As another year ends, it’s always good to look back and reflect on the happenings of that year. Sometimes you may find it encouraging and others, slightly depressing.
As I think back over my past year, I am consumed with happiness and sadness. As you know, if you follow my blog, I’ve definitely had some ups and downs both health wise and in my marriage.
The year started out with a bang with a new blog, My Girly Parts! (MGP actually started November 12, 2012.) How excited I was to blog from the heart and blog real life experiences. Don’t get me wrong, I do love blogging about my escapades with Titan over at Pibbles & Me, but there’s something more gratifying about blogging about women issues, relationships, and a bit of social media.
Did you miss my last A Year in Review? How things have changed in a year!
So without further adieu, please enjoy The Best of MGP in 2013!
Top 5 Most Popular Posts of 2013!
These are the Most Popular Posts of 2013 based on Comments alone, not Page Views.
- Are Your Blog Comments Decreasing? This post just proves that Comments don’t make or break your blog.
- Twitter Auto DM’s: Thanks for No Thanks This post is a touchy subject, but I’m still firm on No DM’s!
- My Quest Has Officially Ended Ahh do you remember when Google Reader shocked us? I’m still disappointed!
- Disable and Protect What’s Yours Thought this was a great plugin to use on your site, until I found out there were ways around it.
- Plugin’s Can Be Addicting If you use WordPress, I know you love your PLUGIN’s!
Top 5 Most Popular Posts By Page Views in 2013!
As you know, we can’t always gauge our popularity based on Comments alone. There are many folks that prefer not to comment on our blog, and will comment via other social media avenues such as Google+, Google+ Page, Twitter (Oh, did I mention I changed my name? @JustBrenLee , Facebook Page, Private “Girls Only” Group and Tumblr.
- Introducing the Griddler! Being a blog called My Girly Parts, I can only imagine what people though when reading this title!
- Sex and the City Oh yeah, the good ole days of Miranda, Carrie, Charlotte, my favorite Samantha and Mr. Big!
- Deployments: Just Like That, It All Came Rushing Back The military life can damage not only the military member but the family as well.
- A Few Cosmetic Changes Oh you know I’m notorious for blog changes! That will never end.
- A Year in Review The end of 2012 and all I’ve accomplished. Shew! I had too many different hair do’s and colors!
Thanks to Our Contributors!
I can’t help but thank all the Contributor’s we’ve had this year! These are some pretty awesome bloggers (ones I call my friends) and highly recommend you check out their websites, if you haven’t already. No specific order.
- Debbie Doglady of The Doglady’s Den
- Lisa Buben of Inspire to Thrive and Thriving Nature
- Mayura De Silva of Mayura4Ever
- Sheryl Kurland of the Relationship Insider
- Linda Ursin of Linda Ursin.Net
- Ellen Gregg of Ellen M. Gregg
- Corina Ramos of Work-from-Home-Concepts and Not Now Mom’s Busy
These are the folks that help keep me going and have brought some very valuable content to My Girly Parts. Thank you again!
What’s in Store for 2014?
I really haven’t set any plans in motion yet for MGP in 2013. Once I get a bit more “stable” in my family life, I hope to start producing more valuable content. I’m also thinking of consolidating my blogs. I love blogging about Titan over at Pibbles & Me, however, I’ve been at a lost for content to continue keeping up a separate blog. So I hope ya’ll don’t mind the occasional Titan post.
What Would You Like To See?
An important part in blogging is continuing to network with other bloggers. Although our blogs are our own, we must keep our readers interested in our content to keep them coming back and to keep on sharing. I would love to know if there is anything you would like to see on MGP, other than what I’m currently doing. Would you like to see more Social Media or WordPress Tips? Would you like to see more Relationship and Heath content? Would love some feedback as I value each and every one of your opinions.
In Closing
I’d like to take a moment to thank some special people who inspire me. These are those who continue to push me, simply by reading their content. Other than the Contributors I listed above, and these are my very special dear friends, thank you to (no specific order):
- Adrienne Smith of AdrienneSmith.Net
- Harleena Singh of Aha!NOW
- Tim Bonner of Tim Bonner Blog
- Reginald Chan of Reginald Chan
- Barry Wells of BarryWells.Com
- Silviu Constantinescu of Net Market Success
- Ashley Faulkes of Mad Lemmings
- Donna Holland of The Redneck Princess
- Cyn Knight of The Racy Redhead
- Donna Merrill of Donna Merrill Tribe
And many, many more! Thank you for all your support and inspiration!
Final Words
I enjoy blogging about life experiences, although some may be a tad offensive to some or a bit over the top with content I share from personal life. However, I find it quite therapeutic to share these things. You all have been a great support in whatever content I share with you and I’m forever grateful.
