Tag Archives: home school moms

Book tour: Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer

Posted on by
3

Woohoo! Time to giveaway another book. Aren’t you excited?

The book: Blue Like Play Dough. Author: Tricia Goyer, whom I happen to follow on that crazy time suck machine Twitter. Trisha is always tweeting mundane bits of her life, how she hates to cook and go to Walmart.

Er.. Monica those are your tweets. Tricia lives to shop at Walmart, is a great cook and has three teenagers, so her life isn’t boring. In fact, she’s like a Super Woman – she’s a teen mentor, novelist and missionary. Why can’t you be more like her, huh? Huh?

Oh, shut up.

That’s lovely. Tricia Goyer would never say shut up. She’s a PERFECT CHRISTIAN.

Wait a minute, Crazy-Monica-Voice-in-My-Head, I’ve read Tricia’s book and she’s not a perfect Christian! I have the proof – her book, Blue Like Play Dough – very encouraging to folks like us. You know, Christ follower, wife, mom, home schooler, and writer. Sometimes she screws up, but she keeps on going, letting the Lord mold her like a lump of play dough.

You do love those dashes, don’t you? You need an editor. Maybe you could hire Tricia.

ARGH!!! Go away, Crazy Monica!! I just want to tell my friends about Tricia’s book, how encouraging it is and to leave a comment if they want a chance to win a copy.

Whatever. Aren’t you going to start dinner? I bet Tricia can cook, write a smashing good blog post and lead an expository Bible study all at the same time. And her kids would never interrupt.

You’re not listening to me, Crazy Monica. Weren’t you paying attention when I read her book?

Uh. What book?

***

Leave a comment to win Blue Like Play Dough. Use the Tweet This for an extra chance (and because you love me!) Then go follow Tricia on Twitter cause her tweets are really much more entertaining than mine.

Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer

We interrupt this blog for a special shout out

Posted on by
5

To my blog designer, Shannon Entin.

Hi, Shannon!

For a long time – at least a year – I’ve wanted my blog to be more than just a theme found on WordPress Planet or another website. Every time I downloaded a new theme, it would work for awhile, but I never was satisfied. I wanted a header with just the right image and feeling to it. I wanted colors I love. I think most bloggers will agree, if you keep a blog long enough, you want it to reflect your own unique style.

When I finally had enough of the canned themes, I knew exactly who I wanted to design Paper Bridges. Not only is Shannon a crackerjack at code, with her own rocking blog, but she’s a home schooling mom too. (That means she must be really smart).

Shannon and I know each other in that place away from the Internet. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Real Life. Our kids belong to the same home school co-op. We’ve swam in her pool. My kids have used her bathroom. I’ve spilled crumbs on her sofa.

Why am I telling you all this? Because being comfortable with your designer is key. You should trust and feel comfortable with the person designing your baby, I mean, blog. I knew my blog was in excellent hands with Shannon.

And here’s the thing: I didn’t know exactly what I wanted with the design when we got started. I knew more of what I didn’t like than what I did. Shannon knew the right questions to ask and she pointed me in the right direction, to get the results you see here.

Okay, guys. Go check out Shannon’s design page, bookmark it for future reference. Because you know you want a blog as lovely as mine.