Hi Everybody!!

So what have I been up to?  Well, quite a lot.  The end of school sorta kicked my rear…. not sure why, but before I packed up my room for summer…I decided to paint my bookcases.  Wow!  
It took way longer than I thought it would.  
But it was worth it:

I painted them black.  Before that they were “historic tan” like our walls.  
Now I think they stand out more (in a good way!)
Here are a couple of “before” pictures:
I like it.  After all that painting, I still had to pack up my room!! 
 I was the last one out of the parking lot!
Once I recovered from the end of school… it has been things like my daughter’s swim team practice EVERY morning M-F at 7:30,  going to the lake and having some birthday fun for Jack who is turning 5 next week… running errands and doctor’s appointments keeping me busy! Oh…and  
check out what I found at the Dollar Tree when I was out and about for one of those appointments:
In other news….
Tomorrow I am having sinus surgery, but my hope is that the recovery only take a few days and that I will be able to keep up with my google reader and post soon.  
I hope you all have a great week!!

48 Comments

  10. I LOVE your black bookshelves! They make everything on them POP. I am moving towards black bulletin boards with the hopes of giving everything the POP as in your bookshelves.
    I am your newest follower!
    Vanessa
    Kindergarten Schmindergarten
    ps
    good luck with your surgery! enjoy blog reading!

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  15. Good luck with your surgery! the book cases look great and i hope to be joining you in I-am-on-summer-vacation land soon!
    Lori@
    bee-the-change.blogspot.com

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  17. Your bookcases look really good! I don't think I'd have the energy to paint them directly after school let out! Good luck with your sinus surgery. I hope it works out well for you!
    ~Andi

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  21. Good luck with the surgery and I hope for a speedy recovery! I LOVE the black bookcases. I think I'm just as crazy with my class library. I decided to imput all of my classroom library into Booksource before packing it up for the summer. I started last week and have the rest of this week to do it. I don't know what I was thinking. I'm going to be posting it on my blog tomorrow after I take pictures of my progress. Haha! I still have so much to do before Friday.

    Cara
    The Teacher's Backpack

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  29. I painted all the furniture in my room black last summer and LOVE it! I painted bookcases, filing cabinets, big metal storage closets, and shelving units. It was certainly a LOT of work, but it looks great and yours does too! I'm working on black bulletin boards for next year too. Love how everything pops on black! Have a great summer 🙂

    Jamie at 2nd Grade Stuff

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  32. They look amazing!

    Good luck on surgery! I had sinus surgery and deviated septum surgery done in October. I'm not sure what just sinus surgery feels like, but after a few days it wasn't too bad. And the benefits of it have been amazing!

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  33. Good luck with the surgery. Wishes for a quick recovery.

    I like the black, it is very striking.
    Jill bubbalulu.blogspot.com

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  38. I will be praying for you and the surgeon, that God watches over both of you;0). It will all be great. I love the black book cases. What a difference!
    Eileen Griffin
    2ndgradesunshine.blogspot.com

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  39. Hey Girl, I'm wishing you a quick and easy recovery from your surgery. I love your black bookcases. This year, I had made my giant bulletin board background black for the first time ever, and I totally loved it. I think the black makes all the other colors just pop, it's great.

    Tanya ☺
    First Grade is Fantabulous!

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