Come Join the Party!

Hello everyone! I'm excited to say that I decided to join the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes For Mom. This is a great opportunity to introduce your blog to new readers and to find new blogs to read & make new friends. As if this wasn't enough for you to join, there are also prizes being awarded. The party began on March 7 and will continue through March 14, so head on over and join the celebration!

Introducing Me

If you're visiting from the Ultimate Blog Party, Welcome! My name is Jerri. I'm from Alabama, and I'm a newlywed. (married just over a year) I love being a wife and a homemaker. I also work from home, doing administrative work for my husband's business. In my spare time I enjoy writing. I write articles on a variety of subjects, and I'm also working on a cookbook and some other ideas for books that I plan to put up on my blog in the future. I also happen to have degrees in History and English, so I love discussing those subjects with friends, and I'm also a bit of a political junkie.

Why I Started Blogging

Just a few months after getting married, I was talking about some plans I had for my kitchen, and I was very enthusiastic about it. My husband smiled at me lovingly and said, "You really like this, don't you?" And I said, "Yes." I've been amazed at how much I actually enjoy cooking, organizing, decorating, and straightenting up my home, and just being a good wife. It's prompted my husband to call me the Domestic Goddess.

I never really read any blogs, until I was on the internet looking for ideas for home businesses and work from home opportunities. I didn't realize just how big the blogosphere was, and it intrigued me. Since I love to write anyway, and since I enjoyed running my own webpage several years ago, I thought it would be fun to start my own blog.

About Simply Sweet Home

I started Simply Sweet Home last October, as a blog for homemakers. It includes just about every aspect of what it takes to create a "Simply Sweet Home." I post a lot of recipes, especially desserts and comfort food. I focus on a lot of different ways to create a good home environment, from cleaning and organizing to decorating. I also feature product reviews and tips to save money and to simplify your life. And for fun, I occasionally include a post on crafts for moms and kids.

Here are some other features that might interest you:

• Every Monday I participate in Orgjunkie's Menu Plan Monday.
• Every couple of weeks I have my Sweet Thursday post. It centers around desserts. Sometimes it's a recipe or recipes, and other times it features pictures of desserts that I've decided to share or reviews of desserts from a resturant.
• Every week (generally around Friday) I post my Recipe of the Week.
• And every couple of weeks I write a Simple Solutions post, which is just what it sounds like. I think of a housekeeping/cooking/cleaning dilemma and write a simple solution for it.

Well, I guess that's basically me & my blog in a nutshell. Thanks for visiting. Please come back soon to see all my upcoming spring & summer posts, and I really hope you'll subscribe to my feed and/or newsletter. And please leave me a comment. I'd love to meet some new people.

Thanks again for reading!