I don’t pay much attention to statistics like numbers of visitors and page views to my blog. In fact, I seldom login to Google Analytics. However, I generally pay close attention to blog milestones, such as numbers of posts and comments and my blog’s birthday/anniversary/blogiversary/whatever-you-call-an-annual-blog-milestone.
So I was surprised to realize my blog turned five years old a couple of months ago, and I totally ignored the occasion. Matt left a comment on my post about funny spam, saying he wished he got the spam I got because he’s not getting many comments on his blog. I responded that I didn’t get many comments either when I started my blog. However, after being online (counting on my fingers) five years …
But wait! I don’t remember writing a fifth-blog-birthday post. I checked my archives in case my mind was playing tricks on me and confirmed that I had, indeed, ignored this occasion.
Maybe I overlooked the birthday because “time flies when you’re having fun” or “the older you get the faster time passes” or <insert your favorite cliche here>. Maybe it slipped up on me because it hadn’t been long since I recognized 1000 posts. Obviously, I overlooked the date when I transferred important dates from my 2010 editorial calendar to the 2011 calendar.
So help yourself to some virtual birthday cake and punch and join me in wishing a happy belated birthday to A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye.
As I’ve said in every milestone post, you—my readers—make blogging fun, and I appreciate each one of you.
I plan to keep blogging for many more years as long as you keep coming here to read and comment.
Happy Birthday for your blog! This is a very handsome cake, I will take a piece.
Marius,
Thanks for joining the celebration. Enjoy the cake.
Congratulations on your blog’s birthday. I just bought a little cake in celebration. Believe me I am serious. I have been reading your posts for some time now and I must say that you have a great blog.
Dave,
Thank you. I’m glad to have you as a reader and commenter.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (AND YOUR BLOG)! What a great milestone~! Congratulations Lillie on a tremendous job!
Thank you, Dominique. I appreciate your being such a loyal reader and commenter.
Happy blog birthday!!
Guess What, I have some pretty neat news for you (you might already know this) but I actually LOST my book mark to your blog! I was upset, because it had quickly become one of my favorite blogs, and now I couldn’t find my bookmark. So I set aside this evening to search for it on the internet. I planned on searching and searching ’till I found it. I knew you were particular about punctuation, grammar, so I was going to type in “Lillie writer grammar punctuation” and all that stuff into the search engine. But guess what — all you have to do is type in “Lillie” “writer” and you are NUMBER ONE! How cool is that!?! There must be millions of Lillies and probably at least thousands that write, and out of all of them you are right at the top spot! Congratulations, and Happy blog birthday!! (p.s. and I just now bookmarked you, too!) 
David,
Thanks for letting me know! Just for fun, I went to Google and typed in “Lillie” without writer or anything else. Three of the top 10 listings are me. Lillie is a less-common name than I thought.
And thank you for your loyalty that you were willing to spend a lot of time finding my blog again!
I am late but I want to say ” Happy Birthday ” to your blog. I think blog owner is too much caring about the reader.I will be here to take part in conversation.
Thanks for the good wishes, Smith. I look forward to seeing you here again.
Your blog is a constant source of inspiration, and I can only wish you health and plenty of creativity to continue your work. Happy b-day!
Thank you, Mia. I appreciate your loyalty.
What a great accomplishment! Happy blogging birthday, Lillie.
I always enjoy reading your blog — even if sometimes I am late to comment!
Dawn,
I appreciate your comments, late or not!
Five years is really something. I surely hope that my blog will at least reach that far.Just started it recently and your right about not having much comment on it yet. But I wish I can have some. Belated happy b-day and wish for more success.
Hanz
Hanz,
It took me months before I started getting comments. You have to be online and actively blogging for some time before people find you.
Congratulations! I wish you write for years and I enjoy forever.
Thank you, Shailja.
Happy Birthday, to You, Happy Birthday to you… blah blah blah…
many happy returns, would join you with some cake if I could actually eat it. Karen
Thank you for your lovely rendition of the birthday song, Karen.
A belated Happy Belated Blog Birthday Lillie! Your posts in my inbox are always a welcomed comfort. I know that when I open I will find warmth, solid information, and inspiration. I am so thankful that you are celebrating another milestone and look forward to the party when this blog turns 10!
Karen,
You are so sweet. I’m glad there isn’t a mandatory retirement age for bloggers.
Such a beautiful white cake to celebrate the 5th blog birthday! Indeed, time doesn’t matter much when you enjoy what you are doing. Keep up the zest in blogging!
Thanks, Jane. I plan to keep blogging a long time.
Iam bit late to join the celebrations, a happy birthday to your blog. keep up the good work.
reggie,
You’re not as late in commenting on this post with your congratulations as I was in posting the birthday.
Wow, allready 5 years, thats a good reason to celebrate. So, Happy Birthday to your Blog. 13 day to late, but i hope you enjoyed the party. :p
Bella,
Good wishes are always on time! Thank you.
Congratulations, Lillie’s Blog, on being 5 years old AND having 1000 posts. It’s difficult to find that many blogs around having such consistent and interesting content. I’d always been taught to focus on niches but, still, there aren’t that many people in the blogosphere interested in the steam turbine efficiencies or robot assembly of pneumatic cylinders that I talk about!
Keep up the good work.
Russell,
Thank you for the congratulations and the compliment. I guess your niches are rather specialized. I can’t say that I’ve ever been looking for information on either topic.
Congratulations Ms. Lillie! I love reading your amazing, sometimes weird and funny posts!
Thank you, Noel.
Congratulations on your blogs milestone, 5 years is definately an achievement. Ive just stumbled on your site and it does look very good indeed. I will continue having a look round
Thank you, Jon. I hope to see you back here often.
Belated Happy birthday to your blog. I hope that it has been a great year for you and your blog. Love your articles and how you do your blog, More power to you both!
Thank you, Darin, for the compliments and the congratulations.
Congratulations on your Blog’s 5th Birthday! 5 years is quite an achievement especially when it comes to the internet. Many websites and blogs and come and go in just a year or two.
Thanks, Wes. I plan to be around a long time.