Blogaversaries...

Annie O is a quilter in California and she started her blog just before I began mine. Last week she had a give-away because it was her first anniversary.
Which reminded me that it was almost my blogaversary, too.

She is giving away this gorgeous little quilt. Along with four patterns of other little quilty things to make.
Anways, I was lolling about in bed this morning with Trevor sticking his shiny wet black beetle nose onto mine (to tell me he needs me to open the door for him to go out and make sure the pot plants haven't moved in the night or something. Be great when he grows opposable thumbs. I can then sleep in) and thinking about what I shall do for my blogaversary on the 26th of February.
Which quilt?
Drag a WIP (really a UFO) out of the meat safe?
Or shall I make one especially?

And finally got up for Trevor, checked my emails to find I HAD WON THE QUILT!!!!!

How good is that?! I am so pleased. And it is going to come all the way across the sea for me.
Hooray!!!

So tomorrow, watch this space. I shall be announcing a give-away to celebrate a whole year of blogging. Blogsteading.

That should give me another 24 hours of making a decision on what to give away.

Be assured, however, that I shan't be just passing on Annie's give-away.

Stay tuned.

So there is a blank page in front of me and an almost blank mind inside...
I have been thinking of blogging for a long time, and looking at other wonderful blogs and wondering how on earth do people get these great templates, and how do they make their blogs look so good??? And all whilst bringing up dozens of very cute children, maintaining happy households and partners and creating amazing quilts for friends' babies and their couches, little things for their Etsy shops and holding down full time jobs. How do they do it? I shall find out. Well some of it at least. At least the good looking blog bit.
I have already brought up my cute children (Just The Four Boys), it is pretty easy maintaining a happy household when much of the time it is just me to be pandered to, and I do whip up the occasional quilt, and I don't work too hard...
I am not going to be overwhelmed by other great looking blogs - with time and effort and a pile of luck and advice from the nerdier ones this blog is going to be Just Fine.
Soon.
I shall start with making this look handsome and interesting.
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