Year Two.
Guess what? Today marks day 730 on this blog!
If you’re anything like me, this puts your head in a fog
730 days actually means that it’s been two years
and honestly, some days I can only write after three beers.
I’ve found these past 24 months to be totally crazy
especially since my second post was about Patrick Swayze
and multiple times I’ve told you how I’m really very lazy
and how my husband has this weird thing for Scorcese.
There’s been so many of you that I’ve wanted to kiss
because you read my rambles back when I posted pictures like this:
One thing I’m most proud of is that I never sell out,
except for these ads on my side bar which… I don’t know much about.
And okay… maybe my photography’s improved
but I’ve stayed true to myself and never removed
the recipes or posts of which some of you disapproved
even though I just might have… sat here and stewed.
There’s a secret to blogging that most don’t want to face
it has nothing to do with the chase or stats race
it’s about being yourself and sharing what you adore
and showing your readers appreciation galore.
I’ve clocked more time in the kitchen than I’d like to admit
and even sat behind this computer throwing a fit
but you leave me plenty of comments that make me jolly and weepy,
but a few of them? Yeah… they’re sort of creepy.
From pancakes to chicken to salsa that is blue
you’ve even got me to eat vegetables – something I swore I’d never do.
If you want to come visit I’ll feed you more food than you can chew
and some exceptional dessert that just makes you want to moo.
I’ve made muffins and pasta and waffles just for us
and many days I’m sure you wish I’d pick up a thesaurus.
But I can’t help it if I always seems “obsessed”
because it seems that the sugar has left me a mess.
Now is the time where I get sort of sappy
because truly, you guys make me terribly happy,
even on days when I’m really quite snappy
because the cake that I made you looks seriously crappy.
I can’t tell you how much joy you bring into my days
it’s a total cliche but it’s definitely not a phase
for this site would be nothing without each of you
to listen to the constant ridiculousness I spew.
Thank you for visiting me each morning and night
you make every minute of my life that much more bright
now if only I could gain a few more inches of height
I could stop wearing these stupid stilettos that give me a fright.
612 Comments on “Year Two.”
Congrats on your 2 year anniversary! I found this website by googling Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes and it brought me right to your website. I’m so fortunate that it did! I love cooking as much as you and try my best to bake. My Birthday is on Sept 19 and I’m making those cupcakes and bringing them into work. The sad part is… that’s the only thing I have planned for my 25th Bday. haha
Happy to continue to follow you! I look forward to seeing what you have each and every day!
Best Wishes!
You have to keep me posted on the cupcakes! Thank you so much for reading Paige.
Keep up the good work!!!!!!! Love your blog :D
Thanks girl! One day we will have to meet up. :)
For sure!
HAPPPY BIRTHDAY HOW SWEET EATS :) I love this blog and all of the yummys included… I made the Buffalo chicken nachos the other night for football, the boys fell in love with them.. Thanks and Congrats this is an amazing blog!!!
Thanks Shauna – so glad the nachos were a hit!
jessica- congrats! i only recently found your blog a few months ago but in the past few it has profoundly changed by life- and the number of miles I must run every day to keep up with the caloric intake you drive me to consume. Thanks for bringing me creativity, inspiration and hilarity to me every day from the drabness of my office!
Thank you so much for reading Jamie!
Happy 2 years! I stumbled upon you right when I started my first real job a little over a year and a half ago and have checked it daily since to help me through the monotony of my day. While I adore the majority of the recipes and print them out on the regular as part of my “to-cook” stash, your hilarious ramblings and tangents are what made me a true fan. I’m not a blog follower at all but I have found myself completely hooked to How Sweet!! Thank you for bringing this baby to fruition 2 years ago :) and here’s to many more years to come!!
This means so much to me Dara – thank you. To me, it really is about the writing behind the food – that is what I am passionate about.
Happy 2 year!!
OK, that “crack” comment made me LOL. Some people…
Crazy right?! Thank you for reading!
Congrats!!!!! Thoroughly enjoy your blog daily!
Thanks Kirsten!
I love you. Love your blog. Love your skillzzzz throwing out so poetry beats. Never leave me.
I love YOU!!
Happy 2 years!!! I absolutely love your blog, I only wish I discovered you sooner! You have a true gift with your words, you make so many people smile even though we’re thousands of miles away :) I hope you have many, many more years of blogging, although, if you got your own show on Food Network… I’d be pretty excited. :)
Thank you so much Becky! And I don’t think I could ever be on camera… I’m way too shy.
Happy Blog Anniversary! I hope you keep going strong because your blog is always such a joy to read. Love the poem!
Thank you so much Dara!
Woo hoo!
Keep on truckin sistah!
Thank you Amy!
Love your rhyme at the end!!
Keep on blogging, because we all love you and your recipes too!! ;)
Thanks Rachel!
Congratulations on two years! This is my very favorite blog- please don’t ever stop writing.
Thank you Jenna – I hope I never stop!
Congrats on two years and your fabulous blog! It is such a joy to read and always brings a smile to my face!
Thank you so much for reading!
OMG — you’re a poet too?!!!! Can’t wait to check out your blog every day to see what you are making! It’s so unfair that some people are just so darned talented! Love it!
Haha – thank you Genny! I often don’t think it’s a talent since everyone needs to eat somehow. Thank you!
This poem is adorable. I think it’s full of a lot of good reminders for us bloggers to stay true to ourselves.
Thanks Kelly!
This is awesome. Love your humor :)
Thanks Shannon!
happy blogiversary! your like a rockstar. i think you need a theme song.
Ha! It would have to be something with “sugar” or “candy” in the lyrics though.
yahoo! happy dos anos, lady. i am so happy you blog.
Thanks girl! I am so happy YOU blog!
I’m a big fan and appreciate all your innovative recipes and fabulous fotos. Thanks for sharing so happily and congrats on two terrific years. I may be your most faithful pin-ner. Not about the beers, here’s to three more good ones!
Ah, well thank you bunches for pinning my stuff! I always check out to see what has been pinned… such an addiction.
You’re awesome. That’s it. Happy blogaversary!
Thanks girl. :)
you just wrote a flow! happy 2 years!
Thanks Paula!
Hello!! :)
I just wanted to tell you that I love to visit your site! Your pictures are beautiful, your recipes are amazing, and your sense of humor make visiting your site that much more of a fun experience. Keep up the good work. :D
Thank you so much Liz – you are too kind.
Congratulations on two year! I love visiting your site and I look forward to your posts everyday! Here’s to many more!
Thanks Mel!
Happy 2 years! You have such an amazing blog! I love reading/trying your recipes! I’ve never had a recipe fail me yet! Keep it up!!
Thanks girl! And thanks for always supporting me on your blog as well. :)
Happy 2nd blogiversary!! Absolutely LOVE this blog. You rock :)
Thank you so much Debi!
Happy 2 Years— and many mooo-o-o-o-oore!
I too ran across this ‘blog’ while googling (at work) for.. i dont know.. something.. root beer, I think? I now look every day, and share the recipes with my work friends, but the joy and fun of the posts are all mine (MINE! I say!)!
Now if I only knew what I was doing on this here computer thingie, I could go back and look at all the recipes, and not just the newer ones since finding you.
You’re awesome, and funny, and needed. Thank you- so much!
Thank you so much for reading Dianna! And you sound like my mom – she has no idea how to go back into the archives and find previous recipes. I wish I had an easier way to help you guys out!
Wow, that is so crazy! Today is my 1 year blogaversary! Congratulations on two years, how exciting! You are an inspiration to the food blog world and I’m proud to share my blogaversary with you!
http://cookincowgirl.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-year-blog-anniversary.html
Loved the poem and I love this blog. Congrats on two years and wishes for many more. Looking at all the photos, I realize I need to go through your recipe archive and systematically check out all of the recipes.
I hope you are having a little…or big…anniversary celebration for yourself. Maybe Mr. Sweet could create something for you!
Thanks a bunch Nancy! I’d be excited if he created something for me too, though it would probably be a plain turkey burger on the grill. ;)
i often don’t comment because you have so many other comments i think my comments will just get lost in the blog ocean. but anyway. i like your blog a lot. haha that is all!
Thank you Summer! And trust me I read every single comment I get. I’m glad you came out and left me a little note – it means a ton to me that you are reading.
Happy Blogversary! The poem is cute, too!
Thank you!
Happy blogiversary! I didn’t get you a gift. Awkward. But, I got a terrific gift this week. Know what it was? It was the discovery that my work computer no longer blocks your blog. Wheee!
Now, don’t tell my boss.
How exciting! Thanks so much for reading Debbie!
Congrats!
Thank you Kara!
Hip-Hip-Hooray! Two years! That’s awesome Jessica! Hope to see you around the blogosphere for many more years to come and wishing you much more continued success!
Thanks girl! So glad we got to meet in real life. :)
Happy TWO years! I love all of your posts, and because of this..I think I’ve gained some weight :) Keep up the amazing work :)
Thanks so much Lindsey!
Happy blogiversary!!!!! :) So exciting and seriously I’m the biggest idiot because it took me until half way through to realize you were rhyming and writing a long poem of sorts ha. Loved it and look forward to everything you’ll share in the coming year.
No you’re not – a lot of people have said that! ;) Thanks so much girl!
I stumbled across your blog and fell in love! I never subsrcibe to any because none of them are cool enough to be bothered with every day… until I found “How Sweet It Is” I absolutely love my daily dose and have been saving all these recipes for my “One day I’ll start cooking/baking again” folder. Thank you! I live vicariously through you and adore your clever antics
What a wonderful comment to read – thank you so much Valerie!
Jessica!! When I came across your blog (9 months ago or so), I immediately was hooked- it was if I opened an amazing book. Your humor sends me smiles,as do your trials.
You are so real, far from phony- heck,I never did like bologna!
I visit your blog each day…what can I say- it’s like an addiction that doesn’t cause me any friction.
You are like crack,and I’ve got your back!
Cheers to you for two years strong! I hope you keep blogging for very long!
PS. I’ve never tried crack ;)
You are hilarious… LOL! Thanks so much for reading!
love love love
your recipes have inspired me to cook more and eat out less
congratulations on hitting the 2 year mark
I can’t wait to see what’s to come
I love hearing that you are cooking more because of my blog. That makes me melt! Thank you!
Yay!! Congrats on 2 years! Sometimes I feel like we’re the same person, I love absolutely everything you post, with the exception of anything containing mushrooms…..ew. Seriously? Why pick the one vegetable that is technically a fungus to decide to fall in love with?? I just can’t get past that. Maybe, just MAYBE though, if they were wrapped in bacon then dipped in chocolate and covered with sprinkles I could eat one. But just one. :)
Oh, and I totally cried while reading you poem. I’m such a sap sometimes.
I know, I know, I’m weird. My dad despises mushrooms so I hear about it all the time. :)
Thank you so much for reading Jill!
You’re adorable. Happy Bloggiversary! Loved your poem, but I got halfway through before I realized you were rhyming. (ahem… mommy brains.)
I think a bunch of people did… I gotta rhyme better next time, lol! Thanks Natalie!
You’re Awesome!!!!!!!
Thank you Lori!
That totally made my day. You are too funny. Keep up the good work.
Happy blog anniversary! I read a handful of cooking/baking blogs and yours is by far the most entertaining to read, and has the yummiest looking recipes. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you so much Stephanie!
Congratulations on 2 years!! I’ve been following you for a few months now and have successful integrated your blog into my every day life. I always look forward to Tuesdays because of your Tuesday crumbs always make me laugh. I live with 3 other girls and we all take turns cooking; whenever it’s my night to cook, I always pick something from your blog because I know it will be an absolute hit. Seriously, this blog has never let me down. I made a huge batch of your bbq chicken pasta bake, it was gone 20 minutes tops. We were all bummed it was gone (but so absolutely and deliciously stuffed) and then we realized… its Mexican mac & cheese cups tonight!! Thank you so much for the amazing recipes and making me laugh every day! You are a rock star!!
So glad you love the crumbs posts – they are my favorite to write! Thank you so much for reading and please let me know when you try more recipes – I love hearing about it!
Congratulations! I just started reading a few months ago. I love your recipes and have cooked a few. Reading food blogs is the highlight of my day and as a fellow Pittsburgher I’m glad you do what you do.
Thanks Brooke!
haha, that was so cute! i’ve read your blog for a year but never commented, and I just had to stop and say congrats on year two :) . your recipes are amazing and original while being so accessible, and you’re the funnest to read. i hope your blog is around forever! out of the 70-something i read (what? i’m crazy? hmm…) yours is one of my super favorites!
Thank you so, so much! It means so much to me that you take the time to read!
Pam Beesly: Oh their breadsticks are like crack!
Ryan: I love when people say “like crack” when they’ve obviously never done crack.
Pam Beesly: Well, the breadsticks are like what then, Ryan, what can I use?
Ryan: I don’t know, something from your world. The breadsticks are like scrapbooking.
:D thanks for sharing the crack comment – I LOVE the response!! (sounds like something I would say…)
Congrats not only on two years, but also on rhyming – I love the poem!
Love that episode! Hahahah. Thanks for the laugh – and reading!
Hi Jessica! Congrats on 2 years – I LOVE your blog! :) What is the recipe in the first montage, second row, next to last picture? I searched all the recipes with “sprinkles” in it and couldn’t figure out what it is! Dying to know. Thanks!
Nevermind – found the Cake Batter Pancake recipe! Yum! After the almond joy scones recipe, I thought it was maybeee Cake Batter Scones :)
Thanks girl! Glad you found the pancakes. :)
Congratulations on your two year blog anniversary! I stumbled on your blog after seeing one of you posts on tasty kitchen and I am so happy I clicked on your blog. You are AWESOME! I love reading your blog – in fact I wake up each morning ( actually more like afternoon because 12 pm isn’t really morning) to see what new recipes you have created! I get really excited about it – my husband actually thinks i’m strange for getting this excited about recipes, but. You really have a way with words, a gift that totally should be shared. Your recipes are not complicated or outrageously expensive like other I have seen; but that doesn’t take away from their deliciousness! I have a huge list of your recipes I am trying to tackle one by one.
Thank you for starting your blog and allowing people like me to read it. I always know I will get a laugh or a smile form your blog even on my worst days. (I am unemployed and have been on the job hunt for over a year without any luck, so I do have my dark and hopeless moments). When you write I feel like I am reading a close friends blog who shares my deep dislike for vegetables and shares my obsession with anything and everything bacon and relating to sugar.
So again, thank you and please keep it up!
Wow. Thank you so much Saba. It means the world to me that you are reading, truly. And I hope that you can find a job (and hopefully one you love) soon!