I hope you enjoy the new site. I worked really hard on it (with the help of hubbie – thanks babe!) and am really proud to see how this blog has evolved over the past 2 years. The site is 95% done. For all of you checklist people out there, here are the new additions/features:

• New feel/new colors. I went for a cleaner, more organized site rather than a long page of blog entries
• New logo to reflect the new name. “Me4thought” is gone. “Proverb31girl” is here to stay
• Headshot and welcome note. I thought it would make things a big friendlier
• Some categories have been re-named and “Uncategorized” blogs have been properly distributed
• Lots of pictures! New with each post, there will be a thumbnail to warm up the place
• The home page will “feature” my newest post, followed by the most recent posts
• Each category on top has it’s own page of posts within that category
• An easy to use search function on the top right of each page
• To Come: Recent Comments link, Most Popular Posts link

So that’s it (I think). Take a look around. Read some blogs you might have missed in the past. And please excuse the lack of photos on some pages. The more recent ones will be much more lively to look at

Got a blog and aren’t listed on my blogroll? Leave me a comment and let me know – I love to check out what my readers are up to!

Thanks for all of your love and support – this blog is growing because of you!!

Jess

Blog Related:

• A redesign! As much as I love the color scheme and logo I have now – I believe it’s time for something fresh and relevant to where this blog has gone in 2009. For those of you who subscribe through a reader or email, you probably don’t look at my actual site much. But take a look now, it won’t be the same for much longer! www.proverb31girl.com

• A new name! Years ago I started an online journal named “me4thought.” So when I started this blog, I wanted to somehow link my commonly used name “proverb31girl” with my old writing slate “me4thought.” This produced the very wordy blog name “me4thought: the life and thoughts of a proverb31girl.” 2009 was a big year for me as far as networking and writing goes, so in 2010 my blog name will truncate to the easy to remember (and now well known), Proverb31girl.

• More music! New Music Tuesday has been very successful, especially with the most recent addition of Music Spotlights, so expect more more more! More CD reviews, more interviews and new for 2010, concert and venue news!

• Guest writers! I’d really like to have some different voices funneling through the blog. Different topics. Different opinions. Different lifestyles. If you enjoy writing and are interested in being a contributing writer – please let me know your ideas! See the “contact me!” page to do so.

Life Related:

• Here’s the official announcement if you haven’t heard it already, July 3, 2010 I’ll officially be a mommy! Don’t worry, I’m not going to turn this into a mommy blog…just a mom who likes to write.

• Hubbie will have a new job! Location TBA.

• We’re moving! It might be to a different place in the same town or it might be out of state. We’re not sure yet. But we do know that it’s time for a bigger place!

• Road trips! Pregnancy (hopefully) won’t hold me back from visiting Club Worship and The Gates pre-baby and a few other places post-baby. Our kid is going to love dance music whether he/she likes it or not

Well that’s about all the updates I have right now. I hope you’re as excited as I am for this journey. 2010 is going to be a great year of change and new beginnings.

To be continued,

Jess/Proverb31girl

I have a nice spot on my blog for links. However, I need some help filling it. I would more than anything love to help my bloggy friends and readers promote what they’re doing – so post a comment or send me a message with your blog/website/myspace/whatever link and I’ll advertise for you!

And if you’re interested in doing a swap, put a link to my blog on your page. It’s simple: www.proverb31girl.com.

Now here is where it gets fancy. If you’re a graphics/video type person – feel free to send me those as well! I’m all about referring people to great sites so the more it stands out, the better.

And if you’re interested, I’ll send you some of my graphics too!

It’s simple. It’s fun. Let’s swap!

He ordered it online so I can’t give a review about it but I promise to give you my thoughts and pictures once it comes in later this week!

I’m a fan of portable things and cute accessories for them. Do any of you have a netbook or laptop that you love? What kind do you have? Any fun accessories? Let me know!

• Pictures from The Gates in Harleysville, PA
• New Music Tuesday:Hillsong London
• Our Canada Trip – Facts/Stories
• Insight/Inspiration from Canada
• and whatever else God leads me to write about!

So while you eagerly await these blog posts, check out the ministry we got to be a part of while in Ottawa: Heat Worship House.

At this point I have a good amount of things written, parts of chapters, starts of characters…but no real focus. I know God is putting this book together piece by piece…it just seems that the pieces don’t go together yet. It’s an adventure. I’m writing what interests me. I’m writing what’s in my head. I’m writing what my imagination sounds like. I’m not trying to be anyone or aspire to be like any writer. I’m just writing what I hear in my head with the hopes that God will develop it into something of interest to someone besides myself. And if not, then hey – I can at least say that 1-I obeyed God 2-I wrote a book and 3-a few people read what I wrote (I know I have a few dedicated friends who will read it for the mere point of that’s what best friends do.)

And to all bosses and people out there who change everything I write, make me feel as if I’m not talented, and tear down all ideas I have — I know that you’re wrong and will no longer allow you to make me feel the way you do/have. There are many writers and styles because there are many readers and people out there with different personalities. We all have a voice and no one’s should be torn down.