As the semester comes to a close.....

After this semester I realized how blogging actually helps in the writing process. At the beginning of the year when Mr. Wermers first mentioned that we were going to be blogging I was not very happy and thought it would be just a tedious waste of time. After taking the course however, I have realized that at times yes blogging since it is required every week can become tedious; it is also very helpful to put my ideas on paper and to just write what I am thinking. I have never been the type of person to keep a diary or journal at home, but I think that may be something I should do. It has been helpful to actually relieve my mind of everything I am thinking by writing it all down on paper. I don’t think I ever realized, but since I have come to college I have found so many new techniques for relieving my stress. Blogging, taking breaks between studying, reading a book for comedy or even a magazine, and taking a nap all can help in relieving stress. With all the finals both this week and next week I will need to find time to take my own advice and relax a little in-between studying. Cramming isn’t the best idea anyway, so taking some small breaks will be useful. I wish everyone in the class good luck on their finals and I was happy to have learned the idea of blogging in this course!

Mother's Day Ideas....

As the semester comes to a close it is so hard to believe this is going to be one of our last English blogs from 102. It was hard for me to choose a topic for this blog, but after looking on my homepage of yahoo for a couple minutes I quickly realized Mother’s day is a week from today. Mother’s day always has been a special holiday in my family. We of course send cards to my grandmas that don’t live here and we always try to do something special for my mom. Since I still live at home, I think I might make breakfast for her this year. She really enjoys the Swedish pancakes I make, so I think that will be the highlight of her morning. My dad always buys my mom flowers and my brother, my dad and I all buy her cards for the day. It always seems to take me forever to pick out cards for either of my parents as I always pick out the sentimental cards that have to say the message I want to portray to them. My brother, on the other hand, just picks the funniest card and calls it good. As for a gift I have no idea what to get my mom this year. On yahoo they have a list of possible gift ideas, which range from jewelry, to clothes, to tea and other relaxing items, to photo albums to plants. Of these ideas I think I may see what I can find in the relaxing category, but as of now I still have no clue what sounds like the best possible gift. Class do you have any suggestions as to what you are getting your mom for Mother’s day or what sounds like a good gift for a special mom?