Blogger Befuddled.

That is what I am right now.
I'm trying to learn how to make this blog...better, more accessible.
How to expand and grow.

Some current goals I have:
1. Have a custom design done for my blog.
2. Create a Facebook page for this here blog.
3. Add a Facebook icon to the blog for easy access.

That's pretty much all I have planned for the time being.
Baby steps the way I see it.
As of right now I have item #1 in the works, I think I've found a great designer who I am planning to contact pronto!

Unfortunately, I'm stuck at creating a Facebook page....I seem to have hit a cul-de-sac.
By that I mean I'm going around and around in circles and I'm not quite sure where to turn off at.
I don't necessarily want it linked to my personal account, no offense I hope!
I want to set up a page that has a instant feed every time I post.
Also instead of adding a a widget with everyone's faces, I'd simply like a simple icon...

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If anyone out there has any feedback on how to do these things, please feel free to let me know!
In the meantime I'll be surfing the internet, contacting a designer (who probably knows all the answers to these questions), and more than likely losing time pinning things on Pinterest!

I hope you all had a Blessed Thursday!

This week's verse to memorize:

"Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God's Son does not have life." ~1 John 5:12

Blog Friend...

Sometimes when plans fall through it's not a bad thing.
Sometimes this happens because other plans need to be made.
Today was a perfect example of this.
Let me rewind.
Friday night I got an email from Suzanne.
She's a blog friend and the author of Privet and Holly.
I love how she writes.
She has a way with words and everything she write is like poetry.
Anyways, I got an emails from her telling me she was in a nearby town and wanted to know if I would be free to grab lunch.
Well as far as luck, if you believe in that, would have it our plans had changed and I was free!
Originally, Bud & I were supposed to be in Waco for ROTC field day.
My responsible hubby decided that he should instead put this day to better use and got started on his 10 page final paper.
I drove 45 minutes to meet wonderful Suzanne and her equally beautiful mother.

She's beautiful inside and out!
Oh and she definitely doesn't look old enough to have a 16 year old.

I brought them each a gift.

Gingerbread pancake mix from Kerbey Lane Cafe.

It's kind of a local favorite hotspot as far as pancakes go.

We enjoyed a delicious lunch and talked for nearly 3 hours!

I didn't anticipate what happened during lunch though.

Suzanne almost brought me to tears when she handed me a gift bag with these:

I've been gaga over Fiestaware for years.
She told me that we would have to use these when
she comes to visit me in North Carolina.

In the meantime, I'll use mine
each time we have a virtual
coffee.  Decaf for me, with one
hazelnut creamer & 1 scoop of
sugar.  And I'm so happy I got to
meet you "for real" too!

Thank you Suzanne!

Thank you for taking the time to meet me.

For allowing me to share time with you and your amazing mother.

For your kind gift that means more than words.

For the emails and cards that have been words my heart needed to hear.

I pray for you and your family and I hope you enjoy the rest of you time here in the Lone Star State.

For everyone else, I hope you had a Blessed Saturday, I know I did!

Belated Blog Birthday!

How in the world did I miss this!

March 19th was my Blog's 1st Birthday.

Throughout all of the running around I totally missed it

and for that I am sad.

But in order to make up for it we are celebrating tonight!

I'm not much of a cake person, so I have these instead:

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and maybe some of these...

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and definitely some of this...

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Seeing as how it's my birthday I think we will hang out here

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After all I do live in Texas and it was almost 90 degrees today!

Being that it's a special day I'd like to keep it simple and just invite everyone to come hangout.

Thank you all for bringing me from 0 to 32 followers in a year!

Happy Birthday!!!

Without you wonderful and amazing supporters and friends this would just be a journal.

I appreciate all of you and hope you have Blessed Wednesday!

Beginning Blogger

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.”

Sometimes my biggest fault is my perfectionism.  I started the process of setting up this blog a few days ago and I'm only just now actually writing something.  Why?  Because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to entertain, enlighten, evoke emotion, or explain myself well enough.  Well, I found the above quote and it's right!  The only way I will know the truth is if I start on the road to truth and continue down it and all it's entirety.

I'm a 25 year old woman.  I've been married to my highschool sweetheart for 6 years come April 10th.  I'll graduate with my associates in Business Administration this May and I'm completely content with that, despite the constant questioning by others,"Don't you want to finish"?  I work full time which doesn't leave a lot of time for hobbies after I finish my homework spend time with my husband.  When I can pursue my hobbies my main one is photography.  I have a great camera and enjoy taking pictures, but I hate the idea that I'm supposed to carry it with me wherever I go.  I'm not THAT kind of a photographer.  I have 2 dogs & 1 bearded dragon.  I have 3 best friends whom I've had since middle school.  They are my sisters and if I never made another friend for the rest of my life, as long as I have them my life is full!  I am who I am and I go on whims and try new things only to revert to old habits or distract myself with other new things.  I have a husband who loves me and he is the kindest, most understanding, honorable man I could have married.  He is my perfect match and I thank God daily for his blessings.  I'm a Christian.  My father-in-law likes to call my husband & I liberal Christians.  I think he calls us this in reference to our wearing jeans & flip flops to our concert like church services & having fish tattoos on our feet, if that's what he means, I'm okay with that!  I am Elizabeth and at a young age when asked my name I responded with, "E-biz-a-biz".  Biz is my nickname, I love it.  I love my (crazy, busy) life, my husband, my God & the future he has planned for me.  So I'm starting down the road to truth.  I'll blog about random happenings or readings or whatever else might come to mind and hopefully in doing so I'll be able to watch myself grow.

“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” ~Orson Welles

God Bless,