After these past few weeks of talking about, reviewing, voting on, and dreaming of America’s most:

*Beautiful
*Patriotic
*Friendly
*Fun
*Best for food

…small town spots. Team Blue Lollipop Road was inspired to dive into our photo archives and pull out some of our snap shots that reminded us of each category.

*Beautiful

In these next few weeks of May, here’s what’s happening at Blue Lollipop Road and what you will see:

1.) The launch of an entirely new site.
*Yep! That’s right! We have redesigned BLR and will be launching the new site this month with some new bells and whistles. We have worked very hard and can’t wait to share!

…do your laundry? Walk your dog? babysit your kids? Polish your shoes?

Done!

If you vote for Team Blue Lollipop Road HERE for the Best of the Road Rally 2012- I will do it all!

Turns out you can vote once a day until May 15th, so PLEASE vote fast and often. We need your help to go on the trek of a lifetime across the USA!

I know I should be soliciting votes for Team Blue Lollipop Road for the Rand McNally and USA TODAY Best of the Road Rally 2012 (and I still am of course)- but today I had to post about voting for someone else too:

My elementary school gym teacher Mr. Howard Herrington!

Team Blue Lollipop Road is leading votes so far, but we still have 20 days to go, so we still need your support!

CLICK HERE to vote for my Mom and I to be a part of the 2012 Rand McNally and USA TODAY’s 2nd annual search for the Best Small Towns in America!

Here’s the dish on this Road Rally:

Shall we go and find out? Whoop whoop!- We’d love to!

Rand McNally if you are reading this and want the most ridiculously fun road trippers ever- who love to explore small towns… BLUE LOLLIPOP ROAD IS YOUR ROAD RALLY TEAM BABY!

It is so ON.

Readers~ Check out what we’ve just submitted a team for:

…(that’s what a friend and reader said to me yesterday about not seeing the site changes here yet.) Believe me- I am very eager to share, but we have been working hard on getting it all just right. Beauty takes time people!

As I’ve been working with my talented, patient, and generous web guy Bobby sending him information, photos, links, etc. for the BLR face lift we are doing, I found this link from A Skirt! Magazine issue I was featured in before I drove to Alaska.

My, my, the things that have happened since this photo and article. Oh the places we have been.

…from giving up my full time paying gig to focus here for free, and I have made more behind the scenes progress than I have in months.

That’s paycheck enough for me right now.

Timing, focus, and clarity are amazing things. Especially after laying a solid foundation.

Whoop Whoop!

Can’t wait to share the goodness very soon. It’s all coming together baby…

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Freedom Friday has arrived! So what’s the big deal and big announcement?

I quit my job.

Yep.

The one that pays me actual money.

Why?

Lots of reasons, but most importantly because it was a toxic environment, not aligned with what I want my future to look like, and it was getting in the way of my goals for Blue Lollipop Road. Full on dive-bomb jump time is now or never.