Ok…so there’s no such thing as National Wield a Screwdriver Day. I even checked Wikipedia.
But, in my humble opinion, there should be such a day.
So, in the spirit of leadership, I chose to celebrate it…
Today…
When I got down to business and strapped on my invisible carpenter’s belt.
Remember how I told you that the computer desk in my room was going to be leaving me?
Here it is, in all its glory…
I loved the simple, sleek design.
The Mr. and I went shopping and found the following desk at Office Depot…
We had already been to Target and Office Max…without success.
I was experiencing sticker shock. I even complained about not being able to find anything for $50.
That’s why I was beside myself with happiness when we found the one above…for only $49.99. It is on sale this week.
Yay!
Now, y’all might remember that I recently shared that my favorite class in elementary school was shop. Plus, if you’ve been reading my blog for very long, you’ll also know that I really like to do the home repairs at Chez AuburnChick.
So, building the desk was right up my alley.
First, I got everything out of the box…
Next, I started putting in the hardware…
Insert Tim the Toolman’s “Arrrrugh…”
Building things is so much fun. I really like watching the process of parts coming together to become a “thing…”
When I turned the desk upright, I noticed something…
Do you see it? The bottom strip on the shelf on the right side…it is the unfinished edge.
Great.
I turned the desk upside down, fixed the piece, and then turned it upright again…
Oh good gravy, I thought! Now, the piece was upside down!
I would have slapped myself on the forehead, but I remembered that I had a screwdriver in my hand.
Yeah. I know. I was a little surprised too. I can’t believe I actually used my brain.
The third time was the charm…
I installed the last shelf and put the computer on the desk…
I am THRILLED with the desk. It is even nicer than the one that was in the room before!!
Because I was in carpenter mode, I decided to go ahead and see what I could do about the window. It had been begging for attention.
I drove to Walmart and bought an inexpensive set of blinds, a curtain, and a spring-action, no-tool-needed curtain rod. You will see that picture in a minute.
What you won’t see in the picture of the window are the blinds I bought.
Why?
Because I could not figure out how to install them, despite using my go-to-expert…Google. It turns out I don’t need them anyway and will return them tomorrow.
Next, I drove to Michael’s with my coupons in hand.
Oh my gosh, but did you know that every Friday, from now through August 24th, teachers can get 10% off of their entire orders, including sales items?
I did not have an ID badge from my school, so I could not take advantage of this deal, but I plan on approaching my principal and asking for something I can show the stores I shop at. My school is so small that I don’t think it requires staff members to wear badges.
Regardless, I still shopped.
I found this small flower pot on clearance for $1.99 (marked down from $4.99)…
I also found this basket…again a clearance item…for $9.99 instead of the regular price of $19.99…
I could not use my coupons on the clearance items, but I did use them to purchase two packages of Expo markers, which I put inside the pot.
Although my original intent for my day had been to finish packing up the books in the hallway, I wound up putting the not-quite finishing touches on the room.
I hung my clock and another bulletin board.
And…
I placed the all-important name plate on my fancy-schmancy new desk.
I made a collage of the pictures of my room…
I still want to do stuff like put some sort of cloth over the file cabinets that are under the window, purchase “in/out” boxes for my desk, and get another other dry erase board hung.
But, I finally feel like the room is mine.
I think I am now ready to go in on Monday and start making hard-core lesson plans that I will present in my student-friendly room.
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