Change is good!

 Change is good! At least that is what I keep telling myself :) I'm not one for change most of the time but because I am going through so much change with this upcoming school year I am going to embrace it!

I am new to this blogging stuff and this is my first blog post! I have found that Facebook and other social media drives me nuts because I don't want to hear how many times a day people are working out and I really don't like hearing about all the bickering I've seen on there lately...not to mention I'm sure they are tired of me always talking about school and posting pictures of my classroom...the only people who like it are my school teacher friends :) I enjoy talking about what things I create for my classroom and listening to what other teachers are doing in theirs (My husband is a good sport about listening to me but he just does it because he loves me :) ) I am hoping that starting a blog about my classroom will help me manage my excitement about my classroom so I can try to have "normal" conversations with "non-teacher" friends :)

Just to let you know a little about me...I am married to the most amazing man in the world! He is a firefighter and my hero! We have been married for almost 2 years and I have never been happier. We have a blended family of 6 kids; 3 girls and 3 boys, and yes we have been called the Brady Bunch! Our kids range from pre-school to Senior in High School. Yes, we have a busy schedule once school starts as you can imagine! So I hope that you enjoy reading about my life journey this school year!

This will be the start of my 3rd year of teaching! I teach at an inner-city school and have never been this happy :). I teach 8th grade Math (and it can be a challenge getting the kids to LOVE math!) and to add to my title I will now be the department chair (I might add this scares me a little bit but I am excited about this new adventure). 5 out of our 7 math positions are being filled with new teachers and I am excited to get to know them. I know we are going to do great things this year.

During the summer I typically do a bunch of "school" stuff but until yesterday I hadn't touched the 8 crates I brought home

My nice clean room before I brought out the school stuff

 8 crates later

and 1 big mess!

I was able to throw away a bunch of stuff that I would not be using again

and this is the final product!

Now I can start on my back to school projects! I am hoping to have time to finish my Teacher Binder sometime this week and I'll post about it when it is complete.

I am also excited about getting my keys to my classroom this week so I can post before and after pictures of it! I think that is my favorite part of the year...decorating my classroom and making it my home away from home :)

until next time,

The Math Diva :)