly money emails with my husband which evolved into a shared monthly google spreadsheet, grew a love for Aldi, learned to paint furniture, and more through your blog. Thank you for all of the wonderful content and congratulations on 10 years!
Kristen, congratulations on ten years! That's quite a run. I am a daily reader and sometimes commenter, and I want to thank you for the many hours of entertainment and thoughtfully written information I have received from your blog. I like your down to earth and straightforward approach. I'm looking forward to ten more years!
I have been reading your blog for 8 of those 10 years. I consider your blog a mainstay in my daily routine. Instead of the newspaper - I grab a cup of coffee, hit your blog first, catch up on Katy's (nonconsumer)blog, and see what Kate (venisonfordinner) is up to in Canada. I started reading when I was a single, freshly degreed, 24 year old entry-level scientist. Now, I am a married, mother of 1, business owner and department manager at my day job. I really can't grasp what it is that I love SO much about reading you blog. It's just a culmination of everything. At times, I feel kinda creepy that I consider you and the other bloggers I read to be friends...
But! Congratulations on your milestone, I hope you many many years of blogging left in you!
I'm a day late, but I had to get over here and say congrats on 10 years!!! I'm thinking I might be one of your 10 year readers, but I'm not that great with time and dates. If not 10, it's gotta be close. I used to read a bunch of blogs, but The Frugal Girl is the only one I read regularly now. Love ya!
Aww, hey there! So glad to hear from you. <3
I've been following you for most of the ten years---and even before you started, when we were members of 'fishing for deals' and you had such helpful posts!
Congratulations, and here's to many more!
Well congratulations! I'm glad you're still blogging. I've learned a lot from you--I think especially the inspiration to maintain a frugal mindset as our income has grown and it isn't critically necessary anymore. Plus the homemade yogurt 🙂 I just poked around in your archives to check, and it seems like I missed your first few months, but that I've been reading since late 2008. Thanks for all your efforts and for the kindness that comes through in every post.
Congratulations on 10 years! I’ve been following you since I read your yogurt post in ‘09 and your posts really helped get my family thru a tough period financially. Even when things improved, I stuck with a lot of your ideas (although admittedly I don’t make yogurt anymore since we’re just not big yogurt eaters now that kids are older) so THANK YOU for all your help, being so genuine about life and for being so helpful. You are remarkable and I still love and read every one of your blog posts!!
Congratulations on ten years! I've been reading since 2011. I discovered your blog when I had just quit work, I had a toddler, and I needed to do some naval gazing and figure out life. I went back and read every. single. post. back to the beginning. Since then I have had more kids and figured out the career I was supposed to be in. Thank you for all those years of fantastic content. Your work is an important ministry, and you have been an inspiration to me.
I don’t know how long I’ve been reading (I do know my grocery/household spending was at $1200 ... we might’ve gone a bit crazy after living on $30k for several years while going back to college ... it’s no longer at that number lol) but I saw “700 Club” and my 700 Club anecdote is that I was in the audience for one of the live-action Veggie Tales episodes waaaaaaay back in the day. I never get the awestruck reaction I think that deserves Congrats on 10 years!
I didn't even know there WERE live action Veggie Tales episodes!
September 22, 2009!!
I've started and stopped reading many blogs but I've never tired of yours! I would have to say that you are my favourite blogger. My kids are now 24, 22 and 19 and life is very different than it was back then. May all the good you've brought to your readers come back to you 10 fold dear Kirsten!
Wow, I'm impressed you know the date!
Congrats on 10 years! And thanks for sticking with it. I really enjoy your blog. I found you back in 2009 (so not at the very beginning but close to it) when I was trying to get my financial act together. I am happy to report that I finally did that! I read a lot of frugal/financial blogs and websites along the way and yours is the only one I still regularly read. Thank you for years of inspiration and ideas.
Congratulations! I cant Remember when I started reading but I think it was when my son was a baby.....so 2011?
I Love your blog for so many reasons but mainly for your kindness x
Congrats!! Love that your blob is upbeat!