Weekly Summer Link-Up: Why I Blog

I am linking up with Monica at I Heart Grade 3 for the second week of her Weekly Summer Link-Up. These are great because it gets us blogging, they are quick and easy to do, and it is fun reading about everyone's posts each week. She had an AMAZING turnout last week and I cannot wait to see who links up this week. 

This week the topic is "Why I Started Blogging." Like my Teachers Pay Teachers Store, I started my blog about four or five years ago and did not do anything with it until about four months ago. When I originally started it, I wanted to share ideas and tips on my classroom, however, now I am no longer in the classroom. I envision my blog being a way for me to share fun ideas that I did when I taught, things I do at home with my kiddos, and random tidbits about life and things I am passionate about. 

One thing that I absolutely love about blogging is connecting with other teachers, bloggers, and TpTers. There are so many amazingly talented women and men out there and it is just an honor to be working and learning right beside them. Linky parties and blog hops are awesome and a great way to get to know people too. I definitely recommend getting involved in a few. I have met some great blogger friends by doing that. It is very comforting to know that even though we are all competitors, we can work together and provide one another with support, advice, and encouragement. 

Since I have not been doing this for very long, I feel that everything is fairly new to me and I struggle with figuring out how to be a wife and work at home mom, juggle updating my store, creating  products, social media, and blogging. I have lots of ideas, but just struggle with finding the time. Like I mentioned last week, I plan to move to Word Press at some point in the near(ish) future and when I do that I will have a game plan for exactly what my blog will contain and look like. 

That is it for this week! I look forward to linking back up next week for "An Accomplishment I'm Proud Of."  Please don't forget that this Wednesday I am hosting "Winner Wednesday" on my blog. Click {here} to see my post from last month for more information. I hope everyone has a fantastic week.