It’s my SITS day!! Yay!!
Welcome to the blog that is lost in a sea of blogs!! It’s my SITS day!! A SITS day is when I get to be the featured blogger on The Secret to Success is Support website. We are a group of 10,000 women bloggers dedicated to supporting one another by leaving comments. Lots and lots of comments. We’d love to have you join us!
I’m Broot, and you’re right, that’s not my real name. I try to keep some semblance of anonymity around here, to protect my children’s privacy. I have two children; The Boy (the elder) and The Girl (the younger). Why Broot? It’s a nickname I earned during the 20+ years I’ve been with Hubby. We’re all Canadian New Zealanders. Dual Citizenship, and all that. We moved here from Vancouver, Canada, about 8 years ago, after The Boy was born.
This blog is about things I’ve learned and things that have given me a new or different perspective on things I see in my everyday life. Sometimes I talk about Playcentre, where I help educate parents to be the best first educators of their children. Sometimes I talk about stuff that has happened in my neighbourhood or while I’ve been out and about. And sometimes I just post what I’m thinking about.
Like what, you say?
Well, at one point I tried to answer some common questions I get about how I see colour when I read text. Another day I discussed why Common Knowledge sometimes Isn’t. I’m hoping I deftly sidestepped controversy in my post about pendulum swings. You could also check out my post that was mentioned on the BlogHer Facebook page – my discovery about Primary School Math.
But today isn’t just special because it’s my SITS day. It’s also Hubby’s birthday, AND it’s my 200th post!! Celebrations abound!
I hope you enjoy your visit! I’m happy to see you all today!
152 responses to “It’s my SITS day!! Yay!!”
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- January 8, 2012 -
happy new year Broot:)
Love those blogging communities…it’s great to feel like you’re part of something bigger eh?
keep up the good work
Yes and I’ve waited a long time to be featured so this is very cool. 🙂
Oh Em Gee!! You’re an official SITS!!! This is epic! Well done you!
I KNOW!! So exciting!! Thanks Cyndi! 🙂
Happy SITS Day!!!! Lovely family 🙂
Thank you!
Well done! I’m so proud of you. 🙂
Thanks, Donna! 🙂
Congrats all around! Happy SITS day and 200th post! What an accomplishment!
It’s all very exciting. Thank you!
Happy SITS Day! Super jealous 🙂 And excited to read more!! Tell your hubby happy birthday from the internet
Will do. Thank you!
Happy SITS day. Happy Birthday to the Hubby. And Happy 200th post. Let there be chocolate.
LisaDay
Yes, evil chocolate must be present. Thank you!
I just read a book with the main character seeing color with text. My teen has a friend who sees color with sound. Her mom has the same.
Yes there are several books and movies about it. I even suspect Eric Carle (children’s author) is one. 🙂
Oh, it’s just beautiful! What a wonderful place to live.
It is pretty fantastic. Will have to post some pictures in one of my next posts.
Yay! How exciting! I had no idea you were chosen for this honor! Happy SITS day! I love all the posts you’ve mentioned. Each one was one of my favorites too! Congrats! 🙂
I keep a good secret, don’t I? 🙂 Thanks!
Happy SITS Day to you!!!
And I hope your husband has a great birthday!
I’m sure he will. Thank you!
Congrats on your SITS Day! Wishing you lots of love, tons of comments, and a great new year!
Appreciate it!
Happy SITS Day…enjoy your moment of glory!
Thanks!
Congrats! Just followed you on Twitter.
And I followed you back! 🙂
Happy SITS Day! What an amazing journey you must have had moving from Canada to New Zealand! I can’t wait to read more!
Excellent point – I haven’t written that post yet. I should!
Congratulations! Have a wonderful SITS DAY!
Thank you Jacki!
Congrats on your SITS day! 🙂 Hope you have a wonderful day.
Thank you Brittany!
Happy SITS day! Sounds like a great day all around!
It’s definitely been a very busy, great day!
Have a wonderful SITS day! I would love to visit NZ one of these days!
You should! Great place to visit. 🙂
Hey Broot Congrats and ENJOY THE LOVE…
Thank you!! There’s a lot going around!
OMG, YAY,YAY,YAY!!!!!
Yay!! Thanks Lizbeth! 🙂
Yay for SITS day, congratulations on your 200th post and Happy birthday to your husband!
Thank you Abigail!
Happy SITS day!!! 🙂
Thank you!!
Hope you enjoy your day! Sounds like you should be throwing a party! 🙂
We did – at home. 🙂 Thanks!
Have a wonderful SITS day! 😉
Appreciate it! 🙂
Happy SITS day! Hope you have a great day. I just “liked” you on FB!
Thank you Missy!! I need all the likes I can get over there. 🙂
Happy New Year and SITS Day!
I remember reading your BlogHer post about Primary School Math. It was great. Looking forward to reading more posts on your blog.
Happy New Year to you, too, Elizabeth! Thank you!
Happy SITS Day! 🙂 Today is my hubby’s birthday too!
Even more celebrations, then! 🙂 Thank you Diane!
Double Yay for you SITS day. I put down Iorana at the SITS sight mistakenly thinking it’s Maori but it’s “KIORA” isn’t it? LOL. Well have a fabulous SITS day Broot. Love your blog and always love what SITS is doing, crossing our paths with so many wonderful, amazing people like you.
kia ora, actually, yes!! Thank you!
Congrats on your day!
Thank you Amanda!
Hello, from the SITS-erhood! Congratulations on your SITS day, Broot. I loved New Zealand when I first visited years ago, before it became Lord of the Rings territory. Such a lovely country!
Always feels good to know something before everyone else, doesn’t it? 🙂 Thank you!
Happy Sits Day fellow Canuck!!!
We gotta stick together with our toques. 🙂 Thank you!
Congrats on being featured!
Thank you Tricia!
Happy SITS day:)
Thank you Jenn! 🙂
Happy SITS Day! What a beautiful blog!
Thank you Teresa!
Happy New Years and SITS Day!
Thank you Allison!
Hi and Happy SITS Day!! So good to find your blog!
Thank you Jocelyn!
Happy SITS Day! I’ve never read a New Zealand blog, so this should be fun. I’m always interested in discovering a new perspective (haha! bad pun intended).
ka pai!! (That means “well done” in Te Reo Maori) Thank you!
Hope you are having a fantastic SITS Day and very happy birthday to your hubby from a fellow Canuck.
My hubby is born and raised Vancouver boy, but unlike you we moved 10 years ago to the Okanagan instead of New Zealand…..pretty much the same, don’t you think? I didn’t think so,lol.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Well, I’ve been to the Okanagan and actually, I think it is pretty similar. Figure this: You went from lots of rain (Vancouver) to lots of sun (Okanagan); there’s an abundance of fruit in the Okanagan, and you can actually swim in your lake. Plus I bet you can see the stars at night. 🙂 Thanks!!
Congrats on your SITS day!! Thanks for sharing your blog today!! Have a good weekend!
Thank you Jamie!
Your header photo makes me drool. Happy Sits Day!
Thank you!! Took that one myself. 🙂
Happy SITS day! What a terrific day of celebration: hubby’s b.day, SITS day, 200th post… I hope you have a wonderful day of celebrating!
Thank you! Yes, lots of celebrations today! 🙂
What a fantastic place to live! Congratulations on an inspiring blog! 🙂
Thank you Niki!
Happy SITS Day!
Thank you Caren!
Ahhh finally it’s your turn Broot!!!
yay for you!!
fabtastic.
luv from Simoney
(always a fan)
Awww thanks Simoney! 🙂
Congrats on your SITS day. I’m digging the photo you use for your banner.
Thank you Sara!! I took it myself near where we live.
Happy SITS Day! And congrats on your 200th post! I was fascinated reading your synesthesia post. My husband has wondered if our 5yo has it, but the jury is still out on that. Hope you have a great day for your hubby’s bday!
Hi Brenna! Key thing about synesthesia is that the sensation/colour is always the same, and never changes. If you document your 5yo’s colours now and then check them again when they’re six, that should tell you!! 🙂 Thank you!
Wow! What a great day…SITS, birthdays, and your 200th post! You must do something special to celebrate. Congrats and all the best on this journey.
Thank you Deanna! It has been a very busy day.
Happy SITS Day!
1) I like you already.
2) Canadians rock.
3) The fact that you are now a KIWI rocks even more.
4) The combination together deems interesting.
In other words, you’ve intrigued me =) I look forward to reading more.
Yay! And Canadians and Kiwis do rock. I should know… I know a lot of them! 🙂 Glad you’ll be sticking around. 🙂
Happy SITS day! Hope it’s been wonderful!
Thank you Amanda! It has! 🙂
Happy SITS Day! I can’t wait to continue reading your other posts! 😀
Thank you Keirstin!
Happy Sits Day! I’m about to go explore your blog! It looks really clean and easy to read…I expect to make myself every comfortable over here!!!
Sounds fantastic! Thank you Jamie!
Happy SITS day Broot! Happy Bday to your hubby and happy 200th post! Lots of happys to you. I love your nickname and the photo of you with your minis. Very much looking forward to reading your blog and am very interested in learning more about your teachings as parents being the first educators of their children.
I hope today is amazing for you! Happy New Year.
Thank you Shannon!!
Congrats! Just found the SITS site today, randomly on twitter. And get this, I lived in Queenstown AND Vancouver! Totally get the dual love 🙂 Here’s to
an epic 2012 for you!
Ah then you know all about it!! Although I haven’t been to Queenstown yet. Hubby wants to go because they do the Winter Festival and Ice Hockey there! 🙂
I thought it was “Secret’s In The Sauce” 😉 Congrats on your feature and 200th post, my friend! Happy Birthday to your hubby!
LOL Jenn, you know you’re the only one who caught that? And I thought I got away with it. Ha! 🙂
Congrats on your SITS day! Enjoy the limelight! What a beautiful banner photo!
Thank you Eva!! I took that myself not far from here. 🙂
I know I’m late, but it’s quite the story of my life. Congrats!!
Thank you Jewel!
Happy SITS day! 🙂 I love Canada, and my husband tells me I’ll love NZ (we’re hoping to visit next year), so I’m interested to see what you have to say about them both!
OOO Rachel, let me know if you do!! Thanks!
Happy SITS day. Love your bloggy world, as well as Canada! Blessings friend. Enjoy the moment.
Thank you Alene!
Wow….lots of things to celebrate!! Hope you had a great SITS day…I’m a little late getting here but better late than never.
Thanks! Yes, it happens! I’m glad you’re here.
Congrats on your SITS day! You have a beautiful blog and I really enjoyed reading your highlighted posts.
Thank you Rebekah!
Congrats on your SITS Day!! Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Thank you Taylor!
Congrats! I had no idea what SITS was asides from what I’m doing at the ‘outer right now, but I’ll check out that link! I think Broot is such a funky nickname btw! 😀
Thanks Callie!! You should check them out. You meet lots of lovely people!
Happy SITS day! And congrats on your 200th post! And happy birthday to your hubby!
Thank you very much!
Happy SITs Day to you. My husband has synesthesia. I think it’s cool. It’s faded in him though. It’s more prevalent for him in the fall and winter.
What kind of synesthesia does he have? That’s interesting it’s more prevalent when it’s colder outside. I’ve never thought to pay attention to when it’s stronger or more obvious.
For him, sounds have colors. For example, any high pitched squeal is yellow. Which he hates. Ha ha ha.
Very nice to meet you, Broot! I followed you on Twitter and liked your Facebook page 🙂
Thank you Jennifer!! I will follow you back! 🙂
Happy Belated SITS Day! Awesome to meet a synesthete!
Thank you Margaret!
Congrats!!!! Great job!
Thank you Whitney!
Lovely to hear from someone ‘Down Under’. Happy SITS day. My hubby is from AU but we live in the USA, however my brother-in-law is Canadian and lives in AU with my hubby’s sister. We are longing to visit New Zealand and all our relatives in AU. Cheryl
http://hearttoheartathome.blogspot.com/
That sounds about as complicated as our family!! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Congratulations and Happy SITS Day to you! Well earned. 🙂
Thanks Eliz! 🙂
happy belated sitsday!
Thank you C.C.! 🙂
Hello! I just signed up for SITS and you are my first blog visit through them. Happy SITS day. I hope it was a great one for you.
Welcome to SITS and thank you! 🙂
I am late, sooo sorry….Happy SITS day, happy birthday to your hubs and congrates on your 200th blog post too, which I am sure you have surpassed by now. 😉
Thank you Marie! 🙂
Congratulations on your SITS day. I hope it was a great day for you.
I lost you a while ago. I’m glad SITS helped me find my way back.
Hello again! I missed you too. Thanks Robin! 🙂
I am sooo late, Happy Belated Sits Day!
s’all good! Thank you for visiting! 🙂