It's the day after my blog's first birthday.

You know how I know I'm a really horrible blogger?
Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of this blog and I totally missed it. I did zero to acknowledge such a thing. No big reality show announcements, no giveaway, not even a celebratory drink.

How shameful.

Yes, I'm reusing this photo again. There's the proof right there that I really did forget about this occasion.

I'm sorry I missed our anniversary, blog. I hope you'll take this post as a sincere apology and wont hold this against me for the next year. What can I say? I'm just not good with remembering dates unless it's my birthday.

Can we keep this a secret from whoever receives that letter I wrote yesterday?

Either way, hey, it's kind of cool. I've stuck with this thing for a whole year. Who knew I was capable of doing such a thing? I didn't know I was, that's for damn sure. I guess time just, kind of, flies when you're hammered bullshitting your way through this thing. Anywhoodlums, happy 1st birthday, you fine thing, you. I'm happy to be here. Let's party!

Please turn on Can't Hold Us by Macklemore and watch this GIF. You're welcome.

Really though, looking back over the year is kind of fun. I'm so thankful for this little interwebz space of mine where I get to tell my ridiculous stories and I'm even more grateful to have so many of you reading along with me and interacting with me. I've made some pretty bad ass friends here, you know?

I wish I felt I had the knowledge to sit here today and type out a post about how this blogging thing works but, quite honestly, I'm still learning. Every day I feel like I learn something new about blogging and what works, what doesn't work, and so on. It's funny, I get emails and comments all of the time asking me how I'm doing it, how I've done it... how I've gotten to where I am in this thing, wherever that may be, and honestly I never know how to respond because I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm just writing.

I like to think Ernie and I would have been good friends.

And really, I love doing it. Isn't that what they say? Do what you love and it'll never be work. Well, if I'm being completely honest here, which I usually am a little bit too much of, some days it does feel like work. Some days I don't feel like blogging at all. Some weeks I don't feel like writing. Those are the times you just have to dig a little deeper and, normally, those are also the posts that end up getting more views. Weird, but true. At least for me.


I guess if I had to give my one and only piece of blogging advice here, which just makes me cringe that I'm even doing such a thing because seriously, for the record, I do not feel I have merit to do such a thing, I'd just have to say stay true to your voice.

Oh, and always remember... you can't please everyone. There's always going to be someone who doesn't like what you have to say and that's just fine! Be your own cup of tea, I say.


Anyways, that's all I've got today. Thank you so much to all of you who have stuck this thing out with me for a whole year, and to those of you who are new, semi-new, or are going to pop in a year from now. The fun is just getting started!

Happy belated 1st birthday, Yoga Pants Blog of mine!