Week 1: Famous Last Words--New adventures in writing

This week started out pretty rough for me.  I really don't think of myself as a creative type of person, so writing blog stories ended up being a little out of my comfort zone.  I don't mind being pushed out of my comfort zone somewhat, but it does make me a little more anxiety ridden when I do get put into that position.  With the encouragement of my husband & family and the ability to use people and experiences from my own life, I was able to complete all of the assignments before they were actually due.  I have never written a blog before either, so I was pretty worried about doing that task correctly.  After completing a few entries, I'm starting to feel more confident in that task.  As for the Pinterest task, I found that to be somewhat easier but I'm still not 100% confident about pinning posts and other people's boards.  I'm sure I'll get better at that too with time.  I feel like my most creative writing post was my post about the nursery rhyme.  I was able to use my daughter, Mary, as my inspiration for the main character of the story.  I also used my adult son as a character in the story, but I did change his name to better fit into the story.  In my opinion, my second most creative blog post was my Introduction.  For the most part, I don't mind writing about my life experiences and telling people about me in general.  However, I am a pretty private person overall, so I will keep a lot of my life details to myself.  In reflection, I found this first week of class to be quite challenging and rewarding at the same time.  I'm also thankful that is seems like the class workload will be tapering off just a wee bit.  I'm also taking an online Trigonometry class through OCCC, so I'm hoping that these two online classes combined won't be too much for me to handle.  All I can do is wait and see.  Wish me luck!

(Image information: Family Photo from November 2013--My inspirations: My husband Steve & daughters Mary (on left), Tiffany (middle) and Jacqueline (on right).