A Functional Space

It has been a week since my last post and I feel like I have accomplished so much and so little at the same time. After reading some of my favorite blogs, it appears that many, many of my teacher friends have begun thinking and/or planning for their first week.... AHHhhhhh!

Is it really that time already? Surely not. There is still soooo much to do. I am going to try and get back in my room this week, now that I think they are finally done with repairing our floors from the water damage. I need to do some serious library organizing and then once my room is somewhat organized, I can sit down and think about what beginning of the year activities from last year I can use for two years and which need to be saved for another round of third grade.(Holy run-on sentence BATMAN!)


     Side note: If you haven't figured it out yet, we loop and have the same class for two years. The loops go k-1, 2-3, and 4-5. Which is why I couldn't have a cutsey grade level blog title, but I love the amount of time we get to spend together and how much they care for each other after looping.

I also need to work on finishing up all of the crafty projects that I started weeks ago. This is a photo of done, almost done, and not even started. I finished my chalkboard paint calendar mirror thingy and it is now dangerously resting on the wall in my kitchen. As for the bucket seats, grrrrr. First of all, they ended up costing wayyyyy more than I had expected. (About ten dollars a piece, although this is partially my fault for not paying attention to the price of the fabric). Then I ran out of ribbon, so I am going to have to go back to the store and spend MORE money.... lesson learned. The fabric folded on the chair, that I didn't even realize is in the photo, is to make pillow cases for the pillows I already have. We had a HUGE lice problem in our school last year. They were RAMPANT!

*scratching head while thinking about it*

Anyway, taking the pillow cases off will be easier than washing the giant pillows. Now, I just need a sewing machine... Or a friend with a sewing machine.... Or an easily persuadable parent with a sewing machine...

That might actually work.

Until my next creative streak hits blogging world and if you haven't checked out my new button or my donors choose page, you should because they're awesome and it's all I have accomplished tonight.