Best of Long Distance Lobsters: March 2012

Thanks for reading us this past month, Lobsters. In case you missed anything, here are some of the highlighted posts other Lobsters found interesting:

Most Clicked:

1) Pranks. [please note, this is a post from AUGUST!] 2) and now it's time for another good idea, bad idea.... 3) emily and eiley's guide to good sleep 4) eiley experimentation: feeding 5) Movie Review Monday #43: The Hunger Games

Most commented:

1) and now it's time for another good idea, bad idea....

2) The Second Ever Lobster Contest! 555
3) some things i've been thinking about lately...
4) Movie Review Monday #43: The Hunger Games
5) struggling to write
5) [tie] Movie Review Monday #40: Larry Crowne

Some topics to look forward to in April:

1) Easter!
2) Spring!
3) Eiley gets famous, Emily gets neurotic [not really, but which part is not really, you'll have to wait and see]
4) Zoe's new obsession with Surprised by Hope by N. T. Wright
5) Adventures of Emily in Spain and Zoe getting engaged in our Flashback! series

As always, drop us some reader requests and share us with your friends. Thanks for reading Lobsters!

More than days have been accumulated

Dear Emily,

Happy Birthday!!

Since we pretty much have a whole blog dedicated to the wonderfulness of our friendship, its extra hard to make a day like this special. But it got me thinking, about how much has happened that we've documented on this blog in this past year while you've been adding days to your lovely life. So much has changed, like Eiley, for one! But in addition to days, I wanted to remind you how much accomplishment you've also acquired. We recount "highlights" from the blog on a monthly basis, based on what posts have been popular. But we don't have much chance to celebrate the posts we just like. And I'm so glad you've agreed to this undertaking with me, because I so like your writing. I had trouble narrowing it down to a top ten, so there are a few posts that perhaps should have made the cut, but here are some of my most favorite things you've written this year - perhaps others can enjoy them too in case they might have missed the good work you've been up to.

Lobsters, stop by Emily's good-ole-posts and laugh with her, and delight with her, and enjoy her skill that she so generously shares with the rest of us!

Emily, You have so much to be proud of in your life. I hope you'll take a moment today and enjoy that! I love you, my Lobster-for-Life!

Zoe's Top Ten Favorite Posts-by-Emily:

1) Your first Movie Review Monday
2) Our Conversational Review of Bossypants
3) Anything Once: Being asked if you were having twins
4) Nervousness
5) Love List for Eiley Grace
6) Happy Birthday to Nathan
7) resolutiond
8) good idea bad idea
9) methods of anti-madness
10) comfort friends

Best of Long Distance Lobsters: February 2012

Another exciting month here at Long Distance Lobsters. We had great fun with our first contest giveaway, got some nice coverage outside our blog, and saw a big spike in your interaction through comments. It's great to hear from you all and have you participating in our little community! Thanks, Lobsters! Here are some of the highlights other Lobsters found interesting:

Most Clicked:

1) Cooking with Zoe: a letter to my love [honored to have this featured at The High Calling]

2) The First Ever Lobster Contest [week long contest generated lots of buzz, this links you to the culmination and summary of it all] 3) Hello Ministries 4) and now it's time for more weird toys with Eiley Grace [note, this is a January post, but it held its popularity into a whole new month!] 5) why traveling with an infant might be worth it

Most commented:

1) The First Ever Lobster Contest

2) Looking back, Looking forward

3)  Hello Ministries4) Movie Review Monday #37: Never Say Never

5) Cooking with Zoe: a letter to my love 

Some topics to look forward to in March:

1) Our second ever Lobster Contest Giveaway!

2) #BlessedMamaProblems

3) Cultivating Creativity [maybe some robots from Emily??]

4) Downton Abbey [not officially planned, but I'm not sure how we can avoid it!]

5) Reader requests [we are writing up responses, keep sendin' 'em in!]

Thanks for reading Lobsters!

Best of Long Distance Lobsters: January 2012

One month down, 2012. Eleven to go. Anyone still keeping to their resolutions? We're still plugging away here. In case the post-holiday month was too crazy for you to keep up with us, here's a lil' recap of our Lobsterlicious fun:

Most Clicked:

1) Dear Sofia, Happy Birthday

2) Best Laid Plans: An Anniversary 3) Movie Review Monday #34: Half Rise of Planet of the Apes 4) How I (zoe) finally became convinced that I do indeed live in New England 5) weird toys with Eiley Grace, and more of them

Most commented:

1) How I (zoe) finally became convinced that I do indeed live in New England

2) Eat Snow
3) moving. or: an exercise in not freaking out
4) weird toys with Eiley Grace, and more of them

5) Dear Sofia, Happy Birthday

Some topics to look forward to in February:

1) Our first ever Lobster Contest Giveaway!

2) More of our new Flashback! series on Saturdays

3) Valentine's Day

4) Cute pics of lil girls

5) Reader requests [we are writing up responses, keep sendin' 'em in!]

Thanks for reading Lobsters!

Best of Long Distance Lobsters: A Flashback of December

We're going to take a little break from our Flashback! series today and just recap some posts from December. I know we're practically half way through January already, but maybe you're having as much trouble as me catching up post holiday, and getting the highlights of your favorite blog [wink] would help you out a bit. 

Most Clicked:

1) Regeneration Trees #4

2) Christmas in Idaho 3) Traditioooon! TRADITION! (New Years Eve Edition) 4) Regeneration Trees #3 5) one handed baby skillz

Most commented:

1) Traditiooooon! TRADITION! (Christmas Edition)
2) what the . . . 
3) anything once: getting a cavity filled
4) White . . . Thanksgiving?

5) [a big tie for:]

My Hero

Nathan Matson, we think you're grand.

The Day of 15 Dogs

the dramatic return of the clock

(Obviously it was an exciting month, enjoy catching up on it!)

Some topics to look forward to (or that you've already missed) in January:

1) New Years Resolutions

2)  Our new Flashback! series on Saturdays

3)   More Cooking with Zoe, including getting a famous chef/writer's attention here - score!

4)   Sofia had her first birthday

5)  More highly controversial Movie Review Mondays

Fill us in if you have some requests for topics you'd like us to write one, or if there are any posts of which you've been particularly fond and would like to see more of.

Thanks for reading Lobsters!

Best of Long Distance Lobsters November 2011

Is it just me, or was November a busy month? I can't blame you if you had some trouble keeping up with our blog, even I did at times! So, in case you'd like a quick way to catch up, here are some of the post highlights:

Most Clicked:

1) Happy Belated Halloween

2) Happy 200 Day! [hm, that's kinda meta!] 3) Remembering 4) first snow 5) love list for eiley grace

Most commented:

1) Traditiooooon! TRADITION!
2) methods of (anti)madness
3) Movie Review Monday #28: Parenthood
4) And a lot of posts tied for 4th

Some topics to look forward to in October:

1) Christmas!   

2)   More Movies and their reviews from Emily

3)   The Regeneration Trees photo series on Human Trafficking by Zoe

4)   Poorly written movie moments by Emily

5)   Reviews on some books you might want to add to your Christmas wish list, by Zoe

Fill us in if you have some requests for topics you'd like us to write one, or if there are any posts of which you've been particularly fond and would like to see more of.

Thanks for reading Lobsters!