Somehow, BlissDom has come and gone already. It was a great weekend in Dallas at the beautiful Gaylord Texan. This was my second BlissDom conference and I was super honored to be chosen as a Community Leader.

Last year’s event totally rocked my world. It changed my whole perspective on blogging and real life. I truly made some relationships that turned into becoming some of the best friends I’ve ever had. And the weekend after last year, is when my little bitty blog (at the time) began exploding.

When Andrew surprised me with a ticket for Christmas I was stoked. Not only has my blog and business grown in leaps and bounds this past year, bus so has the support I have from my husband. Not that he wasn’t supportive before, but he didn’t really get it. Now, we are in this together. While it is still considered MY business, he helps as much as he can. He is one of my strategy guys. We now have almost monthly “date nights”, which are more or less strategy meetings. He helps me plan for things and is the “how” part of our marriage. I am more the “WOW”… He often has to talk me out of things that I think are superawesomeoutofthisworldgottadoitrightthisminute ideas… Because he is the realist and I’m the dreamer.

The best part of this weekend was definitely networking and meeting different folks. I don’t know if it’s because I am in a total different place in my life and business than I was last year, or what, but I honestly did not get a ton of information out of the sessions. They were more inspiring and motivational than the nitty-gritty details of how, that I would have liked, but it was still a fabulous event. I loved Jon Acuff’s closing keynote almost as much as I loved his opening keynote from last year. In fact, he calls for an entirely different post just to himself (be on the lookout for that soon).

I loved getting to see and have lunch with two of my writers, and hang out with the Mama and Baby Love team. I ran into my blog designer, too! And was stoked that several of my Shaklee teammates were there to party with.

I will have a couple of giveaways coming your way soon, thanks to some of the awesome sponsors.

For now, I’m off to plan for tomorrow night’s big event. Seats are filling up fast, so be sure you get one if you are interested!

Hope y’all had just as great of a weekend than I did – it is snowing like crazy here in Nashville now, so bizarre!

If you haven’t already seen the little button on the sidebar, I’m prepping for my first ever blog conference! BlissDom! I am veryvery excited. I am also very nervous. But mostly excited.

I have wanted to go for years, just so I could meet my favorite bloggers! Like Lindsey, Gussy, Sarah, Sandra, Edie, Rachel, Stephanie and the many others!

But this year, my big year of change, I am going for me. Don’t get me wrong – I am still very anxious and ecstatic to meet those ladies (and room with Sarah – eek)! But, I’m going for me!

(I hope that doesn’t sound selfish… Remember, this is the year I learn to quit putting myself last)

I am still so very new at this whole blogging gig. I am going to learn. And to be inspired. To find my “niche” (if I even have one). To network and learn some more ropes of Social Media. To grow my business. To have fun!

I am nervous about leaving Elizabeth for the first time, and I’m thankful that Andrew will be able to stay with her. Wait, I’m not sure, maybe that’s why I’m nervous about leaving her… No, he’s a great father. They need time together. And every Mama needs a break to decompress and refocus. It’s good for us and them!

For the past month, I’ve been fretting about fitting in, not having the right answers. Not having an “elevator script” or a “brand” (definition of what my blog is about), or a “niche”. Worried about the appearance of my blog not being exactly what I want it to be. And definitely worried about the appearance of myself. But I’m not so worried anymore. I’m going for me. I’m going to be me. I’m not going to pretend I’ve got it all together, because I clearly don’t. I don’t have a QR Code on my business cards, and my clothes don’t fit, but I am going. I’m going to be me, which is all I can be, and I may be completely winging it, but I will be there.

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If you are going too, please connect with me on facebook or twitter! I would love to meet up with you! I’ve never actually “met” anyone that’s going! Have I mentioned how excited I am though?