thank you, lovelies

Thanks for clicking in on me today. I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am for you, my lovely readers. Truly! Your comments and e-mails to me are important and I value this interaction. Many people leave home every day to go to a job where there is a paycheck and they have a water cooler or a coffee station, or an area where the donuts and cookies accumulate (and disappear): some kind of collective space to take a break, reflect, gossip, connect. When I’m home all day, every day, as a Mom, many days run together like a marathon of tantrums, crocodile tears, laughter, snuggles, negotiations and wonder, a roller coaster of emotions. And really early mornings when I try to cram in some work to pay my bills.

This space, Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail often serve as my water cooler, a place to share and connect. So from me to you, thank you!

If you also find value in what you find here, subscribe to the blog over there on the right-hand side. You’ll receive an e-mail when something new is published. Or heck, throw some change at me, to keep it going. My readership is growing each week and I’m thinking of adding a few sponsors to help keep ye ole blog going too. Know any small businesses who might be interested?

So happy to know you and appreciate your participation in this funny Cyberspace. Bliggity blog on!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to this tiny corner of Cyberspace and Happy 2011 to you!

I’ve been blogging here at BeSquirrely for one year now and thank YOU, dear lovelies, for clicking in on me from time to time and following my drivel. Without you this really wouldn’t be anything so I thank you for your encouragement to keep posting through your comments and e-mails. This year I plan to continue posting regularly and am thinking about a smallish site redesign and possibly looking for sponsorship this year too. Any small businesses interested? I’m here to make you a fabulous offer… ha!

All the best to you in 2011!

And yes, my favorite color is still orange.


2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

Featured image

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 14,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.

 

In 2010, there were 182 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 451 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 466mb. That’s about 1 pictures per day.

The busiest day of the year was September 8th with 1,305 views. The most popular post that day was sad tears, happy tears.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, designmom.com, Google Reader, ohdeedoh.com, and forum.maternal.com.au.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for mountain valley wrap, mountain valley wraps, james and the giant peach, pepper potts, and squirrels in wren’s nest.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

sad tears, happy tears August 2010
12 comments

2

wings January 2010
2 comments

3

Be squirrely!? January 2010
1 comment

4

hire me. March 2010
6 comments

5

Birthday Banner ponderings… March 2010
5 comments

 

Thanks for reading, lovelies. What would you like to see more of in 2011? I would LOVE to hear from you!

Best, Ash

It’s all about me?

It sure is easy to get wrapped up in one’s own little corner of Cyberspace, but it’s even more fun to get lost in someone else’s for a while. Agree?

I get lost in Progressive Pioneer‘s world from time to time and usually enjoy what I find.

It’s always thought-provoking even though I don’t always live on the same plane of existence. For example, I was happy to experience natural childbirth in a hospital setting and had a great experience; I don’t need to be in a birthing tub in my house surrounded by people to feel fulfilled. But I love reading about it through some of the birth stories…

Every day I get lost in Design Mom‘s world, but lately I’ve been turned off by the ads. I keep seeing Dodge, McDonald’s and Red Lobster. Gag. But I go back anyway because she always has beautiful insights on things and experiences in the world. Plus she has six kids so I like to imagine what that’s like. I mean, really, what IS that like?! Her blog is a beautifully filtered, curated version of life. Wonderful place to get lost.

And lately, thanks in part to my green thumb obsession, I’ve been checking out Make Grow Gather more often. Speaking of which, my gardens have just started to take off and I have to thin the seedlings today. Looks like microgreens are back on the menu, lovelies! More on that later…

Because of my penchant for everything orange and love of learning how to do new things, I always enjoy a click on over to How About Orange.

I also so very (very) much look forward to reading my lovely sister-in-law’s blog where poetry and food intersect: Middlewest. Poetry and food. Is there much more to life, really?

Where do you like to get lost in Cyberspace? What blows your skirt up? I would love to know. Happy Monday, lovelies.