Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. My name is Joy, and I am addicted to email.  As I mentioned in the previous post about Staying Connected, my husband had to talk me into signing up for ...

Summer is a perfect time to visit  your local library or bookstore and discover new books!  When I taught elementary school, I would try to find ways to get my students excited about reading... One of the things that I made for my students was a reading log and whoever had the most books read received a special prize from me ...

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The Illustrated Takeaways by 99% got my mind into the doodling mode! There's just something about drawing that really relaxes me after a stressful day.  Here are some doodle/drawing inspired handmade items from super talented Etsy artists. The featured picture is a cool illustrated moleskine -  "Little Monster Moleskine . Large . Ruled" by shoofly. Treasury: "Doodle Fun" ...