Before the year ends, I just want to say how thankful I am for another year of blogging! How amazing is it that the blog has survived yet another year? Blogging has saved my sanity many times since I embarked on this nomadic life. It’s been my way to connect with other people even in the loneliest and darkest times.

I am also so thankful that with the help of so many people I have finally come up with a blog that looks the way I want it to – luscious, luxe with pops of sea green and a little gold bling! After a few years of trying to do it on my own with some cheap themes I decided to reach out an ask for help from Martine and Sara. All those friends who gave me referrals, feedback and advice – you know who you are – thank you so much!

Blog Numbers

So much has happened since my very first post in March 2010 to 29 December 2013…

• I’ve written 999 Blog posts, of which only 815 have been published.
• All time total views: 779,348
• When I wrote this post I had the most number of views in one day: 4,732
• The month with highest views of 33,232 was September 2013
• These are the top 5 posts of all time: 1 2 3 4 5
• The most popular post or #1 above has had since July 2010: 42,450 views
  

I find it funny that my top 5 posts are so eclectic. The subjects are football, style finds, current events and tv. How cool is that?

I want to thank Kaho of Chuzai Living, Deepa of Curry Strumpet, Wander Woman, Emilie and Didi Paterno for being my 5 most active commenters of 2013. Click on the picture below to see my 2013 Annual Report!

To  super bloggers, I am sure my numbers are tiny, but to me they are more than I ever expected them to be. I am so thankful that I’ve made it this far. When I started blogging I could never have imagine keeping it up for this long. Blogging is not as easy as I expected it to be, because coming up with good quality posts, with great photos takes a lot of time and effort. I hope I can continue doing this despite the many life changes in diplo life!

Thanks so much to all you readers who have continued to follow along! Cheers to 2014!