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The Blog-tember Challenge: Day 16

We are over halfway through with The 2015 Blog-tember Challenge!  I’ve enjoyed having prompts given to me, but I will be happy to get back to my normal content!  I missed yesterday’s prompt and was so sad because it was one I was looking forward to!  Today’s is important with the expansion of the blogging world, and don’t forget to check back tomorrow for my next post!


Day 16: The real you vs. the online you.  Are they the same or different?

Everything I post about on this blog is real–none of the content is ever made up.  None of it is ever staged–as in, we don’t go do anything just for the sake of me having blog content.  (Well, when I start posting pictures of our house next month, you’ll know I made sure everything was clean and in its place beforehand!)  I write about things we go and do or recipes I make or random posts that are on my heart. 

So I definitely think the real Sarah and the online/blog Sarah are the same.  With that being said, I am careful about what I blog about.  I’m not comfortable blogging every single detail of our lives–and I know people don’t care ha!  At this point in my life, I’m not comfortable blogging about the hard things that go on–the low blood sugar episodes that Dustin has, our disagreements, or a bad day I had.  And I don’t for see that ever happening.

I use this blog as a scrapbook that I’m going to be able to look back on in the years to come and remember our lives the way they were.  I love looking back at my posts from when I first started blogging (a year ago next month!!) and I remember how much I was still obsessed with our wedding.  I love looking back at the posts when we started building our house and seeing how it transitioned from an empty lot to a house I’m sitting in typing this right now 🙂  I write this blog for me and my memories, but I appreciate the people who read along!  It’s so encouraging when I run into someone who tells me they enjoy reading my blog–so thank you!

The Blog-tember Challenge: Day 14 + Weekend Recap!

Before I get to The Blog-tember Challenge prompt, I wanted to share a little weekend recap with you!
This is what I did over the weekend:

I experimented with a new cake recipe.
 I ran 4 miles and am ready to get back into my best running shape.
 And I enjoyed the opening day of dove season.


I love today’s prompt!  It speaks to my heart!  I’m an English teacher so a good book is part of my love language.  But this prompt really made me think about the books that have impacted my life.

Day 14:The 5 books that have impacted you.

This living Word showed me my sin problem but also gave me a solution to it–Jesus.  I learn more about God and His unrelentless love for me each time I open my Bible and read from it.

This book showed me empathy.  It showed me injustice and taught me to do the right thing no matter what.  This might be my favorite book ever.

I had to read this book as a 10th grader and I really fell in love with his writing.  I loved the symbolism he used and his themes.  I read a short story by Fitzgerald in college and it made me appreciate him even more.  When I got out of college and took over a friend’s maternity leave before getting my job, I read Gatsby with her 11th graders and loved it even more.  I want to read more of his books when I have the time.

My 6th grade English teacher read us The Sorcerer’s Stone in class and that’s when I fell in love with these books!  After that, I would go wait in line for the midnight releases of the books.  I felt like I grew up with Harry and his friends, and that might have been the first time I really connected with characters in a book.  I reread the series not too long ago and really appreciated Rowling’s writing style–she’s a genius.

And I could not think of a 5th books that impacted my life like these books have.  Maybe I just haven’t read it yet 🙂





The Blog-tember Challenge: Day 11 + Friday Favorites

Day 11: It’s a Friday night and you decide to stay in.  What do you do?

I’m going to pretend this prompt is for when Dustin is on night shift and I’m home by myself. That’s when I usually have nothing planned.  And I’m also pretending that my house is already spotless and all of the laundry is done because otherwise I would spend my Friday night alternating between what I want to do and straightening up the house.  Oh, and my homework is done!

This is a list of what I would do on my Friday night:

1. Watch Friends.
Friends is always on at 4 PM when Dustin is heading out the door, so I usually watch an episode or two after school.

2. Make myself dinner.
….which would be homemade popcorn!  I’m glad I’m not having to cook a big meal so I would take out my popcorn maker and pop some popcorn and eat it plain.

3. Watch a Hallmark movie(s).
Now that AT&T uverse has the Hallmark channel (just in time for Halloween and Christmas!), I will watch a movie or two–depending on how late I stay up.  The movies have been about weddings the past few weekends and they’ve been great!

4. Or read a book.
I feel like I never get to read anymore, so I might read a book if nothing is on TV that I want to watch.

5. Go to bed early.
As in, 9-9:30ish.  I am so exhausted by the time Friday rolls around that I want nothing more than a good night’s sleep!



Okay, and now for a few Friday Favorites!!!

ONE
Can the fact that it is Friday be a favorite??
 Madea and I feel the same exact way about Friday being here!


TWO
Taking evening walks with this guy.  Earlier this week I texted him and said, “Let’s go for a walk when you get home from work.”  I was expecting him to say that he had had a rough day at work, but he surprised me by saying yes!  It’s so much more fun to walk with someone than alone.
THREE
I saw it on Pinterest Told Me To, and so I immediately ordered it from Nordstrom!  I love ordering from them because they keep you updated about shipping, and it’s the best experience I’ve had.  I can’t wait to wear this scarf once it turns cooler–which might be this weekend because I think the high is 70 tomorrow??

Happy Friday!!