I have mentioned it and if you follow me on Twitter, you have seen it a TON… but, I am going to Blissdom and I am STOKED!

As an International Exchange Coordinator, I have been to numerous conferences and I have been to a few eBay Live events, but I have never attended a Blog Conference.  So, in one week, I will be going to my first ever blog conference!

There are going to be so many things going on that are not actually Blissdom related, but that hasn’t stopped me from registering for them! 

Here is my list of what I am most looking forward to:

1.  The Long Drive – yes, it sounds funny! The drive is really close to 10 hours for me and I have conned my (non-blogging) mom into going to Nashville with me so that I don’t have to drive alone.  She and her 2 exchange students will have a great vacation, but we will have fun driving together!

2.  Meeting so many women in the same boat as me. A stay-at-home mom, turned blogger, trying to make my place in the HUGE world wide web.

3. The Country {INN}troduction Party!  This, before Blissdom, party is going to be great fun!  The last time I looked, there was still space available!  Click above to register!  So many people will be in attendance and there will be swag and door prizes like you wouldn’t believe:

1. Country Bobs
2. Ideal Sweetener
3. Carolina Pad
4. Go Girl
5. Steaz
6. Skin Free
7. Sweetbird
8. Country Inns and Suites
9. Cohutta Springs Winery
10. Jovan Fragrances
11. Fiber Gummies
12. Its a Glam Thing
13. Wi-Ex
14. Firefly Vodka
15. and attendees can bring swag from THEIR sponsors!

4.  Savvy Blogging! On Friday night, I will be attending the Savvy Blogging Roundtable Dinner.  This event is full, but you can still learn bunches by following the #SavvyBlogging hashtag on Twitter.  These girls stay busy answering questions to help bloggers and asking questions to make us think.  I am going to learn so much at this dinner and meet many interesting ladies!  Plus, come on, gotta love SWAG! Their sponsors are:

1. Cracker Barrel
2. Savings.Com
3. The BlogFrog

5.  Meeting Mandi of Organizing Your Way!  I LOVE her blog.. seriously, I read it religiously!  Plus, I love Busy Body Books and Mandi is the dear that has some FREE printables on the BusyBodyBook site.   Mandi will be at Blissdom and has even created a 26 page Blissdom Planner that I have already printed! I WILL be organized at my FIRST CONFERENCE EVER!

6.  I get to pull out all my cute clothes!  I worked in an office moon ago… yes, a REAL one that I went to every day!  All those adorable skirts, slacks, jackets, shifts, sweaters, etc have been hanging (lonely) in my closet.  I am able to pull them out and wear them again!  You know, instead of Ricky’s sweatpants and t-shirts! Wondering what to wear to Blissdom?  Musings of a Housewife has written a wonderful post!

7.  Harry Connick, Jr.  Seriously, I am not THAT impressed about it being Mr Connick himself, guess I am just too young or too country to appreciate him.  I mean, I am kinda nervous about meeting a star, because I live in the country and we just don’t have stars down here.   I haven’t said anything, because many of the Blissdom-goers have been doing some serious drooling over this fact and I haven’t wanted to deal with the wrath of 500 women in love, by stating my opinions… But, if we had George Strait, oh my gosh!!! We all “need a Little Twang” honey! My husband would have to be worried. Yeah, I said it. LOL!

8.  Meeting Jyl of The Post-It Place!  I have spent many hours on the phone with her over the past several months, she will be my roomy, we are teaming up to bring you the CountryParty and the We Blog! Conference, yet we have never met in REAL LIFE! I am so excited about this and simply can’t wait!

9.  All the Sessions! I can’t decide if I want to do the writing track or the business track.  There are many that I want to do on both… wonder if I can switch them up or if I have to choose one track and stick with it.  If we have to choose just one track, I think I will go with writing since I know Jyl is going with Business and we can share knowledge in the evenings. LOL!

10.  Me Time!  Yes, I am going to miss my kids and my husband!  Plus, although mom is driving up with me, she is not rooming with me so I won’t see her from the time we arrive until we get ready to head back out.  This is the first time I have ever done anything totally on my own (yes, I am 30 LOL!) and I am really excited about it!