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Sunday
Jun292008
The 1,000th Post Recap
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 10:21AM
Well, I can finally shut the hell up about it because this here is my 1,000th post. I thought I'd write something profound, but then I thought I'd go sit in the sun for 34 million hours straight yesterday and sunburn through a layer of sunscreen that could probably effectively shield satellites.
So, yeah, nothing deep. No manifesto, no Pulitzer stuff here. But I have to mark the occasion in some way, right?
I started this blog 3 1/2 years ago. I was still in my twenties. I had two kids. I have a rocky-ish marriage. I had a job, and I lived in America. Since that day, I have survived another pregnancy (barely) and have kept a new child alive (also barely) through infancy, through toddler-hood, and well into sassy pants years. I have moved in and out of countries 3 times. I have watched my marriage completely fall apart from under me. I have been a totally single mother. I have seen friends fight to bring a child home from overseas. I have lost a few friends, human and canine alike, I have fallen head over heels in love with a girl and her family, and I have rebuilt that totalled marriage, and I have done all of that right here.
This was the best thing I have ever done for myself, starting this blog. I've tried to quit it a few times, but I just can't. I think we're attached to each other now, after having shared so many major life thingamajigs. I have revealed WAY too much in these pages. I imagine I have pissed off my share of people on occasion, (and yeah, totally sorry) and I have made some friends that I think will be around for the rest of my life, blog or not.
I love keeping this website. I love that I can be something I am not at all in real life. In real life, you see, I have MANNERS. I am shy. Like, really badly shy. I am not Captain Mom, or Captain Wife, I am not too terribly funny, and I am certainly not hot. But you don't know any of that, do you? Except fuck, now you do.
Anyway, here's to 1,000 posts. And here's to 1,000 more. I really hope at least 3 of you are willing to stay around for that. I hope the next 1,000 doesn't take me so damn long to kick out, but I imagine it will, because these things tend to go in cycles and I am well past time to burn out.
I thought that in closing I would leave you with my favorite posts I've read over the past 3 1/2 years. I've spent a while now just thinking. I tried really hard to remember something someone had written, and remember how it moved me, either to laugh or to cry or to hurl. There were a few that really stood out in my mind, but almost none of them as much as Anne's Baby Jesus Posts, and certainly none more than my BFF, I dare say my soulmate Molly's post on parenting her son and her post on giving him medications, and I add this one with the disclaimer that she has fought an amazing, hard, massive uphill battle to get The Kid's diagnosis of BiPolar overturned, and that it the smartest, bravest thing I think she and The Kid have EVER done, and I strongly caution anyone with a child who is leaning in that direction to read Molly's entire blog start to finish, but it doesn't change the fact that this post made my cry for, oh, days. Really, just go read them now.
So, thank you to all of you, every one of you that has shared this crazy thing called parenting with me. Thanks to the ones who have no real reason to read it, and you know who you are, but you do anyway. Thanks to the moms who have traveled this road with me. Thanks to the readers who have turned into real life friends. Thanks to the real life friends and family who have never given me shit in person for writing such trite things on the internet, to the amazing men and women I have met, thanks for your stories and your comments and your bits of you that you share. Thanks to all of you for holding me up when I'm down, for being a part of my life, for sticking with me through thick and thin. Because it means more than you'll ever know.
(PS: 1000 seems like a good time to update the old blogroll. If you click that Rolling With My Homies page up there, and don't see your link, leave a comment and I'll fix that this week)
Fin.
So, yeah, nothing deep. No manifesto, no Pulitzer stuff here. But I have to mark the occasion in some way, right?
I started this blog 3 1/2 years ago. I was still in my twenties. I had two kids. I have a rocky-ish marriage. I had a job, and I lived in America. Since that day, I have survived another pregnancy (barely) and have kept a new child alive (also barely) through infancy, through toddler-hood, and well into sassy pants years. I have moved in and out of countries 3 times. I have watched my marriage completely fall apart from under me. I have been a totally single mother. I have seen friends fight to bring a child home from overseas. I have lost a few friends, human and canine alike, I have fallen head over heels in love with a girl and her family, and I have rebuilt that totalled marriage, and I have done all of that right here.
This was the best thing I have ever done for myself, starting this blog. I've tried to quit it a few times, but I just can't. I think we're attached to each other now, after having shared so many major life thingamajigs. I have revealed WAY too much in these pages. I imagine I have pissed off my share of people on occasion, (and yeah, totally sorry) and I have made some friends that I think will be around for the rest of my life, blog or not.
I love keeping this website. I love that I can be something I am not at all in real life. In real life, you see, I have MANNERS. I am shy. Like, really badly shy. I am not Captain Mom, or Captain Wife, I am not too terribly funny, and I am certainly not hot. But you don't know any of that, do you? Except fuck, now you do.
Anyway, here's to 1,000 posts. And here's to 1,000 more. I really hope at least 3 of you are willing to stay around for that. I hope the next 1,000 doesn't take me so damn long to kick out, but I imagine it will, because these things tend to go in cycles and I am well past time to burn out.
I thought that in closing I would leave you with my favorite posts I've read over the past 3 1/2 years. I've spent a while now just thinking. I tried really hard to remember something someone had written, and remember how it moved me, either to laugh or to cry or to hurl. There were a few that really stood out in my mind, but almost none of them as much as Anne's Baby Jesus Posts, and certainly none more than my BFF, I dare say my soulmate Molly's post on parenting her son and her post on giving him medications, and I add this one with the disclaimer that she has fought an amazing, hard, massive uphill battle to get The Kid's diagnosis of BiPolar overturned, and that it the smartest, bravest thing I think she and The Kid have EVER done, and I strongly caution anyone with a child who is leaning in that direction to read Molly's entire blog start to finish, but it doesn't change the fact that this post made my cry for, oh, days. Really, just go read them now.
So, thank you to all of you, every one of you that has shared this crazy thing called parenting with me. Thanks to the ones who have no real reason to read it, and you know who you are, but you do anyway. Thanks to the moms who have traveled this road with me. Thanks to the readers who have turned into real life friends. Thanks to the real life friends and family who have never given me shit in person for writing such trite things on the internet, to the amazing men and women I have met, thanks for your stories and your comments and your bits of you that you share. Thanks to all of you for holding me up when I'm down, for being a part of my life, for sticking with me through thick and thin. Because it means more than you'll ever know.
(PS: 1000 seems like a good time to update the old blogroll. If you click that Rolling With My Homies page up there, and don't see your link, leave a comment and I'll fix that this week)
Fin.
Reader Comments (69)
Congratulations on #1000!! So exciting and what an incredible journey it has been for you!!!
Alison's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mountainmomma/~3/322642863/because-i-said-so.html' rel="nofollow">Because I Said So
Congratulations on your 1000th! Wish I could have been here earlier, but I was still learning about this whole, what are they calling it? "Internet?" thing.
Those baby Jesus posts are certainly unique, I always suspected that Ritz was devil food. And I have never read Soapy Water before, but the medication post is unbelievable and really tough to read (from an emotional standpoint). I knew halfway through that Molly was a way stronger person than I will ever hope to be.
Here here to your milestone...looking forward to reading much more!
PS - No balloons? No dancing girls?
Matt's last blog post..http://redsparks.com/playpen/2008/06/24/teaching-your-child-corporate-politics/' rel="nofollow">Teaching Your Child Corporate Politics
Definitely cool. 1000 posts is something to celebrate. Good luck on the next 1000.
AmyM's last blog post..http://amysmagnumopus.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/highly-suspect/' rel="nofollow">Highly suspect
I'm addicted. Keep the love coming.
Here's to 1,000 more *clink*
Lunanik's last blog post..http://lsecretsofablackheart.blogspot.com/2008/06/lakshmi.html' rel="nofollow">Lakshmi
Congratulations! 1000 posts, and getting better every day. You are my blogging hero.
Oh, and as for being willing to stick around? You'll have to seriously kick my ass if you want to get rid of me. Just so you know.
Latte Mommy's last blog post..http://lattemommy.blogspot.com/2008/06/mmmchocolate.html' rel="nofollow">Mmm...Chocolate...
Happy Y1K! You're like, more than a whole decimal ahead of me. I'll never catch up now!
NukeDad's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nuclearfamilywarheadcom/~3/321098444/' rel="nofollow">Careful With That Punctuation, Sport
I'll be here to read the next 1000. Congratulations on a very significant milestone. Looking forward to the future!
Jeremy (Discovering Dad)'s last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DiscoveringDad/~3/322401525/' rel="nofollow">What Dads Really Think - Moms Want to Know - New Series
Whoa, 1000? That's awesome. Congrats and all that.
MomBabe's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBinghamDiaries/~3/322622651/i-had-to-do-it.html' rel="nofollow">I had to do it.
Wow! 1000 posts. That's nuts! I could never imagine writing that many posts... I was impressed with the amount I've written already.
At least until now. Congrats on 1,000 of them... and I plan on being here to read your next 1,000 and more.
BTW, I'm not in your blog roll.
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Dad Speed's last blog post..http://www.dadspeed.com/2008/06/25/ask-dr-dad/' rel="nofollow">Ask Dr Dad
I find it VERY hard to believe that your not funny in your everyday life outside of your blog. Cause your blog oozes funny and witty the vast majority of the time. Congrats on 1000.
Diane's last blog post..http://onemomsopinion.blogspot.com/2008/06/airport-securityturning-into-nightmare.html' rel="nofollow">Airport security...turning into a nightmare
Congrats on 1000 posts! I am a recent reader so haven't lived with you through most of that, but I really enjoy your writing. If I wasn't a busy mom I would probably go through and read all your archives.
If you are adding random lurkers to the blogroll, I'd love to be included.
Carrie's last blog post..http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2008/06/29/june-pictures/' rel="nofollow">June Pictures
1000 is quite significant.
Well done.
Xbox4NappyRash's last blog post..http://xbox4nappyrash.blogspot.com/2008/06/excuse-me-waiter.html' rel="nofollow">Excuse me, waiter...
Wow. Congrats on 1000!
It's easier to be who we would like to be on our blogs isn't it? I know that I share more through my posts than I probably do in person. I can't express thoughts and feelings that I normally wouldn't do. Keep up the great work. Can't wait to read more!
celticbuffy's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ServingUpLifeoneLatteAtATime/~3/322683283/house-buying-hell.html' rel="nofollow">House Buying Hell
1000 wow. Congratulations love. I'm hoping I can look back on mine and see an amazing transformation one day too. :)
Maria's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImmoralMatriarch/~3/321802941/' rel="nofollow">Dance, Dance. [II]
I totally just made that about me and I'm sorry. I suck. Wait - that's about me too. Shit.
Ok: you rock. You're marvelous and loved and gorgeous and sweet and coming to San Francisco in 2 1/2 weeks you just don't know it yet.
Maria's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImmoralMatriarch/~3/321802941/' rel="nofollow">Dance, Dance. [II]
Wow, 1000 is pretty awesome. For what it's worth you don't look a day over 100. 100 posts that is . Congratulations.
Chuck's last blog post..http://www.disfordad.com/2008/06/28/time/' rel="nofollow">Time
Happy 1K! I'm glad you're out here. Even if I'm a kinda sucky commenter I'll be here the instant you hit publish for the next 1000, just like I always am.
Kelliqua's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/kelliqua/prattle_inc/~3/317585266/roadtrip-courtesy-of-atomictumor.html' rel="nofollow">Roadtrip Courtesy of AtomicTumor
Congratulations!! I think the 1000th post is the perfect time to come out of lurking.....I've been reading for a while, long enough, I don't even remember how I came here anymore. I wish I had the time to go back and read all of your posts, like I usually do when I add a new blog to my list, but 3 1/2 years is a long time. I would love to be included on your blogroll if you don't mind having a recently outed lurker on there. :) I promise I won't be a stranger.
abunslife's last blog post..http://bunslife.blogspot.com/2008/06/out-on-town-part-i.html' rel="nofollow">Out on the town, part I
Oh my god I miss you. Thanks.
And listen folks. She's lying. Mr. Lady is VERY hot. Like, I seriously don't know how we've kept our friendship platonic all these years.
molly_g's last blog post..http://soapywater.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-think-she-might-be-trying-to-tell-me.html' rel="nofollow">I think she might be trying to tell me something...
You make me smile! Please don't burn out....
PS...You're not roll'n with this homie...will you roll with this homie?
Tammy's last blog post..http://thopgood-mylife.blogspot.com/2008/06/fitness-friday_21.html' rel="nofollow">Fitness Friday
Congrats, dollface.
The Retropolitan's last blog post..http://nineteenthirtynine.net/?p=1206' rel="nofollow">It's All In The Tempo
Wow!
The Super Bongo's last blog post..http://thesuperbongo.blogspot.com/2008/06/popularity.html' rel="nofollow">Popularity
Congrats! You and your blog are awesome! Keep it comin'.
Nola's last blog post..http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/06/28/a-cool-saturday-morning/' rel="nofollow">A Cool Saturday Morning
Congrats! I only hope to make it to be as awesome as MrL.
A Whole Lot of Nothing's last blog post..http://awholelotofnothing.net/edrama/' rel="nofollow">eDrama
I haven't been reading your blog for very long but it is one of the first ones I read when I get the chance. I love your writing and your honesty. I started my own blog not that long ago and I am hoping that I like you will keep it up. I still don't quite know what the hell I am doing but I am writing and loving it. You have survived many things...you are a strong women...sharing your life, in this way, has most likely helped many people. I hope you keep writing...at least another thousand!
Lori's last blog post..http://mylifeinterupted.blogspot.com/2008/06/very-much-alive.html' rel="nofollow">Very much alive
I second Molly's assesment: Mr. Lady is freaking unbelievably hot. I don't know how I will be able to keep from making out with her when I get to see her at the end of July. Fuck it, I probably will make out with her.
Happy 1000th, darling! Congrats!
Blog or no blog, you are stuck with me now! Love, Love, Love You!
HAPPY 1,000th POST!
Secret Agent Mama's last blog post..http://secretagentmama.com/blog/2008/06/29/project-365-311365/' rel="nofollow">Project 365 (311/365)
Wowza. 1000. I don't think I've even farted 1000 times in my life. How do you do it?? And do it so well???
BusyDad's last blog post..http://www.busydadblog.com/entries/rollin-on-tha-eastside-the-far-eastside.html' rel="nofollow">Rollin' on tha Eastside... the Far Eastside
Happy 1000. And you mean you're not really hot?!
Neil's last blog post..http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/06/29/the-2am-rapper/' rel="nofollow">The 2AM Rapper
You were the second blog I ever read. I remember the day. J was two months old. He was in my lap, sleeping. I was a raging insomniac. Why sleep when you knew it wouldn't last long.
I started my blog a month later.
And here is to 1000 more . . .
Oh, and you may be shy in real life, but you are funny, and, we've all seen what you look like, so NOT hot? Not.
LaskiGal's last blog post..http://laskigal.blogspot.com/2008/06/photostory-friday-what-i-wish-for-you.html' rel="nofollow">PhotoStory Friday: What I wish for you
Yay, Mr Lady! I'm so glad I found you, even if I did miss the first 950 or so. And btw, I know you've posted stuff OTHER places too (like on the AdventureDad series, which is where I first encountered you) so we all know that you're actually even more accomplished than you're letting on. ;)
Fawn's last blog post..http://fawnahareo.com/2008/06/29/babywearing-to-the-rescue/' rel="nofollow">Babywearing to the rescue
I have only been stalking you for about six months but I love you!
Congrats on your 1000th post.
tiff's last blog post..http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/06/weekly-winners-hospital-hometime-and-birthdays-oh-my/' rel="nofollow">Weekly Winners - hospital, hometime and birthdays, Oh my!
I concur ... you rock! 1000 is quite the milestone. Thanks for giving me something to do in the early dawn besides watching Little Einsteins... keep the posts coming. You have a cult following, ya know?
Lori B's last blog post..http://mamanuggle.com/hello-world/' rel="nofollow">Hello world!
Congratulations - it has been such a pleasure reading you!
anne nahm's last blog post..http://annenahm.com/?p=444' rel="nofollow">Cheekbone Implant Surgery and Removal
Thank you. God Bless, Mike.
I only just found your blog a few weeks ago, but from the moment I read the blog title, I was hooked. Turns out, I picked a good time to find you, because of this 1000 post recap. There is no way I could go back and read your archives (though I've browsed as often as I can and I still may even attempt it) but having you recap your favorite entries gave me a bit more insight into who you are, and I'm hooked even harder.
Congrats on the 1000. I plan to be around for the next 1000.
Andrea's last blog post..http://littlebalddoctors.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/casanova/' rel="nofollow">Casanova
I'm a new follower of yours and I think you are great. I too am painfully shy and writing a blog lets me say some things that normally I would never say. It lets me be me no matter what people think. Mind you only 2 of my friends know about my blog but still I am me.
Tiffany's last blog post..http://stuck-in-the-sticks.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-i-met-hubs.html' rel="nofollow">How I Met the Hubs
Congratulations on Post #1,000! What an accomplishment!
RockyCat's last blog post..http://rockygrace.blogspot.com/2008/06/best-thing-ever.html' rel="nofollow">Best. Thing. Ever.
Wait! Definitely Pulitzer stuff, if the world were fair.
ms picket to you's last blog post..http://postpicket.blogspot.com/2008/06/conversationalist.html' rel="nofollow">The Conversationalist
God, I love you.
Momo Fali's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Momo-Fali/~3/322786400/inquiring-minds-want-to-know.html' rel="nofollow">Inquiring Minds Want To Know
I'm semi-glad you're not single anymore. Too much temptation.
You know I love you.
XX
Ree's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hotfessional/KKFw/~3/323204009/' rel="nofollow">Quick.
"Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me"
___________
Thanks for giving me a way to stay close to you despite the distance.
Love ya.
I htink you did a DAMN fine job for your 1,000 post. You have been through a lot in the past 3 1/2. I wish I had found you sooner. And you, NOT hot? Yea, right! Like we could believe that!
Congratulations!
Robina's last blog post..http://justanotherday-bina.blogspot.com/2008/06/mattress-love-and-prison-transfers.html' rel="nofollow">Mattress Love and Prison Transfers
*sniffle
I'm not on your roll :(
Congratulations on 1000!
Jennifer's last blog post..http://injennifershead.com/?p=195' rel="nofollow">Huh? I'm Living in Fear Apparently
looking forward to 2000.
Congrats on 1000!
dysfunctional mom's last blog post..http://luvmydoxies.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-i-love-about-camping.html' rel="nofollow">What I Love About Camping
Oh and, if you'd like to add me to your blogroll..........I wouldn't mind. =D
dysfunctional mom's last blog post..http://luvmydoxies.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-i-love-about-camping.html' rel="nofollow">What I Love About Camping
You rock Lady! I'll stick around for 1,000 more!
Miss's last blog post..http://ruraandmiss.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/classy-chaos-challenge-1/' rel="nofollow">Classy Chaos Challenge #1
Love reading. But you know that. Here's to another 1000!
Darcie's last blog post..http://cavedweller1019.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-imagine.html' rel="nofollow">Just imagine