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 2/3 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 >