*Note: Kacey is the winner of the 1000th Page View mini-contest. As my blog gains more steam, there may be more contests in the future so please continue to come back and check for new posts!
Today is the EIGHTH day of my blog! ONE FULL WEEK ago I first started to spread the word about my blog: I left a comment on my favorite blogger’s site (The Pioneer Woman) and I updated my status with it on Facebook. And now, in just 8 days, I have somehow accumulated more than 1000 page views! Thank you to those of you who took a moment of your time to read my story. Thank you to those who found it interesting enough to come back. And thank you to those who told your friends. And thank you to those who made the extra step to rate and to comment. I have been spellbound by how the numbers have grown so quickly! I really didn’t expect anywhere close to even 100, and now I have 1,000!
So to commemorate my 1000th View, I am running a (very) small contest. For those of you who had read the comments to the blog, you will notice that I promised to send a small souvenir of Japan to my first two commenters. Well, I just got those souvenirs, and I think they’re cute. So I would like to go buy one more set to send to one person who is kind enough to comment on any one of my posts or pages. The winner of the contest will be chosen by the following method:
1. The first reader to comment after I reach my 1000th Page view
Thank you again for choosing to read Citizens Of Love!
Sincerely,
Lee
Citizens of Love 
Congrats on 1000 views in such a short period of time.
It certainly took me a lot longer than eight days to hit the 1000 views mark.
Well done,
Darren
Thank you! I have no idea what the “standard” is and how many of my page views are unique visitors, but I am happy nonetheless. I just discovered what tags are, so I am assuming you found me through my new Post Tags… I am so new to this. Any advice you could offer would be much appreciated! Thanks for visiting my blog and hope you enjoy my story…
Excellent!! 🙂 This is now the first site I check every morning!
Thank you!!! You are my official WINNER! Please send me your address to luvleeyong@hotmail.com and your souvenir from Japan will be sent to you. Please help spread the word about my blog and continue to comment on and rate the posts. Thanks again for stopping by “Citizens of Love.”
I started reading you after I saw your comment on Devil Wears Dockers. I love your writing style!
Thank you for stopping by my blog! I was a huge fan of “Single In The Suburbs” and Sara Katz is amazing. Please come back to check for new posts.
I dont want the story to end. I feel like Im reading a book…..I’ll def be back to read more!
Just read all your entries and can’t wait for the next! 🙂
Thank you, Kacey. I appreciate your readership!
Lee – so good to hear you are returning to the states and to New York! Will be waiting to hear what your plan is for you and your family. I sense it will be a good thing?!
Hopefully it will be a good thing! It has been long-awaited, that’s for sure!