Blogging by the Numbers

How was everyone’s first (and second? depending on when you’re reading this!) of 2012?! Did you party hard, go see a ball drop, or relax with friends?

My New Year’s was SO low key….I actually stayed in, while my parents without! Lame, right? Eh it wasn’t too bad. I just watched movies, had some yummy snacks, and snuggled with Ella. All things I enjoy…so it wasn’t a bad thing!

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So I promise, this will be the last wrap-up/recap/review post of 2011. I know you’re probably sick of them by now…but I got some really cool info regarding the blog that I thought I’d share. If you blog with WordPress or even if you read a lot of WordPress blogs, I am sure you’ve seen the year-end statistics that everyone has been getting lately regarding their blogs. They tell you everything!!

Here are some of my stats (they even involve some of you!):

• If my blog were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take 3 days for the 76,000 people who visited my blog this year to view it.
• I wrote 233 posts this year! My grand total is 369 since first starting the blog in 2010!
• Top referring sites of the year (AKA how people got here!):

• I had visitors from all over the world!

Percentages from abroad:

• Most active commenters (You guys ROCK!!!):

• Most Viewed posts:

Meet the Healthy Helper

Yum

Product Lovin’

Picture Page

Hug a Vegan Desert-Summery Strawberry Scuffins!

Kind of a cool little wrap up to the year! It’s really nice of WordPress to do all that number crunching for each individual blogger….but whom I kidding? They probably have a computer program that does it in like .02 seconds for them! Aaaah technology.

Speaking of technology…

I’m in love.

With a blender.

It’s true what people say…you haven’t blended until you have a Vita-Mix.

Okay so maybe people don’t say that…BUT IT’S TRUE! No chopping or cutting or PREP in general! Just toss everything in and GOOOO!

Creamy deliciousness literally took 1 minute. SO much faster than the food processor I was using before for smoothies!

[action shot!!]

I don’t really eat smoothies in the winter (I can’t take the cold!)…but for Mr. Vita, I had to end the drought!

AND IT WAS SO WORTH IT! My only problem is that even though I added guar gum like I normally do…the smoothie didn’t puff up and become all whip-creamy like it usually does…any tips from you veteran Vita users?! Maybe I need to add more…or add it at a certain time in the blending process?

Smoothies are making a comeback! I actually have missed them…so I guess I’ll have to get used to being a bit more chili (<-only a foodie right?) chilly! Such a tough sacrifice

Are you officially sick of New Year’s centered posts?

What are your favorite recipes for use in the Vita-Mix? I am looking for inspiration!

What are your favorite “not so well known/popular” workout DVD’s? I need a new virtual trainer LOL! Jillian and Bob are getting a bit old.

Night y’all!

Kaila

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