You Have To Start Somewhere

I am new to the world of blogging.  I have read other people’s blogs and decided to write one of my own.  I have no idea how often I will write, but if I know this blog is hanging over me, it will give me a reason to write often.

I am a 2nd grade teacher, and this summer I became a San Diego Area Writing Project fellow.  During this invitational summer institute, participants were encouraged to write daily.  I enjoyed discovering the possibilities through writing since I did not see myself as a writer before the institute.  When the summer institute was over I vowed to continue the routine of writing daily.  The institute ended  almost four weeks ago, and sadly, I have only written in my journal two times.

Another thing SDAWP fellows were encouraged to do was to sign up for social sharing sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram .  I decided to join Twitter and Instagram.  I started participating in the “Photo A Day” challenge started by the director of  SDAWP.  This challenge is something I have enjoyed doing and have been able to post consistently.  The photo challenge this week was on #curves.  So, when they presented a new challenge I thought it would probably be best to start a blog.  That way I could write down many of my thoughts and ideas.  The new challenge will be about mentor texts and how we use them in our classroom.

Here I am now.  A newbie in the blogging world.  But, I had to start somewhere.  I think the hardest part so far was trying to think of a title for my blog!  I had different titles to start, but this one stuck.  Pink is my favorite color and the term tickle me pink means to be very pleased.  I hope that people who visit are somehow pleased and entertained by what I have posted.  And, I in turn will be pleased for having done so.