My Classroom

I spent A LOT of time this summer putting my classroom together.  I was incredibly lucky to have a partner to help me get ready.  As many of you already know, my partner is Karen Sutherland and SHE. IS. AMAZING!!  We have had such a fun time preparing for the year and have spent many days laughing until we cried.  Here is our classroom for your viewing pleasure:

Last week was my first week teaching.  It was so great!  I'm only teaching part time, but after last week, I realized that I was meant to take this part time job.  I DO NOT KNOW how full time teachers do it.  I was exhausted!  I do have another part time job, but teaching is SO much work!  If you have children in school, PLEASE tell their teachers thank you!  I know you hear it a lot, but teachers do A LOT for your kids and they care about your child more than you could ever know!  

I'm very excited that the school year has begun.  (I'm even more excited that I went back as the teacher and NOT the student!)  :)  It's going to be quite the year, but I think it's going to be a lot of fun.  Wish me luck!  

Puppy Pictures!

Scout pretty much rules our life right now.  I hate to say it, but he's turned us into full blown dog people.  As expected, we've taken about a gazillion pictures of him.  So, if you're not a dog person, feel free to skip this post.  OR, you could look at all of the pictures because my dog is the most adorable thing you'll ever lay your eyes on.  And yes, that includes human babies.  THAT'S how cute he is people.  Enjoy.  

Our Pad

So, as a I mentioned awhile back, we moved.  About a month ago we moved into Dave's parents house (the basement, precisely).  We did a little bit (no, a lot) of painting and I have to say that I am thrilled with the results.  (I've loved all of the apartments that we've lived in, but not being able to paint them just about killed me!  There's not much I hate more than plain white walls!  Eck!)

  Some have asked me to show off our new "pad" if you will.  So here it is! 

   It's a small space, but it's working well for us.  We are hoping to get all of our student loans (darn those things!) paid off and start saving up for a house.  Luckily, we didn't need to take out a lot of loans, so we should be able to pay them off fairly quickly.  If I have my way, they'll be paid off by next summer.  Here's to praying that it will happen!  :)