About

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Hi, my name is Nicole, or as I like to affectionately refer to myself, Gidget.

I’m essentially a stay-at-home mom, but I wear a lot of hats. This blog, which is a a sort of “side project” of my main blog, Gidget Goes Home, is where I plan to hang up a few of these hats.

Here’s a few of the topics you might read about here on Gidget Loves Language, and how they fit with me personally and professionally…

::Writing::
I’ve always loved to write. As a little girl I would compose poetry and in junior high I took my first stab at fiction (I didn’t get very far, but it was a start!). I started college as a journalism major, but then decided it wasn’t for me, but I’ve never given up on the dream of writing. I’ve been blogging for our family and friends for a couple of years, dabbled a little more at fiction (nothing finished yet), and recently starting my personal blog partly to have a creative outlet and maybe even part of a future career.

::Reading::
I’ve always been an avid reader, just ask my parents about the time I checked out about 15 books from the library for a 3-week trip, only to finish most of them on the drive there. When I have the privilege of taking part in a blog tour or doing a book review, you’ll find it here. I may even have some book giveaways from time to time!

::Language Learning, especially Spanish::
About halfway through college I found my academic passion, foreign languages and specifically, Spanish. I have a bachelor’s in Modern Languages and Literatures (where I studied Spanish and French) and a master’s in Spanish. During my undergrad studies, I also studied abroad for a semester in Santiago, Chile. I’ve worked with almost all ages of language-learning students in some form or another and worked as a college Spanish lecturer for two years before “temporarily retiring” to stay home with my daughter. I love languages, and I love teaching Spanish, and I’m excited to have a place to discuss and share ideas and resources related to language.

::Multilingualism::
A portion of this blog will be devoted to the chronicles of my attempts to teach my daughter (born May 7, 2007), aka Chiquita, Spanish. I’m not a native speaker, so I have my own challenges, but I feel that the benefits of being bilingual outweigh my own insecurities. I look forward to hearing from others who are marching down this path as well.

You can read more about me if you like, but otherwise let’s just say I’m a self-proclaimed grammar nerd, a polyglot, and a mom (and wife) with a love for all things language.