Change is good! please tell me YeS!~

I have thought about writing this post for some time now.  Now the timing seems right.  You will in the next week or so start to see more changes over at my blog.  I am transitioning over to Word press and quite frankly scared out of my mind.

There were several things that prompted this move for me.

However, my first and foremost reason, is making my BLOG, my BLOG.

I, like many of you work very hard to maintain my blog, my projects, and my day to day events happening.

I am petrified to one day wake up and POOF it be gone.  In fact it has happened to me once before.
Only for several hours, but with that being said it was a bad several hours.
Talk about petrified.  I actually could not speak for over an hour. No words would come out of my mouth.
Ask my husband! 

Yes, I back up my blog, and I also have carbonite.  However,  I still do not have peace of mind.
 Debbiedoo's is still not solely mine.
Not to mention, there are always problems with blogger, commenting, adding to my blog roll, and just day to day annoying stuff.
From what I hear, Word press is user friendly and there are a lot more things you can do on your blog.
we shall see.

Now that I am on the topic of change, I also want to share some thoughts and feelings that I have pertaining to me and my blog.

You may notice for the past 6 months or so, I am affiliated with Blogher.
 BlogHer is the leading cross-platform media network created by, for and with women social media leaders.*

I am extremely happy with my participation and affiliation with their organization.

In fact so much so, I have recommended quite a few of you to join as well. I am all about spreading the love!
I see some have done so.

You certainly will be happy you did.

Being part of Blogher has allowed me to step outside my comfort zone and do a little more writing, and review of products I never would have done so or tried otherwise.

Do I get paid for this? Yes, in fact I do.
It is work, in a sense, a fun enjoyable sense.
 I finally feel like I have a job, a job that I love to do.
I get to share all my silly ideas with you and even get some chuckles in here and there.
I get free products and I love to test them out. Then I get to share with you what I like or do not like about them.

FUN!

I am a stay at home Mom and have been for 13 years now.

I am blessed in the fact that I do not have to work and my family finds comfort in knowing I am here for them. Our home is cared for, bills are paid, dinner is on the table, and they even get clean socks and underwear on occasion.

Does this mean I am not on budget anymore?
Well, you certainly see what I share here with you.

Not exactly top of the line projects.  Are they fun? You bet they are? Do they make me proud when I display and share them? Some do, some not so much.

By no means, am I making a high paying salary. Actually if you count my time and hours spent here blogging, well it's about a dollar an hour HA!  But hey, more than I had six months ago!
I am pretty content with the little I am making.

It has allowed me to help  contribute to our son's Ireland band trip that is coming up next Spring.
I feel as though I have grown as a person.  NOT changed, but grown!~
I have felt that actually since starting the Newbie party and helping other bloggers grow as well.
It was time for me to grow with you, in my own way.
I see some high opinions out there about blogs with ads, content, their parties they throw, etc. basically what they  just do not care for. Hey, I respect that, but really I am in no place to judge, and never was.
I tried that route before too. Early on into blogging, I just did not get it!
Don't look at them is what I say. Let's face it, you only have 152,395.00 {really have no clue how many} other
Home and garden blogs to choose from.
As long as the blog is neat,orderly and has good content, that's the ticket!

 I  hope you see it that way too.
I am so scared and excited at the same time about this transfer.  Am I going to lose friends and readers? I sure hope not.
I know there is no longer the google friend connect.
So please, find a way, through linky, email, bloglovin, facebook.  I will be here, and hopefully my blog post get directed to the new blog accordingly.
Thank you for listening and being part of my day to day life.
Your friendship and loyalty mean a lot to me.

XO
If you are a word press blog I would love to hear your opinions, even if you are NOT, I still would love to hear your input.