The first day is over!!

Top picture is of the hallway upstairs. The first door is the bathroom. Second door is closet. Third door is bedroom two. The doorway straight ahead is the laundry room. The doorway to the right is our bedroom. I am standing the loft taking the picture.

Next picture is of Matts office.

Third picture is take right as I walk up the stairs looking at the loft.

Fourth picture is half of our bedroom.To the right is the doorway to our closets and bathroom.

Fifth picture is of our living/fmaily room. The doorway to the left of the firplace is matts office. The hole in the wall is for the tv. I am standing in breakfast area taking the picture.

Ok so the bottom picture is of the kitchen. The half wall is the bar and the sink and stuff will be on that side. The hole is the pantry and the doorway is to the dining room.



Well yesterday was the first day of my teaching career(sort of). I was so excited when I woke up, and my stomach didn't turn till the bell rang. I wanted to make sure everything was ready and I still didn't have everything. The day went really smooth. The kiddos were great, but I sort of felt they kept thinking in their heads that they already knew all the things I was telling them so I felt self concious. They were really excited that they earned money for things. They really want to have money so they will work hard for it (I hope).

Well Matt and I went out today to buy some things for my treasure box, and that was hard. I don't know what kids like these days. I didn't want to spend alot of money but I also didn't know what to buy. I went to the dollar store and they had some things but I kept thinking that the kids wouldn't want this or that. I was thinking as we kept walking around the store that I should have them write on a peice of paper all thet hings they would like to see in the treasure box. I know they will write expensive things but some may write stickers or markers or something like that.

Well here are some pictures of the final drywall. This week they are putting up molding and then painting. I am so excited!! We are giving the appartment a 30 day notice on monday. I am so excited but scared because its finally happening.

DRY WALL

so here is the house with walls...sorry the pictures have the white specs that is the drywall dust in the air

finished product...sort of...

Here is the way the kiddos will see my classroom!! I am not going to do anymore till they get here. I am so glad I am finished. Next week I am going to start planning and getting things together. I can't wait till they come. I got my class list today and I have 20 kiddos. That is great hope I wont get anymore. I know I will but I really like having twenty. The picture with the yellow paper behind it is for my little brother. See the monkey, he drew that in highschool and was getting rid of it and so I took it and have saved it for all this time. I wanted to get it framed but when I was getting my stuff together I found it and thought it would be such an ispiration to my kiddos. If you look hard the poster that its under is a "THINKER" chart which is a reading strategy!! I am so proud to say that James drew that and all the ladies at work were impressed. I can't wait till the kiddos see it!!

my first classroom!!!

Ok so these are pictures of the almost done classroom. The one on the bottom is taken as you walk in the door. The other is taken behind my reading tabel. The big white board on the bootom picture will be covered as a builiten board. The wall to the right of that will also have something on it. The white board in the top picture is my dry erase so that is where I will be teaching from!! I am so excited. More pictures to come~~

SEPTEMBER 28TH

Ok so that is the date they say we will close!! I CAN"T WAIT!!! I told him I was going to call him everyday till then to make sure he is sticking to that date. I am pretty sure he will unless something drastic happens. Right now he said he needs six weeks, and so that date is six weeks and a day!! I am so excited.

Ok so walking into my classroom yesterday was horrible. I about lost it. I had no idea that it would overwhelm me that much. I really thought I could deal but I couldn't I didn't know where to start or what to do. Today was thirty million times better. I got things organized and I was getting rid of alot of things. I also put our my desks and got those into groups. I need to get things done because I want to get my bb done before parent night. In college they didn't teach you about organizing your room. I had saved so much I didn't want to get rid of things but I didn't know what I was going to do with it. I feel alot better leaving today!! I can't wait till school starts!! We found out we test the kids the first tuesday through thursday so that first real week is a waste so that is nice to know that I wont have alot of planning to do those days. It really hit me today that I am a real teacher!! It is finally here!! Pray for me because I woke up at 2am and had to get out of bed get a sheet of paper and write down all the ideas that were running through my head. It was running a million miles a min. I had all these plans on what I wanted to do and I didn't want to forget it so I repeated it in my head over and over again but then I couldn't sleep, so I had to get up. I hope this wont happen alot through the year!! Well I am off to bed so I can wake up early and get things done!! Thanks for reading!!(I will post pics of my classroom tomorrow)

12 days and counting...

So the kiddos come back in 12 days!! I am so excited!! I have waited for so long for this and its finally here. The only scary part is my room is a disaster and I need to get it all together but I only have three days!!!! So I am going to go later today and see what I can get into. The really dont want us there till the 16th but we will see. I have gotton so many new things for my room. I am so excited because I ddin't think I was going to be able to get anything. I bought fabric for big pillows yesterday. Today I am going to my dear friend Shannons to sew them.

Well we found out last week that the builder said the house wont be done till the end of sept. Which is ok I guess, but it struck a nerve when they told us and I lost it. I was so mad that day because to them we are another homeowner that wants a house. They have no reason to speed up. Ohwell....

Well my little brother came to visit with his g/f. I had such a great time!! I haven't seen him in sooo long. I tried hard to get his hair cut but he wouldn't let me. His g/f is REALLY sweet!! I really like her. She was VERY genuine and really listened when you talked. She actually held a conversation and wasn't shy. I hope they stay together. I wnat him to be happy and he deserves it with all the crap we dealt with!!!

Only a few days left!!!

Well in about a week and a half I will start my first year of teaching!! I can't wait!! I found out today that as a first year I get 300$ for my classroom!!!! That is God working his magic. Matt kept saying with this house we were going to have to save and I was going to have to wait, and look we were taken care of!! I am so excited!!

Well this picture is of the house before they work on the drywall!! It actually looks like a house and there isn't a huge pile of dirt out front!! Its only a month before we move in. We have already picked paint colors and know what rooms are what color. The living room is going ot be hard because he was a brown color I guess I can handle that. Our bathroom is going to be a blue color!! Our loft is going to be a green, my office I am still not sure yet. Our bedroom is another room we are unsure about. Th spare bathroom will be a gold color, our dining room will be white and red. His office will be the same color as the family room. The kitchen I don't think will have a color because I want to do a tile backsplash and then there wont be a wall.

Well I think my father is going through a midlife crisis. We went to Charlotte for Matts bday and we ate with my dad and he stunned us all with two new tattoos. He got one on each arm. On is a sword with a skull on top and it says fear no evil. The other is a skull with a hat that has four bullet wounds and its the ace of spades supposed mean something with luck.It was so funny because my dad isn't like that. Hes a police officer so I thought he was crazy.