It's my Birthday!

Postcards from the P.P. is One today!

I can't believe it's a whole year since I took my first tentative step into the world of blogging ... but in some ways it seems longer because so much has happened to me in the space of that one year!

I started blogging as a way of showing my daughter what we'd been up to at home on the Wirral .... or on the Paradise Peninsula (or the P.P.) as she calls it. .... hence the name of my blog.

I thought it was a good way of sharing photographs and stories with her, and she started a blog at the same time..... she mainly shows me the lovely things she's bought!!!

My blog has just rambled on about our lives in general with no particular theme whatsoever ..... and amazingly, people out there in blogland found me and started to follow.

Slowly, but surely, I've found a whole world of wonderful new friends who care enough to take the time to comment ..... this was so important for me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May .... so many of you sent such warm and uplifting messages at a time when I unable to think straight! It really helped so much!
I often read your messages in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep ... they were so very comforting!

You've been there all through my treatment, you've shared my scary moments, my sad times, my rants and raves and all the good times too, and you are still there now that I'm all recovered and ready to reclaim my life! I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

I feel now that I've got friends all over the world ... from The USA to Australia, and all round Europe ... and of course so many in the UK. I love seeing what life is like where you live..... and I'm very much looking forward to meeting up with some of you when we finally get the Northern Blog Meet sorted out!
Hopefully in the New Year, fingers crossed!

Now it's time to pick the winners from my birthday giveaway ... it's very exciting!

All the names were put into a bowl and then the lucky winners have been drawn out.

The Cranford 'Pass the Book' giveaway goes to

and the the other two prizes are going to

So, Busybusybeejay, Jill and Laura please e-mail me with your details and I will send your little parcels on their way as soon as I can.

Here's to the next year of blogging ... I'm hoping for a very 'ordinary' year with no dramas please!!!!