Thrusday "Then and Now"

In yet another attempt to keep myself motivated  and disciplined to blog regularly, I've come up with a weekly meme I'm planning to post every Thursday, entitled:  "Then and Now". 

 I used to be SO good about blogging almost daily, and then, well, let's just say I got distracted. But, I really, really wanna do better at it and maybe, just maybe, my ploy will be successful

And so, here's my debut submission:

along with a beta entry I previously posted on Facebook: