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Oh my word I can't believe it (in the words of the great and utterly brilliant Kaiser Chiefs) I'm one already, can you believe it?? - that last bit isn't in the song, by the way.

I can't!.....Believe that is!!....A whole year of blogging!!!................Awesome!!!!

If I actually sit back and let that little thought, just the tiniest little flicker of a flashback into my head - well it just blows me away.

'She's mad, she's mad!!' I can hear you all saying and I know, but when I'm lost for words then normally a whole jumble tumbles out in it's place.


Do you know I have posted two hundred and ninety nine posts in this past year?? This will be my three hundredth - now that is something to celebrate alone.

Gawd knows how many pictures I've taken though, but by the way my computer whirls and chugs with such effort I'm guessing - a few! ahem.

{I had to pinch the smartie out of the top of this cake for the candle, but it was well worth the sacrifice - yum, yum!!}

So my first birthday 'wow' - how cool is that?? Did you know that with hand on heart and being totally honest I had never heard of blogging or Flickr before October 'ish' 2008? Again I know - a very sheltered life!

It was by pure chance - or fate some may say (that would be me) I just happened to stumble across a book in the library and like I do (it's a me thing) being nosey I flicked to the back of the book to see what the author looked like and discovered I could read more if I typed in a link. And being doubly nosey - I did!!


That's where I discovered a blog - my first blogging experience, the first blog I ever followed and read - and still do, such inspiration.

And from there on in it just, well kind of took off really. From one I found another then more until I began to think 'I could do that'..........but (there's that but!!) not knowing where to start and having very little computer knowledge - apart from how to shop that is!!


So I sat on the sidelines for a good couple of months just reading and discovering new people, new worlds, different takes on life and others just as passionate in the things that I am - I had found a like minded community.

And 'oh' how glad I am to have stumbled.

The rest as they say is history - pretty much.

I wonder how many of cups of these I have drunk as I sat at the computer over my first year!?


This past year (personally) has seen some good times and bad times, job losses and new adventures, I've lost far too many loved ones but made loads of lovely new friends and above all (in blogging) it has been an amazing, fabulous and utterly brilliant year and I wouldn't change it for a jot because..........

.........of you guys!!

Thank you sooooooooooo much for sharing this past year and adventure with me, you guys are the best!! And for that I would like to raise a glass ::

'To You Guys - chin, chin and bottoms up!'

I hope you like the cakes - there's plenty to go around and for those of you who are not keen on cupcakes or fairy cakes, as I've always known them...........I've made some more caramel slices after my little piggy fest on Wednesday.


Now I've been playing around with mosaic maker recently, as you do and thought maybe I could do a little collection of my past year in pictures, but..........I did that on New Year's Eve (not in mosaic though) - hope that makes sense??

Sooooooooooooo what I thought I would do is make a mosaic of the little give away I'd like to do, just to say 'Thank you' for all your wonderful support, continued following, commenting and friendships and much, much more - though there can only be one winner, sorry.

A little give away which will comprise of :: some of the vintage things I've collected over the past year, some very pretty ribbon and a couple of Suffolk puff brooches I've made and.....

.....a 1978 BBC 'Discovering Patchwork' booklet

This book is where I found my love for hexagon pincushions!!

Now there will be 'NO' rules or reg's no linking or mentioning - though you can if you like!

Just leave me a comment and maybe for a little bit of fun an answer to the following maybe?? If you could change the name of your blog or if you wanted to set one up, what would you call it??

Though you don't have to as my brain always seizes up when I'm posed with a question, but a definite 'Hi' would be good and maybe how you found me? - oh and your email address, just in case............fingers crossed xxxxxxxxxxxx.

I've always felt I could of been a little bit more creative with my blog name and with foresight maybe I should of named it 'The mutterings of a stressed out house wife' or something like that, but Tabiboo it is and Tabiboo it will stay.

I'll leave the give away open for a week so that's next Friday the 5th Feb and I'll post the winner on Saturday 6th.

Thank you all again for this utterly delicious past year - here's to many, many more (I hope) and if you'd raise your glasses please (or cake) and make a toast to us all - the very best of wishes for this next 'blogging' year.


As always, have a wonderful, wonderful weekend, take care and have F.U.N.

xXx