Author:bluelollipoproad

in the new year

Hello fast-approaching 2013!

Time flies, eh?

At this point I am behind on so many things I wanted to post here It’s ridiculous. I still owe love to Taltree Arboretum & Gardens in Indiana, a restaurant called @1800 is Wisconsin, awesome stories about BLR Play It Forward 2012 and the Blue Lollipop Road Memorial Scholarship, my trip to Toronto, moving out of the Windy City back east to a new place near the Nation’s Capital, a new gig I have been working like a nut on that has taken so much of my time away from here (but that I love and can pay my bills so I wouldn’t change a thing right now), upcoming travel plans for January to the warm, some big stuff in the works since August I haven’t shared with anyone yet, why I believe in quitting and changing things when they aren’t right or aren’t working more than ever, and more.

To all of you regulars and loyal followers who have bugged me to “Post already!” I promise it is coming – and with bonuses galore because you have waited so patiently.

In 2013? Blue Lollipop Road kicks off year 5 with a bang.

Get yourself buckled in for fun!

blue

I like the color blue. I like blue states, blue lollipops, and just blue in general. I like blue because It’s a great color, but I really like blue tonight because:

A gay-supporting black guy just beat a corporate white guy.

Now that my friends, is progress.

BOOM!

anticipation

Nerd alert! So excited I just made a dinner date for next week with an author I have been a super fan of for years!  I’m beyond thrilled this person I admire incredibly not only responded to an email I sent her out of the blue 2 years ago, but she’s been incredibly generous sharing her wisdom and time via email and phone since then. In person dinner and hang time should be nothing less than a most incredible treat. I can’t wait!

Will share about our dinner soon…

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY BLUE LOLLIPOP ROAD!

What a crazy awesome adventure the past 4 years have been! Had I ever known what Blue Lollipop Road would bring to my life, I would have started it out of the womb. It has really been an incredibly journey sharing my life; good, bad, ugly and nutty, here.

I am wide-open no holds barred and have always thought transparency is a beautiful thing, so I will continue to live my often too big, too loud, and too all over the place for most because- I am having a blast and never forget how short life is. (Have I thanked you yet, for buckling in for the ride?:)

Today I share the below photo I took on 8/18/10 in Ketchikan, Alaska after making a video to honor the two of the people who inspire me to keep this all going:

I won’t ever forget that every day is a chance and choice to drive my own life and that every day matters. I hope you won’t either.

Thank all of you who love me and support Blue Lollipop Road continuously! Here’s to the next 4 years! (Or 444!)

did somebody say birthday?

Yes, we did!

BLR turns 4 in just 3 days! Whoop! We like a good party.

10/16/12 will have some big fun stuff coming!

10 days until blr turns 4

Whoop!

Oh my delinquent fall from posting here. Time sure flies.

By our 4th birthday on 10/16/12, blr and I will have all of our homework to-do’s checked off, share the news on the work partnership we’ve been laboring away on the past 5 weeks, and also share an announcement about a project kicking off for our 5th year!

We are in marathon phase, as in- plugging slowly to maintain health during the race of life. Thanks for being there at the water stops for us!

i’m here! i’m alive! it’s september 20th!

Whoa…sorry BLR followers and friends! This has been a serious break and the longest one in BLR history. (Boo.)

Opportunity knocked so a move from the Windy City happened. That opportunity got delayed and another one knocked in the meantime, so badabing badaboom and I’ve been full-throttle 24/7 for the past few weeks with opportunity #2. (Hint: we make something sweet called the Blue Lollipop Road. If you’ve been following here since my sponsored Honda trip last year you’ll guess in a minute:)

So…I’m incredibly behind on computer time, BLR Play It Forward event wrap, owed posts and pix from restaurants, arboretums, and more but a girls gotta pay her bills so I hope you all who I owe “work” to here on BLR understand that sometimes my free work (BLR) even if it is my heart and soul has to take a back seat to my paid work. (Turns out Verizon, Go Daddy, Flickr, AAA, Discover, Geico, the dentist, and all those other guys like cash for goods and services.) Have I mentioned I’m not a trust fund kid?

Here’s to juggling the good madness…posting regularly will return soon!