11/20/2013

A Love Letter to Blogging

ONE MOTHERFUCKING THOUSAND blog posts.

On this blog.

Well, not exactly. This blog used to be a blog called Dirty Little Secret. Because it was 2007, okay?

I didn't know any better.

Which is also why I called myself "Jerseygirl89".



This was taken right around when I started "Dirty Little Secret". 

This was taken a few months after I started blogging. 



I was on this group writing site, and it was dying, and everyone moved to Blogger so I did too. I had no idea what the hell I was doing. I just knew that suddenly I was home with a toddler and an infant and that all my friends were at work during the day. I was lonely, dammit.

Also, anything to avoid vacuuming.

To further establish my clueless bona fides, I did not prepare a ginormous giveaway in honor of my ONE THOUSANDTH* post. Mainly because I didn't notice until about 5 days ago and it's not like brands are dying to have me host awesome giveaways. Unfortunately.

I guess my swearing, ranting, randomness, lack of editing and inability to choose a niche don't scream, "Brand Ambassador."

Oh fucking well.


  • I started blogging because I love writing. 
  • I started blogging because the idea of people reading anything I wrote used to scare the fuck out of me. 
  • I started blogging because I didn't know how to make mom friends. 
  • I started blogging because I didn't know what else to do. 


And I am so glad I did. This blog is like my fourth kid, if I had a kid who never threw up on me or talked back.


  • Because of blogging, I have no fear of letting people read what I have written. 
  • Because of blogging, I have "met" so many people I consider friends. 
  • Because of blogging, I have been able to take my kids places we otherwise couldn't have afforded to go. 
  • Because of blogging, I have (occasionally) earned money that we really needed. 
  • Because of blogging, I have gotten so much love, support and advice when I really needed it. 
  • Because of blogging, I didn't lose my mind when I became a full-time stay-at-home mom to two toddlers.
I feel honored that you are reading this post. I appreciate everyone who has stumbled here, even those people from Russia who stayed for .5 seconds. Thank you. Thank you all for letting me call myself a blogger.

I know it's not much, but I've got an Amazon Gift Card for one of my readers. It's only $25, but it's just to let you know that I really do appreciate you guys. Hopefully after my next thousand posts I'll be able to give away a car or something. :) 






*Look, I don't accomplish much anymore, other than folding laundry and keeping tiny smallish humans alive. So 1000 posts means a lot to me, even though it's not a cure for cancer or the development of comfortable Spanx. My point is, I'm gonna spend the day bragging. Please excuse.