I am feeling sooo blessed to be doing what I do! Changing lives, with people's body image and health...being able to offer this opportunity of financial freedom! I can show people how they can get out of debt! How they can stop working 2 jobs! How they can avoid using a credit card for their kid's Christmas! I am making new friends and have a team that couldn't be more supportive or encouraging or helpful! We pray for and with each other and our success (I'm not very competitive so this is nice for me), but we are all driven and trust that God brought this into our lives for a reason! WHAT. A. BLESSING. 

I will be back to more regular blogging soon, I hope! So glad to be back!

We're Following the Leader, the Leader, the Leader...

So I was just wondering...what determines who you choose to "follow"
' on here? Is it based more on whether or not you like the person's blog and the person themselves, or do you end up following more from things like "Follow Me Friday", etc. If someone follows you, do you automatically follow them back? Will you make a habit of reading and commenting on someone's blog posts that you don't follow? 

I will randomly comment on people's blog posts that I just stumble across, but usually if I enjoy that post enough that I want to say something on it, I over-all enjoy that blog so I'll end up being a follower. :-)

I also try to make it a point to comment on a post if I read it in the first place. Not always but usually. I think everyone deserves comments on what they take the time to write. And if I respond or have a reaction in my head, I might as well share it with them! And since I like getting comments, I should certainly make a point of leaving them!

Speaking of which, I try to always respond to the comments left on my post, but I sure do wish it somehow notified you when the OP (original poster) also commented, then you'd know to go back and see what they said...or if someone else responded to what you said. I try to go back and check but it can be a pain! I mean, if someone asks a question in a comment and then that person answers it, you'd never know unless you went back and checked (and it's hard to keep up with what you said when and where and on what posts)! And this is coming from me who still has a fairly small-ish list that I follow and even fewer followers!

So I started asking about "following" and ended up writing a lot on commenting. Haha

Anyway, I'd appreciate it if you took the time to let me know...I really am curious! 

Okay, I am starving so I'm gonna go get my grub on! I plan on pigging out on some salad! Yes, I can pig out on salad. A good salad is amazing and it sounds great right now! Not to mention Madelyn has been asking if it's lunch time for like an hour. Haha So, I guess I can finally justify fixing lunch since we made it to 11:45 (I just can't any earlier than 11:30). Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to lunch I go! Later, friends!

Keeping up with people's thoughts, their hearts, their days and experiences...but where are mine?

So, this blogging thing is great! 4 of my 5 bestest girlfriends have one now (and we'll get Jen to get one, too). I've also found an old friend or two that I'm able to take a peak into their lives and see what's going on. Everyone writes about things that are deep....what's going on in their hearts, or something they're experiencing spiritually...or, they may write about what they accomplished that day, or a funny story about their hubby or kids, or something that happened that upset them. So here's my thing. I honestly want to write more often, but I'll sit down and open the page to write a new post...and there's nothing. I don't do anything! I feel like crap half of the time (pregnancy stuff), I play with Emily, watch TV, browse Cafemom and Facebook...occasionally clean (these days when I'm not too nauseous to move around for awhile, or too exhausted after Emmy's in bed). Anyway, I feel like I don't have a life! I don't have any friends here, and I've lived here...two years now. I had a job for a little while but had to quit because of Michael's shift change. We go to our church and LOVE it, but haven't made any great friends and I hesitate to go to things during the week without Michael, not to mention, my van has something wrong that needs fixing (but we can't afford it) and the heater doesn't work in it...therefore I avoid driving as much as possible. I know that instead of complaining I should get out and do something about it, but it's hard! I also know that one reason I want to move to NC so bad is that I'd be closer to my oh-so-close family, my already established friendships, and that it would fill the void that I have for human interaction! Most of the time, I'm okay with not having friends...I'm not one for a bunch of "aquaintances" and it's hard to find someone that you just bond with and can have a deep and meaningful relationship with. I would love to have one good, solid friendship, though! Anyway...This is the best I have to write about. I used to write ALL the time. I was a good and creative writer, and I made many good friends just from sharing my thoughts and feelings (I used to be on a different blog several years ago). Oh, well. I love all of you that I am close to, and thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings.