Beginning the Year with Thanks

Hi Lillie, thanks for your generous thank you to me and all your contributors. Best of luck with your novel!

Oh, I’m so embarrassed I had but ONE comment. Really shameful for how much I think of you. And read you on my reader. Sounds like a commitment coming on, doesn’t it???

Lillie, you have completely outdone this MeMe YouYou, and I bow to you for making it so specific–something I really value.

My hat is off, my love. And your gesture is so well appreciated.

Lisa

Hi Lillie thanks for including me, I took some time off from blogging to have my last child (don’t feel sorry for me for stopping- 5 is enough). I am so glad to be back to blogging on all my blogs and reading so many great blogs and posts like yours. I can only imagine how much time it took you to link to all these blogs. Have a a Happy New Year and thanks for the link.

well thanks for the mention

What an amazing labor of love! I have a fraction the number of comments you have, and can’t even imagine what an undertaking this must be … no wonder it took longer than you planned.

You have an amazingly strong affection for your readers. I would thank you, but I’m too much in awe.

What an amazing post, Lillie! I commend you for doing this. I can’t imagine how much effort it took because I know the recent creative link love post I did was quite a lot of work and it is hard to make sure you’ve included everyone and linking with the correct url takes even longer.

I have really enjoyed your blog since I found it. I forget how I found you, but I’m so glad I did! Off the top of my head, you’ve made me think about writing press releases, the need to pray for peace, and so much more! I’ve learned a lot here and can’t wait to learn more this year.

Your comments are always so kind and meaningful and in my opinion, much appreciated.

Thank you for the link love and for providing great content, advice, tips, information, and friendliness at this blog.

Smiles,
Michele

Wow, this must’ve taken you an eternity to compile. Thank you for including me in your listing, I’m feeling slightly awful for losing track of your blog over the months.

Best of luck in the coming year and thank you again for all of your wonderful entries and dedication to your readers!!!

Dang Lillie…that was a huge job to do all that, but thank you for doing it! Nice to be a part of this site and I’m glad I got to contribute a bit to it.

Keep it up, can’t wait to read the novel.

Wonderful, Lillie. Participating in this meme is like taking out our memories and cherishing one by one. Thank you.

Lillie, what a wonderful representation of the community you’ve built up here. Thanks for the time and effort that went into creating it (and the link love, of course)

Joanna

Wow, Lillie, what a list! You certainly deserve every comment you’ve received! So glad to see that I’ve left that many comments; because so often, when life has been especially hectic, I’ve felt a bit neglectful.

Thanks so much for recognizing your commenters in such a special and meaningful way! Here’s hoping that 2008 will bring even more comments–and more readers–your way!

Many blessings in the New Year!
Jeanne

This must have taken you ages, Lillie (I know my monthly list does). Thanks so much for including me and for the quality you provide on your blog. I obviously don’t comment as much as I read.
Here’s to a wonderful 2008 for all of us.

Now thats what I call link love. Its funny, you go to someones site and ind something interesting. The web site owner writes an article like this. I have a google alert set for my site. I see you wrote the article. I come to see what you wrote. Thanks for reminding me about your site. I like your comment layout. Very impressive.

Hi Lillie, I am truly awed by your project. To look at the scope of how you sorted these out is very remarkable because as you say, it took much time and patience.

Though I have visited on occasion, I hope to visit more often in 2008 to see what you are up to.

Thanks for the shout!

Happy New Year!!!

Wow! What a lot of work you went through! I’m impressed, very impressed.

I enjoy reading your blog and plan to start reading the blogs of some of your commenters as well. I am hoping to make 2008 a year of getting some of my own writings published (self published) so I need to learn quickly and put pen to paper… or fingers to keyboard as is more truly the case.

I have many lessons to learn about writing and I’m counting on you Lillie to teach me some of what I need to know.

Thank you for all your wonderful advice. I wish you a blessed and happy new year!

Lillie, this is a nice idea and boy, a lot of work as you said. I hope you’re happy with the results. I also wonder if there’s no WordPress plugin that could have made things easier. If I hear about one, I’ll tell you for next year

What a wonderful post! I may have to steal this idea for next year.

Hello Lillie. Thank you for the mention and WOW, I can imagine that it must have taken you a tremendous amount of time to sort all of this. You have built up quite a large community. You deserve a pat on the back.

Wow, Lillie, what a phenomenal job. You certainly had a great deal of patience to compile this.

Thanks for remembering me and Home Biz Notes

thanks for the link love. i don’t think i have the time to do this all manually; am still thinking about how to do what you’ve just done an easier way. HATS OFF to you for your dedication!

No offense guys, but all the data is in the database. Copy it, and post it. Doesn’t sound so difficult to me. If I had to do it, I would paste it into excel. Add columns for formating. Save as a text document.

I am impressed! That took a heck of a lot of time but what a wonderful way to see how many commenters were woven into your life in 2007. Here’s to many more in 2008!

Lillie, thanks for the link love and for the wonderful information you provide through this blog. I look forward to reading and commenting more in 2008.

Finally, best of luck with “Dream or Destiny.” It truly was a VERY interesting and great read! In fact, if you ever plan a virtual book tour, let me know and you can use my blog as a part of your tour; I’d be delighted.

Blessings and big hugs,

Misti Sandefur

hi Lillie! that was surely a tough challenge, but u make it successfully. a long long list, you had to work really hard on it!! hats off to you. wishing you best of luck with your novel “Dream or Destiny”. God bless you.

Awesome job, Lillie, and thanks for the mention! I appreciate how time-consuming the task was, but, oh so rewarding!

I’m on a quest to find a quicker way to compile the list before it’s time to do it again. Surely there’s a way to query the database. I’ll let you if I find it.

Stay great in 2008!

i just spent a little time looking at a relatively quick way to do this. i use wordpress. looked at the database; exporting the database and then extracting the URL’s from excel still seemed pretty tedious.

what i’ve just started doing and which is relatively easy is to go into comment management, simply cut and paste the comment list into word, and then delete everything except the commenters’ URLs.

right now i’m thinking i might post one month of commenters per week – so i should be done with my thanks by the end of march.

of course there’s also URL extraction software out there; i’ve looked at it before but i’m not super enthusiastic about it. i kind of like what i’ve done so far; got my comment thanks for december ready to go.

thanks for this great discussion!

UH UH UH !!!!!
I just thought of another thing. Since you are in the comment database you could easily make a list of most commented articles in the same time period. My god think of the possibilities!
I guess too much coffee here!
Will someone stop this brain.

Howdy, Lillie! Wow, there’s a whole herd of conversation going on around here! I’m so glad I was able to be a part of what’s going on around here. Thanks for a great year, and an even better new one!

Cheers!

I can’t imagine how long it must have taken to compile this list. You are a greater blogger than I. Thanks for the link and the great site.

Lillie, what a sweet and thoughtful thing to do! Thank you so much for taking the time to thank each and every person!

Blessings to you in 2008, and always!

-Renae

That took some serious time to create this list!
A friend sent me the link to your blog yesterday so this is my first visit, maybe next year I can be a 50+ contributor!
Have a great 2008!

Hi Lillie,
That’s a long list of names. You really had to put in a lot of effort for this. Thank you very much for spending your precious time to says thanks.

Have a blessed 2008 and always!
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

Lillie, I hadn’t realized I left so many comments behind in 2007, the first year we crossed paths.

I’m not surprised however. You always have something of interest to share with your readers and your kind heart is a terrific witness of our Savior’s love!

Now, to begin work on my 2008 commenting on A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye!

Wow!! What an amazing list! Although it took you quite some time to compile that list, I’ll bet it gave you a warm feeling to see how many people have visited and cared enough to comment.

I’m impressed, what a thoughtful way to recognize your commenters. This must have taken a while to create this post. I’ll be checking out some of the websites.

Yes, comments are what make blogging worthwhile, and thanks for the thanks!

Lillie Thank You! Especially for your time and effort in one of the most appreciative posts I have ever seen. You are Special Lillie and cherished!

Lillie, Just a heads up for ya. Here it is Oct 10, 2008 and I just got another alert telling me about you link from this article. Fantastic! Something like a gift that keeps on giving! Ha Ha! Thanks again. Interested in swapping web site reviews?