The lovely and talented author Erika has challenged me to participate in this new challenge. I am really pleased to take part in this as it takes me right back to my first post and it is interesting to see whether or not my blog has evolved.
The first thing I noticed, was that I had written about not feeling all that well. How embarrassing as I seem to write a few of those, wallowing in self-pity! I didn’t really know what I expected to get out of blogging, or where I would even go with it. In fact I didn’t even know if anyone would even read it!
I just wanted an escape from the awful depression that i was going through at the time, and my sister suggested that as I was quite a good raconteur, I might like to write things down as more of an escape really. So, here I am 9 months and many friends later!
Here are the rules:
- Copy-paste, link, pingback or whatever way you want to, your first post.
- State what type of post that was. E.G. Introduction, Story, Poem
- Explain why that was your first post.
- Nominate 5 other bloggers. Five because I know the pain of opening a lot of tabs at once.
Here is my first ever ‘episode.’
Here are my Nominees:
I enjoyed reading them and must say there is humor in them or I hope that was the intention?
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Yes, I was laughing at myself 🙂
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That is really interesting to read, Judy! But I already recognize the ironic Judy! What I noticed is, that your first post is very long compared to the first posts of others. You really had much to say from the first moment on…. no shyness!
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Thanks Erika. Yes it was long and I was not shy as I was completely anonymous then with no photo at all of me and just Edwina for the name 🙂
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Glad how things developed 😀
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I missed your first post but I would have been an immediate follower, the title of the post alone would have converted me 🙂 “All stressed out and no one to choke” those are the days I dive into the chocolate .
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You haven’t changed a bit Judy
Well your sense of humour hasn’t it’s still the same you😊😊
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Thanks Rich. I’m glad I have still kept the humour in my blog as that is what I wanted to achieve 🙂
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what a great idea – I am in!
I never read this post before – I am now going to go back and read all your early posts before I found you. I remember having to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours – it was odd – but not as uncomfortable as the inflating cuff must have been.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane – yours and mine!
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Oh I am so pleased that you are going to do it as well. It will be interesting to see your very first post, as I know you have been blogging longer than me 🙂
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You wrote like a seasoned blogger! By seasoned, I mean experienced, and not with salt an pepper all over you. 😉 An excellent first post by any standard!
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Thank you Rob. That is a really wonderful compliment and I am very happy to hear that 🙂
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Great first post, congratulations. And thanks for sharing.
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Thank you 🙂
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I hope that’s a nomination I never get! 😂
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Why? You have me very intrigued now. 🙂
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Very little blogging confidence, especially with the early stuff!
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Same as me though. I didn’t even know what a blog was really, and my only saving grace was complete anonymity at that time!
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I’ve just ‘come out’ to my friends and family in a desperate bid for votes in a blogging awards I managed to get myself into. So scary but better than having just my mum and dad voting for me! 😂
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That is scary but it does feel good too 🙂
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I’m amazed that was your first post Judy!!!
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It was a bit long as I just kept going! ☺
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Well it’s just like you! Fantastically wordy!
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Thank you Ritu! 🙂
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sounds like a fun challenge Judy, I accept it will be interesting as I do not remember my first post.
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Great should be fun! 😊
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Thanks for thinking of me, Judy. It sounds fun! 🙂
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My pleasure. Yes it is good to look back and see how it all started. ☺
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What a great “first” episode! You really have a gift for writing. Love your sense of humor in this post, too! 🙂
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Fabulous first post. Never a dull moment. Always perky. ❤
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Thank you Tess ☺
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You are welcome. 🙂
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Funnily enough, I was pondering my own blog beginnings this morning as I ambled to work – even thinking of doing a post about it! The original purpose of mine was to figure out how to be more well. Seems I’m getting there!
You do a good line in the self-deprecating humour, and how everyone around you has their own way with the world 🙂
Oh, I’m just about to publish my homework!
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Great, I will look forward to reading that 🙂
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Your first post was excellent!
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That is really kind of you to say 🙂
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Your first post was good, but you have evolved nicely and found your own style and niche
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Thank you Cat, That is a lovely compliment 🙂
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Hello, and thanks for stopping by. I am Judy, in my (very) early fifties and decided that life definitely gets more interesting as it goes on! I am a wife and a mum and have just finished University as a Registered Nurse, after having worked as an Associate Practitioner in the NHS. I am also a poet and the author of my debut book, 'Rhymes of the Times.' I love to laugh, and I love rhyming words too, so I joined the two together, and my book was born. I am currently working on another book in the series also. I am a prolific blogger and enjoy writing funny stories, anecdotes, and anything really that takes my fancy.
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