Extreme Classroom Makeover

Extreme Classroom Makeover...

Here are the "Before" pictures of the Literacy Room (my classroom)-- these were taken with my cell phone as I was moving over 100 boxes with my own two hands:

Standing at the front of the room, looking at the door

Standing in the back left corner

Standing in the back, at the door

And now, the AFTER Pictures!!!  (Ooooooh, Ahhhhhhh...)  This is after about 3 weeks of work!

Welcome!

Professional Reading "Nook"

A Glimpse of the Books and Conference Table

Small Group Table-- Notice the Doors!  Painted that quote on there myself!

Guess who put these bookshelves together... plus one more... all in ONE DAY!!!

My book cart... a gift from Bath and Body Works

My lovely freshly-painted cabinets--- thank you, Ryan, for your help!

Ryan and I just got back from a wonderful water aerobics class at the Y-- thanks, Lynn, for the awesome workout!  Now we are enjoying some Chinese Food... Chicken and Broccoli and Moo Goo Gai Pan... Yum. 

No food pics today, but I will leave you with some "food for thought": my Dove Promise Wrappers!  (Hey, they were dark chocolate, so I can call them my antioxidants!)

Not my favorite...

But I do like this one!  Everyone needs do-overs!

Small Victories

So, I just haven't been able to post the past couple of days. I got overwhelmed, but now I am back.  This morning I couldn't help myself and I had a Dove Dark Chocolate Promise.  I love these for the candy AND the messages.  Here was mine for today...

So... I am celebrating small victories today. For example, I got up and got myself ready in time to make my favorite breakfast-- a ham and egg sandwich for only 3 points!  See the picture and recipe below...

This recipe is so easy...

Ingredients:

1 egg

splash of milk

Arnold Whole-Wheat Sandwich Thins (or other Sandwich thins)

2 slices of deli ham

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Spray a small microwaveable with nonstick spray.  Beat egg, milk, salt, and pepper together in the bowl.  Microwave on high for about 1 minute and 30 seconds (varies, depending on the microwave).  Meanwhile, toast your break.  (If your house is like mine, you probably can't do both at the same time!  :)  Then, slide your egg "round" onto the bread.  Top the egg with the ham slices.  (This tastes really yummy if you add either a slice of low fat cheese or spread a wedge of Laughing Cow Light cheese on the bread.  De-Lish!)

Got to work and had to unload about a million bags to take them to my classroom.  I was grumblingh and complaining about how far I had to walk between my car and my classroom, BUT... as soon as I got done unloading, the sky exploded and down came the rains...

...so that's a small victory I am celebrating.