More thanks and happy mommy's day

This thanks goes out to Miss K.  Take a trip over to Miss Ks World.  I will warn you, it's what I call a time vampire.  You'll go to check it out a little and next thing you know you've been there for a long time.  She makes me laugh.

Also, happy mommy's day to Miss K and all those moms out there.  I hope it's incredible.

A thanks to new followers

A lot of thanks to Ronnie Jay and John Shirley for following my ramblings.  I appreciate it, though I've taken my sweet time to tell you so.  Links going in the sidebar.  Thanks again.

Just one warning:

Tanks a lot

Lots of tanks

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that has chosen to follow my ramblings.  I know I've thanked most of you in the past, but a few have followed while I've been slacking off on the blog.  I'd like to thank Badger Medic.  I think that's the most recent follower.  If you have a blog, let me know and I'll link it.  I didn't see one in your profile.  Please don't hesitate to comment and I'll always respond.  Thanks for stopping by and staying.

New Follower, new thanks

Thanks to Mortalis09 for hitting the follow button.

I appreciate your decision and courage to follow senseless ramblings and eclectic posting.  I didn't see a blog in your profile, but if you have one I'll gladly post the link and put it in the sidebar.  Don't hesitate to comment.  I've been slow on the response lately, but promise I'll reply sooner or later.  :)

Grazie

Some thanks are in order for a new follower.  To Tyler North from American and Armed, thanks very much for hitting the button and being subjected to random ramblings.  I welcome comments and always will respond.

Go check it out and check that fancy shotgun shell holder.  :)  That reminds me of taking my Remington 870 Talo with an 18" barrel to a fundraiser skeet shoot.  I do that kind of thing on purpose.  If I'd have known about this, I'd have rocked this look as well.

Blogiversary

It's mine.  It's been a whole one year since I started this.  I have to say the only thing I can say is thank you.  I would never have imagined that people would actually have cared enough to pay attention.  I appreciate that you take the time to peek in.  I do notice.

Many more thanks

Thanks to mojave rat for hitting the follow button.  He is over at mojaveratstwocentsworth.  It's a good place and worth the visit.  Anyone that likes bacon that much is a friend.  :)

Also, a follow up for Mazie over at Who Knew.  Now we have a link!  I didn't have one when I originally posted the thanks, so that has been rectified.  She is working on starting on some basic firearms training, so I know she will be interested in the knowledge of those of you that wish to share.  I know it's so hard to get gunnies to talk about guns, but do your best.  :)

Have I somehow missed some thank yous?

I'm a sad panda

I had a new follower today.  At least that is what my counter told me.  I had to dig through to find them and discovered something horrifying.  I believe I missed thanking someone else.  I'm not sure which the newest one is, but I'm thinking it is sradddha54.  Thanks so much for hitting the button.  If you have a blog, please let me know (I can't tell from the follower icon) and I'd love to check it out.

The one I think I missed is donovan_dion_oldsb.  For that I'm sorry.  A belated thank you and as I said to sraddha54, I do not see a blog, so please let me know if there is one I can check out.

I promise to do my best to always respond to comments and I encourage them so please don't be shy.  To all of my other followers, thanks again for checking in.

More Thanks

Thanks to Patrick Haggerty and Craig for hitting the follower button.  I will do my very best to have some kind of interesting content every once in a while and always will respond to comments (which are always welcome). Patrick has a few places and you can check them out by clicking his follower icon.  I checked out Gun Talk and like the look.  Take a peek.  Craig, I appreciate you following and I do not see a blog linked on your info linked to your icon.  If you have a blog, please let me know and I will put it on the blog roll.  Thanks again.

Thanks and I'm a goof

First off, thank you to a new follower:  Falcondawn for hitting the follower button.  I'm still scrolling through the blog and it is interesting and eclectic.  I kind of like it as a different experience.  I've always enjoyed experiencing and trying to understand different countries and cultures.  If you look at just one thing, check out this post.  It just really tickled me with the unexpected.

Also, I swear I wasn't trying to be all cryptic with this post.  It probably made sense on some level, since we all want to drink during this election cycle, but the photo didn't upload when I posted it from the phone.  You can see, I corrected the issue.  :)

Welcome

Thanks to BullseyeBabe for hitting the follower button.  Her blog is worth a look and nothing is better than supporting new and interested shooters.  The community is great at that type of thing.  Thanks again, BullseyeBabe.  I do my best to respond to comments and always encourage them.

Danke

Thanks to eiaftinfo for hitting the follow button.  I've perused the blog and with my recent vow to get more training, I can't wait to read about the ins and outs of training.  I will respond to comments and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks and Welcome

I feel like I'm going crazy lately.

I've been so remiss in thanking new followers that I forgot which was the last I mentioned.  I feel terrible about that.  After some confusion on my part with Blogger not helping me at all, I would like to thank and welcome hh for deciding to try and follow my random ranting.  hh has a blog called theantisoma and it is pretty cool.  Also, thanks very much to Jatico for following.  It took me a bit, but I found Jatico's blog, pioneeringaz and it is pretty cool and eye-opening.  That will be an interesting read to follow.

Blogward!

So, this thing is going around to award and highlight some good blogs.  I received a few points of recognition from That Guy at Rock in a Sea of Chaos, Keads at Another Day....Another....., and Stephen at Standing Outside Looking In.  Here's the thing about that.  These are ALL great blogs and great people.  Therefore, I'm truly humbled that they would pick me out of all of the blogs out there.  These are three blogs that I do my best to follow on every single post.  They would also have been some of my first choices to pass on the blog award.  I think instead of passing awards back and forth, I should try to pay forward in the spirit of the meme and recognize some other blogs.  Again, these three are in my top reads and if I had been in on this early, they would be on my list, so please if you haven't checked them out, do so.  It's well worth your time and there is no question you will learn something.                                                    

                                              

So, I guess I should get on with it.  So, I'm not much of a rules guy (besides the big 4), but here are the rules for the deal.

1.  Copy and paste award on your blog
2.  Link back to the blogger who gave you the award
3.  Pick your five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received an award
4.  Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.

This was so hard for me.  If I follow a blog, it's because I like it or it provides me great information.  To narrow down this list to five is like picking your favorite child.  I will say that the three listed above would be in my list, except they awarded me, so I guess I can't pass back.  I will just go with some of the blogs that recognized me when I was just starting and made me feel like it was worth it.  FYI, Brigid would be in this list, but then I'd be "breaking the rules".

In no particular order:

North - Guns and general stuff about life.  Everything from food to self defense options to life's philosophies.  North was one of my first followers and gave me some strange feeling of accomplishment for that.  :)  Maybe I'm needy.

Old NFO - Wanderings, guns and keeping people grounded.  He has offered good advice and I've tried to take it.

kymber - Sweetness, caring and prepping. Oh, and some food at her other blog. She's just too sweet and genuine and always has input even when I think I'm posting rambling nonsense.

These next two may break the rules, but I can't really tell so I'm going to act like I don't know.

Jennifer - Guns, life and self esteem.  I know, that sounds weird, but I've seen Jennifer give emotional support to many people in her comments.  She's strong and was also one of the first places I found.

Weer'd Beard - Guns, snark and goofiness.  Another one of the first places I found and from what I've seen a great person that supports new bloggers, including A girl and her gun who I really really wanted to add as well.  And so I just did.

Also, just for the heck of it, Duke.  I need to stop.  I'll just end up listing everyone.

I know, look at me the rule-breaker.  Such a bad boy.  :)

Now, most of you have already received awards and I think your existing response should already count, otherwise we'll be in a self-perpetuating cycle forever in blogdom.  Everyone, know I love your stuff and I just didn't know what else to do besides copy my blogroll into the post.  I really considered it, trust me.

Gracias

Welcome to a new follower, TinCan Assassin.  He has a blog, Nine Pound Sledgehammer, that is quite good.  The most recent post is something I really don't want to think about for a few years, but my time is coming.  Kick back and relax, TinCan and I hope you enjoy it.  Feel free to comment and I'll always respond.  Thanks again.

More Thanks

Thanks to vadavid from Musings Over a Pint for hitting the follower button.  It's a great place over there and worth the trip.

I appreciate you swinging by and feel free to comment whenever the mood strikes you.  I have a feeling we'll be discussing some elixir of the gods in the very near future.

Salvete!

Welcome to two new followers.

huey148 has hit the follower button and I thank you for it.  I don't see a blog in your profile when I click on your follower icon, so if you have one, please let me know and I'll put it on the blogroll.

MI2Tall is a friend and beer enabler of mine.  His blog is in the blogroll and he has occasional posts.  You should visit it if for no other reason than the picture on his header.  It's quite nice.

Thanks to all and I appreciate you taking the time to check the place out on occasion.

Thanks to more friends

Thanks to two new followers, Ron @ TOGblog has a blog callled The Old Geezer Blog.  As soon as I set it to follow, the first thing I saw in my reader made me chuckle.  I'm sure I'll enjoy following this one.  I'm already getting to the achy knees and "get off my lawn" stage of life, so this may be a good way to foresee the future.

Also, thanks to Bob Johnson at Gun Politics.  I've spent a little while over there and it is right up my alley.  I like  it.

The next is a belated addition to the blogroll.  I realized I had missed that BlueEyedBaby had a blog of her own.  It is I Wish on Shooting Stars and is a refreshing blog to read.  I wish I was young and in college again.  I apologize for missing you, BlueEyedBaby.  I know you've been following since I was a baby blogger. My only excuse is I didn't know what I was doing back then.

Please don't be afraid to comment on anything at all.  I will do my best to respond.  Welcome all and thanks again.

Welcome and Thanks

A welcome to my newest follower; Rose.  Thanks so much for following and I'm sure you're wondering why you bothered with the lack of posting lately.  Holidays.  What're you gonna do?  Thanks for following and I'll do my very best to respond to comments.  I don't see a blog to post on my sidebar in your profile.  If you have one, please let me know so I can follow as well.

Muchas Gracias

Many thanks to both We The People and Flier389 for hitting the follow button.  I do my very best to respond to all comments and welcome anything you have to say (within reason).  We the People has a nice collection of hot-button posts, but you just have to check out the Dane Cook video.  I'm a big fan of Dane Cook and that one is hilarious (NSFW, but Dane Cook never is).  Flier, I could have sworn was already a follower since he's been a regular in the comment section.  I guess it was a surprise because he's already becoming blog-family.  Check out his blog linked above, the link isn't in the profile from the follower icon, but you should definitely check it out.  There are some great posts and wonderful stories there.  Thanks to both of you and to all of my followers.  I'll do my best to make it worth your while.