A new era...

So I'm on a new adventure. I spent the summer blogging about my thoughts and experiences as a member of the crafty workforce. I am now going to attempt to blog about my trials and triumphs with expanding my vocabulary. I have a huge box of big words on tiny flashcards. I bought said box of words when I still had dreams of becoming a PhD woman. I have since let that dream die (or maybe just hibernate--who knows). Anyway--this box of words is supposed to be the top 1000 words used on the GRE. I didn't really know what one would do with that many words if he/she wasn't attempting to pass a ridiculous test. I have since solved this problem. I'm an English teacher (please don't hold that against me or hold me to an impossible grammar standard)! Each week I require my students to add 5 more words to their vocabulary. We write the definitions, talk about the words, and discuss the utter importance of a good vocabulary. Lecturing my students on the importance of constantly updating one's vocabulary made me look at how rarely I take time to update my own vocab. Eureka! I could practice what I preach AND use my handy-dandy box of words. But then another problem came into view--how would I practice my words? Then it really all came together--a blog about new words. I know it sounds boring, and if it is, I'll put everyone out of their misery and stop, but--hey--let’s give this a try. Here's how I think this will work...on Mondays, I'll post my 10 new words and what they mean, sometime during the week I'll use all of them in a conversation on my blog. The only missing link is how I'll test myself at the end of the week. Any ideas for that one? I have a sneaky feeling I'll also be blogging throughout the week about other parts of life and the challenge of learning my new words. We'll see. Anyway- so there's that. I embark on my new adventure.