Thursday, January 27, 2011

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIES FOLLOWERS ... THANK YOU ALL! SIMPLY HOT BLOGFEST ENTRY.

150 FOLLOWERS!

I would first like to thank my new followers who made this possible. Welcome Christopher, Shannon, Steena, Melissa, and finally my 150th follower Heather @ The waiting is the hardest part http://hmgardner.blogspot.com/!

Of course, I appreciate all my followers, you have been so wonderful with your words of encouragement, cheers, humor, and kindness.

Now I have five new friends to get to know better. I hope to see you often.

                                                      
                                         THIS IS FOR ALL OF YOU!




                            H A V E     A    W O N D E R F U L    D A Y  !


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SIMPLY HOT BLOGFEST at erica and christy's- Show your favorite mug. Don't forget to hop over there and see the other entries ... such fun!

As you all know I am a huge Harry Potter fan and my favorite mug is the three teacher's mug, featuring Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, and Albus Dumbledore.






  

47 comments:

PK HREZO said...

Oh how perfect for you! That's an awesome mug! And a HUGE congrats on 150 followers!!! You deserve it. :)

BTW The applause pic is friggin dynamite.

Summer Ross said...

Congrats on your followers! great mugs!

Danette said...

Congratulations on 150 followers! That's a nice milestone!! It's been a big month for you all around. I'm tempted to enter the blogfet because I have terrific mug that I would enter but I don't have time to make the rounds today, sadly, and THAT is definitely part of the fun!

N. R. Williams said...

Very cool mugs. I'd be afraid to drink out of Snape's mug, it might have a potion in it. So cool they have Richard Harris, he was my favorite Dumbledoor.

Congratulations on the 150 followers. I actually don't say a lot about my followers. I guess I should because I really appreciate them.
Nancy
N. R. Williams, fantasy author

Su said...

Ooh, I love that mug. Have you seen the Downton Abbey series on PBS the last few weeks? It's been fun to watch Prof. McGonagall as the overbearing mother-in-law.

Lisa Potts said...

I LOVE those mugs! Snape's my man. And a great big congrats on hitting 150 followers. I can't think of a guy more deserving.

Roland D. Yeomans said...

Congrats on the followers, Michael. I pray that not only that this is your month, but that this is your year. Have a great end of week, Roland

Cherie Reich said...

Congrats on the followers!! And, I'm very jealous of your awesome Harry Potter mugs. :D

Danette said...

My son got sick which freed up my morning! And I forgot to tell you that I LOVE your Harry Potter mugs! Of course really all things Harry Potter!!! That's almost cheating!!! :) Have a great day!

Unknown said...

Hi Michael! Make that 151 followers! Wooo!!!

I love your HP mug!!!! If I had that, it would never leave my Harry-obsessed 8 yr old's hands! ;)

Misha Gerrick said...

Congrats on 150 followers!

Unknown said...

Big congrats on the 150 followers!!! It feels so good to keep on climbing and you do it well!!!

I'm jealous! How dare you taunt me on my very own blog but the you show me not just one picture, but THREE!!! I must have one!!! Was this something you snagged at the Wizarding World? I'm counting the months down until I get to experience it for myself!!!!!!!!

Margo Benson said...

Congrats on the 150 followers - no suprise as you're so inspiring.
Awesome mug!

Anonymous said...

Oooh wow I love the look of your mugs.
BUT what do you drink in them or are they keepsakes?

Congrats on 150 followers. I'm clapping too. :O)

Heather M. Gardner said...

Michael - Way to make a girl feel special! Thanks so much for the shout out!
Love the HP mug. Really need to get down to FL and experience Hogwarts for myself one day.
Thanks again and good luck with your ABNA entry. I sent mine in too. Good luck to both of us.

Michael Di Gesu said...

Thanks everyone!

The mug is only one .... That's why it's so cool. I wish I had three! They are rare and hard to find. I found it on Ebay years ago. It's more of a keepsake, but it's my favorite mug.

I must admit I was a bit embarrassed to show you all my tea mug. I'm real picky about thick mugs, I hate them to drink out of, so mine is an English bone china mug with hand painted blue roses.... not at all masculine. It's really beautiful and large and keeps my tea or hot cocoa supper hot. Okay, I confessed. I feel better. lol

Michael

Mary@GigglesandGuns said...

I AM SO JEALOUS!! And in case you didn't get that -- I am jealous! :O)

Colene Murphy said...

O.M.G! I was having such a hard time mentally deciding which mug's I loved best from today so far. And...I think you just blew away EVERYONE!!! Congrats on your 151 followers!

Donea Lee said...

Congrats on the 150+ followers - that's awesome! And I love your mug, especially with the original Dumbledore. What a wonderful keepsake! :)

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Congratulations on 150 followers! And still gathering more I see.
Cool mugs. We have a set of the LOTR glasses from the first movie's Burger King promotion.

Unknown said...

Congrats! And very cool mugs you've got there!!

Myne said...

Congrats on your followers, and I choose Dumbledore...lol...

Carolyn Abiad said...

Congrats on the followers! I like Snape. I always go for the trickster because they're complicated. :)

Talei said...

Oh I LOVE the applause! FAB. ;) Congrats on your lovely followers!

And Snape - I'll admit it, he's one of my favourite HP characters!

Abby Minard said...

Congrats on the followers! LOVE the mug!

Sondrae Bennett said...

I pretty much love anything and everything Harry Potter. Those are great mugs. And congrats on the followers!

Unknown said...

We should have done a blog fest where everyone had to guess what the favorite mug of everyone else was because most of us probably would get it right.

Jeremy [Retro] said...

Oh Snap[e]...HP cups makes it a magical day... and congrats on the 150, i am just on the edge of the cup for my 150...
Jeremy
[iZombie]

Ellie Garratt said...

LOL. I knew it! A Harry Potter mug! Don't know how I guessed that? ;)

Congratulations on 150 followers (now 153)!

My Mug

Lola Sharp said...

YAY! CONGRATS on your many followers! :) Consider me applauding with your other fans.

I'm seeing mugs everywhere in my travels...but, I love LOVE your mug. Very cool.

Have a wonderful weekend, Michael!
Hugs,
Lola

Ann said...

congratulations on 150 followers. That is wonderful. Loved the mug too!

M Pax said...

Great pic! Love the mugs.

Golden Eagle said...

Congratulations on 150+ Followers! :)

Love those Harry Potter mugs!

erica and christy said...

Great mug!! And yes, I can see why it's more of a keepsake, it seems like my favorite mugs all end up handle-less. (oh, and great confession, too!) Thanks so much for participating and congrats on the followers (we're tied now, hehe).

LTM said...

Congrats to you!!! And what a cool mug collection! Hubs would be very envious, but he doesn't drink coffee... only me~ :o)

Denise Covey said...

Hi there! Congrats on 150 followers. Awesome. Well deserved. Your coffee mugs are awesome yet downright scary but tell us about what you love.

Mine do also, but I posted a bit late due to time zone confusion. Here is the link if you want to check it out:

Simply Hot Blogfest

Nicki Elson said...

Congratulations on the 150 followers! I'm not at all surprised, you are a bright light in the blog world.

Nice mug. :) Can't go wrong with Severus Snape.

And I just had to read down to see the pitch for your ABNA story. Very intriguing. The extra cool thing about that story is knowing how inspired and driven you were to write it---that kind of passion can only lead to something good. Am dying for my chance to read it.

*tick* *tock* *tick* *tock* Why, whatever is that sound? OH! It's the looming deadline for my diorama contest. ;)

alexia said...

Rock out! Love this Mug. Big HP fan myself.

erica and christy said...

how'd you get the applause thingy on there???? so cooooool! congrats on 153! thanks for posting mugs today! christy

ali cross said...

Ha! That's an awesome mug! And I loved the audience applauding! Made me feel soooo special ;)

J.C. Martin said...

Cool mugs! And congratulations on hitting the 150 milestone! Could've sworn I already followed you, but when I checked, I wasn't! Odd...I think I'm being dumped from some blogs...:( Ah well, consider me follower no. 155 then!

Mia Hayson said...

Congrats on 150 followers! Harry Potter mugs are the BEST. I miss Dumbledore.

Hart Johnson said...

I LOVE it!!! Fabulous cup! Did you know it's Lily Evans' birthday today? (the 28th... since I'm late) Potter geeks UNITE!

Lisa Galek said...

Oh, my God! Best mug ever! I'm uber jealous!

Carol Riggs said...

Yay, happy 150! and I love the mugs!!!!!! Happy weekend. :)

Dan said...

Great mug! Haven't gotten too into Harry Potter myself (yet), but any cup with a scowling Alan Rickman is okay by me.

Unknown said...

Excuse me but I'm searching the same mug and do you know where I can find it?? Thank you