Idea?

I really like the way this looks. Is it pratical? Would you want to eat in a dining room like this? Let me know what you think because my friend Kelly is coming up to help re-do my dining room!!

Kitchen Re- do

Allen and I decided this summer to tackle the task of removing the old outdated wallpaper in the kitchen and giving it a fresh coat of paint. Actually, I really wanted to do this and Allen hates painting so he did it out of a heart full of love. We picked out a cool grey which to me now looks like a blue and painted the walls.

Did you know that fabric softener can make wallpaper fall off the walls? Okay, okay not really but it makes the process about a thousand times easier.
So we applied the fabric softener to the walls, scraped and scraped the wallpaper and swept up the remains. We painted trim for days, painted kitchen doors for days and painted the walls for days. My favorite part of the kitchen is the chalkboard paint we applied to the attic door. Yes, you can reach the attic through our kitchen. I would love to add new blinds, and curtains for our windows. One day maybe we could even put tile on the kitchen floor. But as for us newly weds, I am pretty proud of our kitchen re-do

O happy Day!

O happy Day!

Shoulder Pads

I teach special education.

I teach 6th grade.

This year I really like my job.

Even though I just yelled at a kid for forgetting my name.

Today I was testing. I read aloud for those students who are low in processing skills or have a disability in a comprehension area.

In the middle of my reading the test aloud I looked up and noticed one of our 6th grades was wearing a blouse. With SHOULDER PADS!

I nearly choked on my tea.

Have a happy weekend, and if you see a blouse with shoulder pads think of my precious 6th grader.

Birds of a feather flock together

Geese. You know those birds that have long necks and make honking sounds? The ones that always happened to make an appearance on “America’s Funniest Home Videos?” The ones that run and goose somebody from behind? Or attack a poor child who is just enjoying themselves in the park? Yeah. Those.

Every morning and every afternoon I see these animals. In large numbers too. Where? Oh, at my school. Is there a lake nearby? Nope. I even see them on the side of the road sometimes walking in single file from the nearby church. Hmm….

I love these geese. They make me smile every time I see them. I love watching them walk because they:
A. waddle
B. start off in a clump and magically fall into single file line in a matter of a minute.

They disappear in the wintertime. I guess they go somewhere warmer. I hope that wherever they go they make the people there happy too.

**side note** this year, the geese have become very adamant about leaving their poop on the students sidewalk where the buses meet them. I don’t know if the geese get picked on during P.E. or if they just have a funny sense of humor but I have almost peep my pants during bus duty. In case you didn’t know, 6th graders don’t look where they are going when they walk. Just think about it.

Another chilly night in store for us in Atlanta!

Last night was something out of a movie. Something simple yet magical. After Allen cooked us a big pot of Mexican chili we ventured out into the cool autumn air. It was dark outside, our street lit only by the florescent glow of the street lights and scattered light from homes within the neighborhood. I had a mug of hot tea in my hands keeping me warm and allen had Maggie on the leash. We walked down the middle of the street talking about how great fall felt to us. We talked about the houses on our street. We talked about Maggie. We had moments of silence that were so comfortable.

Maybe to someone else that experience, that memory would not be magical. But to me…it is etched in my memory with allen forever.

I hope that we have many more nights like that this fall. And next fall…and the next….