I Forgot my Bloggiversary

My first blog post. I started the blog in the middle of a remodel!

Well it all started on tripod on January 16, 2008. The forerunner to Rob's World, Rob's Blog. Not many posts at tripod, (nor readers for that matter). Might have been the content or the writer. Things improved significantly when I moved to Blogger on February 10, 2008. 1446 posts later, I have learned to pretty much keep my politics aside (except when something bugs me so much I vent or I will explode).

On May 8, 2008 I experimented with Rob's DIY Blog, which I quit in January of 2010, as I found the work of two blogs to be overwhelming (which is BS for I got lazy). Funny thing is, I was just looking at the site stats for DIY and it still gets a fairly healthy amount of readers for a dead blog. So maybe it will make a come back in the not to distant future. Anyway 7 years of sharing and talking about me, the dogs, DIY, crafts, etc, and  I still enjoy it. So this bloggiversary, no big giveaways, no personal meme's, Just an honest and heart felt Thank You to all who come here to read this drivel.

I is FOUR now

Yup. My blog Celebrated four years on 1/16/2012. Four years of completely useless information, not to mention bad speling. Four years of goofing on Crunchy Chicken, Fake Plastic Fish and Condo Blues. Four years of trying not to put my leftist, subversive mind sight on people. Four years of dealing with my dogs and cats. It has been a fun four years. Hope I last four more!

2nd Blog-Iversary Musings and ramblings

Well lets see. Today (Wednesday February 10) Marks 2 years here on Blogger. This blog or rather the pre-cursor is two years old. The pre-cursor? The original blog was found at tripod. Here is the URL. You can see my style has not changed much. I am getting better about spell check. But the theme is pretty much still the same. Tidbits of my boring life, hoping someone may find something I say or do interesting or useful. Originally I started a blog to show off my Ikea hacks. But since then I have delved into greening up my life, DIY, junk art, gardening. Blah Blah. I have found over the past two years that there is a great community of like minded people out there. We may not always agree politically or philosophically, but we read each other well. Some of the first friends I have made in the blogging world have come and gone (Burbon Mom, Verde,Pirate Farmer, Where are you???) And that’s okay. That is life. People are going to come in and out of your life all the time, and leave for a variety of reasons. (I learned that in AA) That’s part of the circle of life.

In two years you have watched me go through the circle of life with relatives, my pets (Tuffy, Binky, Spike) and have always been there, with your kind comments and thoughts. And it does not go unappreciated. You have gotten me to pee on my garden, freeze my ass off, garden to the point of worrying about rain, sun, wind and aphids. LOL. And you have pushed me to using a green house. To start plants. And you give me a place to occasionally mouth off and show disrespect to our elected officials. That I do willingly! (I just can't keep my trap shut)

Anyway, here we start our third year journey on the good ship Rob's World. Hopefully it will sail smooth.
And remember Life IS a bed of roses, just watch out for the pricks!

Final Bloggiversary Giveaway Winner...

...is Number 2 Cheap Vegetable Gardner! Will be waiting to see what he gets with the Lowes Gift Card! Thanks to all who entered my blog-iversary giveaways. I wish I could give you all a prize. It has been an incredible 2 years, hopefully many more to come.

2nd Blog-iversary Giveaway No. 4- $15 Lowes Gift Card

That's Right! Practice unexpurgated consumerism at one of my favorite Big Box stores. Just in time for spring planting, home fix ups what have you, good at any Lowes location or Lowes.com. To enter simply make a comment to this post, and leave contact information. Open to all. Giveaway ends at Midnight, February 9, 2010. Winner picked by random generator, And speaking of winners, Fleecenik Farm and Trudy at Marlene's Blog I am still waiting for your info so I can send off your prizes- Not to hurry you (tap, tap) You can send contact info to robj98168@yahoo.com

String Box Giveaway Winner

The winner of the string box was easy to figure out for Mr. Random Integer Generator: There were only 2 entries and the winner is......
Beth Terry aka Fake Plastic Fish! Congratulations Beth! I hope it serves you well!

And there will be one more final giveaway tomorrow!

2nd Blog-iversary Giveaway No 2- A Solar powered work lamp

Anyone who might follow this here blog knows I am a big supporter of alternative energy. In my world, President Obama's economic stimulus would go beyond finding alternative sources of energy and the economic stimulus would provide solar and wind power for all. Screw the fat cats on wall street and car makers in Detroit. Anyway, enough of my political ideology rambling, and on to the give-away- I will send the lucky winner their own little piece of Solar power, An IKEA "Sunnan" work lamp. And since IKEA does the following, it is a TWO-FER!!! (You know how Rob likes the TWO-FERS!):

"Now at IKEA stores worldwide, for every SUNNAN solar-powered lamp sold, one lamp will be given to UNICEF to light up the life of a child.

The first shipments of donated lights are destined for Pakistan, helping
children in camps for people who had to flee their homes, and remote villages in
Balochistan and the North West Frontier province. This unit will enable children
to play, read, write and study at night, even if their homes have no
electricity. Millions of children can’t draw, write or read after sunset,
limiting their horizons and possibly their futures. IKEA hopes our lamps are a
small but important contribution to improving the lives of children in
developing countries.

IKEA has made an especially sturdy SUNNAN for the
developing world, designed to resist the wear and tear of difficult living
situations, including a battery capable of withstanding high temperatures."

from the IKEA Website-Seattle Community and Enviorment page

So you win, a child in a developing country wins! To enter all you have to do is enter a comment, If you have a blogger account with email info- great! If not, please leave a way of contacting you (email addy) - Give-away ends at midnight PST on January 24th. Winner will be picked by Random Number Generator

BLOG-IVERSARY GIVEAWAY: Snack Attack!

Well that time of year again- we are comming up on the 2nd anniversary (or rather "Blog-iversary) of the day I started this blog. And what better way to do that than a GiveAway. And this one is for the kids! I am giving one lucky little Martha or Emeril their own copy of the cookbook- Better Home's and Garden's SNACK ATTACK- were they will learn to make fantastic dishes, and of course clean up the entire kitchen and bathrooms. What? Sorry Legal department has a problem with the clean up part. They say that only happens on Fantasy Island. Anyway the contest is open to all, To enter simply leave a comment to this blog post, and remember, if I cannot link to your blog or email, please leave an email with your comment. This giveaway ends next Sunday, January 17, 2010. Winner will be picked by Mr. Random Integer Generator. Good Luck to all

Vioboy??? Where are you???

I have not heard from Vioboy/Zach/Green gardener yet for his address to send him the Swiss Chard seeds he won in my Blog-iversary Giveaway If I don't hear from him by Friday at my email robj98168@yahoo.com, I will be forced to pick a new winner from those who entered!

Blog-Iversary Giveaways Sears Gift Card Winner

Well, the old clock on the on the right side of the blog is saying 5:00pm, so it is time to warm up the Old Random Integer Generator to see who wins the Sears Gift Card and Mr Generator says- Number 2- A quick check and Number 2 is Chile!

Congratulations Chile Womman! You are today's winner in the Blog-Iversary Giveaway! I wonder what the queen of declutter will buy from Sears. Chile if you could send me your snail mail particulars to Robj98168@yahoo.com I will get the gift card in your hands ASAP

A big thank you to all who entered in the giveaways. You made my Blog-iversary real fun! Hopefully more next year!

Congratulations to Caragonza- She won the triple treat pumpkin seeds. I hope you like pumpkin pie, and pumpkin soup, and pumpkin seeds there caragonza- You will be enjoying a bunch of pumpkin treats with these seeds- I grew two plants last year and they provided me with a bunch of nice pumpkins. I actually like these over the "sugar Pie" variety. Anyway, just send me your snail mail info to robj98168@yahoo.com and I will get your seeds sent out as soon as possible!

Blog-Iversary Giveaways Swiss Chard Seed Winner

Okay charging up the Random Integer Generator and it picks comment #6- The Organic Gardener akaVioboy as the winner of the ruby red Organic Swiss Chard seeds. Hope he plants these delicous seeds and takes pics-I don't know if you have visited VioBoy's Green Gardener blog yet, I strongly suggest you do- he is quite a photographer, and is quite knowledgeable on seed saving- Just the thing for those in Melissa's Growing Challenge for 2009- we need to learn to save seeds! Anyway, Vioboy send me your snail mail particulars at Robj98168@yahoo.com and I will send you your packet of chard seed!

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds Winner

The winner of the Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds was - comment #3- robj98168. That'll teach me to make fun of teachers.So I hit the Random Integer Generator on the side and it came up with comment #5- Abbie, the farmers Daughter. So Abbie, if you send your particulars to me at robj98168@yahoo.com, I will get your seeds to you very soon!

Blog-iversary DVD Winner

Well the first winner in the Blog-Iversary Celebration is- Mr Random Integer Generator puhleeze-


#4-Brad@ContainerGardening . So Brad, just email me with your Snail mail info at Robj98168@yahoo.com, and I will get your DVD in the mail to you muy pronto!

Blog-Iversary Giveaway- Sears Gift Card

A haven for tool guys!
Finally, on the Blogiversary giveaways, we have a $25 gift card to Sears- great for tools, shovels, rakes, etc. Or maybe a partial payment on that lawn tractor you've had your eye on, or what ever tickles your fancy! Same rules- to enter the giveaway just post a comment to this post. This contest ends on Friday January 16, 5PM PST

Blog-Iversary Giveaway- Triple treat pumpkin seeds

Up next is a packet of pumpkin seeds "What- he is giving away more pumpkin seeds?" Relax- this is a packet of Burpee's Triple treat pumpkin seeds-much smaller than atlantic giant They are called triple treat because they are Triple purpose, round pumpkins.
Triple purpose, bright orange-skinned, round pumpkins 9" across weigh 8 lbs. Good for Halloween carving. Thick, deep orange flesh is excellent for pies. Hull-less seeds are delicious raw or cooked. Ready to harvest 110 days after sowing. To enter to win a packet of Triple treats, just post a comment . Contest ends January 15th at 5PM PST.

Blog-iversary Give away- Swiss Chard Seeds

OK Next up on the Blog-Iversary is a packet of Organic Swiss Chard (ruby Red) Seeds from Irish Eyes Seeds. Tasty, yummy swiss chard- delicous in a salad or cooked as greens.
Same rules apply- post a comment to enter, winner picked by random on January 14th, 5 pm PST

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Giveaway

O.K., Miss Oprah gives away cars, but I give away Giant pumpkin seeds. Next up on the Blog-iversary giveaways is 1- 5gram packet of Dill's Atlantic Giant pumpkin Seeds. Impress your friends! Be Famous- Grow a pumpkin you can drive a Subaru into! Just leave a comment to this post to be entered. This Give away opportunity ends 5pm P.S.T. on the 13th! Winners of course picked by random number.

Junk Beautiful DVD Giveaway

I am getting ready to celebrate my blog-ivesary. I will have been blogging for a year on January 16th- So to start the celebration, lets do a give-away! First up is from "Junk Beautiful" magazine is a copy of Editor Sue Whitney's How to Turn Flea market finds into Unique Decor DVD. I watched it once so it is not new.

Just the thing for Make do and mend folks, and folks trying to keep items out of the waste stream!

It is a great magazine and the dvd follows Sue around her house which is decorated and furnished with beautiful items she finds and recreates from flea markets, on the side of the road or where ever. A great magazine for someone who appreciates dumpster diving like I do, the dvd shows some unique items she has made and her three bathrooms which are very cute and very well done. So here are the rules to enter- leave a comment to this post- that's it! Winner will be picked from random. So good luck everyone!

OOOPs - Giveaway ends on Monday, January 12 at 5PM PST!