4 is More!
Posted in Dusting the Historian's Library and tagged with Blogness, Lists, Me on May 18, 2010Today this little ol’ blog turns 4!
On this date in 2006, I decided to jump from the online journaling format of Xanga for an all-out blog on blogspot, Tale of a Kansas Girl. Then a year-and-a-half ago, I decided to go out on my own and adopt a more grownup name, “The Ignorant Historian.”
And here’s where I am, 900-and-something posts later. Still kicking, and in many ways a better person because of blogging. I hope to never give it up, though I will if I feel like that’s what God’s leading me to do. I’m sure it’ll continue to grow along with me, but that’s a good thing.
So, this blog in 4s:
4 biggest bloggy blessings:
That anyone I was related to or know in real life would want to read this blog
That anyone (not to mention many more than one!) who is not related to me would want to read this blog
That I’ve been encouraged–and challenged–in my beliefs
Comments – all of them
4 biggest disappointments:
That I’m not a household name yet (okay, maybe I don’t want to be *that* big)
That I haven’t had more of an impact for the Kingdom
That my writing still has a long way to go before it’s where I want it to be
That I can’t think of a 4th disappointment (oops, just did)
4 most common tags:
Reading – 89 posts
School – 77 posts
God – 76 posts
Holiday – 71 posts
The 4 Most Commented Posts (without a gimic):
Proud to be a Virgin – 44 comments
Which Toilet Would You Choose? – 42 comments
Intentionally Illiterate – 37 comments (though I did beg for a comment to break a 4th-place tie because I didn’t want a list of *5*)
The Read-a-thon is Here! – 36 comments
Top 4 States from which people visit my blog:
Kansas (Yay for supportive family!)
North Carolina (Yay for supportive friends!)
New York (There’s a lot of people there, I suppose.)
Pennsylvania (Do any of my regular visitors come from here? Holler if you do!)
Top 4 Non-North American Countries from which people visit my blog:
United Kingdom
Australia
Netherlands
France
My 4 Favorite Posts:
The Example of Hannah
Orange Awareness Day (one of these things is not like the others…)
Why I Believe in God
Big Girls Don’t Cry?
4 Biggest Flops (posts that I thought would get lots of comments, but didn’t):
What a Messy World – 8 comments
Dear Philosopher, Part 2 – 6 comments
Control Hog – 6 comments
Once Upon a Dream – 2 comments
The 4 Most Revealing Posts:
I Am, I Want, I Have, I Wish I Could
All or Nothing
26 Things at 26
A Peek Inside My Brain
4 Posts I’ve Forgotten About:
Dear Unnamed
Treasures of Knowledge Found in a Seminary Classroom
This is Not Christmas
Woo Me
4 That I Wish I Could Forget about:
A Sad Day
An Emotional Storm
Bathroom Pictures, By Request
How to Use a Squaty Potty (you, my dear readers, have toilet issues)
Well, this has been a great 4 years…here’s to 4 more!
Photo by Leo Reynold
Twitter: RodneyOlsen
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May 18th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Wow! You’ve been very thorough with this post. It must have been quite an effort putting it together.
Congratulations on the 4th blogiversary. I always enjoy dropping in to read your posts. (Though it looks like I need to visit more to put Australia on the top of the visitors list.)
I’m amazed at the amount of comments some of your posts achieve. Well done.
I added Intentionally Illiterate to StumbleUpon so I’ll pretend that I had a hand to play in getting some of those comments. :)
Twitter: booksandmovies
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May 18th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Congratulations on your blog’s anniversary!
May 18th, 2010 at 1:01 am
Congratulations for making it this far!! What a great anniversary and such a long way that you’ve come!! Keep up the great work!
:)
~Tabitha
May 18th, 2010 at 3:08 am
Congratulations, Ronnica, and best wishes for many more happy years of blogging.
Your blog is only a few weeks older than my blog, but you’re 100 posts ahead of me!
May 18th, 2010 at 6:00 am
Congrats on 4 years! Here’s to the next 4! I’m glad to have stumbled upon your blog!
May 18th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Happy blogiversary!
May 18th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Congratulations on your 4th Blogiversary! I think it’s awesome that you have so many commentors! I get TONS of views to my blog but very few comments.
May 18th, 2010 at 7:59 am
You’re a household name in my world :)
And you probably will NEVER know the impact you make in the Kingdom until the day you stand before God! Then you’ll see how important your words are! :)
Congrats on 4 years… Looking forward to 4 more!
Twitter: BestofFates
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May 18th, 2010 at 9:01 am
I’m in Virginia, and I’m sad we’re not represented!
Twitter: nesheaholic
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May 18th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Happy Blog Birthday!!
I’m from PA, but I just started reading you.
It seems like a lot of people got their blogging start on Xanga lol
May 18th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Rodney: Yeah, I’ve been working on this for months. Well, a little at a time, but over several months.
Lillie: Well, as a friend told me last night, she doesn’t think the Wordless Wednesdays and the Six Word Saturdays should count, so if you took those out, we’d be about even!
Veronica: Me, too! Yay for new bloggy friends! (that goes for you, too, Megan and LaNeshe!)
Megan: That’s kinda surprising, because I know I have several readers from VA. Maybe it wasn’t your week when I pulled those stats.
Liz: Only about 10-15% of my visitors leave a comment, if that puts things in perspective. It’s taken me 4 years to get where I am now!
Rebecca Jo: LOL Good to know.
LaNeshe: Ooh, good! Those location stats only cover a short period, so it was probably you (and others, I’m sure). Glad to know that I have a reader in PA!
May 18th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Happy bday to your bloggy :D I don’t even know how old mine is LMAO
May 18th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Congratulations on your 4 years blogging! Great post, what a neat idea to round up your top 4′s.
May 18th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
In the theme of 4s, I just saw that I’ve now have 400 different tags. Awesome!
Jenny: Thanks! I’ve been looking forward to it for months (just like a 4yo!).
Genevieve: It’s nice to put it all in a box like that.
May 18th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Congratulations on 4 years of blogging!
May 18th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Happy 4th birthday! I liked this post of 4s!
.-= Natalie´s last blog ..Talking Me Up =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Four years is a huge accomplishment. I’m only looking at 1 and a half and it seems LONGGGGGGG!!!! I love how you broke everything down. What a great idea and way to celebrate. I’m still shocked that ANYONE shows up at my place! Congratulations to you and for being authentic. Blessings on the next four!
.-= Robynn’s Ravings´s last blog ..I Can’t Keep It to Myself =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Happy 4!! :) I love how you categorized all your posts. :) Thanks for the visit today!
May 18th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Wow – 4 years old?! I’m in awe!
.-= liz´s last blog ..I Spy =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Happy blogoversary! 4 years is quite amazing in the blogging world. You are on the cutting edge my friend. I’ve been blogging for about a year and half and some days I feel as though I don’t really have anything more to say. Maybe these things go in cycles. Over the past 4 years have you noticed your blogging frequency waxing and waning? Just curious.
.-= Pam´s last blog ..Musing Mondays =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Good for your 4 years! I think you’re doing way better than I am at 4 years. (I don’t actually know how long I’ve been blogging.) Maybe one day you will become a household name.
.-= Liz´s last blog ..What An Opportunity! =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Congratulations on 4 years of blogging! That is dedication. I am now following you on Twitter. :)
Thanks for commenting on my blog.
.-= Joanne @ Barely Domestic Mama´s last blog ..Pardon the quiet while I clean up around here… =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I like the number four…it’s the number of children I’ve been blessed with here on earth.
I enjoy reading (on my google reader) even when I don’t get by to comment. I appreciate and respect your viewpoints on being single and how to do it well (even though I’m not so sure I put it well), and pray that your wishes come to fruition soon.
Congratulations on four years!
.-= Kayren´s last blog ..Planning =-.
Twitter: cammyconfesses
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May 18th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Congrats! Wow, you’ve been blogging a long time! Here is to four more years of great blogging :)
.-= Cammy@ClassroomConfessions´s last blog ..When Love Turns to Hate =-.
May 18th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Robynn: Well, it does kinda seem long. I can’t remember not blogging.
Amanda: I categorize EVERYTHING. =)
Pam: (reminding myself which is which…) Waxing. The first year and a half I blogged only once a week. Thanks to NaBloPoMo in 2007, I started blogging even more. Now I blog regularly 5-7 times a week, and have only taken a couple of short bloggy breaks. My to-blog list grows faster than I can blog! I would have thought it would have been the other way around.
Liz: I do have a good kind of name to be a household name, dontcha think?
Joanne: Awesome, thanks!
May 18th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Wow! Four years! Quite an achievement!
Happy blogiversary!
May 18th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Congrats! I am bookmarking this to go back and read these posts you highlighted later because I can’t get enough of your blog!
.-= elizabeth´s last blog ..Remember =-.
May 19th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Wow! Congrats to you! And Happy Anniversary to your blog! Four years and 900 post is a HUGE accomplishments.
I am very impressed. Can’t wait to read more. :-)
.-= Angelia Sims´s last blog ..I’m a Creep. I’m a Weirdo. =-.
Twitter: RodneyOlsen
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May 19th, 2010 at 1:23 am
Now all we need to do is increase the number of male readers and commenters. My gender is hopelessly under represented here. They don’t know what they’re missing.
.-= Rodney Olsen´s last blog ..I Trust Myself =-.
May 19th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Happy birthday, blog! You do a great job with your writing and are very thoughtful and insightful. You are one of the wiser people that I know and I think one of the main reasons is that you can state your opinion (and the Truth) in love. So, thank you!
.-= Vicki´s last blog ..We live in Stars Hollow =-.
May 19th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Congratulations on your “blogiversary”. I’ve just discovered your blog recently but have enjoyed reading your posts!
May 19th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Elizabeth: Awesome! Thanks!
Rodney: Yeah, you guys are DEFINITELY out numbered. And the “don’t know what they’re missing” might also explain why I’m still single…
Vicki: That means a lot. I try…it definitely takes a lot of editing to get the more controversial posts just right!
Kathleen: Thanks!
Twitter: CarnelianValley
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May 21st, 2010 at 5:57 am
Happy blog birthday! Interesting to read all those stats!
I think “That my writing still has a long way to go before it’s where I want it to be” is a good thing because it’s when you reach perfection that things go wrong. Everytime I think I’m proud of something I’ve written I make sure next time I try even harder, that way you’re content but always improving.
.-= Charlie´s last blog ..Product Review: MAC’s Lip Conditioner SPF 15 =-.
May 24th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Charlie: Yeah, I could probably say that until the day that I leave blogging/writing!