Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

Milestones - Cancerversary & Bloggerversary

Today, I am celebrating my 2 year cancer survivorship, also known as my Cancer-versary.  My date marks the anniversary of my surgery and the date that my cancer was removed.  I was diagnosed on January 28, 2010 and my surgery was performed February 10, 2010.   I have chosen the date of my mastectomy for my milestone even though I still had 16 chemotherapy treatments and 33 radiation treatments ahead of me. On this date, I was a survivor. 

I am not alone in my celebration, my husband, my daughters, my mother, my brothers, my sister (also a breast cancer survivor) and so many relatives and friends also deserve to celebrate.   It is a special day for all.  I will always be reminded of the love, support and prayers from everyone who stood by me through this journey. 

This day also marks the 6 month "Bloggerversary" (anniversary of my blog, I made up the word) launch which is also 'cancer related'.   I started blogging while recovering from my bilateral breast cancer reconstruction with my first post, French Blue ChestI had a terrible reaction to Vicodin and was literally up for 2+ days straight.  So, what else does one do at 3am other than start a blog....It seemed a natural thing for me to do! 

I'm proud that I have over 500+ followers, have had over 65,000+ page views and have now reached over 1,000+ comments in 6 months.  On some days, this blog has given me a reason to get up in the morning or motivation to complete a project.  Knowing that maybe someone is interested in what I have to say or is looking forward to what I've painted or refinished or recycled, brightens my day.

I am reminded each and every day that I am lucky to be alive and I am blessed to have so many wonderful friends and the most unbelievably supportive and loving family. 

Finally, thank you to each and every one of my Followers and my TOP REFERRING SITES....


Have you celebrated any recent milestones?  I would love for you to share them with us.
Let me know what you think....
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PS.  This is my 100th post!!!

Monday, December 5, 2011

Milestones and 25 Days Of Christmas

SO, this week was pretty exciting at Larissa Hill Designs.  Even though the numbers may not be overwhelmingly impressive to veteran bloggers, I was really excited to see my number of followers hit 300 and my page views top 40,000+ this week, all in less than 4 months of blogging.

But even bigger, Mr. Goodwill Hunting posted a comment on my blog!!!!

Thanks to each and everyone who has ever read one of my blog posts, follows me, featured my posts on their blog or posted a comment on my blog.


On the 5th Day Of Christmas at 25 Days Of Christmas, Lori of Bleak2Unique is hosting "Heirloom Christmas Ornaments".  Lori's tutorial provides detailed instructions from 50 years of family tradition and better yet, she cleverly names each ornament by it's personality.  Her ornaments are absolutely breathtaking...



Here is a preview of what's to come on 25 Days Of Christmas....

December Blogshare LineUp!

December 1st - Tots and Me -
December 2nd - Vodka and Motherhood
December 3rd - Your Mama Said What
December 4th - Happy Go Lucky Harvey
December 5th - Bleak 2 Unique
December 6th - Pargas Junkyard
December 8th - Radcrafter
December 9th - Pounds 4 Pennies
December 10th -. Smitten by Abigail
December 11th - Empty Nest
December 13th - The Freshman Cook
December 14th - The Bunnies o
December 15th - My Simple Walk
December 17th - Childhood Myths
December 18th - Larissa Hill
December 19th - Coupons for Wisconsin
December 21st - Liz Finding My Own Life
December 22nd - Your Mama Said What
December 23rd - Lee Me and the Girls
December 24th - My Crazy Bliss
December 25th - Pargas Junkyard