Happy Blogiversary to Me! (in a few days...)

Hi to all my friends and viewers, crocheters and non-crocheters who come to read my blog =) On May 17 I'm celebrating my first blogiversary. I hope you share in my excitement to highlight this event ;)
First of all, maybe I should give some relevant statistics too regarding my blog. Here are some accomplishments and trivia in my almost one year of blogging:

A year ago:
* I didnt know that blogs have already existed for several years before I started, I was totally amazed at the possibilities for creating my own blog...
* Like some of you, I started with no knowledge at all of html. I just learned everything step by step through trial and error...
* I didnt expect that I would be able to fill up this blog with this much in one year. For me, it has been a very productive year in crocheting and blogging...
* I didnt expect that I would be posting about receiving beautiful yarns from some wonderful people abroad, a year ago I didnt have any reason going to the post office!
* I didnt expect that I would have any business at all, selling threads and patterns...
* I didnt expect I would be designing and selling some of my patterns - all of you were my inspiration...

* I have had 42,350 + visits, and 90,000 + page views...(that includes my own visit, which is at least once a day ;)
* I have had 402 comments to this date (not counting my own...hehe...)
* I have made 116 posts and 60 of it are regarding my crochet projects...
* Visitors have come here mainly for the free patterns and interesting links (if you're still reading this, most probably you are my friend!)...
* Visitors have come mostly from U.S., and many more from all over: Canada, U.K., Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa, Australia (perhaps soon from Mars...)


Enough of that, now some good news for you ;)
In keeping with blog tradition of hosting a contest or giving out prizes on one's blogiversary, I came up with something too. Well, I find this occasion worth celebrating even more than my birthday, so I' m doing this ;) This isnt really a contest, and there's no big prize. I just thought of something, will tell more about this later... I have listed some 20 people who have inspired me through comments, emails and through their kindness and generosity. Here goes (in alphabetical order): Alisha, Barb, Beth, Chie, CL, Deneen, Elizabeth, Fe, Jaye, Jeng, Kimberly, Lucy, Pam, Rachel, Raquel, Shaylen, Stacie, Tina, Ulla, Vik, Yasmin and of course, my dear sister =) Thank you all!!!