Happy Blogging Anniversary to Me!
September 15, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under announcements, blogs
It’s hard to believe it, but it was three years ago that I started blogging at Thrifty Mommy. I had never blogged before, but I love to save money.
I actually landed this job because I would send out emails ranting about the debt that Americans were in and how we were spending more money than we were making.
The average American spends more money than they make. When will this stop? It is going to catch up with us at some time or another.
I wrote that statement three years ago. Indeed, it has caught up with us. We are in a mess right now, mostly due to overspending and people borrowing money. Trust me, I’ve learned my lessons along the way too.
Blogging has been a great experience for me. It helped me to rediscover how much I enjoy to write. Along the way, I’ve met some pretty amazing bloggers and readers. Some great friendships have been formed. I normally don’t like to toot my own horn (it’s just awkward), but here are some pretty neat things that have happened:
- I was interviewed on the nationally syndicated Cooper Lawrence Show several times.
- For a few months, I had a weekly Thrifty Mommy segment on the Cooper Lawrence Show each Thursday night. Cooper would read some of my money saving tips.
- I was invited to attend a Pampers Mommy Blogging Event. Last year, I flew to Ohio to tour the Pampers headquarters and meet with Pamper executives. I met some pretty cool blogging chicks too and learned about the good that Unicef is doing.
- I interviewed Teri Gault, founder of The Grocery Game and Michael Smith, chef on The Food Network.
- I was part of the opening act for the Clark Howard Show in North Carolina. I’m a big Clark Howard fan, so this was a real treat. I met Clark and at the event I spoke about saving money with coupons.
- I recently had my first article published. I hope it won’t be the last!
Thanks everyone for reading my tips and encouraging me along the way. I hope you’ll stick around and have some cake and read more of Thrifty Mommy. 
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Congrats, Karen!!! Continue to have fun blogging!
Congrats Thrifty Mommy! We celebrated our third anniversary back in the spring and it feels great to have kept up the stamina to a whole new level. Keep it up.
Cheers,
Miel