Our Classroom

18 months ago, Celery quit his corporate job of 10 years to come home and work for a nice small company that permits all of its employees to work from home. Our home is 1500+ square feet. A mansion in 1950s standards I suppose. But with the goofiest layout I have ever seen. Large bedrooms, itty bitty living space and no "free" rooms like a family room, office, spare bedroom, loft, or Celery's dream of a home theatre. So Celery converted half the garage into his office.

We have a loft in our garage that is purposed as an attic. To this, Celery added a wall, we insulated everything. He purchased a portable air conditioning unit that looks a bit like R2-D2. But then we forgot one small important detail. The garage has a western facing window that is kind of like a skylight of sorts. And while R2 can keep the little room AC'd quite well, it cannot compete with the rest of the garage that bakes like an oven on a summer afternoon. Then there is the truckload of computer equipment. Well--it wasn't long before Celery took over the master bedroom and we got the luxury of our homeschool classroom. It suits our needs perfectly as long as our needs are not 3 pm on a hot July afternoon. :)

Rutabaga and Butternut have their school-issued desk we obtained one fine day when we e-mailed our homeschool group on where to find one. It just so happened that folks were GIVING these away. My kids LOVE these desks.

WE have an old-book shelf. My black "Disney" desk that Celery got from the Disney Company that short of the handles could have come at half-price from any other office supply company. Though it is sturdy and roomy.

The wall space isn't much. The fancy sticky stuff they sell that is supposed to adhere to ANYTHING--won't work on beadboard or concrete block. So our maps are rolled up in a poster box. Anything posted is either a sticky note or nailed to the wall and I get weirded out about having holes in my posters, so few things are actually up.

IF you plug too many things in at once, we blow a breaker. The lighting is adequate. And save the "minor" seepage of water from Tropical Storm Faye, we stay very dry. It almost sounds like I have the kids in savage conditions, but it is okay. There is no mold or hazardous conditions--breakers flip for a reason. Essentially I cannot vacuum and be plugged in the garage with R2. He just doesn't like it.

On Monday, we return to the classroom. All the filing and grading I said I would do over the holidays. HAH! I didn't even look at it.

But to the classroom we shall go for more reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. Hopefully Butternut is ready for that first one!

Until next time! Many blessings to you and yours!

(It looks like I posted twice on the same day. I did, but the Fruit salad post was written yesterday. )