How on earth did I forget my own blogiversary?! I think it’s because I’m a little confused. You see, when I first started blogging (as in started a blog), it was June 2009. When I first started blogging about every day things on a consistent basis, it was November 2009. When I first started blogging at HeathersDish.com, it was sometime in January 2010. Regardless, it’s been a year.
A full year. Man, am I getting old!
You guys have watched me go from spilling my guts about disordered eating to finally finding freedom from it, and in there being inspired to start Faces of Beauty to encourage other women to proclaim their own natural beauty.
You’ve watched as I recorded every single morsel of food that went into my mouth to finally rediscovering my love of recipes and sharing them with you.
P.S. I love pecan pie. You knew that too.
You’ve read about how much I love dark beers, especially microbrews, and how if there’s nothing like that available I’ll still grab a Guinness every time. Mmmmmm, beer…that’s normal for a morning post, right?
Right?
Hello?
You’ve watched us travel all over the place, going on random surprise trips, taking goofy photos and videos all along the way. Like this one time in Estes Park when I almost died and went to heaven because they had Blue Bell ice cream. If you haven’t had Blue Bell ice cream, you haven’t lived. Yes I know that’s a bold statement, but I’m backing myself 100% on this one.
You’ve watched as I’ve fallen in and out of love, multiple times, with oatmeal. We’re currently on a break…I just needed some room and time to explore other options.
But most of all you guys have been a huge source of encouragement for me. You’ve helped me rediscover my love and passion of food, writing, and photography. You’ve helped me heal. You’ve put up with the dramatic things I say. You guys have helped make this blog what it is, and for that I (we) could not be more thankful!
Where is Heather’s Dish going in this next year? Who knows…I would love to make it more of a career someday, something that exudes creativity and fun and of course food. But in the meantime, I’m reveling in the fact that over the past year I’ve simply found that it’s all been worth it. It’s all been fun. It’s all something I look forward to every day. It’s something that brings me joy, and for that I could not be more thankful!
Thank you for reading and being the amazing friends you are…even if we’ve never met, I love you all so dearly!
Much love,
Heather
Last week I had a full week of Mondays…ugh. Felt bad I could not keep up with reading your blog…yes, my life was missing something. But now it’s the weekend and I am catching up.
Happy blogiversary! Keep going after what drives your passion. Your blog is fantastic and I enjoy keeping up with it. Keep on, keepin’ on! Here’s to another successful year!
Congratulations on hitting your blog birthday!
🙂 Happy Blog birthday scissor!
Love to read your blog every.single.time. Lots of chocolaty hugs from Germany – happy blogiversary!!! 🙂
Congratulations, Heather! I hope you will be blogging for many years to come.
Hooray for a year of Heather’s Dish! I love what you said about it all being worth it…and fun! That’s what is most important. I think a lot of us feel the same way – passionate about blogging, not totally sure where it will take us, but willing to keep moving forward because it’s worth it. xoxo
big congrats!! Love that guinness. Cheers to you and Nate!
LC
Congratulations Heather and thank you for sharing yourself and your joys of life with your followers. Your talent for writing with such flair, enjoyable musings and creative ideas for us to enjoy and making us believe we can do them also . Thank you for including us by posting pictures of your recipes in steps, and photographing beautiful places you have visited. You are amazing!!!
Congrats!!!! I forgot my blogiversary too! hehe Great post Heather. You’ve done SO much this year and should feel very proud. Beautiful YOU, beautiful blog!
thank you ashley! you’re such a sweetheart and a great blend 🙂
Congrats! I have been a fan for quite a while, of your food, your photography, and of course, you. What keeps me coming back? Your genuineness and honesty – which I know will take you and your blog to great places 🙂
aw, thank you so much Maria!
Happy blogiversary!! I just recently started following your blog and I really enjoy it…this is my first comment. And I think, somehwere in my browsing, I saw that you go to Watermark…I live in Dallas and go to Watermark here…actually worked there for a little while. Small world!
It seems like you’ve had a wonderful year on the blog… (and yeah, I sort of let mine slip by- I started and stopped a few times before I finally found something I was more passionate about). Congrats! 🙂
Happy blogiversary!
Happy blogiversary! I just realized that we are ‘friends’ on Pioneer Woman’s Tasty Kitchen (I’m trying to go through my friend list and find exciting new recipe blogs and yours was one of them)! 🙂
Happy blogversary!!! This is such a wonderful blog! The posts are always so funny and I love visiting 😀 Looking forward to more awesome recipes from you!!
Happy blogiversary! I love reading your blog 🙂
I can’t believe you and oatmeal are on a break (again). Have you tried hot oatmeal with brown sugar, milk, chopped pecans, chopped bananas, and chopped prunes (or a handful of raisins)? That is my latest obsession! It’s a treat and worth it 😉
actually i have had something similar to it…it’s the texture of the oats that gets me! sometimes it’s love, sometimes it’s hate…
Happy blogiversary! I love all your yummy recipes and that you like beer too!
Is Bluebell not found in other areas? That’s pretty shocking to me! I want to make it to the tour here in Texas.
no, it’s not…and I’m SO sad. every time we go back to texas we get a pint of homemade vanilla and just eat out of the container with spoons 🙂
Love you, Heather!!! And that photo of you and Nate and the dogs is GORGEOUS!
Happy bloggy year!! It’s been fun reading!! 🙂
Congrats, girl! I love reading your blog…keep up the good work in 2011. 🙂
congrats on your blogiversary! i’ve enjoyed every single post you’ve made on your blog and i love how your personality ALWAYS shines through. keep up the amazing work on an amazing blog 🙂
Happy blogiversary! You are always humorous and always real and that’s what makes you so entertaining. Can’t wait for the next year.
Happy One Year! I love your family photo!
Happy Blogaversary!
(By the way, that photo of you guys and the dogs is so cute!)
Aw!!! Happy First “Birthday” Heather’s Dish!!
This is a very sweet recap, and your family photo is SO stinkin cute. Love your pups 🙂
Wow, it’s only been a year? I figured it had been much longer. Your blog is doing so well! Aside from posting great recipes, witty remarks and incredible photos – any advice for other bloggies making a successful blog?!
Stick with it, and even when you want to give up…DON’T! 🙂 sounds easy, but i promise you it’s not!
This is crazy – my 1st year is today as well. Have a post set for a bit later this am. Love that we share blog bdays and so much more. 🙂
Aw! Happy blogiversary 🙂 I can see why that would be confusing… but I’ve known you only as Heather’s Dish, so I feel free to celebrate with you 🙂
I love Heather’s Dish — you were one of the first blogs I ever started reading, and definitely an inspiration for me to start my own. You also inspired me to feel free to write about non-food things, even on a food-centric blog. Thanks for breaking the boundaries and being so consistently awesome!
aw, thank you so much! i feel so honored 🙂
Happy blogiversary!!!!
Happy blogisversay 🙂
Happy Blog Birthday:-)
Happy blogiversary girl! I love you for loving pecan pie and dark beer.