Today's Entry Is Brought To You By The Number FIVE

Five years!  I cannot believe it.  And in the last year and at least four months, I've written every single day.  Phew.  Sick of me yet?  I'm almost sick of me, but definitely not sick of the blog.  I suppose it's time for another one of those trite, treacly posts -- I can't help myself, and I think I'm entitled.  So here goes:

The blog is one of the best things I've ever done for myself. It has enriched my life in ways I can hardly believe and certainly never would have envisioned six years ago. 

My gains:  Dozens of very close friends -- friends I can count on to lift me up when I'm down, to pull my feet back on the ground when my head gets too far into the clouds, to share with, to gossip with, to complain to.  Trips.  Festivals.  Vacations. A cruise. Red Scarves. New gardeners. Visitors. Learning. And laughing. And kvetching. And crying. And yelling. And wondering. And sharing. And maturing. And encouraging. And, well, there you have it --  a big, sugary heaping helping of trite and treacle. 

For sticking around, I'd like to offer a random winner a token of my friendship.  I have a gorgeous Persephone Scarf kit that I bought at last year's Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival for just this occasion. 

The pattern is written by my dear friend Miriam from Salt Lake City, Utah, and the yarn is by my dear friend Judy from Wherever In New England She Happens To Be At Any Given Moment, but often in Vermont.  I got an extra skein so the scarf could be made nice and long.  I am a fan of the long scarf. 

The scarf kit is filled with meaning -- Persephone in Greek mythology was the Goddess of Spring (and don't we all wish for spring right about now?), the kit is the product of two of my friends, and, well, it's purple.  What more could you ask? 

 

This being the season of Vermont maple syrup, you can bet there will be some syrup in the package, as well as a jar of my rose petal jam.  And since it's from me, you just know there will be a little bit of snark and sarcasm in there, too.    

Just leave a five-word, five-syllable, five-sentence, five-item -- or, hell, something to do with fives -- comment. 

Happy blogiversary to me.

Comments

[Cindy]

Happy blogiversary to you, Norma!

[Jan]

Five sides of Norma - the loving people-hater, the do-gooder, the clear explainer, the gardener, the knitter - all keep me coming back for more!

Happy Blogiversary! (one line of a haiku there, comprising 7 syllables!)

five years for Norma
happy blogiversary
super blogging grrl

[Jan]

Five sides of Norma - the loving people-hater, the knitter, the clear explainer, the do-gooder, the gardener - all keep me coming back for more!

Happy Blogiversary! (7-syllables for haiku there)

five years for Norma
happy blogiversary
super blogging grrl

[Kristen]

Hell, no, we won't go!

[Collette]

Blogiversary Wishes for Norma
1. Joy
2. Laughter
3. Cake
4. Yarn
5. CAKE!

[(formerly) no-blog-rachel]

How about a high-five? :) You're one of my very favorite bloggers ever since I started knitting and reading blogs about 3 years ago.

Hope I get to see you when I'm in VT the weekend after next - I don't know if my (or your) schedule will allow but fingers crossed!

XO

[Marika]

5 reasons to read Normas blog:
the writing
knitting
gardening
laughs
language

[Janine]

Norma's blog - simply the best :-)

Seriously I have been reading you since early 2006 and yours is one of the first I go to check
Happy Blogiversary :-)

[grace]

Its 5 o'clock in the morning and I couldn't let your 5 year anniversary go by without wishing you a happy anniversary whether I win or not, YOUR Blog is the first one I check every morning and then Margene's because I can count on you having posted by 5 AM, and yesterday I did worry that you were MIA!!!

[sandy]

God. Well, the best thing I could do for my friend and confidant? 5 swears, just for you.
Shit, fuck, damn, hell and ass.
Happy blogiversary, my friend. I am the lucky one.
xo

[Sally]

Five years of blogging - congratulations!

[Kris]

5 reasons to read Norma's blog:
1. the knits
2. the gardening
3. the sarcasm
4. the wit
5. the laughs!

Happy Blogiversary Norma! So glad I found such a great read!

[Kate]

Five
Fabulously
Fun
years with our
Faithful
Friend
Norma -

Kate - who rarely comments, but always reads.

[gayle]

Still wishing you a parade!

[karen]

Fun, fuzzy, friendly, fucking fabulous!

[Lisa H.]

5 things about Norma's blog in honor of her 5th blogiversary:

1. Do NOT drink anything while reading her blog - liquid shooting out the nose hurts.

2. Winter in Vermont lasts ten months.

3. The Red Scarf Project is a beautiful thing.

4. Gardening is serious work.

5. Ginger Vodka. enough said.

Happy 5th Blogiversary chickie!

[Leanne]

High-fives for your fifth!

[JennHall]

It's 5:35 (ish), and all five feet of me are looking forward to "Now Norma Knits" (one of my five daily muct-checks). Happy happy happy happy happy anniversary. I will now greet you in five languages I don't speak:

Salaam Namaste! (Hindi)
Guten Tag! (German)
God dag! (Swedish)
Habari za jioni! (Swahili)
Boa tarde! (Portugese)

Bon anniversaire (Je parle un petit peu de Francais).
Jenn

[Wendy]

I love love love love love Norma!

[Kathy]

I love Sandy's comment! Here's mine, "Five Fun Years of ROFL!"

Mazal tov, Norma!!!!!

[Carol]

Things I like best about your blog: gardening, honesty, laughter, friendships and (dare I say it) knitting. Happy anniversary and many more!

[Paula]

That Sandy cracks me up.

[DebbieB]

Dear Norma: I love you.

[Ashley]

Norma and Sandy in 2012!

[Mary]

Congrats on five years of fun, festive, feisty, frisky freelancing!

[Bonney]

Happy blogiversary!! You made it! We're all the better for it!

[margene]

You got Sandy to swear! A bunch of bad words. How cool is that, eh? You crack me up everyday. I'm glad to know you. ;-)

[Stacey]

Here's some random 5 useless information:

• Almost all amphibians, reptiles, and mammals which have fingers or toes have five of them on each extremity.


• It's the atomic number of boron.


• The most destructive known hurricanes rate as Category 5


• The most destructive known tornadoes rate an F-5


• In Greek Orthodox Christian mysticism, the number 5 symbolizes the Holy Spirit as the bearer of all life.


• The Khamsa, an ancient symbol shaped like a hand with five fingers, is used as a protective amulet by Jews; that same symbol is also very popular in Arabic culture, known to protect from envy and the evil eye.


• According to some traditions of Maya mythology, we are now living in the Fifth World.


• # 5 is an album by Lenny Kravitz.


• On most telephones, the 5 key is associated with the letters J, K, and L, but on the BlackBerry it is the key for G and H.

I think this one may be the most appropriate for you:
In the United States legal system, the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution can be referred to in court as "pleading the fifth", absolving the defendant from self-incrimination.

Happy 5th Norma!

[Nancy]

I like the scarf kit.

Happy Blogaversary Norma!

[Adelaide]

Happy, happy anniversary dear Norma

[Carla]

No day complete without you!

[jane]

six is better than five

[ann]

Five years of pants pissing!
You are my first read daily! Can't wait to see what the next 5 bring!
Bring it on!
Love ya!

[Jennifer]

Norma is five today
We're lucky she came our way
She writes with such spunk
Even when in a funk
She's certain to brighten our day.

Happy, happy anniversary.

Question - do you start planting you garden seeds indoors or do you buy plants at the local nurseries? I'm starting to think about planting a "Norma Garden" this year. You've such an inspiration.

[Carole]

1.Happy Blogiversary, Norma!
2.I'm so glad I get to call you my friend.
3.Your laughter sounds like bells to me.
4.My husband LOVES you.
5.You must never quite blogging.

[Andi]

I. Read. You. Every. Day.

[Beth]

Oooohhhhh, I love that yarn!

[AnnaMarie]

The five ingredients of a Norma

1. 1 heaping Tablespoon of say it like it is
2. 1/2 Cup of Knitting
3. 2 Cups of Gardening
4. 1 Teaspon of travelogue
5. 1 pound of SASS

Mix well and bake, serve with a Ginger Martini.

[Helen]

We love you Norma. 5 syllables and a nice way to suck up. But seriously, we do.

[Jean E.]

Rose petal jam, yum!
Beautiful scarf kit!
Love maple syrup!
It is your big day,
But we get the gifts?

[Deirdre]

Happy Day To You.

You make my morning coffee that much more enjoyable, and for that I thank you...

[Gretch]

It's my birthday today, too.

[Marcia]

Keep
Them
Coming
Dear
Norma

[Sandra]

My garden is Norma-ed now.

(that's five, right?) When I showed my son the pictures of your garden, he wanted his to look like that. When I told him his would look like HIS garden and no one elses, he was fine with that, and proceeded to plan what he wanted. He's already planning for this year!

[Brenda]

How did all of those other commenters get so creative so early in the morning?

Happy blogiversary, my favorite Vermonter.

[Roseann]

Blog reading enlivens hysterectomy recovery.

That's five words. Now I am going back to sleep.

[nancyh]

Fan/fuc/king/tas/tic!

Here's to another 5 years.

[Emma]

Loves.

[linda]

I Love Now Norma Knits.
Really, you do make me laugh.

[Tammy]

Norma - rockin' the bloggin' world!