(Thanks to BlogHer Pic App for another niffty photo!)

I can’t believe it’s been a year since this strange blog about simple living opened it’s doors. What I really can’t believe is how many people read it. I also can’t believe the people who read it are pretty darn cool and aren’t nearly as nerdy as me. They live anywhere from across the creek to across the big pond and are wonderful each in their own way. I’ve never had so much fun expressing myself or meeting so many. So, thank you for reading!!!

It’s always interesting to compare my favorite posts to yours. What I think is just bang your head awesome and what you think is are certainly two different things. I have a lot to learn about blogging, but then…it will be a while before I’m potty trained by the looks of the lone candle on the cake.

This was the most read post ever “One Money Saving Must“. It’s about the different uses for vinegar. It was supposed to be a fill-in post, but has been read by thousands. If all my post were read this much, Ben could quit his job and play his banjo full time. But, alas…that won’t happen this year.

This was the hardest post I wrote last year and the one of the most read. It is about the night we lost one of my brothers. I’m glad it has brought hope to so many.

Some of my favorite posts are…

The Naked Tomato

Sometimes you gotta get your hands dirty.

and as much as i hate her…anything by SINthia.

One of the most popular phrases used when finding this blog is g-string. I’m sure my mama is proud.  Of course it’s not my fault, it’s my damn-it evil twin, SINthia, who says what I’m thinking aloud. Grrrrr. Her posts are always well read and cause me grief when I leave the house.

Other popular phrases are pickled peppers (a great recipe, by the way), Yates banjos (our newest child) and braiding onions (something fun I tried this year).

So here we are over a million hits later, still living simply and a debt free life. Thanks for coming with me on my journey and sharing yours with me along the way.

Simply,

Sandhill Sis

and

SINthia

If you haven’t noticed… Reclaim Simplicity has been down for a couple days due to me exceeding my bandwidth?

Even though I run this thing, I didn’t know what this bandwidth creature was. “Maybe it’s the width of Ben’s band while on stage?” I thought…Uh…probably not. So I googled it. I found out that bandwidth is the rate data is transferred. It’s that simple.

Simple if you’re a nerd. I was still lost. So I started thinking in terms of me. What would shut me down? Oh now that’s simple. Exceeding my fat jeans would shut me down.

So here’s what happen. I had a whole bunch of people show up to read this silly blog about simple things like, life. The bandwidth went through the roof, exceeding my limit and shut my blog down. 

In Sis’s world that’s like eating from Thanksgiving to Christmas,  falling in a sniffling, crying, kicking heap on New Years Eve because I can’t get my fat jeans up over my hips, then going out on New Years day to buy even bigger fat jeans. Therefore bandwidth equals fat jeans. Welcome to my world.

With that comparison in mind, there’s two ways to look at this. Be sad I need new fat jeans or happy I have plenty to eat. Since I’m a glass is half full gal…I’m thankful I have readers that come. Who sit beside me and laugh, cry and identify with my silly simple life. I can’t believe you’re here but are thankful from the bottom of my boots you are.

So I’ll just wipe the tears away, take a few measurements and buy some bigger fat jeans or more bandwidth to accommodate, you, my dear readers.

It’s okay. Hop right in. There’s room for everyone now.

Thank you for reading.

Simply,

Sis