October 24, 2015
A part of my identity is my music, despite this being my first (and only thus far) blog post about it! The MOM and WORK hats have dominated my life for the last few years, but deep down inside is soprano Maggie. I’m working on a Mozart piece to sing at Mass this weekend (yes, my organist likes to exploit…
October 12, 2015
Hands Free Mama!!!! I have learned so much from Rachel Macy Stafford’s first book, Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters! I have posted about this in my first blog, lifeisbutadreammaggie.blogspot.com, so this is nothing new, but I love this book so much I…
Hello again, I’m somewhat familiar with copyright rules, being a music teacher. I’m actually in the middle of teaching my middle school students about what copyright law is about and how it protectors the songwriter. With blogging, I knew I had to be careful about using images found on the webernet. But, I didn’t know real specifics, and since I’m…
October 5, 2015
Howdy! I’m starting a new weekly series, entitled “The Blog Log.” The statistics for how many blogs are out there are mind-blogging. It’s something like, 6 in every 5 people have a blog. Whatevs, there’s a lot. So, I thought I’d share with you some nifty one’s I’ve found. I’m not going to follow any particular theme; they might be…
October 3, 2015
Pumpkin spice latte jokes have broken the internet as of late. With good reason, if you haven’t had one, you probably will. I, for one, don’t actually prefer pumpkin spice lattes. Now, peppermint mocha lattes during the Christmas season, that’s a heck yes! But I do love most things pumpkin. Just not in my coffee. I posted a similar post…
October 1, 2015
Recently, my best friend had her first baby. It was so exciting hearing about her experiences as a first time pregnant/first time mom. When it came time for her baby shower, it made me think about what baby items I couldn’t live without. Like a wedding registry, you end up having to pick stuff out that you will use on…