EDMONDS, WA :: To celebrate the 200th entry on johnandkristie.com, I treated the website to a minor facelift. There is a little less clutter than before, allowing the photos to stand out stronger against the darker background. I also got rid of all the serifs on the fonts and logo to give the site a more modern appearance. We hope you like it!

As with the 100th Post milestone, I'd like to share a few statistics: The website is now composed of over 2200 photos and more than 58,000 words. We continue to log about 120 visits per day, but will spike at times to over 500 per day, particularly around the holidays when people are searching for "vegan sugar cookie" recipes.

The "Perfect Vegan Sugar Cookies" entry has received over 50,000 visits, eclipsing every other post on the website. Who knew the world had such a strong need for a good vegan cookie? The "Projects" are definitely the most popular category on the website. I was even interviewed by a Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition reporter for my entry on the "Mini-Pendant Chandelier", but I don't think her story about "IKEA Hackers" has yet to be published. The attention and number of comments are inspiring, and I wish I had more time to work on additional projects.

Here's a summary of the top 15 posts and referrers to the website:

Most Popular Posts	Visits		Top Referrals (since Jan '07)	Visits
Perfect Vegan Sugar Cookies	50291		stumbleupon.com	3908
The Centipede	5665		elise.com	2380
Mini Pendant Chandelier	4854		google.com	2153
Panda Cake	3379		instructables.com	790
XBOX Mod	2831		nwhikers.net	727
Commonwealth Basin	2647		ikeainstructables.blogspot.com	623
Halloween Sugar Cookies	2607		unplggd.com	326
Free iPod	2375		postpunkkitchen.com	275
Kristie's 30th Birthday	2221		seattlecasbah.com	259
Cirque du Soleil: Mystere	2049		community.livejournal.com	228
Rattlesnake Ledge	1889		blog.vegcooking.com	223
Green Mountain	1707		zotsandboo.com	199
Dragonfly Mosaic	1677		wideangle.ca	175
Bamboo Fountain	1667		brookethevegan.blogspot.com	167
Fireplace Renovation	1578		photoblogs.org	159

We recently discovered a funny group on MySpace dedicated to our website: "The Disciples of John and Kristie". We have no idea who these people are, but we think we might like to. They seem pretty cool!

Kristie and I continue to receive a lot of joy from this website. We love to review the highlights of our life together and share those moments with our family and friends. Thanks again for all the visits and wonderful comments!

Congratulations on your webpage! I always love seeing what you guys are up to! Kinda crazy about the myspace thing though...sightings?! That's hilarious! Anyways, miss ya guys and I wish I was able to go white water rafting..looked like you had fun!

Oh no! We've been caught!!! Ok, so we've been stalking you guys for over two years. Always love to see the new photography that John puts up. Kristie's recipes are wonderful. I know it's just three of us, but like the fanbase of Flight of the Conchords, you have to start somewhere. ;)

-Jym
Founder of The Disciples of John and Kristie

p.s. We're harmless :) Mostly ;)

Congrats on your fame - may it grow and not result in unwanted papperazi visits. :)

PS: Vegan cookies rock!

I forgot to write before. Congrats on the milestone. I hear you are becoming quite well known in the hiking circles around here (ie someone at Jessica's work been reading your reviews albeit knowing that we were friends).

Great job on the blog! Still love to discover parts pf the state through your blog. And I'm honoured to be part of your top referrals! Hope our paths cross on the trail some day! :-)

Just want to say what a great blog you got here!
I've been around for quite a lot of time, but finally decided to show my appreciation of your work!

Thumbs up, and keep it going!

Cheers
Christian,