...in July I entered blogger-world and posted for the very first time. I was very reluctant in the beginning and, truly, only began at the urging of my son; I doubted I'd have anything to say! I suppose that hasn't been the case... 1,000 posts later! Yep, this is a milestone post from The Strawberry Patch and, of course, to celebrate (and show my appreciation for you stopping by and reading whatever happens to cross my li'l ol' mind over these past five years) I will host a giveaway. A LOT has happened since that very first post: our son is married, my husband has retired, grandchildren have arrived, Sundance moved in, quilts have been made (some have even been completed!) tips, tricks, techniques, recommendations, sorrows, joys, challenges and victories and have been shared with all of you, my blogging friends and family. I've only felt love and support every step of the way and I've never looked back. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment and I will draw a winner next week, on Easter Sunday. Make sure I have your e-mail address, or a way to contact you, should you be the lucky winner! There are no bonuses or gimmicks to enter multiple times, that confuses me way too much. Just a comment, that's all. I thank you and look forward to many more years, and posts, together.
Life is Good!
Oh congratulations my friend! What a milestone. I love it. Wish I were there to give you a big, warm loving hug. It's been my honor to share all the wonderful things that have transpired over the years at the Strawberry Patch. Coming to mind… weddings, new job for son and moving, a dog visiting, trip with DH to learn about Sundance for a week, Alaska vacation, baby arrivals, thoughts of Fannie and new adventures lately… including smocking which you've really showed a talent for but none of us are surprised. Oh… and there was a series way back - a thoughtful series. My brain is stretching but I know I learned more than a thing or two.
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Congratulations. I'm a relative newcomer to your blog, but I love following along. We have so much in common ... quilting, grandkids, pups, retirement, etc. I can't wait to see what fun things you'll share on the next 1,000 posts! ;-)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your milestone post! I enjoy your blog very much and love the posts from Hannes in particular. I have also followed your journey with Sundance as we got our machines around the same time.
ReplyDeleteWOW - 1000 posts is certainly a milestone to celebrate! I know how hard it sometimes is to come up with something worthwhile to say but you never disappoint. Nice positive, uplifting, inspiring blog posts are sometimes hard to find, but I can always count on the Strawberry Patch to be worth reading! Thank you! and Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWow, Mrs. G, 5 years blogging! That's HUGE!! Congratuations!! :) This is a great photo of you and that gorgeous Hannes. :D
ReplyDeleteHugs, Angie
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Wow 5 years!! Congratulations!! 1000 posts, what a milestone. Thanks for sharing with a giveaway :-)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 1,000th post! Five years, wow!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy reading your blog and look forward to each post.
Here's to another 5 years and another 1,000 posts that will keep those of us interested involved in your happenings.
Again, congratulations. Have a wonderful and blessed Easter.
Congratulations, Mrs. G! I had to go look to see where I am: 738, a ways to go yet. I've enjoyed seeing and reading your posts.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This is truly a milestone moment. I enjoy reading all of your posts. You do a wonderful job of sharing your life with all of us. Thanks for being such an inspiration to us all!
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DD
Congratulations Mrs G! You hold a special place in my heart for being the very first person to welcome and comment on my blog when I first started. Wow 5 years and 1000 posts, I have a way to go! lol sending a massive heart felt hug with love and thanks for all your encouragement and inspiratation :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on this milestone! Love your tips, tricks, wisdom, pictures and keeping up with life in the Strawberry Patch!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo of you and Hannes too! :)
Knowing you through blogland has enriched my life immeasurably. I anticipate with such joy and eagerness our real-life meet-up in a SCANT three months. Keep at it, my friend. Life is good.
ReplyDeleteI'm raising my glass to the past 1000 and looking forward to the next 1000. Thank you for enriching my life with your always thoughtful, often thankful posts. Your posts often make me stop and think about what is truly important in my life. Arlo says to give Hannes a cookie in celebration.
ReplyDeleteAnd how happy we are that you returned after taking a break! Congratulations on gracing blogland for so many wonderful posts, and hope there will be many more.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your 5 years of blogging. I have only been reading blogs for the last 1-1/2 years but have enjoyed life's ups, downs and quilting being shared. It has been very rewarding.
ReplyDeleteThanks again, Marge
Congrats congrats congrats!I love your blog and quote you all the time "life is good!" Heres to many many more posts!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I love you!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Mrs. G, congratulations on your 5 year / 1000 post anniversary! I have been stopping by ever so often, and yes: you do have things to say and it is inspiring to read!
ReplyDeleteTo many more blogging years and posts!
Congrats on your 5 year anniversary! I really enjoy your blog! Allison gougeonathome@charter.net
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on five years. I sure enjoy reading your blog.
ReplyDelete5 years and 1000 posts is quite a milestone. But most of all, I LOVE your dog. Doxies are my favorite and I've always wanted a blond longhair. I do enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeleteI think I found your blog through Bonnie Hunter when she moved to NC and have been a follower since. Yes, life happens while we make other plans and I have enjoyed your thoughts and sharing of life in the Strawberry Patch through lots of adventures. Looking forward to the next 1000 posts!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and thank you for sharing snippets of your journey. You are a wonderful inspiration reminding us that 'life is good'. Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteFive years and 1000 posts....gosh, time flies! Think of all the things you've shared, the quilting knowledge you've conveyed, and the inspiration you've been. Here's to many, many more posts and wonderful stories to tell. Love you! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed reading your blog Debbie - it is a great accomplishment to have posted 1000 times Wow- May you continue to enjoy blogging and sharing you and your family's life journey.
ReplyDeleteSending good wishes to your mother in law too.
Warmest regards,
Anna
I enjoy your peaceful blog--and your use of orange in your applique!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo 1000 posts! Way to go! I enjoy reading your posts very much! For many more!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 1000 posts and 5 years of blogging! I check your blog every day and have enjoyed it very much! Thank you for sharing with us all!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I'm pretty new to your blog. I love the little baby things you make...you're such an inspiration!
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Maria Salvador
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Congratulations Mrs Goodchild - 1000 posts over five years, a milestone to be proud of. I found your blog about a year ago and make a visit once in a while and enjoy your musings. I am not a blogger myself, just a lurker. Thanks
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Congratulations on your 5th blogaversery. And 1000 posts!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your life with so many people (including myself).
Jittina, the Netherlands
Congratulations on your 5 yr blogiversary! I have enjoyed your posts very much over the years. Here's to 5+ more!
ReplyDeleteI was so blessed to find your blog, Mrs. G! Your words are always encouraging and inspiring -- often hilariously funny and wonderfully observant! You are a blessing! Keep up the excellent work (and God bless your son for suggesting it!! :-D)!
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Mary Lou
Life is Good - while I have not been in blogland five years, I have certainly enjoyed all the blogland friends I have made and you are certainly among the most appreciated. I so love your positive, Christian attitude and wisdom and thank you for sharing and being the special person you are. Many more happy years. Judy C www.judyandmartyn@nc.rr.com
ReplyDeleteCongraulations on your milestone. Although I mostly lurk, I enjoy your blog very much.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful day to have your drawing! Easter Sunday, a day of new beginnings and great joy. We have similar stories because my daughter encouraged me to start blogging after I had a mild stroke. It has brought me great joy and more new friends than I could have ever imagined. God works a ministry wherever we are willing to serve him - even here on our blogs. Congratulations! blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I check in to visit each day, and just love reading your blog. Laura
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on reaching your 1000 post - that is quite an accomplishment!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI visit when I can but don't leave many comments but be assured that your wise words are always heeded. Looking forward to the next 1000!!!!
Oops - sorry about that South Shore Quilters Guild is me - I forgot to log out and go back to my own account after checking the Guild's e-mail.
ReplyDeleteCarlaHR
Congratulations on your 5 years and 1000 posts. I always enjoy reading your posts, and so many times receive blessings and inspiration from your insights. Thanks for sharing, and yes, "Life is good", because God is good!
ReplyDeleteI thought you had stopped blogging some time ago. Guess you changed your mind!
ReplyDeleteOOPs My e-mail is fassler@bresnan.net
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 1000 posts, that's quite an accomplishment! Hope you will continue to blog for another 1000.
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Congratulations! Although I am fairly new to your blog, one of my very favorite memories from Church is your response to my son's baptism and confirmation many long years ago. Your blog is always uplifting and a soul soother. Many Happy Returns... and looking forward to your future posts. B
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the milestone and thank you for sharing your life and wisdom with us! You're an insirpation to me!
ReplyDeletei'm glad you decided to try putting your thoughts out there! :) even if i lurk most of the time!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know which I like better, the quilt notes or the grandchild photos! Please keep writing. =)
ReplyDeleteSusan R.
Congratulations! Bloggins has truly been great! I have come to know so many people that I would have never crossed paths had it not been for blogland! Here's to another 1,000 posts! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the milestone! Love it all!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
Congratulations!! I love your blog.
ReplyDelete1,000 posts. Wow.
ReplyDeleteI've been following for a few months, although I haven't left comments. But thanks so much for your wisdom and insights into life as well as quilting - they're much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on 1000 posts and five years!
I've enjoyed reading your blog for quite some time now even though I don't post often. Congrats on making it so far..I do remember when you posted 'last one out, turn off the lights' and was so disappointed & then delighted when you returned. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYours is one one of the first blogs I started following, after that infamous one Near Philadelphia (grin). What a milestone you are celebrating, and what a circle of friends you have collected!! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteStopping in at the Strawberry Patch is a highlight of my day. It's like settin' a spell on your front porch. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family, positive thoughts and gorgeous quilts! Here's to a million more! Grace and peace.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your blog every morning. It is always so positive as you travel through life's journey. Congratulations on 5 years.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I love following your blog, your thoughts on faith, family, and quilting are very inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to blog. ajks100@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your milestone! I've only been following you for the last year or two but have enjoyed reading all about your creative projects. I've made several of the machine embroidered burp cloths and get so many compliments. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 1000 posts!!! I hope to be there someday too. It has been fun getting to know you over the years and I look forward to the next 1000 posts too!!
ReplyDeleteWow, 1000 posts, that's unbelievable, congrats. I loved your blog about pansies, you're so right, I wish they would last longer, into the summer months. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway, and again congrats at your milestone
ReplyDeleteGood Job of keeping at it! I've been reading your blog for several years and find your posts uplifting. You have a gift for identifying the more important things in life, putting all in perspective. Thank you for taking the time to share your life and faith with the world.
ReplyDeleteYou got me started blogging too! Love the mix of family/quilting/and other wisdom...thanks for sharing friend, Love Ya!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your milestone. I always enjoy your blog and your beautiful embroidary work. You seem like you have a very happy and uplifting view of life
ReplyDeleteI only found your blog recently, but as soon as I did, I became a faithful follower. I am a quilter and love to see what you have going on in your life and sewing room. I love your name, Mrs. Goodneedle!
ReplyDeleteFrances Robson
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Congratulations on your milestone post. I enjoy reading your tips and your pictures.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting a giveaway.
Wow -- 1000 posts. I'm at 26 (or maybe I'm up to 29 by now) as a new blogger at iquiltforfun.blogspot.com. Trying this out as I hope to be retired within a year and staying in touch with the quilting community is high, high on my priority list. Congrats on having that much to say!
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Congratulations on your milepost. I would just like to let you know that about 6 years ago you said something to me that changed my quilting perspective a great deal. You left a lasting impression with me for which I will be forever grateful. Thanks, and thanks for all the wonderful post....You are the greatest.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 1000 posts. I've only been reading your blog a short while (just recently discovered quilt blogs-what a joy!), so I have lots of backlist posts to wander through. Cute dog!
ReplyDeleteCongratulation on your 5 years of blogging. I am a new follower to your blog and enjoy your posts.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on hitting your1,000th post! I always enjoy popping in to see what you are working on, even if I don't leave many comments.
ReplyDeleteCongrats hun! I love reading your blog with such positive inspiration and simpleness.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. I think you should buy lots of the Strawberry Fields fabric to celebrate. isn't that fabric just yummy!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS! Five years is incredible! Your blog is always interesting - your son was certainly right! Good luck in the next five years!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 1000 thoughtful and uplifting posts. Glad you're smocking AND quilting with us! Hang in there with Mom. One step at a time...
ReplyDeleteCongrats! My life has been so blessed because YOU are in it! Your warm welcome and the tour of WS when I was in the midst of relocating reign forever in my mind as one of the kindest gestures anyone has ever shown.
ReplyDeleteMuch love to you! Keep Posting!
Bonnie
congratulations. BLogland IS a great place to be!
ReplyDeleteAnd to think, in the vastness of cyber-space, we found each other (sisters separated at birth) ... who could have known?!?!?
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a major milestone and here's to many, many more!!!
HUGS, Julie
Congratulations! It's not easy to find 1000 things to blog about, and you have done a great job of it! thanks for the great read, Terri in BC
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I enjoy reading your blog - those grandbabies are getting too big! Jenn
ReplyDeleteI always look for your post because they are always interesting. I have not known you for the whole 5 years, but that is quite a milestone of 1000 posts! I am glad that I met you and you DH in Carroll, IA that year at the classes... Congrats to you!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a milestone it is!!! Congratulations to you! I always enjoy hearing from you, seeing your projects and especially your FAMILY!
ReplyDeleteMay you have many, many more milestones such as this!
Hugs, Karen
Wow, 1,000 posts is a huge accomplishment. The strawberry patch is what a blog should be, a little bit of this, and a smidge of that, just like life.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and thanks for the opportunity.
Congratulations on your milestone! I think it takes a certain amount of courage to put yourself out there; I'm glad you are still thinking of things to say!
ReplyDeleteAn awesome feat-- 1000 posts...I love your posts on quilting and grandkids. I miss your discussion posts. I pretty much sew alone except with bloggers and I always learned alot.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 1000 posts. I enjoy reading your blog. I have been thinking of your comments on finding a facility for you MIL, we were bringing my mother home from a rehab facility at that time. Hope all is well and she is progressing.
ReplyDeleteGloria
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I've enjoyed reading your blog (though I didn't start five years ago). Your approach to life makes so much sense and your willingness to share it all is a blessing to your readers.
ReplyDeleteI always love to read your blog and the uplifting contents of it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your milestone!
Five years and 1,000 posts. You are an inspiring lady! Thanks for the giveaway and I'm glad you are back from your break!
Joyce B.
Congratulations of the 100oth post as well as 5 years. It nice visiting your blog and stories from the strawberry patch and fell that you have enriched my life, thank you. I wish you 1000s more posts and many more years. hugs!
ReplyDeleteJane
I love reading your blog and seeing all your wonderful pictures and your thought provoking comments. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary Mrs. G. We are glad you are here.
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