Growth Mindset, Power Through

It is the end of the semester for us. Everyone is different in most cases but a lot of us are waiting until the last minute to finish. Even if the goal seems like it not reachable and there is a lot of work to do you have to power through. Getting there is not easy for us that have put it off. Putting your head down and powering through to the end is the best way to accomplish the end. This applies to more than just the end of the semester. It could apply to work, to certain situations, sports and so on. Always make sure you put your head down and power through whatever obstacle is in your way for you to achieve what you had set out to do, break that wall down.

Image created by myself using Cheezburger.

Tech Tip: Blogger Design Templates

Making blogs is new to a lot of people still. Using templates is a great way to get started using a blog. You can always use them just for inspiration and change the way your blog feels so it is more than basic. This also helps with getting people to want to read your blog. Having the templates is a great way to set it and focus more on what you are writing as well. 

Blogger Design Templates

Famous Last Words: It has come to an end.

Well the time has come to close another semester at OU. It was not the best of times but it was also far better than my last one. I think I might actually complete this class haha. I'll admit it has been a struggle keeping up with my assignments this semester. I also did not do a lot of writing and focused mainly on extra credit work just to get by. Not saying that a bad grade will be received, I am saying that I could have done a lot better with my time and wrote a lot more. I had the stories in my head I just could not find the time to actually sit down and write them. If I could do it again I would get the biggest head start I could and just write write write. I think that would have been a better route for me to take in the long run.
Needless to say though, I really did enjoy being able to read a lot of the other stories in the class. Life happens sometimes and I had to switch my focus over to the situations that just seemed to constantly happen over the course of the semester. Working a full-time job, being a parent and having extra work on the side does not make taking classes easily, especially with a chronic illness that could come out of nowhere. My advice to anyone would be to work ahead and stay focused. If you can do that this is one of the best classes I have taken at OU so far!
The emails back and forth with Laura helped a lot as well. She would always get back to me really quick with any questions and always had great suggestions to help with management of the class.

Image provided by woodleywonderworks, Source.

Review Week 15

This cartoon speaks so much to me. It lets me know that we are closer to the holiday season and also that people using Twitter do not use punctuation correctly, if at all. I get you only have a very small word count but you can just use tweet longer to make it comprehensible. Sadly, I do not see it changing anytime soon.

Punctuation for Christmas

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Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Hunt) Part A

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Hunt) Part A

These stories are more known. The style is great with giving the detail a reader would want. I loved being engaged again with Hansel and Grethel. These reminded me of my childhood, even though they are darker than I remember. I do see a trend of having it to where it is warnings about going into the woods. 

Margaret Hunt's Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Part A.

Hänsel and Gretel; Darstellung von Alexander Zick (1845 - 1907). Source.

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (LibriVox) Part B

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (LibriVox) Part B

The second half, or part B, would be the stories I did not know well. The stories were a little longer than part A. With that being said it was more descriptive and had dialogue to get you engaged in the stories. This is good for readers who are not familiar with these stories. It keeps the same pattern as before and keeps to the dark stories that I am a fan of and write in that style as well.

 Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm, an audiobook recording available at LibriVox based on a Project Gutenberg publication. Part B.

Deutsch: Doppelporträt der Brüder Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm / Die Brüder Grimm, Oil on canvas.
Artist Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann 1855 . Source.

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (LibriVox) Part A

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (LibriVox) Part A

The description about what stories to expect was a little off for me. I knew most of the stories, at least in part A. I have not read the Grimm versions though. Going in I was happy with the style that these were written. It was not lighthearted as what I was told and read growing up. The stories were humorous but also dark. This kept me engaged. I think I have a thing for darker stories.

 Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm, an audiobook recording available at LibriVox based on a Project Gutenberg publication. Part A.

Double page illustration from a book of fairy tales.Grimm's Household Tales,
Author Robert Anning Bell . Source.