Tuesday, February 15, 2011

205 FOLLOWERS! I AM HONORED .... WELCOME FRIENDS! WELCOME CRUSADERS!

Well, it seems like only last week I celebrated my 150th follower.  But amazingly by mid-day yesterday Donna Weaver became my 200th follower.

THANK YOU DONNA! You made my day. Of course, without the rest of you I never would have made it. SO THANK YOU ALL.

We have a long list of new friends today....

Susan, Pixie, Doreen, Lynette, Margo, Nas, Tessa, Jaqueline, Katrina, Megan, Donna, Clara, E,J, Alyssa,
Angela, and L.A. Phew! That's a lot o new friends.... You guys ROCK!

Many of my new followers/friends are fellow CRUSADERS. SO a special welcome to them. I hope I get to know all of you and that we learn more about each other.

How fantastic it will be to read each other's work! A special "HAT'S OFF to our leader RACHAEL HARRIE!

I don't know if many of you know this, but I only starting my blog in late October. Before that I was just testing the waters and following a few blogs.

Now I have friends throughout the world and I can't begin to tell you how honored and happy I am to be a part of the AMAZING community.

Soon I will announce some wonderful giveaway, so keep an eye out for that.

Give yourselves around of applause....



I'd also like to tell you how much fun I had with all of you on Valentine's Day! Many of you had some fun plans, but the majority decided to do something special with the family. Sharing the love with the ones they love most..... You can't argue with that.

My favorite post was from a charming blogging couple from England. Margo and Tony Benson. They had an intimate luncheon and toured the Broomhill Sculpture Gardens. How lovely is that. If you have a moment you should check out their blogs. They are a fascinating couple to get to know. And they are fellow CRUSADERS! WOOT!

23 comments:

N. R. Williams said...

Congratulations on the followers, I know how great that feels. Tony and Margo are wonderful friends and I love their sense of humor. Have a great day Michael.
Nancy
N. R. Williams, fantasy author

Katie O'Sullivan said...

Congratulations on the followers! May you collect many more ;-)

Anonymous said...

I LOVE that graphic of the clapping people! And congrats on all the new follower friends--you have a wonderful blog! :-)

Summer Ross said...

I agree about both of them being fascinating! Congrats on so many followers! This crusade is going to be so much fun.

I wanted to share an experience with you- I know you are working on your friday angel posting- My oldest daughter was my angel last night. She crawled into bed and my little one started babbling, so my oldest, Jas, got out of bed and started comforting her because I was doing homework. I reached a stopping sentence and went to check on them both. My youngest was running a 102 temperature and Jas says- mom can I sleep with her to make her feel better. She had no regards for her own well being because she was worried about her sister. My children are my angels.

Coreene Callahan said...

Love the picture of the clapping people, Michael. Awesome graphic.

I'm a fellow crusader and want to let you know you've been given the Stylish Blogger Award! Check out my blog ecsmithramblings.blogspot.com/ to get all the details.

Cheers!

Tracy said...

Michael, no worries for the "delayed" follow. It's a little crazy with all the new followers. I know I've picked up like 30 in the last week myself. It's going to be a ton of fun getting to know all these new people, but it can be a little tough keeping up.

205 followers since October? Not bad at all!!

Megan Bostic said...

Congrats on the followers. You're racking them up fast. :)

Ciara said...

Congrats on the followers! I just started my current blog around November/December and hope to hit 200 by the end of the month. :)

Susanna Leonard Hill said...

Hi there fellow crusader! Just found your blog and so glad I did. I'm new to blogging (hoping to celebrate 50 followers one of these days :)) and the crusade. Looking forward to reading your blog regularly.

Margo Benson said...

Many congratulations on 200+ WOOT! I love popping over here and it's obvious that many more do too.

Thank you for saying such lovely things about your daft Brit chums :-)

Tony Benson said...

Hi Michael, congrats on the followers. You're such a charmer! I too have only been blogging for a very short time, and I love the warmth that's shared around the blogsphere.

Thanks for the lovely comments! I'm just learning to say Woot. I hope that sounded ok. It took me ages to learn to say 'dude' without sounding like an idiot, and I'm starting on Woot now. Actually I'm trying to catch up with Margo - she's said it twice already.

Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader said...

The only reason I even knew about this whole crusade thing was because of you. :) Thanks a bunch...it's a great start for a beginning blogger like me (about three weeks).

Cherie Reich said...

Congrats on the followers! And, I wanted to also say hello to a fellow crusader. :)

Lydia Kang said...

Hello fellow crusader! Thanks for stopping by on my blog. I like how your profile says you've become addicted to writing...I feel the same way!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Congratulations! 209 followers now.

Megan K. Bickel said...

Yay, Crusade! Great to see your list growing! Isn't it great fun to be a part of this community?!

Golden Eagle said...

Congratulations on all the Followers! :)

Joanna St. James said...

good job boyo
sounds like the Bensons had a lot of fun

The Words Crafter said...

And now, it's at 211. Wow, congratulations!!!! *clapping, whistling* Woohoo!

Karen Lange said...

Congrats on the followers! Love the video!

Susan Fields said...

I agree - hats off to Rachel for all her hard work on this crusade!

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

and already you are up to 213!! Your follower count is climbing fast :) Yay to the crusade!

Louise Wise said...

Another one of Rachael's crusaders here saying hi. All these awards!! wow.