Friday, June 14, 2013

5 for Friday


I'm linking up with  Doodle Bugs Teaching  for her weekly linky party 5 for Friday. It's easy you just share 5 things you did this week.
1. My dad turned 80 on Saturday, we had a surprise party for him. Here are a few pictures.




2. After working for almost a week, I finally got my room packed up to be moved. I actually got to move a few things myself. Is it just me or are there others out there worry about their things being destroyed by careless movers. I told my principal that when I moved into my house, people from church who care about me helped me move. some of my furniture got some nicks and scratches, if people who love me did  that (not on purpose) then what are a bunch of movers who don't know me at all going to do. My main issue was I took my baskets of books and dropped them into the moving boxes with the books still in them. I was worried that some of the heavier stuff would end up on top of them crushing the books and breaking the baskets. So I was very happy to move all of my books to my new room and know that they were in good shape.
3. Here are some pictures of my new room which is actually my old room renovated. It looks really nice, but my one complaint is the cabinets are very deep, luckily I have a big cabinet that will come back to my room that will hold large items.
Since my computer crashed, I don't have access to any photos of my old room, but here's some pictures of the new old room. 


There's not very many shelves, the other classrooms have 8 sections instead of 4. 
They tried to make up for it by giving me more purple and green cabinets.



I will eventually have a Smartboard in the space between the white boards. Yes! I have real white boards, I used to have OLD shower board that was worn out.



4. We got a little closer to living in the 21st century. Since I re-financed the house, I got cable, WIFI  and caller ID. Delaney was thrilled to be able to watch the Disney channel. I may have to watch her so she doesn't become a big couch potato this summer. We really needed WIFI because I got her a Kindle last year and she couldn't upload anything on it unless we went to McDonalds or someones house.

5. One of my favorite things that happened this week, is.... wait for it.... I got a second trash dumpster. Isn't that terrific? I am really excited about it, seriously! I have a small yard, but there are several trees in it so that means lots of leaves and branches. The city won't pick up any bags, but fortunately the extra dumpster only costs $5.00. I only got it yesterday and I have already filled it up. I love doing yard work but ever since I moved here, the leaves and branches have always been a problem. I'm hoping now that I've got another can, I will get out and do more yard work which hopefully will lead to losing a lot some weight.
The trees are nice because they shade the swing set almost all day, but they do create a lot of work.



As you can see from this picture of Rascal, the leaves killed a bunch of our grass.

I've still got a lot of work ahead of me as you can see.



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16 comments:

  1. Lucky you to be moving into a newish room! One thing I've done with my deep cabinets is put things in storage boxes, to make my own drawer sliders. That way, I can easy access the things in the back. Hopefully, this makes sense!

    Mary
    Teaching Special Kids

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    1. That is a good idea Mary. I just bought some tubs with lids on clearance at Walmart for $1.00. I'm going to use some of them I think that might work! ;)
      Kelly

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  2. Okay...your blog name got me!...I love it...my family loves the commercial..lol WOW,Happy Birthday to your dad! We all hope to see the big 8-0 :)I love your classroom. I can't wait to see it decorated!

    Yvonne

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    1. Haha, I'm glad you recognize the commercial, most people don't seem to know what I'm talking about. I feel like I'm going to have to totally switch up my colors since the colors in my room are so bold. I'm going over to check your blog out and follow you!

      Kelly

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  3. Your "new" room looks great. I totally get being concerned about moving your stuff. :)
    ❀ Tammy
    Forever in First

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    1. Thanks! I knew a teacher would "get it" being concerned about my stuff. A lot of it was things I bought with my own money and didn't want to have to replace.
      Kelly

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  4. I love all the cabinet space! I'm so jealous! This year I wanted to keep a lot of my stuff in my room which you're not really allowed to do at my school. We are supposed to keep extra supplies in a "planning" room which is in another building. So I bought cute, brightly colored table clothes and hot glued them to tables so I could hide boxes and look cute at the same time. I would have loved to have that kind of cabinet space.

    24/7 Teacher: Amy Harrod

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    1. OK, so now I feel guilty complaining about the cabinets. haha My old cabinets were much deeper and you could store big things in them and big boxes on top of them. I keep asking the principal if I can use one of the empty rooms as a closet. lol You can get pretty creative when it comes to creating storage, good job!

      Kelly

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  5. So, first off, your blog name got me to visit. Then I saw the picture of your dad and thought it was you ! Hahahaha! The phone rang and I couldn't read beyond the picture. I hurried back! Glad to find your blog and to know that you're not teaching at 80!

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    1. Hahaha, that is sooo funny! No, I'm not a man, a grandpa, or 80. So glad you dropped by. Come and visit any time!

      Kelly

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  6. Your new room looks big and bright! AND, happy birthday to your Daddy. :)
    ~Brandee
    Creating Lifelong Learners

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  7. Thanks Brandee! I've been looking online for some things to decorate with, things I used last year just don't seem to match the new decor.

    Kelly

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  8. Happy birthday to your daddy!!!

    Your room looks awesome! So much better than before, right? :)
    ღDeAnne
    First Grade and Fabulous

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    1. Thanks DeAnne! It definitely does look better, especially the floor. The tile was all chipped and broken. I'ver already been working on some new decor. I found some really cute and colorful sock monkey border that I think I am going with.

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  9. Happy Birthday to your handsome Dad!! My mom turned 80 this year, too.

    Ooh, a new classroom. I like switching things up. I'm moving to a new school this summer so I hope to post some pics, too.

    Take care!

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    1. Thanks Barb. Are you staying with the same district, just a different school? You're still teaching first? Wow, I'm nosy! I can't wait to see some pictures!

      Kelly

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