Just Jot It January is always fun, but I do enjoy days off, so I’m not sad — rather, relieved. My stats, if you believe in that sorta thing, went up in January compared to some months, but May and August still saw more views even though I didn’t post every day. I think I’ve settled into a pattern where mostly the same people read me and I read mostly the same people, and I LIKE that.
Yesterday marked four whole years of Joeyfully Stated. I started this blog when we still lived in Georgia but also when I knew we’d be leaving. What a great big needed change that was! Facing so many unknowns, I needed this consistent space where I could ponder and rant. Of course, life goes on, change continues… Still I appreciate this outlet and this audience.
Y’all are good for my brain.
Thank you for reading, for liking and commenting, for sharing so much of yourselves, for dispensing your wisdom and offering your opinions, for your support and your kindness.
Keep on blogging my friend!
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You too!
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Happy blogiversary. Thanks for starting your blog. Thanks for continuing your blog. Thanks for giving me lots to read in January. 🙂
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Thanks for stickin with me 😀
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Congrats! I’ve noticed the same thing – bloggers who are loyal to each other. What’s interesting is they are also people whose writing I admire.
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It’s that often overlooked thing readers can seldom account for en masse. We like certain voices better than others. I do so enjoy reading you, Jan!
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You’re welcome. And you’re good for us too. I moved to Eataly (yes, calling it this now) almost 4 years ago too (will be 4 in mid April). Wishing you right on here for a long time to come.
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Thanks 🙂
Eataly makes a certain kinda sense. Here, a number of people say “Eye-talian” and that don’t make no sense 😉
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It’s a brand name, I didn’t make it up. 😉 But yes, it makes sense. And only Lou Reed can say that those Eye-talians need a lesson to be taught. 🙂
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LOL!
Eataly is a brand name? Do tell!
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“Eataly is the largest Italian marketplace in the world, comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage counters, bakery, retail items, and a cooking school.” Seems there is one in Flatiron, NY and in Chicago too. 🙂
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Fascinating. Never heard of it. Will Google 😛
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Congratulations on four years of blogging! That’s fantastic! And, Thank you, for making us smile. 😊 xo
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😀
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There’s also an Eataly cookbook. Farmguy gave it to me for Christmas. Great recipes. 🙂
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Ooh!
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I really like it–fresh, simple, good ingredients.
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I will check it out 🙂
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Happy blogversary, Joey! I’m so happy you’re here, I love your blog, and I love you! ❤
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Thanks Jewels! Love you right back ❤ You've been a great source of inspiration and happiness for me here, too.
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Aw thanks! ❤
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No..Thank you. My blog is rather specialized so it appeals to a rather small group of people.You never know what you are going to get with yours until you take the first bite. That’s why I like it.
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Thanks Benson 🙂 Without the blogosphere, we may never have met! 😀
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Truth
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Wow, 4 years! Happy anniversary 🙂
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Thanks 😀
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Well, dolly, you enjoy a day off (maybe two, but give us fair warning if it’s more, k?) Happy anniversary, and many, MANY more.
A Fan.
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I dunno what days I’ll take off, but when I want to, I will, and that’s what matters! Thanks, Maggie 😀
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Yeah, I should have known better… I know what it’s like to feel obligated to social media! Cya in the funny papers!
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Happy Bloggiversary Joey. Thank YOU for bringing me many warm smiles and for being the forthright, funny woman who is also very savvy! 🙂
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Thanks,Judy! And right back atcha! Some days I wonder if we’re cut from the same mold!
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Well we have a hell of a lot in common! 🙂
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I look forward to this blog, and it’s in my “must read” list for a reason. Keep doing what you do, and the occasional day off never hurts.
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Thanks, Craig 🙂
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Four years is awesome! I’m so grateful I’ve stumbled onto your corner of the internet…
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Ditto, Laura, thanks! 🙂
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Congratulations on four years. I’m glad that I found you along the way. I’ve had similar experiences as yours. I’ve found that when I join group blogging efforts, my stats go up a little bit. But when I follow my own muse, my stats go up really high up. That being said, it’s fun to join in with other bloggers sometimes, if for nothing more than the moral support.
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Thanks for your agreement. I’m delighted to include you in my regulars. I wouldn’t mind to meet up and not have breakfast with you sometime 😉
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Laughing out loud here. Oh, you delight!
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😛
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Happy blogiversary!
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Thanks! 🙂
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I’m not sure how long I’ve been coming here, but I enjoy visiting and I plan to continue. Happy anniversary.
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Thanks, thanks, and thanks! 🙂
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Happy Blog Anniversary! You have a unique writing voice, and I’m happy to have met you on here! Take care, and happy blogging! 🙂
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Thank you — you do, too 😀 Glad we found one another!
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Me, too! and, thank you! 🙂 enjoy your evening!
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When I first started to blog, by human wrote a post-it and stuck it on the medicine cabinet.”Today your blog will reach 100. Love ya!” It’s still there because it makes me happy. I have 200 followers – supposedly . Like you, I love how much I feel like I know the few bloggers I communicate with regularly.
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That is so happy and supportive, I’da kept it, too. 🙂 Do you even care about the numbers now? I stopped caring some time ago.
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No, but in my dream world I would be famous and wealthy! I prefer real connections though.
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Happy Anniversary, Joey. Yesterday was my blog anniversary, according to WP, 5 years. But, I only wrote a few posts in 2012, then abandoned it until September of 2014, which I count as my real beginning. Glad to have connected here, yours is one I never miss. 💖 I’ve slowed down my pace quite a bit…it seems to work better for me to skip some days.
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Thank you so much 🙂 I’m glad you’re here!
I think days off from anything help. I don’t always skip reading, but skipping posting certainly has its merits.
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Happy 4 years, Joey! You make me smile, shake my head and laugh most every day! I love how you write.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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Blogging every day is really hard … it looks easy, but it’s grueling towards the end of the month. Congrats on surviving Just Jot It January and congrats on your blogging anniversary. I’m a relatively new follower, but I’m glad I found your blog. Keep on writing 🙂
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Thanks!
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You are an inspiration, my friend! Congratulations!
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Thank you for stickin with me a long, long time! 🙂
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Congratulations and Happy 4th Birthday! 🙂 🙂 And what you said – “I think I’ve settled into a pattern where mostly the same people read me and I read mostly the same people, and I LIKE that.” Exactly.
There are certain folks that I am so comfortable reading and yet they always pleasantly surprise. It leads to a camaraderie rather than simply prowling new blogs just for the sake of networking. It is the person and the work that stays 🙂
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Congrats. And thanks for the laughs, giggles and making me feel a little closer to normal. 😉 I mean that in the best possible way.
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I believe you, thank you 🙂
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You’re good for my brain, too. Also my spirit. It’s always a better day with you in it. ❤
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Aw, fanks! ❤
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Having a blog is like having your own personal pillow to scream in to 🙂
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Congrats on the 4 years!!
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Thanks!
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Congrats, and happy anniversary for your blog!
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Thanks!
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Happy four years! May you blog at least as long as Friends was on the air. 😀
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