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Our School Room

New book rack

August 9, 2012 by Amy 1 Comment

We’re slowly rearranging things in our school room, which means that the cabinet that used to be our catch-all (well, one of them) now resides in the kitchen.  This, in turn, means that we had no place for our This Week in Books stacks, up until this past weekend.  I ran into TJ Maxx in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Organization and Scheduling, Our School Room, Reading/Phonics

Monday Meanderings: Summer routine + Burritt on the Mountain

June 4, 2012 by Amy 1 Comment

How are you, my friends?  Was your weekend lovely?  I hope so.  I can’t believe we’ve been officially finished with school for almost two weeks; life hasn’t slowed down one little bit for us here.  I am usually discombobulated by summer and its general lack of routine, and often it seems that just the time … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Education Tagged: Field Trips, North Alabama Field Trips, northwest Alabama field trips, Organization and Scheduling, Our School Room, Tennessee Valley field trips, The DLM

Bookshelves with browser boxes

March 29, 2012 by Amy 8 Comments

Is it okay if I brag on my husband a bit?  Good. 🙂 When we started our remodeling project, we were going to take the built-in bookshelves he made many years ago from one wall in our family room and put them on another wall.  Then he decided that a bank of cabinets would be a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Homekeeping Tagged: Gratitude, Organization and Scheduling, Our School Room

We’re getting closer. . .

March 27, 2012 by Amy 9 Comments

but right now we’re in the stage where everything is upside down.  My scrapbooking supplies and a stack of the kids’ portraits are in the pantry.  We’ve been working hard, though. I think it will be worth it when we get through.   

Posted in: Homekeeping Tagged: Our School Room

Books, books, everywhere

March 18, 2012 by Amy 6 Comments

These were full: Now the books are here– and here (sometimes two-deep)– Steady Eddie has been working diligently, moving and rebuilding the bookcases (the ones in the top picture) from our family room to our school room: Can you see the board frame behind the level on the left side?  Steady Eddie envisions a box … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Organization and Scheduling, Our School Room
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