the ride down the BIG hill on my bike today...1.4 miles of pure d.o.w.n! I met my friend, who does that ride 3 times a week to work and back. I wasn't sure of the exact route so I met her on her way home and she showed me the off road route. The BIG hill is a busy street with minimal bike lane. This route goes past a small lake and is quite a pretty ride without all the traffic. We rode up to my classroom and peeked in the windows, then rode over to her house. I had several options for the ride home...but I didn't want to take the off road route as I don't have mountain bike tires on my bike and I am afraid I would slide on the way down hill. SO I chose a route with a few UP hills and then a major downhill....Club Dr. for your locals....what a thrill.
This morning I took the dog...the one Daughter #2 is babysitting...and headed to my classroom to work. Puppy dog was in heaven in the little fenced yard and wore himself out:
I put the shelves in the "new" green bookshelf and filled it with 10 boxes of books! Then Daughter #1 came to help...we got the calendar board almost finished:
And the Wall Story board is finished:
...and best of all my "new" shelf:
I cannot for some reason rotate this photo...the books which were in copy paper boxes for 14 years in a cabinet, are now shelved....so I need to get better markers than the file folders I have shoved in there now. But I am so excited that I can see all of my books and manuals instead of pulling boxes out from a cabinet.
I am also excited that I have wall space and just as soon as the other teacher's stuff gets moved I can set up the playhouse and blocks in the wing...and get the P.E. stuff outside and get my supplies in the outside lockers.
Funny, for years I have dreamed that I was at school and I found another room, office or work area that I hadn't known about...and I would wonder why I hadn't found that space before and how cool to utilize that space now. Well now I am not dreaming...I have found extra storage, an office and a workroom all in my wing....for real!
*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*GO UP AND DOWN THE BIG HILLS*DECORATE AND ORGANIZE*
