Did y’all have a good New Year’s? Did you eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the coming year?? You can never have too much good luck, you know.
I feel lucky every single January when I wake up safe and fed, and ready to take on the new year. However, this year I’m exceptionally grateful for each and every one of you here at More Cowbell. You keep me laughing and entertained year-round, and I thank you.
So, hey! Did all you WordPress bloggers get your annual report card from the WordPress crack-monkeys? It’s kind of fun, and just a little bit scary, to see your year in blogging laid out like this.
Here’s what they said about More Cowbell…
15,000 cans of diet soda were consumed at New York Fashion Week (I’m a little frightened by this stat). More Cowbell had about 130,000 views in 2012. If these were cans of diet soda, they’d power 9 Fashion Weeks.
In 2012, there were 242 new posts (that’s 4-5 per week…can you tell I LOVE you guys??), growing the total to 445 posts. The busiest day of the year was November 8th with 1,637 views.
The Posts with the Most Hits in 2012?
- Are You Fighting Dirty?
- Using The 12 Stages of Physical Intimacy To Build Tension In Your Novel
- More Cowbell Mash-up #6: A Shout Out To Moms
- Why Do Pregnant Women Get SO Much Heartburn?
- 5 Important Things I Learned Teaching Autistic Kids
And my own personal favorite for the year? It was actually a toss up between the Dr. Seuss-inspired Undie Chronicle, Man-Style Goes To The Zoo, and the 5 Signs You Have “Turkey Block.” Both those posts made me laugh myself senseless while I wrote them.
Now on to my favorite part of the “report card”…THE POSSE.
More Cowbell wouldn’t be have as fun if y’all didn’t have so much Cowbell. Here’s the people who shook their cowbell all over the place in 2012.
The 5 most active commenters for the year?
A special shout out is in order for Kathy Owen who wrote A Cowbell Timeline back in April. Not only did she get the entire history of the cowbell into a single post, she worked baby pics of me into the timeline. That took some spooky talent.
Have you taken a moment to give yourself a “blogging report card” from 2012? What did you like the most? What was your least favorite part? What’s your biggest goal for 2013? (Don’t be shy…hang that goal right out there for us to see!) Enquiring minds LOVE to know these things here at More Cowbell!
Jenny
Last, but not least, we shared writerly links that rocked our world over at Writers In The Storm today (I think you’ll like ’em. 🙂 ). What fave link would you like to share down in the comments?
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What fantastic information! Love your Cowbell! 😉 Hope to see more of you in 2013!
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Thanks, Louisa! And I hope you do too!! I’ve got to get back to regular meeting attendance. 🙂
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Rockin’ in the new year, Jenny. Nice Stats! 😀
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Thanks, Marie! And I’m writing a list of 2013 goals as we speak. 🙂
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Wow, Jenny, thanks so much for the shout-out! You know you’d need a restraining order to keep me away from More Cowbell. 😉 My yearly report was way more modest, but guess which post was the most-viewed? Your One-Note Tips! And the other four runners-up were posts from 2011. Surprise, huh? I got a kick out of the countries that checked out my blog in 2012. What post were those 10 Morroccans looking at?
Thanks for your wonderful support of my blog this year (you were one of my top commenters, too!)/ Here’s to a fab 2013 for all of us!
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Really? How fun is that??!! And you deserve any and all commenters with those fab posts you put out. 🙂
I like looking at the countries too. I’ll bet those Moroccans were checking out our kickass Holiday Yum recipes!! 🙂
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AMAZING! Congrats on one heck of an incredible year. The horizon is looking mighty fine my friend…..we’ve had so many belly-rolling laughs and good times that I know 2013 is going to blow it all out of the park. BAM! Here’s to your continued growth and uberlicious success….
And here’s to another incredible year of friendship, fun and fabulousness to come…HUGS!
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Yesssss. That –> “And here’s to another incredible year of friendship, fun and fabulousness to come…HUGS!”
I love all those things. 🙂
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Congrats! I love those end of the year reports. Much better than the ones that come from the bank! Happy new year, Jenny! Bring on the Cowbell. 🙂
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I loved your report too, Renee. And can I just say, your blog has been ON FIRE lately? Perhaps it was the influence of that “header contest??” LOL…
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I told you. Good head(er)! 😉
Thanks Jenny!
Care you come over and leave a comment for a chance to win a month of linky-love in my sidebar? Come leave a comment. If you dare! There are some great stories!
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I’ve got your post open. I’ll go comment. Promise. (p.s. Come back and do that same pimping tomorrow too…it’s a P&P day!!)
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Happy New Year, Jenny.
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Happy New Year to you too, Emma! Did you see that “The Haunted Vagina” author popped in and commented on yesterdays post? (He LOVED our comments.)
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Awesome!
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I didn’t but I’m going to check it out now.
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Happy New Year!!
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Wow, Jenny, I’m not surprised by those big numbers. I’m looking forward to spreading the more cowbell word in 2013. Happy New Year!!
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YUP! I got my end-of-year report, too. I didn’t share the results because most attendees at Fashion Week would have had to kick their diet soda habit mid-week. I didn’t want to brag about saving the fashion industry from destructive behavior.
I am, instead, celebrating your stellar results. Because big numbers for you confirms a plethora of treats of glee for your faithful Cowbell Posse in 2012.
I do not have a competitive bone in my
bodyright earlobe, so I did not set a goal to beat that late-to-the-More-Cowbell-year Zack Kullis in comments in 2013. I think his secrets lies in blog-jacking. Well, it could also be that he’s funny as hell, too. And, double dips on comments. And, snarks it up with word play. Other than that…I popped back to read your Turkey-phobic post. I don’t know how or why I missed that one because it is too Fu-freaking funny. I especially loved the comment by Piper. A new word! “Spatchcocked!”.
[Note to self, Jenny, Natalie and all other brave bloggers: First to the finish line on a blog titled SPATCHCOCKED wins a pair of Elephant Man Undies. My dime, unless I win.]
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Blog-jacking? Moi? 😉
My problem is that the filter that SHOULD go between my brain and my mouth tends to be on hiatus when I read blogs. Thanks Gloria, I’ll try to double dip and snark-it-up with fervor. 😀
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Unfiltered thoughts are usually the most interesting, Mr. Zack Kullis of More Cowbell Comment Fame.
[I will not start calling you “sir,” so don’t ask.]
Get a visual of two people face-to-face. I have two fingers raised. (On the same hand! Geesh!) Pointer and middle finger. I'm staring at you and flipping those fingers — pointing from my eyes to yours, my eyes to yours, my eyes to yours…
I'm watching you. Double-for-double, dip-for-dip, snark-for-snark. Game on!
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Well, crumb! Jenny? Can you pretty please close my italics for me? TYVM.
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I have never tried writing HTML in my comments so my hat’s off to you. Let me know if I jacked up your blogjack. ROFL…
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Closing italics would have been (Spaces added so the code wouldn’t be dropped. But, I’ll go with italics for the balance of the post. Whaaaatever….
I’ve done worse. On your blog, come to think of it.
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OK, sorry. I think depending on me to fix it might blow up the comment. Be very afraid of putting me in charge of HTML…my talents lie elsewhere. 🙂
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Well
shicrumb! The HTML codes don’t show even with spaces inserted. The value of this comment, then?I get one more comment in my quest to outfox F.B.I. G-Man Zack in 2013.
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Okay, Gloria, I ACCEPT your challenge! Here’s my post: http://kbowenmysteries.com/posts/reflecting-back-moving-forward-and-spatchcocking/ bwahaha…
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KA-SHNORT!
You sneaky littleWell played, Kathy B.Google, write the post, and then tell Gloria you’re in the game.
I have some shopping to do. As queried on your spatchcocked blog, Ms. Owen — Do you have a size preference for the Elaphantine Manly-Man Undies? Eye color? (On the undies!)
You can respond on or off loop.
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OMG!!! Paul Owen is getting a pair of pachymunds!
I’m freaking dying over here………BAHAHAHA!
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nice stats, Jenny. but i”m not surprised.
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Jenny! *bear hug* I would kiss you, but hubby might not agree with that kind of Brazilian warmth. 😉
Thank you SOO much for the shout! It warmed me more than a bottle of Laphroaig Single Malt Whiskey. Your blog is always a fantastic read, as well as those of so many of your friends and fellow cowbell associates. I’m a bit of a cowbell junky.
My blog is small enough to not warrant sending out a report card. 😉 That’s okay, because I don’t have too much extra time to allocate to it. My biggest “public” goal of 2013 is to publish my second novel (due back from the editor) and get my third published before the end of the year.
Keep ringing the bell Jenny, we love it.
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Happy New Year!
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I love the company you keep Jenny Hansen! What a great posse. Well, we are in the second day of the new year and so far so good! Looking forward to “More Cowbell” in 2013! {{Hugs!}}
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Yeah, the monkeys on crack sent me my WordPress Report as well. Apparently I need to get my butt in gear. Those monkeys need more crack. They’re going through withdrawals over at my blog space.
And so my goal for this year is to blog at least twice a month. I know. Sounds crazy but I think I can do it. Not sure how you ambitious gals blog every day, but I’m going to try my best to get out there twice a month this year. I hope something doesn’t blow up in cyber world because of it.
Great posse!
Happy new year and here’s to another fab year of blogging!
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
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Congrats on the stellar stats, Jenny. Looking forward to More Cowbell in 2013. 🙂
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LOL – thank you so much for prompting us to look at WITS – LOVE the link on writing short stories and oh I almost peed myself when I read the Blarney Stones breakdown of 50 shades.
And WOWEE! Good job on your report card 🙂
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Well done, Jenny! No surprise with those stats. You ring that Cowbell better than anyone! Happy New Year!
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Hi! Just stopping by as Susie sent me over from her blog. You have a great blog! I am more of a newbie blogger since October and hopefully will get my stats up over time.
Signing up for your emails!
Phil
http://www.blog.theregularguynyc.com
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Hi, Phil!! It’s great to meet you. A bunch of us went to Kristen Lamb’s blogging class and it’s life changing on the blogging front. 🙂 I’m delighted to have you here at More Cowbell!!
And since you’re in New York, here’s my latest in your neck of the woods. 🙂
http://socialnnewyork.com/who-knew-chickens-went-on-strike/
Happy New Year!
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