Motivational Changes

I'm excited to tell everyone how my trip to Bloggy Conference 2014 was. I am also totally pumped to start making some changes in and around my blog. As for my discussion point, today I would like to talk about one of such changes I plan on making.

Over the past few years you all have been with me through fashions changes, births, emotional ups and downs, and everything in between. The purpose of my blog has always been more of a journey to self discovery. Although I don't see that purpose ever changing, I do see updated it so it can better serve you all as my readers.

It is my intention to motivate and inspire each and every reader with this blog. Whether it is to to pursue your passion for cooking or to be bold and take chances, I want my experiences to encourage to find yourself and follow your dreams. I want every recipe to make you start thinking and getting creative with your own meals. I want my style and beauty posts to convey that fashion is for everyone. I want to break the walls that keep others from wearing what they love and expressing themselves. I want my life stories to big hope, encouragement, laughter, or at least help someone to remember that they are not alone. I want my journey to self discovery to be yours as well. I want to motivate you. I want to encourage you. I want see others grow.

Over the next few weeks you will begin to see some changes in my description, about me, and post feeling. I will try to remember my goal in of inspiring others throughout my journey. I encourage you to leave a comment or send me an email. Tell me how I can encourage you. Tell me what you as my readers really want to explore with me. This is not a solo journey. You have always been along for the ride, I'm just asking you to take it to the next level.

I love each and every one of you. I feel blessed to have so many people even care about what my voice has to say. I want to make a conscious effort to bring you into my world a little more!

Missing but Not Forgotten

I realize its been many moons since my appearance on my blogs. Its been an emotional, crazy roller coaster over the past two weeks. However, I will be returning with a vengeance tomorrow night. I have tons of things to catch you up on. Beyond that, I have to write in all my other blogs as well. I have slacked tremendously. I am sure you will understand soon. I hope all things are going well and everyone is ready for some fun, some depth, and a lot of blogging!

Catching Up

There is a tug a war within me over getting "back up on the horse" as they say. It has been something I have been looking forward to for so long, but with time have lost some of that great drive I had. I have no fear that it wont return, its just getting back into my grove. I regularly blog in the evenings when my children are asleep and my day is over. Ive gotten used to falling straight to sleep and have lost hours of time I would otherwise be using here and my other blog. However, I will push past the slight resistance and come back with full force. I am so excited to share news and recent events with you!

As you know I moved in October. It has been a major blessing to be back in our own place once again. My husband found a job and is now happily working with benefits and everything. We have Internet in our own home for the first time since our marriage. That is a very big milestone! Do you know what made us get it? YOU! I just couldn't live without blogging. Both my children had birthdays prior to Christmas. No I have a one year old and three year old keeping me busy! We started potty training Ben and are now on the home stretch. Underwear is cool! My baby, Henry, is still not sleeping through the night. You can imagine our disappointment. Other than that, there is very little on the home front to fill in. Christmas was wonderful. The kids loved it! My husband and I shared our 4th anniversary at the beginning of this month as well.

I do have one other big piece of news I would like to share. I am now a proud writer for another blog and magazine! You can check out my blog, Growing Up Around the Table, here. Growing Up in the Valley is a local, family magazine I was originally doing sales for. I wasnt a very good sales person, but I am a much better writer! I look forward to having my work in their print editions as well!

Be on the look our for posts on here as well as there! You can also check out my devotional blog, Missionary Manda's Musings as well.

Chasing Sand

It seems the hourglass of life has allowed the sand to slip through my hands once more. Almost a year exactly has past since I attempted to write on here. My crisis of self has rollercostered it’s way to new heights and depths I can’t possible explain. At this moment, I won’t even try. I will say that I am focusing on it, as much as my mind will allow.

During the process of “focusing,” I made a resolution to make this the most romantic year of my life. This went well for about a month and a half. Not that romance stopped completely, it’s just all the effort won’t make it as real as passion will. Still, I have learned a lot and since passion ebbs and flows, this year may be everything I hoped it would be in the end.

Now, I am making a commitment to spend some time in blogging. Writing is one of the few ways I organize and contain my thoughts. Since this will be one the first summers I will not work since I was a teenager, I am eager to begin this project. Over the past year I have collected many of my journaling ventures to transform into blog posts. From romantic ideas to some of my self searching madness, I have plenty to share.

Its time to put the hourglass on slow motion; maybe even rewind, I want to let you back into my world…