Anxiety, Blogging, Humor

How This Became THIS

Kari

I had a way-too-long post planned about how my blog became… well, my blog — all in honor of my blogging anniversary.

This Friday, June 14th, my blog turns nine. To celebrate, I was going to write from a prompt called “Tell Us the Story Behind Your Blog.”

When you have a blog, you have a record of exactly when things happened. I love that whenever I want to find a well-loved recipe, I can just search my blog. Or if I feel like rearranging the furniture for the millionth time, I can type “family room” or “moving stuff” into the search bar and see my home circa 2011 — and think, oh man, what the heck was I thinking?

I’ve truly enjoyed writing here over the past nine years. Besides my husband and kids, there’s really nothing I’m more passionate about. It’s the silent fourth love of my life. I’ve given so much time to this space, and never once resented it.

I’ve actually written about the why before. You can read that here.

channeling John Hughes

So, I had a post written using that prompt, planning to share a few comments from all of you over the years that made me smile and laugh.

But then… it turned into a whole lot of comments I loved. And I was having so much fun copying bits into a Word doc that I didn’t want to stop.

On the same day, I also cried in my closet for a solid ten minutes over absolutely nothing. Menopause is really, really beating the crap out of me, guys.

But this little project? It made me laugh so hard, smile so much, and feel so good that I decided it had to be a gift — from God, the Universe, and maybe a few guardian angels too. A big, unexpected gift from all of you.

So instead of blubbering on about the posts I’ve written over the past nine years, I’m sharing that gift with you today. Because today, in honor of my blogiversary, you are the author. You glorious, hilarious, loyal, beautiful humans.

“You get excited about leggings with cats on them, I get excited about wooden trays.”

I think it’s fine that you gave Judd Nelson a rash- he seems like the rash type

You know that I just read that last paragraph in Bubba’s voice from Forrest Gump

And it dawned on me – I need to pull Creepy Baby out of my underwear drawer and have her sit next to me when I write. So that’s my new plan

I have a major headache today but I can’t stop laughing…especially, “sorry about your dick, Emilio.” 

I love you. I love your blog. You are so freaking hilarious and honest. I am glad you’re not one of those “100 Ways to Rearrange Your Living Room” or “If You Don’t Do Exactly This to Get More Pinterest Followers, Then You Are Shit!” blogs

I love this. I love you and I hope to high heaven you never stop blogging because the world needs a little more Kari

You are COMPLETELY certifiable, which is why you are great. All the greats (think Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, the old actor scared of antique furniture…what was his name?)

Also, no lie, this blog makes me feel good! I love reading your stuff, it’s always so damn good

This may be my favorite post of anyone. ever. Thank you for totally making my day

I love that you googled how to find out what you googled

I swear I’m not just here for the pooping and farting, although it does make me feel more at home

Please, don’t be anyone but you when you grow up. You are pretty awesome

Can I just say — I friggen love you! The way you write is always so funny and relatable.

Let’s be honest — you’ve always been the real stars here. Thank you for writing it with me.

I love you all.

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14 thoughts on “How This Became THIS”

  1. Well now it just is more obvious that we need to have a graceful real life party!!!! Balls and booze! (And boobs…in ill-fitting bras-oops, just me on that one) xoxoxoxox

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  2. OMG I could not love this any more. Also, you officially have the best readers ever! This post made my eyes tear from laughing. You should print this out and hang it in your office, or wherever you write. What an awesome testament to how awesome you are!!

    Also, I love that there is so much mention of balls, booze, rashes, and toilets. There’s something so wonderful about that. I wish you could do one of those keyword clouds for your comments!

    And I think we are all in the same boat when it comes to your writing. I know it for sure makes me smile, and laugh, and I honestly look forward to it every week! Thanks, girl, and here’s to another year. And then another dozen after that!

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    1. I actually did print it out! I am either going to stick it on the fridge or frame them and put it above my desk.
      You have several comments that made that post and I am so damn grateful for you and them.
      When you think you’re not really reaching people, you need to go into your comments section of the dashboard of your blog and just read.

      Everyone in the world should have this. It is so amazingly affirming.
      Thank you for being my people. :)

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  3. Happy Blogaversary or however you spell that! Keepin’ it real since 2010, yo.

    I am so glad you commented that one day on that one thing and then I had a whole new blog to stalk…er…follow and laugh at. I so rarely come across a place where farts are so freely talked about by those without dangling appendages and for that, I thank you.

    Here’s to many more! (Years of blogging, not farts. Eh, why not. Those too.)

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    1. Yo.

      Blog commenting is such a big thing, that I don’t even think bloggers realize how much of an impact it has.
      Like, REAL comments; not forced ones (it’s a thing).

      Thank God for all of you. Here’s to many more farts AND years of writing. :)

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  4. Happy blogging anniversary! Drinks and nachos on the patio…yahhhsss.

    Here’s to many more years of fantastic writing and making your readers laughing til they fart.

    Love you!
    Melanie

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  5. Happy blogiversary! I too think of blogging as my 5th love (behind my husband and boys).. in fact I was just saying this weekend that I’ve been contemplating how to swap out my blog after the boys stop homeschooling because I just can not imagine not blogging. I might use my blog more than anyone else– I am constantly looking up my own recipes, trying to figure out when something happened or what year we visited some place. I love it and I love the ladies like you that I have met through blogging. I can’t give all that up!!

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    1. Right?? I don’t think we talk about all of the above enough. I love this blog so much.

      And the blogging community I have found is the silent fifth love of my life. :)

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  6. These are hilarious and make me a little sad that I have missed the boat in not reading you sooner. Looking forward to many more opportunities to read your posts and your awesome readers and their clever-ass comments!

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    1. I am just glad we “found” each other this year. Even though we knew each other LONG before. Only we didn’t know it.
      Totally need to work on that collaborative blog post.

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  7. Damn well better be a next year! I am sure I attributed more of those comments to myself than are actually mine but that’s because I just want to claim all of your readers’ awesomeness as my own. I don’t even remember any more quite how we met, but I’m sure glad we did. Keep writing, Kari. (Like you have a choice, right?)

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    1. You’re my first comment on the new and improved blog!
      You have SO many comments up there; I am SO thankful for you.
      I am sure glad we met too, my friend. :)

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