HELLO OUT THERE!!

I've finally taken the plunge into the world of blogging.  

Even though I've heard it's a lot of work.  

Even though I have read about the late nights spent browsing posts. 

Even though I will probably need to learn a bit of HTML.  

Even though I'm just starting out in my career.

I finally decided that blogging was exactly my cup of tea.

I've been an anonymous admirer of so many experienced bloggers/teachers for quite a while.  Many of their posts have inspired me during college and now I have so many ideas floating around my head.  Since I don't have a classroom (yet!) I haven't been sure what to do with all of these ideas.

This is where I think a blog can help me.  I am planning on using it to document my transition from graduate student to real-life teacher and everything in between.  A journal would have sufficed, but I want to pass on what I have learned.  I want you, whoever you are, to learn from my mistakes.

This blog will have a slow set-up since I have no idea what I am doing.  I won't have fancy backgrounds or images.  I'm think I'm a decent artist, but I cannot create downloadable clip-art or digital papers.    And I don't have the equipment for fancy digital work or printables.  I'm kind of poor.  (Remember- I said I'm not a working teacher yet.) 

  I'm new to blogging and will be slowly working on things.  

You have been fairly warned....

And what better way to start off this blog than with some facts about me, since I have no clear plan for this post, so WHY NOT??:

1) I have a B.S. in Childhood Ed.(1-6) and a M.S. in Literacy (B-12). Reading is life.

2) I live on my iPad.  I wake up with the alarm and fall asleep to audiobooks or music.

3) I am currently looking for a teaching position close to home. 17 positions applied for so far!! (...fingers crossed...)

4) I am an anglophile.  (It's not rude.  It just means I love everything British.)  I love the accent, the teas, the Union Jack flag, the cute little shops, everything Harry Potter, British words and slang, British YouTubers... the list is endless.  If I wasn't American, I would choose to be British in a heartbeat.

5) Watching reality shows is my guilty pleasure.  Dance Moms, Breaking Amish, Catfish, Whodunnit.... I'm hooked.  I know they are terrible, but they're good brain breaks. :)

6) "The Literacy Doll" combines my love of literacy and a childhood nickname.

7) I am also a dance instructor. Hip-Hop is my absolute favorite style to dance and teach.

8) My books of choice are typically YA fiction.  I think it's very underrated.  There are so many books for boys and girls that are full of adventure, mythology, and tough topics.  And if a book is part of a series I'm more likely to read it.  There is just something about knowing the story continues for a few more books that makes me read that much faster.  

9) I have a pen-pal who lives in Italy.  She is like my sister on the other side of the world.

10) I own Hermione Granger's wand.  And a District 12 Tribute uniform.  :)

A bit boring for my first post, but I wanted to just say 'hi' and 'thank you' for taking some time out of your day to read my little blog.  I'll be posting again soon!

xx