First, I made an awesome dinner Sunday night that really made me appreciate the power of food bringing people together. My mom, dad, Bri, and I enjoyed BBQ Pulled Apple Chicken, Strawberry Spinach Salad (Fresh, sliced strawberries, baby spinach, goat cheese, and candy pecans with Poppyseed Dressing), Broccoli-Slaw (recipe on the bag plus 1/2 cup of Dried Cherries), and Grilled Corn on the Cob. Plus, I made a delish Strawberry Cake. It was a lovely evening!
Great way to do corn: just butter, garlic, salt, and pepper, wrap 'em up in foil and place on the grill until cooked! |
Awesome way to eat: enjoying the outdoors on a gorgeous evening |
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And then, I woke up this morning to discover that yesterday, my blog reached 1000 views in just ONE day. I remember when I was super pumped when I reached 10,000 views TOTAL. But, now I am up to 28,000! I couldn't figure out what was going on, until I noticed that Blogger made me a Blog of Note! AND THEN, this morning I woke up to one of the more exciting e-mails of my life: my Strawberry Yogurt Cake made the FoodBuzz Top 9!!!!
I can't believe that so many people are enjoying my site. This was all started because I was bored and wanted a way to keep track of my college experience and celebrate my love of cooking. This is all just a hobby for me and way to keep me sane. I love being able to get my thoughts down in writing and food is just something I am completely in love with. The fact that others are enjoying my recipes and stories as well is a huge blessing and completely baffling to me. I just want to say, Thank You!
Dinner looks fabulous! Congrats on the nomination!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteFantastic news! Congrats on the top 9 and all the visits to your blog :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm so appreciative!
DeleteYay! I wanted to come over to congratulate you on Top 9, and I see so many other great things happening too! :) Great work!
ReplyDeletethat is so AWESOME! congratulations on everything!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all the exciting stuff!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat strawberry cake looks droolingly gooood!
ReplyDeleteHahaha thanks! I did actually drool a little over it :)
DeleteCongrats, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteYay! Congratulations! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks!!!
DeleteWhat a great blogging day for you!
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