Closet Makeovers

I have a co-worker who just adopted two adorable children from Lithunia with her husband. It all happened so quickly - and they didn't have time to do all the tasks they wanted to do before the kiddos arrived, so Herman and I volunteered to take on one of the projects - the closets.

It was actually a lot of fun working with my hubby on this project. He did all the hard labor of course, but working together to come up with a vision and then executing it together made me realize how close of a couple we've become. There was a time when a project like this would have devolved into fight club.

Anyways - here are the fruits of our labors. Simple, but I love it!

The girl's room:

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The boy's room:

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What do you think? Did we do a good job using space effectively?

The end of high school...

... for me at least.

A couple weeks ago I found out that I was being moved back to our district's middle school. The move was one that was not asked for, nor wanted, but the silver lining is - I still have a job! I'm going to miss my kiddos and colleagues terribly, but know that it will all turn out ok.

The end of any school year is always chaotic, and this year is no exception. Because of the move I not only need to grade all 200 of these essays, get grades entered, printed, and all technology returned, but I also have to pack up my room - all by 5 pm noon on the day after kids are through. We'll see how that all turns out.

So for now, here are some of my views - the only things I'm seeing recently.

Some sweet treats from sweet seniors...

Seniors graduating... such a bittersweet day...

My spray on dolphin tattoo - a keepsake from the Grad Night party...

Max "helping" me - giving me a perfect reason to not do my grading...

More goodies from great students... I feel so loved!

... and on that note - I should get back to grading. Ugh...