Google me

The other day, I googled myself. (No Grandma, this isn't something dirty.) I was impressed; I actually was there! On the second page of the search, but there I was nonetheless. So obviously, even though my website is home-made, I am doing SOMETHING right. I think the blog is helping with the search engine rankings, and I'm enjoying writing it, so the blog will stay. But there will be changes...

I have been working behind the scenes on a new, more polished website, and hope to go live next Monday. I'm not the web-developer of the family, but I think this new one is pretty darn good. It's simpler, not so hokey, and easy to navigate. I'm excited! Speaking of the web developer of the family, Chad and his work-wife (a co-worker who keeps him in line at work, hee hee) continue to work on the new Chocolate Pops online site, a very professional online store that we hope to launch this fall. I feel like Dolly Parton in Steel Magnolias, "Oh Spud! I'm a chain!" (If you don't get this, shame on you...netflix it!)

Now, speaking of the blog...the blog as we know it now will morph, actually, into two blogs. Chocolate Girl will remain, and its ties to Facebook will remain, and I will continue to write about life as I know it. But a new blog, solely for Chocolate Pops, will be added to the website. The new blog will stay strictly on task (Hard to imagine, for me!) and will share news and events for the business only. More writing I know, but my schizophrenic side will love it! (No we won't...yes we will...no we won't...yes, we will)

So many changes, I'm getting dizzy. But change is good, right? Oh, and one more thing before I skeedaddle....(how's THAT for a Southern word?)...sometimes in life, we get a bad review. Sometimes it's completely unfounded and untrue. It still stings. I got one of these this week, and it hurt. ( Thank you for all your comments and encouragement by the way; they really helped! ) But when we get a bad review, sometimes it can actually be a blessing. No, I am not heedng ANY of this person's unsolicited advice, rather, his bad review made me ever so resolved. Resolved in who I am, what I want. So thanks, Mr. Bad Reviewer, you alleviated all my doubts. I am stronger, better, faster. I have turned your one bad review into the motivation to not change the way I do biz, but grow it. I am Chocolate Girl. And I am not someone to be truffled with!

Now, if you'll all excuse me, I am off to work!