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7 Year Blogiversary

December 15, 2016 | blogging, Uncategorized

Well, with all the moving madness I am a little late, but did you know that I have now been blogging for SEVEN years?!? Looking back, my blog has evolved so much over the years, and it is truly my baby. I have put so much time, love, and many tears into my little corner of the world, and I thank you for taking this journey with me!

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Our first big race expo. Training for the runDisney half is what inspired me to start blogging.

For those of you who may have been here since the beginning, you will remember that this blog started out as Running With Sass, a running/training journal to hold me accountable. I had never blogged before and had zero idea what I was doing. (Heck, there are still days I have no idea what I am doing!) The blogging world has changed so much and some days it’s hard to keep up with all of the ā€œnew thingsā€ going on with blogs and social media, but I do love it and hope to do it for many more years to come.

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First half marathon

I realized as the years went on that I loved this community, the other bloggers, the readers, and the support. I love encouraging others and helping people, and am so thankful for all of the doors that blogging has opened for me. Heck, Bobby’s new job all came from a connection I never would have made if not for blogging! I owe my little blog so much, and I owe YOU my readers so much! Thank you for hanging in there with me through thick and thin, good times and bad.

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I can’t wait to share our new Tampa adventures with you in 2017 and beyond! Cheers to another year. XOXO.

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  1. Lesley says

    December 15, 2016 at 9:28 am

    Happy blogiversary, and cheers to the new year!

  2. Karen :0) says

    December 16, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    Happy blogiversary!! šŸ™‚

  3. Holly says

    December 21, 2016 at 8:05 am

    My 7 year blogiversary is in 2017. Many of the blogs I first read are long gone and blogging has changed a lot. But it’s cool to know there are others who are still out there and have been blogging just as long!

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