What’s It All About, Alfie? And a Give Away

As promised, this week is your first chance to enter to win your very own FREE copy of The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. Over the course of the past twenty-four weekends I have reviewed and summarized chapters from this book about writing your own novel. I have received permission from the author to offerContinue reading “What’s It All About, Alfie? And a Give Away”

Five Minute Friday: Path

This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Path. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out otherContinue reading “Five Minute Friday: Path”

Dressing and Educating: Days 6-10

Day 6: August 22, 2016 My first true Monday of the school year and I caught the struggle bus on the way to school. I forgot just how short a two day weekend feels. I really needed to replenish my lost sleep from last week, but I had a sick child all weekend–so that didContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 6-10”

Why We Are Roman Soldiers

During our summer visit to England my husband and I heard about a new phenomenon sweeping the YouTube world. Countless times we introduced ourselves to people and said that we were from Columbus, Ohio and were met with questions about if we know Roman Atwood. Prior to our trip neither of us had a clueContinue reading “Why We Are Roman Soldiers”

Slowly But Surely…

The school year is now in full swing and I am ready to get back into my personal reading habits. The first few weeks of school involve a lot of adjustment and resting once I finally get home. As I am beginning to settle into what will be my new routine I feel myself cravingContinue reading “Slowly But Surely…”

A Brain Chemistry Story Map: The Irresistible Novel

Thanks for staying with me, readers, for the past 23 Saturdays as I’ve read and reviewed each chapter of The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. We started out the first part of the book reviewing grammar and writing practices. Now in the second part of the book we are taking a look at the humanContinue reading “A Brain Chemistry Story Map: The Irresistible Novel”

Five Minute Friday: Loyal

This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Loyal. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out otherContinue reading “Five Minute Friday: Loyal”

Dressing and Educating: Days 1-5

Day 1: August 15, 2016 It’s back to school day for teachers in my district. It was a full day of meetings. I work in a freshman building for my district and so after all the meetings were over we held Freshman Orientation. Knowing that my first day back was going to be a twelveContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 1-5”

Bible Journal Update

A few weeks ago I purchased a new Bible Journal and shared some of my earliest studies and artwork with you. Today I wanted to take some time to share some of the things I’ve been reading and creating lately as an update on how I’m using my Bible. At the end of July andContinue reading “Bible Journal Update”

Summer 2016 Bucket List Recap

Every May as the end of the school year approaches I like to get into the spirit of summer vacation with a post about my bucket list for the upcoming summer. This year I had five things on that bucket list. The new school year began last week so it seems fitting to revisit thoseContinue reading “Summer 2016 Bucket List Recap”