The Dixon Blogoversary Party!
Today is my 2nd Blogoversary as well as Rachel’s, and then further in the week Mother Dear and Amanda celebrate theirs too! Wow can you believe I’ve been blogging for two years already? It seems like ages ago when I first began, met great friends, and how little I knew… about many things.God certain has used blogging in my life in wonderful ways that I cannot express in words. He has also taught me many lessons, and enabled me to teach and share. I’ve been blessed through blogging with friends and even some great prizes (Mother Dear even won a $200 printer).
I have been so blessed to have been given the opportunity to meet many bloggers, including “The” Suarez’s, Paulie, Levi, Sharla, Brielle, Timothy, and a quite a few more.
If I was still blogging on my HSB blog I would have a total of 5,499 comments, 323 posts, and 264 friends. Whew. I am currently writing/running seven blogs. A blogger actual just commented this week about how many posts I had, which made me laugh (she just started). However, on A Pondering Heart I just hit my 1000 comment the other day. I decided I would keep tract of when I hit certain comments. Here are the A Pondering Heart comment “Hall of Fame”:
100th Merry
200th sharla~
300th sharla~
400th Timothy
500th Jessica
600th Brielle
700th Joy
800th Cam
900th Narniagirl
1000th MariWichterSelf
In honour of all of the Dixon Blogoversaries, we decided to host a week-long blog-party, complete with prizes! We wanna invite you all to join in on the celebrating with us!
Rules of Participation:
1. Leave a comment on all the Dixon’s Blogoversary Posts
2. Grab the Blogoversary icon, and put it on your sidebar
3. Post about it on your blog… have a little party of your own (I love chocolate cake!!)
4. Invite 5 friends to your party by leaving them your party link in a comment or send them an email
5. Party!
Here are other icons, if you like to use any of them other than the one above.
You are welcome to choose whichever icon you like to put on your sidebar!
Prizes:
All four of us will be giving away a TOS Magazine subscription along with some other prizes.
Heart of Wisdom $15 Gift Certificate
Homeschool Boutique $15 Gift Certificate
The Wash Basin $10 Gift Certificate
Homestead Originals $10 – a vintage soap dish and your choice of a Homestead Originals soap scent. Here are the scents:
- Lavender Soap
- Mama’s Little Sweet Pea Soap
- Rosemary Mint Soap
- Country Clothesline Soap
- Country Gentleman
- Farm Fresh Oatmeal Soap
- Homestead Kitchen Soap
Joyous Home 2 ebooks:
Making Whole Grain Crackers: A Holiday Helper
The Summer Wreath ~ Ribbon Embroidery
Bundled In Prayer
2 winners will get their choice of a poncho, shawl, or apron
Good and Evil Comic-book Bible by No Greater Joy
Greenleaf Press: Famous Men of Rome history book
I Spy: Extreme Challenge book
This is going to be fun. Can’t wait to celebrate with y’all! I want to thank all my blog friends who have remained faithful readers and commenters of my… interest… life and articles. I truly treasure your friendships! I was really surprised and happy to see that I almost hit 200 visitors one day last week, and I have continued to have over 100 each day! You guys are WONDERFUL!
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Posted By Miss Jocelyn Tzahala on March 17, 2008 | Category: Announcements, Fun Stuff
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MJ-
Do you have the code for the icon? Thanks…
Love, Miss Elizabeth
P.S. A post will be up as soon as I get the code. I am so excited….
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YAY! I love Parties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I shall surely blog about it! mine is the 28th and my mom’s is the 30 i think :)
Love Julia
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Hello!
I didn’t realize that I posted your 900th comment, but I guess I did! haha. Congratulations on your blogoversary! I have known you for at least a year of that blogging time… I think I first commented on your Halloween post.
Hmm… Hopefully I can catch you online this week so I can ask you what you were talking about in your comment! :) I hope you are doing well.
Love,
Narniagirl
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My eyes are bulging at your stats and the fact that you have managed 7 blogs!!!!! Whoa! Congratulations! Happy 2nd Blogoversary! Leinani
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Congradulations on your blog anniversary!! It has been great reading your blog, even if I really disliked you for the first year. LOL
But God spoke to about that one. God bless,
Alycia
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It took be a little over two years just to get 1000 comments, and you haven’t been blogging here for very long and you already have 1000. You defiantly have a bigger readership! LOL!
I will not be participating as I just one 23 dollars cash in a different giveaway, and I’m kind-of tired of blog parties and giveaways right now. I’ll put the icon at the top of my blog to let others know though.
Amy
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Hello,
That sounds like a lot of fun! Mine is in 39 days. That means you have been my friend for almost a year because I asked to be my friend two days after I started blogging, and what a blessing you have been!
I would love to join your contest! I love contests.
Out of the Blue~Jane
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Happy blog anniversary!
I really enjoy looking at your family blogs – please keep it happening!
Could you please give me the code for the second last one? Thank you!
Love, Jess
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Am I invited? or is it only the people who commented on your blog the most? i’m confused:)
I’ll be happy to post a blog post for you anyway:)
onedaymore
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Congrats on your family’s blog anniversary! I saw it on Amanda’s blog yesterday but didn’t have the time to comment, so while I have a couple minutes before I head off again, thought I’d say something.
Blessings and prayers!
* Edited because I can’t spell today, lol.
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I posted about it on The HomeSpun Life but with a link to your moms blog. When you get the code up I’ll edit my post and add it in.
http://homespunlife.blogspot.com/2008/03/theres-party.html
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What a blessing to blog, learn, grow together as a family. Thank you for the fun giveaway. Happy blogoversary!
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Wowzie! Two years….goodness! I guess it’s been close to two years for me as well (in April).
And a thousand comments here already!
RYC:
Yes, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance book is very close to the movie. It’s a short story, though, so they had to expand it a lot in the movie, but that’s okay. You should defintley see the movie–I love it! It is one you have to watch at least twice to really appreciate it; it is one of those movies that “starts at the end” and then flashesback, so you don’t fully understand the begining tilk the end. Other than that, it’s really good–I really love John Wayne’s character in it!
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Happy Blogoversary!! I love reading your familys’ blogs! Talk to you soon…
Jessica
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MJ-
Congratulation’s on the anniversary! I posted about it on my blog (finally, lol).
Love, Miss Elizabeth
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Happy Blogoversary! :) Wow…two years! I’ve only been blogging one year.
But, I’m redoing my sidebar, and I wanted to know if you minded if I put your icon on there, and linked to you? I was just wondering. :)
In Christ,
Grace
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A party! it sounds like so much fun! I not sure if I will be able to do it though but I hope you all have fun!:)
Ellie
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How exciting, and happy blogoversary! I celebrated my first two months ago. I hope I can participate–I imagine I will :-).
Aw, thanks…I’ve never considered myself terribly cute, but I shall take it as a compliment!
Love,
Beth
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Woot! I did everything I was suppose to!!!!!!! :)
OH wait.. There was one thing I didn’t do and I can’t remeber what it is…….. Uh oh :(
Love
Julia
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Jocelyn how do you make a blog ad link to your blog on the sidebar? Can you please give me instructions?
Did you know that you and Rachel started blogging on St. Patricks day? I think it is; I can’t remember if it is the 17th for you Americans or us Aussies (time difference wise).
Love Jessica
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Since I am completly helpless where my template is concerned, can I just put the graphic in a post and make it stay at the top of the page?
Let me know,
Alycia
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Hey!
Wow! Your 2nd Blogoversary!?! How cool! Congrats!
No, that wasn’t me on the avatar. :)Yeah, Sarah talks about you. Don’t worry, it’s all good things! :)
Umm. . . How come you won’t be allowed to come read my blog anymore? Oh! And speaking, well, typing about blogs, I really like yours! It’s so pretty!
Well, hope you have a wonderfully blessed day!
talk to you later,
Jordan Lee
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Congrats! You are one of the pillars of the blogging community, and are always fun to have you around!
You asked me a while back if you could include my blog in the Homesteading Carnival. I tried to comment on your blog that day and say YES; but my computer was acting up and would not let me comment. Then I forgot, and life went on… I came across that comment again, and am attempting a “Take II” with my comment.
So, once again, I would love to be a part of the Homesteading Carnival.
If you are willing to do dishes, I will cook cakes for you all the day long! (I hate doing dishes!)
Later,
BFH
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I think it’s been not even a year for me. That’s pretty sad. Anyway, I got my ad up now.
I also changed the Jocelyn@APonderingHeart to MJ, but Beav is still whupping you. But you can still catch up! :)
Dylianos
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Dear Miss Jocelyn,
Thank you soooooooooooooooo much for my template!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love it! You are very talented and did a beautiful, fantastic job!!!! Thank you again!
Love,
Meg
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Hi!
Oh okay. :) Thanks for putting me on your Hall of Fame! I have been away from the computer for a few days that’s why you haven’t heard from me.
Jessica
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Joci-
That is sweet of you to offer, but Mom would flip if I let you. :)
You didn’t answer my question, would it be alright if I put my party post at the top of my page with the graphic in it?
Alycia
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Hello!!
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!!
May I join the party?! WOW! Two years??
Congratulations!
By the way I have a question, how are the prizes given? Do we have to sign up for one or more?
Thanks!
God bless You!
~Cornflower~
PS May I have your banner?
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RYC…I was endorsing the conditional security side of the matter, not the “once saved always saved.” Very interesting topic to study!
So I guess I have until the 22nd to join in the blog party fun? I will try to get a post up when the opportunity presents itself!
~Beth
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If we started blogging at about the same time, how is it you have a bazillion more comments than I do? Oh well, you also have more posts…
Go ahead and get me some jam, and put me on a roll. Strawberry, if you please!
Yes, I did my own template. Took me quite a while to get it where I was willing to put it up. It didn’t turn out to bad. Wish I could take credit for the avatar, that was Gustave Flaubert. It is one of my favorite paintings. St. George and the Dragon. I am a Pre-Raphaelite fan…
Later,
BFH
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Congragulations! 2 years is a long time. That is wonderful:-)
I will post about your party on my blog:-)
May God bless you and your family!
Love,
Arya
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Hey Girl!
Sorry about the SSA thing. *blushes* I was hoping that the e-mail address wouldn’t show on your side of the computer. lol! I don’t know what I was thinking. ^_^ But I guess I do use a lot of the same smiley faces. lol!
Congrats on the bolgoversary! Nice party!! ^_^ I’ll have reached one year of blogging on the 7 of April. So that’s exciting for me! lol!
I was wondering what you meant when you wrote my sister that comment. What’s wrong with her avatar? I didn’t know that you went on her blog. And what did you mean that one of your brothers might walk in and see. Did you mean that they might see her blog? And why won’t you be able to go on her blog anymore?…..Just wondering. ^_^
Happy Easter!
Sarah
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Thanks for the comment! I don’t know if you read my first post, but I’ve been to your blog before as anonymous! I think I commented once on your old LotR blog, but I’ve not commented here before.
Happy blogoversary to you and your family! I knew you were really into blogging, but 7 blogs? WOW! I ’specially like your Hobbit template blog! My hobbit name is Rosy Posy Bracegirdle of Hardbottle, or something like that- I don’t quite remember!
~Grace
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Wow! 2 years and still kickin’! I know there are many, many, many people who have learned so much from your blogs. I for one have received encouragement for which I cannot find the right words of gratitude.
Thank you for being the wonderful family and individuals y’all are!
Much love,
Mellie
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Happy Blogoversary! I am so glad that you blog, because if I didn’t, I would never have “met” you! ;(
Thank you for all of your encouraging comments, and encouraging posts. Thanks for being a good friend.
Your friend,
Eyebright
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Happy Blogoversary!!!
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ok, I think I did everything stated in the rules. :)
Alycia
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What a neat idea! ;0) My third blogiversarry is this June.
So glad you all are blogging! You are such a joy to me!
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Dear Miss Jocelyn,
Happy Blogoversary!!! Yay, two whole years, you’ve done a very fine job blogging.
I made my post on Friday, and I haven’t gotten around to commenting until now. Hope it’s not too late, it’s still nighttime. :) If it is too late, oh well.
God Bless!
- Miss Emily Rose -
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Happy 2nd Blogoversary! I think I’m too late to join in but I posted about this at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/servingtheKingofkings/503295/ with a big chocolate cake for you all :).
Have a blessed Resurrection Day!
Because He lives…
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Congratulations, Jocelyn, for 2 years of blogging!! You have blessed so many people. Keep it up!
Love,
~~Brooke.
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Dear Jocelyn,
I hope you are having a wonderful easter!’God Bless!
- Your SSA
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