When my daughter was two or three I started Lori's Lipsmacking Goodness. I loved that blog. At that time I was a stay at home Mom and desperately in need of a creative outlet and something I could look at and feel a sense of accomplishment. So many years ago. I poured my heart into that blog. There were so many blogs that started at the same time as mine and seemed to sky rocket. My blog, just plugged along. Never reached 'rock star status'. Many times I was bummed by that because it is how I saw myself in the world of professionals after leaving my social work job to stay home with the kids. If my blog failed, it meant I wasn't any good. Boy, was I hard on myself. Many times I thought to leave blogdom, be done with it. But I kept going, thinking that some amazing success would happen with my blog. Something amazing would spring forth. Some company would sign me on as a recipe developer. Or my h...