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Welcome January 2026! Good-bye 2025

Carol 24 Comments

It’s a new year, and I’m happy to greet it. As I mentioned in one of my last posts in December, I realize everyday that I am feeling happier and healthier with each day. My move in January 2024 pretty much wasted me for over a year. Moving by myself at 75 was too much. If I had to ever do it again, someone else has to be doing the arranging, packing, and moving. Not me! Of course, I said that when I moved to my house back in 2010. LOL

Today I’m doing a look back at last year with thoughts for the future. In 2025, the blog had over 102.6K visitors. I’m thrilled and thankful!

The top 10 posts visited last year:

10. Fast & Filling Meals (June 14, 2022)

9. Home Page (latests posts)

8. Green Avocado Spinach Smoothie (April 29, 2024)

7. Sweet Potato Apple Cranberry Bake (November 2, 2020)

6. Summer Squash Quiche With Thyme (June 26, 2017)

5. A Fast Meal of Linguine With Red Clam Sauce (February 26, 2023)

4. Easy Cucumber & Onion Salad (June 21, 2021)

3. All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (December 8, 2018)

2. Roasted Potatoes & Spinach (March 4, 2024)

#1. Cheesy Broccoli Potato Bake (September 6, 2021)

The Future

I thank everyone who drops by and especially those of you who give me feedback. I must admit I usually write for myself, but that seems to be ok. I’m not that original, which is another way of saying a lot of us are thinking about the same things.

The future is the question. I’m running out of recipes, and I’m tired of them. You probably noticed that 8 of the top 10 posts of all time are recipes. I appreciate that. If I find something really good to fix and eat, I, of course, will share it.

Sometimes, I’m inspired by a thought, something I read, or something visual I’ve watched. I am now in the position where I am more fluid. Like many bloggers, I also share photos of what I see. I’m thinking that you will see more of that plus a few fun posts from photos and memes I see that make me laugh. I do believe the world needs more humor, laughter, and, as always, kindness.

During January, I will also be looking back at all the posts I’ve done. If it’s not a great post, and nobody goes to see it, I might decide to delete it. Do you have any idea how many photos I’ve uploaded over the years? That has to slow the blog down. Let’s face it, lots of my photos are pretty ordinary.

I’m happy you stuck around long enough to finish this babbling discourse. God bless all of you. Thanks for being my online friends!

Carol

Other than recipe images, all other graphics are by ZAIDoopro on Pixabay.

Top Posts in 2022

Carol 16 Comments

Welcome to my 2023 review of 2022!  It’s always fun to look back over the year to see what the top posts were. I had 54 features last year. Many thanks to the link party hosts for their support. In terms of posts with the most visits, there was a big surprise for me on the list. Only 3 posts written in 2022 were in the top 10 most popular posts.

I find it amazing that Search Engines sent me the most visitors. I feel that I’m writing and sharing with a small friendly group that I like and enjoy. Then at the end of the year I see the stats for the 12 months and it seems unbelievable. This past year I wrote fewer posts and joined fewer Link Parties. In 2021 I had a massive problem with the plug-in for subscribers. After months of trying to correct the problem, I finally changed plug-ins and tried to clean-up my subscriber list by asking everyone to verify their continued interest. My loyal subscribers will remember this process at the beginning of 2022. I had several home problems I resolved last year, had medical testing, and added medication. I thank all of my friends out there who visit regularly and especially those who comment. It’s a pleasure talking to you. I’m ready for a new year and hope we can continue our relationship.

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