Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009

Per Google Analytics, here are YOUR...

Top 10 Readers' Favorite Blog Posts from 2009

10. It was Kinda like Playing Dress Up, But Not.
(Yeah I really liked this one too! Though I'm not sure I'd like to experience that day again!)

9. My Birthday Wish List
(These all go for next year two. Minus Mini E! Me an him have had good times together!)

8. Not So Fun Sized
(No need for short jokes!)

7. We're Splitting Up
(It's amazing what this title does to people! I was just talking about my websites! LOL)

6. Dish to Pass
(Ahhh...good ol butter)

5. Poppins as Compiled by Facts and Numbers
(Ok I'm going to admit that regardless of what I say below. THIS is probably my favorite post!)

4. Is Coffee the Key to Success?
(Apparently....)

3. My Big News
(Or was it actually kinda small news that was big at that moment)

2. Craigslist Listings Gone Bad
(Classic...this one was fun)

And of course I'm sure all my long following blog friends can guess that the NUMBER ONE Post is.......

1. The Fate of "Roger" the Ant
(This puppy even won me an award!)

I considered leaving it at that, but pretty much most of my favorite blogs weren't in there. Now maybe I have different tastes but...I don't want to leave you out in the cold.

So ... per Poppin Analytics these are (in no particular order) MY ...

Top 10 (ish) Writer's Favorite Blog Posts of 2009

10. Why Motherhood is Masochistic

9. Where's my Red Pen

8. The Fate of "Roger" the Ant but only when paired up with The Invasion

7. Why Gnomes are Gnessesary

6. The Importance of Owning a Lawnmower

5. Who Cares about Lions and Tigers and Bears

4. Yawn...My Adventure Last Night

3. Tour de Chateau Poppins

2. Home Schooling and Me

1 1/2. Getting Pretty FAIL

1. Isn't it Ironic

What were your favorite Posts? Did I leave any out? It's been a PHantastic Year blogging for everyone. I want to thank all my followers for stalking me through it all and I'd really like to thank everyone who comments for making me feel loved ;)

Can't wait to write for you some more in 2010!!!

Phantastic Phriday - Rephlections!

***In honor of it being Phriday, and in rephusal to submit to boredom, I have decided that the Letter F shall phrom here on out be replaced with a PH (except phor in pictures, which I have no control over)***

Happy Phantastic, Phantasmagoric, Phriday my Phriends!

I thought I would rephlect upon April, my phirst PHULL month of blogging. **The Dora Explorer band is playing their little ditty in the background in celebration!-And now I am singing "We did it, we did it, we made it through a month of blogging, yeah we did it. HOORAY!!!" (Especially impressive aphter climbing up the Gooey Geyser!) OKKKKAAAAY, moving along. (It's not completely apparent that I have children is it???)**

So, main conclusion about April...April Sucks! Ok, so besides that...

Not ALL oph April sucked. Some really good posts did come out oph my misphortunes!!!

Take Roger the Ant phor example. Although he was discovered on the last day oph March, the Saga continued to take phorm throughout April. If you missed it, check it out phrom beginning, to middle, to the TRAGIC and SURPRISING (conphusing) ending!!!!

The other Top 5 Blogs visited this month were...

1. Is Cophphee the Key to Success

2. "Tiiiiiiimmmmmeeee is on my side. Yes it is!!!"

3. The Roger the Ant Saga (as seen above)

4. Desperately Searching phor What !?!?!

5. Top 10 Reasons the CrackBerry...um...BlackBerry is BAD

Iph you haven't had a chance to check them out, popular opinion states that you should!

Other GOOD things that happened this month were...

**My baby turned 8...she is ophphicially the proper age to start doing the dishes and laundry! (Do ya think she's old enough phor cooking dinner? Probably not since she can't reach the stove eh...)

**Aphter spending a week at the in-laws phor spring break, I realized how much I prepher my bed to an air mattress!

**I purchased my phirst CrackBerry - It's like a right oph passage, almost like puberty!

**I got a REALLY cute new shirt.

**I got the phlu, wait that's not so good. WAIT!!! It was NOT the Swine Phlu though!

**I reached 78 phollowers on Twitter

**I completed my edits on 15 PHULL chapters and transphered them to MS Word AND almost 1/2 phinished the rest. (1/2 phinished equals 1st edits, still waiting on 2nd and hopephully last edits on those)

AND MOST IMPORTANT!!!

**I made a phew great new phriends via the Blogosphere (ooooh that ph belonged there!)

I can't wait to see what May brings me/us! (Minus that whole aging thing that's about to happen next week....sigh....)

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!

Roger is NOT an Ant....he's a FISH....

***I was informed of this devastating news this afternoon while explaining the Ant Invasion to my Mother In Law....This changes everything...or nothing....I'm so confused!!! Only a 6 year old could bring about such confusion to a parent!!!***

The Invasion...

Apparently Roger The Ant's Family learned of his massacre. Or maybe the kids were right, maybe it wasn't Roger at all. Roger probably escaped shortly before the murder and scurried to tell the whole family...just as my daughter predicted! Regardless,all the brutality has sent them on a RAGE against our home.

I arrived home yesterday evening to find 10 of them planning their revenge on my kitchen counter. I couldn't let this go on...I enlisted the help of my husband and we quickly removed them from the premisis. Unfortunately, violence was used, but I sheltered my innocent children's eyes and let my husband at them with no mercy!

Shortly after the raid was complete, I left home to go to a party (A wine tasting party!!! Oh and Tupperware...but mainly wine tasting!) When I returned home, I removed my shoes and wobbled my way upstairs, holding onto the railing to keep balance. I looked down and saw three of them marching on my bedroom floor. I know I had a couple of glasses of wine and all, but surely I wasn't THAT tipsy... Although I have no other way to explain what I saw. I swear they had picketing signs that read "Hell No We Won't Go!" Oh, but they went!!!

I was positive we had won the battle, I didn't see more than 1 or 2 wandering my kitchen when I awoke this morning. I took care of those guys, introduced them to my dear friends, 409 and a paper towel. Then I sent them packing into their new home, my trash can. All was well. We took my daughter shopping for a birthday cake, she picked out one that had chocolate, more chocolate and was covered in chocolate. (I'm breeding a monster, of this I'm sure!) I set the cake on the counter and looked down and saw one lonely little ant running towards my microwave. I grabbed my bottle of 409, pushed over the kitchen appliance and found another 10 hiding out!!! They were all nicely huddled together, until they saw me. Once their beady little eyes made contact with my big angry face, they scattered in all directions. They were talking about me, I know it! So I silenced them.....

While at the store looking for our cake, I had a moment of "sympathy" wash over me. I decided it was best to be a bit more hospitable to our new house guests. So I bought them their own hotels! They are these Shabby Chic little hotels. They come equip with full bar, stocked with all the best "beverages" an Ant could want. What's better than a little sugar water, right!?!? Oh did I mention it was poisoned? Yeah, I didn't mention it to them either....I hope they feel right at home!