But I Smile Anyway…

I don’t know about you but for me this week has been extremely hectic, stressful and long! I would like to unwind and meet new bloggers, along with interact with my new blogger friends/followers here 🙂 Please feel free to introduce yourself, your blog, location and what you write about, perhaps upcoming projects, etc. I’m hoping we can all meet new people and have a GREAT time! Feel free to spread the word on your blog as well/reblog this post. Cheers and bottoms up! Feel free to bring your favorite anything! Since I started the party, I’ll go first.

My name is Lisa aka L. My blog is called Life of an El Paso Woman. I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. I enjoy blogging about the people, places in things in El Paso, especially stuff that doesn’t really get covered at all or that often. I plan on…

Dear Awesome Reader,

Day 5 is simply to tell us your achievements and goals for you blog. I wrote about mine here!

You could also link some of your favourite posts you wrote if you want to!

Also I’d like you to write a question for bloggers to answer. Don’t answer or do anything with it! (It is in preparation for tomorrow’s challenge!)

Now I’m off to a sleepover! Adios!

Dear Awesome Reader,

Welcome, welcome to Day 4 of the Daydreamer Challenge! (Can you believe how quickly it’s going?!)

Don’t worry if you’re a few days behind, you can always click to see the day you missed and catch up:

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.

Okay so what I thought we’d do today is share some tips about blogging. Now, I know that some of you may be thinking “Gosh, I haven’t been blogging long enough!” or “I don’t feel like I understand blogging enough to be giving out tips!”

But I can guarantee that you learnt many things! It might be that before, you never used to bother finding other blogs but when you did, it helped you gain not just followers, but friends too!

Simple little things like that! I’m not going to say much else as I want YOU to come up with…

I’ll be totally honest and say that I never thought this day would come.

I have been in a job that I have loved for 15 years.

Teaching is all I ever thought I would do. All I have ever done. All I have ever wanted to do.

I am sat here, surrounded by the 4 brightly coloured walls, full of colourful displays that I hope I’m remembered for, saddened by the deafening silence of the classroom now that all of my class have disappeared off on their Easter Holidays.

This very room has been my second home for so long.

For the hour when I am in the classroom, with the class, teaching, I love it. It’s still the most rewarding feeling to know that you have taught, supported, encouraged and guided a child throughout their learning.

But sadly, that’s not the job any more.

The powers that be…