Four Years Later: Happy Birthday Blog!

Today marks FOUR years since I started this blog! I'm still amazed that I actually stuck with a hobby for this long.

Sometimes folks ask how and why I started blogging. For me, it began as a way to learn how to manage a blog for the company where I previously worked. I worked for a regional bank and we decided to start a blog, which in 2009, not many businesses were doing. So I began my own blog as a way to learn the ropes, not having a clue what I'd write about or if I'd keep it going.

I was shocked to find that a month after launching A Blonde Ambition, I had actual regular readers, ha! I kept writing about the only things I knew well: shopping, clothes and bargain hunting : ) A year later in 2010, my traffic was pretty solid and I was having such a good time connecting with other women bloggers, so I kept it up.

Four years later, I've...

-Met a ton of really sweet blogger friends, like Sarah - my sister-in-law!

-Been introduced to the love of my life.

-Oh, and married him, too!

-Changed jobs. Well, changed careers, actually.

-Made amazing connections with local businesses, the same folks who still help sponsor this blog today.

-Become pregnant with sweet Caroline Rose, who we'll meet in October.

I cannot wait to see what year #5 has in store for our growing family! I also cannot stress enough how much God has blessed me through this blogging community throughout the past four years. I am tremendously lucky and thankful that you all - my friends - have stuck around to read this silly thing.

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Lastly, I'd like to give special thanks to the LADIES, (yep, all women-owned small businesses), who sponsor and support this blog and its mission of "simply having more fun" every day:

Becca, Jena, Meredith and the crew at Maude Boutique - my first blog sponsor (since 2010!)

Tess, Ashley, Annalise, Melissa and the rest of the gang at Savoir-Faire

Kirsten at Riffraff and her amazing support staff

Laci from The Rage, all the way in Mena, AR!

Sweet Megan from Hazel's Haven