Welcome to the Party
by Alyssa Avant on April 8, 2010
in Featured
Welcome back!
Welcome! I’m participating in the Ultimate Blog Party from 5 Minutes for Moms watch my intro vlog below.
More about me:
For 5 years I have had a ministry to girls and their moms, Beauty by Design Ministries, this started as a speaking ministry, warped into an online ministry that involved a lot of time weekly spent creating content for my site, but recently has returned to just a speaking ministry, as my focus needed to shift back to my family.
Besides ministry, I also do freelancing from home, writing and blogging, both of which I enjoy tremendously. My latest blogging project is a local online magazine / blog for the moms in my community, Delta Hills Moms. This change has allowed me to simplify my life and focus more on my family.
I am blessed with three beautiful children and and amazing husband. We as a family have a wonderful church family and great friends that are truly our extended family. We enjoy spending a ton of time with them on the weekends.
In addition, we have flesh & blood family that live close by as well that we love to be around. We live in a small but fabulous community where it is a joy to raise our children.
This is my “home on the web” and I hope you’ll stick around, read some posts, and share your thoughts with me.
If I were inviting you into my real “home” I’d pour you a Coke, slice you a piece of lemon pie and have you sit down, why not do so “virtually”? Y’all come back now, ya hear?
Oh…. I almost forgot today is my dear ole daddy’s REAL birthday! Why not let him think this party is for him? I love you Daddy! Happy Birthday and thank you for being a strong influence in my life and for making me the determined, strong woman I am today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!
Can you tell my Daddy Happy Birthday for me? If you know me, tell him what kind of job he did raising me …. if you don’t just give him a shout! Thank you!
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Menu Plan Monday – February 8
by Alyssa Avant on February 8, 2010
in Featured, Just Memes
I haven’t done a Menu Plan Monday in quite some time, though I do enjoy them and I always menu plan so it should be an easy thing to keep up with. Here’s my menu for this week. By the way, I am starting to use E-Mealz.com to help with menu planning and to save some money as they are known to help you do both. 
This week’s menu:
1. Grilled salmon, wild rice, green beans.
2. Hamburger Steaks, cabbage, mashed potatoes.
3. Chili dogs, fries
4. Grilled chicken sandwiches, homemade fries.
I’ll likely add to this, as I shop on Wednesday’s and haven’t shopped for this week yet. Plus, I’m using the new E-Mealz plan. Excited about that. Have you checked it out yet? Dave Ramsey recommends it.
**This post contains affiliate links to E-mealz. I receive a commission if you purchase a plan with E-mealz via this link.
My Little Piece of Bliss
by Alyssa Avant on January 25, 2010
in Featured, Just News
I had plans to attend the upcoming bloggers conference Blissdom. I landed a sponsor, lined up childcare and persuaded my husband to come along. However, my children have been sick one right after another and my little one is not doing so well with “sleeping” so my husband and I agreed it just wouldn’t be a good time to leave him. Therefore, I sold my Blissdom ticket to a gal I found on Twitter, Liz, who I have followed for a long time and all was well. Liz was especially well!
Then today a box came via Fed Ex, it was the “Blissdom” swag. I must admit I was a bit hesitant about opening it as I knew I’d have to ship it on to Liz. However, I contacted Liz and she told me to “keep” it for all I had done to get her to Blissdom. Did I mention my Sponsor, Outright.com, is now “Her” sponsor? Yep!
This is what I love about the Internet. It is amazing the opportunities we can find and the generosity that we can experience. I’ve never met Liz in real life, though I hope to. And I am amazed by Outright. Their team has been amazing. I have been an Outright user for a year now and have gotten nothing but awesome help from their team, specifically Bill & Paul. Thanks Guys!
Outright can help you if you’re a blogger, or a small business owner to get your finances and your business records under control. They are truly a go to source for these things.
Liz, I was fortunate enough to attend Blissdom last year. I hope your experience will be as great as mine was, and if this swag box is any indication of what’s in store you are in for a real treat! These sponsors are top notch.
