Monday, August 31, 2009

Helping Cindy

I took Cindy out to her classroom today. This is a new room for her and she hadn't see it before. It's amazing! Well, it will be when she gets it all set up just the way she wants it. It all takes time. It was also helpful for me. Since I am retired now, I was feeling a little left out as everyone is preparing their classrooms. Today gave me the opportunity to get back in the classroom, even if it was only for a day.


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Ron and Carole - Retired!

Here we are on the deck at Jennifer and Will's home. Are we really old enough to be retired? Sure doesn't seem like it.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

One Down

I bet you didn't think I could do it, but I got the library in pretty good shape. It's a good thing I brought the little book shelf home from my classroom. I was going to have Ron build me one, but this fits perfectly under the window. Ah, one project completed, but several more to go.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

What a Mess!

School is out and I am now retired. However, that doesn't seem to mean that I have no work to do. All the stuff from my classroom came home. This is my library. See all the books on the floor? See all the full bookshelves? Where am going to put the new books? Everyday I look at this and know I need to take care of it, and everyday I avoid doing it.This is the garage with more of my boxes that need to be put away. I have started on this. If you look above the cabinets you will see boxes. There is one for each month of school and they contain classroom decorations and materials for that month. I had them in my cupboards at school, so it was just a matter of bringing them home and putting them away. A pretty easy task. However, Ron wonders if I will ever get them down.

Here's the Goodwill pile. As I go through my school and home stuff the pile is getting bigger and bigger. Our Goodwill is doing a big remodel right now, so I am waiting for them to finish before I take my boxes in.