2007 - Your Days Are Numbered
I'm so sleepy, but I want to do this post before I find that 2007 has vanished. What a year this has been! I made many changes to my blog this year. I realized how many when I looked here and saw how my blog looked in the summer of 2006. What a difference!
I wanted to change the look and feel of my blog and I did it. I also wanted to include some advertisements, which I did by joining the Blogher Ad Network and the Boston Blogs Ad Network. So far, I'm not making much money, but every bit helps. I gave much of it away to a local organization that provides food to those in need. I had given to them before, but because of your support, I was able to give a little more than I could have otherwise. Thank you!
Another thing that I finally did this year was organize my recipes. I had lots of random pages in folders and couldn't find anything. Over years, I had cut recipes out of magazines, newspapers, and printed them out from blogs. It was getting totally out of hand. Over about a week, I threw out a bunch of recipes, then organized the remaining ones by type and put them into four notebooks. What a joy it is to look for recipes now! I actually find what I'm looking for.
I'm doing the Homemade Bread Pledge that I mentioned here, which will be an event going from 2007 into 2008. Keeping my pledge is one of my goals for the new year. So far so good! I also want to organize all the recipes on this blog, so they are easier to find.
In 2008, there are some other blog changes that I'd like to make, but I'll keep some to myself. I'd rather make the changes and then let you see them. I'm submitting this post as part of Nupur's Best of 2007 Event. On New Year's Day, there will be a Roundup of all the posts. It will be interesting to see what everyone did this year. Have you made any resolutions for 2008?
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Your homemade bread pledge is something that is part of my new year's resolutions also: to make more bread at home and experiment with more whole-grain bread.
Happy New Year to you!!!
Enjoy and happy 2008! I will see you next year!:)
Let me get back to you...
Just a short note to let you know that I tagged you for 7 Random Facts... meme...
http://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=1295
Participating is totally optional so I won't feel offended if you won't have time to post it :)
Have a great day, Margot
asha - Happy New Year! I'm running out of space too and have to buy another binder! I keep adding dessert recipes like crazy! ; )
torrance stephens bka all-mi-t - Well, a happy nappy new year to you too! LOL! Hopefully 2008 will be a prosperous one for us both! : D
cookie baker lynn - I realized that I have to get another binder too. I've been printing out recipes like crazy. And I think your fudge recipe did it! : )
mizrepresent - I hope that all your New Year's dreams come true! ; )
coffee & vanilla - Thanks Margot! I'll be putting up the meme hopefully before next year! ; )
dfunkydog - Welcome! Thanks! I guess I'm still old fashioned in wanting to keep my recipes on paper. There's something really comforting about flipping through the pages. ; )
My resolution for 2008 is to make more money by working less hours. I still have to figure out how to do this! haha
Great job on your blog!
:-)