Back To School!

I start school Monday, which is crazy to say. I have been prepping my classroom all summer (pictures will come later). School has been crazy busy because they have been redoing part of the roof over my classroom. This caused quite the mess which is why pictures will come in a little bit after it all gets cleaned up. I cannot believe this summer went so quickly.

I am super excited to get started with my amazing little 2nd grade babies. I have got my classroom set up and lesson planned for the first two weeks. I am sure it will end up changing a lot as I see what we get done the first week. I am also coaching volleyball and that started this week. It has been a pretty crazy week. It has been nice getting to know some of older girls in volleyball.

On this wonderful last weekend before school starts, I am trying to relax as much as possible. So far today I have cleaned the bathroom, gone grocery shopping, and made lunch. I still want to make sure I vacuum and sweep my apartment. I am also going to try my hand at prepping my lunches for the week. So expect a post about that by next weekend at the latest. I am hoping I can go into the school year with a clean apartment.

If you do read my blog, please give me ideas of posts you would like to see and I will try to get those out to you.  

Da Crib (My Apartment)

Last month I began to move into my first apartment. It was a slow process because I was still working in my hometown. I would come up on the weekends and get things settled. It was kind of nice slowly moving because I was able to unpack the boxes as I brought them to the apartment. In this post, I will be sharing some photos from my apartment. This is also a collaboration post with my best friend Karlee. You can click here to see her post.  

I live in a five building apartment complex and there are eight apartments in each building. When you first walk into my apartment you see my living room. With the help of my amazing family, I was able to find a lot of the furniture for my apartment for a reasonable price. My couch and recliner are not what I thought I was going to get, but they are super comfortable. I make sure to keep blankets out because I like being able to bundle up. My amazing coffee table was made by my dad. I was able to find the table under my lamp and my TV stand at auctions for very affordable prices. My lamp was one my dad had around, he was able to spray paint the base for me so it is a color that I love. 

Right by the door, I use to come into my apartment is my TV stand. On the edge of the TV stand, I keep a little ceramic dish. This is an amazing dumping place so that I do not misplace things. In this dish, I keep my keys, sunglasses, and a pair of earphones. It is nice that as I am leaving I can grab what I need and go. 

My living room and kitchen are one big 

room. I love my kitchen! It is a pretty big kitchen for an apartment and I love that there is enough room to have a kitchen table over the tile and not on carpet. I got my beautiful kitchen table from another auction for an amazing price. I would highly recommend if you are looking for furniture to check out auctions for your wooden pieces. I was able to get solid wooden things at great prices. My kitchen table is large and I can expand it with two leaves. I love that I have a lot of cabinet space to store things in. I also have a dish washer! I never grew up with a dish washer, so it has been a nice luxury to my life. I have a little canvas over my kitchen sink. It is one I painted at college and it says Bless this Mess. It is a perfect sign for a kitchen. 

Next, is my bathroom. It is pretty basic, but I do enjoy the storage. It is also nice that I finally do not have to share a bathroom. This gives me the opportunity to leave some of my things out. I stuck with a blue theme in a lot of my apartment. I was able to find my shower curtain and my grandparents gave me the bath mat by my shower. 

The final room I have pictures of for you is my bedroom. I am including my closet with my bedroom which could probably be considered a room of its own. My amazing family was going to some garage sales and they found an antique bedroom set. The set is gorgeous and I love it. My head board is huge, but I like that it became my focus piece. I was able to buy a memory foam mattress. It was a little different adjusting to it, but now I love it. My mom would tell you that picking out a quilt/comforter was one of the hardest things about the move. I am very picky and I did not want to get something that I would get sick of. I found this quilt on clearance. I love the color and the ruffles add something to it without it being so over the top that I get sick of it. You may also notice the matching lamp to the one in my living room. I was able to have lamps in both places and if I need to I can put them in the same room as a set. I also was able to add a nice book shelf in my bedroom. It fits perfectly in the little space between the doorways. I love that I can have somewhere to put books and that it looks cute too. It was also the perfect space to hang up another canvas that I made. This one has Song of Solomon 4:6 on it which says, You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. This is the perfect daily reminder that I was wonderfully made. Finally, I have a huge walk in closet. This is nice because it is a great place to store things. My two dressers are on the smaller side, so it is nice to have a place to put clothes.

                       

I am also blessed to have a garage to use for my car and storage. I also have another small storage closet that I keep my linens and my craft supplies in. Now that I am living on my own there has been a lot to adjust to. I have gotten used to cooking all the meals and also keeping up with the cleaning. It has been nice though that I have a place that feels homey and I can relax in. If you have any decoration suggestions just let me know, I would love any help.