10,000 hits

I missed my 10,000 hit mark! I purposely checked my blog this morning (knowing that I was nearing 10,000...I know, I'm a dork) and my counter said 10,008. *sigh* SO I missed it. But happy 10,000 hits to ME!!! I read a few blogs who get 10,000 hits per day, but this is a huge milestone for my insignificant little blog. What's crazy is that I just celebrated 2,000 hits in March, but then again, I didn't add the counter until sometime in January, I think. I currently get anywhere from 50-100 individual visitors a day, which still blows my mind. (If you just did the math on that and don't get it, the number of "hits" is so high because every time someone clicks on a post within my blog that refreshes their screen, it's recognized as a seperate "hit." But my Cluster Map only accounts for each person who arrived on the site once per day, that's how I get the 50-100 number. 110 is by far my highest day. 50-75 is much more typical.)

The other day, I was still a little "high" from efficiently doing a 14 day meal plan using only food we have in the house (most of which will be fresh) and I starting thinking about how glad I am that I have a blog. Not because I need to share my accomplishment or even the great recipes I'm finding, but as a reference for myself. I love my blog. I love what I've chosen to include, I love the stories I've told, I love the pictures I've included, I don't feel like I've embarrassed anyone (or myself) with things I've shared, overall, I'm proud of my blog. Every few weeks, I'll get a whiff of nostalgia and click back a few months to see what kinds of things the kids were up to or what random things were on my mind at the time. And I always think to myself, "I'm so glad I posted about that," or "Look how little Ryan was," or "I forgot how quickly Kaylin's hair has been growing lately."

I love my blog. Thank you for caring enough to read about my world.