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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!

gone country

From Downtown Chicago high-rise living to a 380 acre farm. This girl has gone country and is looking forward to telling you allllll about it…

nap time is over!

Boy did that snooze feel good 🙂

Along with a few posts about events, restaurants and BLR Play It Forward I’ve been working on, I have some other fun exciting news about a work partnership I’ve happily joined that’s rather delicious (hint, hint.) I’ll be sharing news on that here this month.

In the 40 days since leaving Chicago, summer has wrapped better than I could’ve hoped for, and fall is rolling in very sweet…

nap time

BLR Play It Forward, parts 2 – X are owed here. Let me rephrase that: The posts I want to share here are still on my radar and will be shared- maybe tomorrow, maybe in a few days, likely this coming week.

In case you’ve just started following and don’t yet know me:

It never feels right, posting here when I’m  tired, not “into it”, unfocused, or feel forced. I never want to bs with my words because believe in authenticity first and always. Saying that, anytime you might check back here and not see consistent posts or notes from me, rest assured it simply means I’ve “stepped away from my desk” to do all that life stuff I usually never cut myself a break on. I know I don’t have to explain myself, but I want to. I have created this entity to share regularly with you, and you have committed to me by visiting here. In turn I am committed to you by keeping you in the loop.

Blue Lollipop Road is my baby and on my mind 24/7 like a living breathing thing. I guess like any living thing, she just needs a nap every once in a while.

Happy Holiday Weekend. See you soon after nap time!

coming up on blr:

1.) BLR Play It Forward wrap, stories, thank you’s, photos, video and more. (Boy do we have a LOT of awesome to share! I am still buzzing on a high of love and good energy and community give back from this weekend!)

2.) Posts about my fun day at Taltree Arboretum & Gardens in Indiana and my delish dinner at @1800 in Wisconsin this summer.

3.) Where am I now (as in today 8/22) and where I will be over the next couple weeks. Hint: New places I have never been where there’s lots of glass and wine, and one Canadian stellar city that’s been on my list for a while now.

Life keeps getting better with every day I live and every place I go. Bumps, bruises, mountains of hard work and all, I am so thankful. Coming off a weekend that I worked so hard on and that was 110% enjoyed and appreciated by everyone involved makes me so proud and happy.

Doing things that matter is awesome.

my birthday wishes

Today is 34 for me.

It’s true what “they” say, life really does get better with age.

Seems funny that even though I get more bruised up (literally and figuratively) on a weekly basis, ultimately as I sit here now, eating breakfast as my favorite hometown diner working on final prep for our big BLR Play It Forward Weekend– I feel better than ever. The bruises on my heart and ego from life’s many roller coasters, and my legs from playing things like soccer are ones that while have been hard to take at times, I wouldn’t give up for the world.

The “marks” on the inside and outside of my body have taught me to live fearlessly, and to go after what I want with a security that if what I want doesn’t work out, something even better will be waiting for me because I am following my heart. They’ve taught me to never be afraid of loving people and telling them when I do, because life is too short and time is too precious. I think that is awesome.

The more banged up we are, the more life we have really lived. I’ll take that any day.

My birthday wishes for today/this year:

1.) For this special upcoming weekend to be every bit as amazing and powerful as I know it will be.

2.) For anyone who I interact with to always be as honest and truthful with me as I am with them.

3.) To again have as many real genuine laughs and minutes with people I love and doing things I love, that I’ve had in the past 364 days.

Here’s to bruises that lead us to people and places we never imagined were even out there, the bumps that make us tougher and smarter, and to what huge awesomeness a single year can bring.

WHOOP! Watch out 35! I am coming for you…