May 14 2008
Four Hundred Eighty One?
I refuse to believe it.
Three hundred sixty-five days and four-hundred eighty-one posts later, we are gathered here today to celebrate my blogiversary. I told y’all I was a wordy bitch!
Shall we take a short tour? (Go ahead. Laugh. I know! “Short” and “this blog”. Ha!)
This was the first time I ever got a real-honest-to-goodness comment - from Cupcake…who is still hanging around and whom I still adore (just don’t tell me if I used “who and whom” correctly). Thanks sweetie!
This post still gets hits. Apparently there are a lot of poor souls who are looking for business casual guidelines - thankfully, I no longer need to worry about such things. If my desk chair wasn’t the pleather-cheapie-special from Office Depot, I could sit here in my bare ass. (But I don’t because of the frequency with which I try to get up and find the backs of my legs skinned from where I’ve stuck.)
August, 2007 - you can read about my run in with Pepe LePew.
I started the great reveal here…with cleavage(!)- and a plea for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
And revealed more here. Wrote letters here.
In November, I did NaBloPoMoOhMahHolyHell, and finished it off with my very favorite shout out ever. Seriously, I think this was my crowning achievement in 2007.
Was it really this long ago that we found out we were getting another bundle of joy? And that I wrote a letter to my body as part of a BlogHer challenge?
March was a pretty amazing month. And you finally got to see what the Hotfessional looked like.
And then last month, I went with Kristabella to meet Bossy and a bunch of other wonderful bloggers.
You met me when I had just turned 44. When I turned 45, I got birthday wishes from “teh hol blogosfere!” - and it made my day.
Why do I blog? Why have I managed, when I usually flit from one project to another, to stay with this for an entire year? Why do I feel like I’ve know some of you for my whole life? Why do I cry with you and laugh with you? Why do I let you see me in my bitchiest moods? Why do I tell you my deep secrets and my secret fears?
Would I do this even if I didn’t have an audience? If no one read? (The answer to this is yes, I would, but damn…y’all make it so much more fun. Hell, I’ve even had a proposal. )
One of my friends on the other side of the world said it best. “I have found a whole community of people that I have come to care about very much.”
Thank you, thank you, thank you - one and all. Tonight I will raise my vodka/limeade to each and every one of you who has stopped by in the past year and brightened my day with your insights, your sympathy, your laughter, and most of all, your friendship.
And tomorrow, I’ll tell you a bit more about Meeting Mr. Hot. Because tomorrow begins Year 2.
And Kelley - this is especially for you - so you know that I’m not such a heathen after all:
Well, maybe I am a heathen, but I’m not a philistine:
So stop whinging about your eyes falling out of your head and tell me you love mah shoes!
—- And The-Husband stopped by earlier to take in the trash cans and walk the dog, but there’s been no sign of Mr. Not-the-Husband today. She has not left the house except to take the kids to the bus stop. The plot thickens. —-
HOT LOVE
Everyone has to earn a living somehow.
Solomon’s last blog post..Mealworms
Happy Blogiversary - you make me laugh - often!!
Becky’s last blog post..PBS kicked my butt last night
You are more and more fun to read all the time.
Love the shoes!
Will be wondering what is going on with your neighbors all day…
Krissa’s last blog post..Henrietta’s take
Congratulations! It only gets better with you.
Psst, the link to your first post has an extra http:// in front of it.
witchypoo’s last blog post..Food Quirks
Happy anniversary! And they said it wouldn’t last. I never said it, but “they” did. Bastards.
Candy’s last blog post..More Effective than a Breathalizer
Happy Blogversary!! Hope to be reading your mischief for years to come
Marylin’s last blog post..Dandelion boy
Happy Blogoversary!!! Lovin’ the shoes and your blog. Ya’ know, I’ve been resisting this whole Twitter thing but I’m almost convinced to do it so I don’t miss out on any breaking news about Neighbor and Not-The-Husband.
Dingo’s last blog post..I’m Sm?all Ears
Happy, happy blogoversary! I think I may need to write about Hardees in West by Gawd Virginia this week. Once again, you inspire me! Oh and Cute Shoes!
TXPoppet’s last blog post..Did She Really Say That?
Happy Blogaversary Hot!!!! One whole year? It seems like longer but I can’t imagine a day without reading Hotfessional.com. As it was, I had a couple days of catchin’ up to do and I’m already sitting on the edge of the seat for the “Did they/Didn’t They/As the Hotfessional Neighborhood Turns” saga…
Now if only I can stay on twitter without the boss knowin’ …
Lys’s last blog post..Maybe I Should…
And both pairs of shoes rock!!! We’ll forget about the earlier non-sassy shoe pics…
Lys’s last blog post..Maybe I Should…
HAPPY HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!
Enjoying you more all the time!
daysgoby’s last blog post..extreme fireblaster monster trap
Happy Blogiversary! Cute shoes!
barbra’s last blog post..Two stories today
Happy Anniversary and LOVE those shoes!
Vanessa’s last blog post..What Makes Me SQUEEEE!
Happy Anniversary!
Serendipitous Girl’s last blog post..Why I Don’t Mind Bringing Home the Bacon
OMGoodness! I LIKE those shoes, LOTS!!
And for your Grand Anniversary gift…..
An Email from every single Foot Fetish/Shoe Freak/Toe Lickin’ Dumbass that can type the word “HOTFESSIONAL”
LOL Congratulations on turnin’ 1!
Happy Blogiversary, Ree! I’m kickin’ myself for not starting doing this a year ago, ’cause I have missed knowin’ you for most of that time. DA! (Dumb Ass!). Sure have enjoyed reading your posts and corresponding with you recently. YOU ARE SO HUMUROUS, and an amazingly dedicated professional! You believe in doing the right thing no matter what you are involved in, and I respect that very much.
OH CRAP! The Weather Channel radar shows we are going to get HAMMERED in a few minutes, with a cell coming from New Orleans! Where do I hide in a travel trailer…? At least it’s not a hurricane, yet… Hope you enjoy the vodka & limeade!
coastrat’s last blog post..DINOSAUR LOVERS
Happy Blog-O-Versary!!
I’m so glad I found your blog - - you always manage to brighten my day!
Here’s looking forward to Year Two!
Liz J in Central Illinois’s last blog post..Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Blogiversary!
Cute shoes and I am loving your spy work!
Nancy’s last blog post..From the Pope: “Klaatu, Barada Nikto”
Congratulations! What’s the first year anniversary gift? Paper? Silver? Wine?
Oh, and I think The Husband is on to Not the Husband. He wrote him a letter here: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/oma/581897835.html
Shania’s last blog post..Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Damn, why don’t you warn me before you post so I can be first instead of last for a change?
I lurve your shoes.
But I doubly lurve your purdy toes. Tell me you pay someone to do them so purdy cause when I paint mine it looks like I dipped my feet in paint.
Had to break out the summer shoes today, 71.6F here today with only a few days till winter…. OMG! I didn’t shave mah legs! EW!
Kelley’s last blog post..The Count loves to WHAAAT???
Hey, thanks for the “short” recap :)..now I am caught up!
Goddess in the Groove’s last blog post..Another man left me…
“Happy blogoversary baby.. ”
Now that song is stuck in my head, oh well It was for a good cause.. hehehehe
*does a silly dance*
cheers kim xxx
frogpondsrock’s last blog post..Two Hundred.. (aka gosh that’s a lot!)
Love those black and white shoes!!!
girlplease’s last blog post..Money money money…
I LOVE your shoes. Well, the closed toe ones at least. However the pretty flats look good on you.
Happy Blogiversary!!!
Veronica’s last blog post..The Rules, According to Amy
Happy Blogoversary!! you ROCK! You keep us in stitches! You are THE HOTFESSIONAL!
Btw, you could look like you are doing something (pick up the phone and let the cord dangle up your leg while you take the picture) other than talking to us-not-worth-of-your-hawtness.
Wbppsh7’s last blog post..Crocs
Woohoo! One year!
I have to say, a vodka and limeade sounds GREAT right now. Do you deliver?
Laurel’s last blog post..Questions, Part Seven: Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover Edition
Happy Blogaversary, Hot! I love your blog! Keep it up!
Shelly’s last blog post..Mini Whine
Happy Anniversary.
Married Leos’s last blog post..And the bullshit continues……………..
Your shoes are so HOT! Happy blogaversary. Many happy returns, Hotfessional!
melissa’s last blog post..You can call me Princess Diana
happy anniversary..I am SO loving those sandals..and the toes are very pretty..
I need a pedi..but I can’t see my toes right now cause it’s the middle of may and I have on socks and shoes and cord and a turtleneck cause it’s 50 flipping degrees outside!!!!!!!!!!
mp’s last blog post..If you read, make sure to pick up The Year of the Fog
Happy Blogversary! And here’s to many more.
Congrats, I’ll be sure to toast you this evening!
Fannie’s last blog post..I can’t, don’t, won’t
Happy Blogiversary! I can’t believe you’ve written the the same number of posts in a year that has taken me almost 2!
Kristabella’s last blog post..Help Me To Help You To Help Me
Oooh. Spectators. Strappy spectators, even. I like.
You’ve written 481 posts in a year?? Dood. That’s impressive.
(And I’m sorry I’ve been such a slacker in the commentary department. I have been a very bad blog friend….)
Major Bedhead’s last blog post..A Couple Of Political Links