Happy Five Year Anniversary, I’m Turning 60! by Margaret Ullrich

Happy Fifth Birthday to I'm Turning 60...!!

I want to thank everyone who has been kind enough to visit, whether you have visited on a daily, weekly or occasional basis.

I’m amazed at how quickly the past five years have flown.

In October, 2009 we were going through some painful changes.

I used to send Ma recipes, especially the holiday brochures and leaflets I had found in the baking section of the supermarket. 

I still enjoy sharing recipes, especially Ma's recipes. 

I recently took a look at how this blog’s 802 posts have been doing.

According to the all time top posts, Ma’s recipes are more popular than Carmela’s.

There have been a few changes since last year.

Here are the current all time top ten posts:

• Carmela Soprano's Ziti al Forno / Baked Ziti with Tiny Meatballs
• Anna Sultana's Imqarrun il-forn - Baked Macaroni, Maltese Style 
• Anna Sultana's Bebbux bl-Arjoli / Snails with Arjoli Sauce, Maltese Style
• Anna Sultana's Hobz - Maltese Bread l Quick Cheese Pizza
• Carmela Soprano's Stuffed Hot Cherry Peppers
• Anna Sultana's Qaghaq ta' l-Ghasel (Honey or treacle rings, Maltese Style)
• Carmela Soprano's Mom's Pear and Grappa Pound Cake
• Carmela Soprano's Arancini (Rice Balls) / Saffron Substitute / Testing a deep fryer
• Anna Sultana's Ross il-Forn - Baked Rice, Maltese Style 
• Anna Sultana's Biskuttini tar-Rahal (Village biscuits / Maltese Style Cookies)

During the past month these have been the top posts:

• In like a lion… Out like a lion by Margaret Ullrich
• Anna Sultana's Imqarrun il-forn - Baked Macaroni, Maltese Style 
• Anna Sultana's Ross il-Forn - Baked Rice, Maltese Style 
• Anna Sultana's Pudina tal-Hobz #2 - Bread Pudding, Maltese Style
• Carmela Soprano's Ziti al Forno / Baked Ziti with Tiny Meatballs
• Carmela Soprano's Pasta Fagioli - Pasta and Beans l Preparing Dried Beans
• Carmela Soprano's Peppers and Eggs Sandwiches
• Carmela Soprano's Penne alla Vodka / Penne in Cream Sauce
• Carmela Soprano's Stuffed Hot Cherry Peppers
• Anna Sultana's Bebbux bl-Arjoli / Snails with Arjoli Sauce, Maltese Style

If you haven’t tried the recipes on any of these, I hope you’ll pick one and try it soon (well, not the lion one).

Finding out where you live has also been interesting.

Blogger also keeps track of visitors. 

Since I began this blog, there have been 209,346 visitors.

The United States is still number one.

American readership has gone up from last year’s 76,356 visitors.

And the U.S. is followed by Canada.

By last year 10,581 Canadians had visited. 

Last year the top countries also included: Malta, Russia, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Romania, Germany and Indonesia.

Now the top ten countries and their visitors are:

United States....... 108,408
Canada…………………. 20,729
Malta…………………….. 12,284
Australia…………………. 8,056
United Kingdom……….7,289
Russia…………………….. 6,791 
France…………………….. 4,530
Ukraine.………..……….. 3,513
Romania……….…………. 2,624
Germany…………………. 2,612

During the year there were also visitors from Turkey, Italy, Finland, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Mexico, Afghanistan, Thailand, Slovakia, Ireland, Denmark, Bangladesh, Sweden, Israel, Moldova, Malaysia, Ireland, Singapore, Kuwait, Greece, Kenya, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Namibia and China.

WOW!!!  
I’m amazed at how we have been able to connect!

Your choice of search keywords have been interesting.

I love things like:

60 year old lady stuffed hot cherry peppers recipe

Thank you for finding me!

I'd also like comments.  Really.  

It's easy to do.  Just click on Comments and write. 

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Tell me what you want to know about. 

Would you like more holiday recipes, or more easy, cheap, quick meals or…?

Thanks again for visiting!