Thank you to all of you who supported me through my moment of weakness and paranoia yesterday. I was scared to publish it, because I didn't want to seem whiny. But now I am glad I did for three reasons: 1) I realized that I was being silly, 2) I have great blog friends, and 3) I realized that I need to make some changes in how I see things in my life, and how I do things on my blog. I hadn't even thought of the possibility of removing the Follower widget. DUH! I also removed my stat counter, because I really don't care, and the map of who comes from where, because I really don't care either (I kept the feedjit for a couple of reasons. E-mail me if you want to know why).
Starting at the first of the year, I am going to cut back on the amount I post. Even though I love doing it, it's too much work. And if I am doing it for fun, why am I turning it into work? I also need to make better use of my time, and I haven't been doing it so much lately. I haven't decided yet what that means, whether three times a week or more or less...I figure that is what New Year's resolutions are for. (I'll decide in January.)
So thank you for your friendship. I appreciate every one of you. Oh, and if you have an e-mail attached to your profile, I e-mailed each of you separately to let you know how much I appreciate you specifically. So for those who didn't have an e-mail address, I wasn't able to let you know how much your words meant to me! Thank you, everyone.

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Kristen awarded me the Christmas Spirit Award. Thank you Kristen. I have really been enjoying creating my 12 days of Christmas, and reading the blogs of those of you who are participating. What a great way to help me get into the Christmas spirit!
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