A Day In the Life: August 2009

I decided today to go ahead and kick in 100 bucks to put a curtain across the back cabinets in classroom. See how it's open down below the counters....you can see it above.
I'm not liking seeing open papers and things. I have a third of it covered, on down the cabinet but it's curtain from another room I was in and not tailored for this room. (too bad the windows wash out in these pictures they are nice paintings)

So that green looks dorky. I think this Eric Carle fabric will be great.
By the way, I saw on his Eric Carle site, quite a few nice fabrics for sale. I thought, how brilliant for my room. And then I decided on one.
Slowly I'll make things for the room with the other fabric. I may order a few yards to put up on the wall and re-do somehow the word wall. And try and take on some decorating.

(Jack just yelled in to tell me that Bob Dylan is making a Christmas album with Must Be Santa among the tunes. Boy, that's challenging to consider.)

Anyway I think it'll look nice to put in cabinet covers.With that thought....
purchased 15 yards of this on sale on-line because I am never going into Jo-Ann fabrics again, rude treatment...and our wonderful Fabric Well closed. So I got excited thinking it'll be clean and look good.

Brown Bear Brown Bear Painted Animals Multi

Brown Bear Brown Bear Painted Animals Multi

Cute no?
On Flickr they have an Eric Carle Fabric group. I was surprised, but hey, nice ideas.
Cute:

And for those eye rolling I remind you I put a very, very, very high stake on the classroom environment, and that home to school connection. I really do follow Nell Noddings, and I value very highly that kind of room where it "talks" to you and your imagination.

So I'm thinking of making that up.
Hope it comes soon. I start school on Monday.

This turns out to be one of my favorite photo's from my trip to Catalina:

I don't know the people but this marvelous man, I think her poppa, was following this little one all around this plaza where people sat splurging on ice creams. She liked running him around and bless him he so clearly enjoyed having such a positive little one to follow. I was sitting in the sun shine stealing shots. Two days of taking pictures and eatting, sunning, walking, looking was fun.

I've never been to Catalina. There is a tour bus lady on the island, Becky, she gives a very funny tour. Lots of comments that she's designed in like her favorite building is where she gets her paycheck. She took us on a hair raising drive over the island, well, not the longer tour I'll take next time, but an hour or so jaunt. Enough to catch me up on the Wrigley story, talk about recent years fire, the Cubs, ins and outs of Catalina's history. I saw enough to think it's absolutely beautiful.

Let me show you a couple good shots:

The whole thing...that was a breathtaking view.

I never have a drink but for the first time in over twenty five years-the last being in the Bahamas at twenty I had a Pina Colada. Here's the proof.
I enjoyed it.

But that's not really so great a thing to focus on.

This was the hotel, the St. Lauren which was wonderful, room on te top floor right by the outside porch. Good rooms, lots of space, easy, clean. I'm glad that it was so nice. It's hard to tell here but it's on a pitchingly steep hill. I grew up on hills like that. But I can barely climb them now.

I like this shot for some reason.

Probably all the angles from the trees.
Also it looks rather empty, but it was bustling with people.
I think I'll just put the all of it as a slide show.

It's just easier to avoid! Ha.

It was fun to get away a day.
Or two.

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