I'm Still Here!!! Before and After Pictures!

Please forgive my long absence!  School began last Monday (Aug. 22) and I have been working on my room since the beginning of August!  Here are some of my before shots:

After many, many hours here's some of the 'After' pictures going the opposite direction at my door (right to left)

Now to my classroom library:

more to come after school!

My Favorite Artist, Steven Curtis Chapman

My next post will be about school, but I wanted to post this first!  Steven Curtis Chapman is my favorite musician.  I love all of his music as well as his message and personality.  He writes his own music and plays so many instruments.  He has won 5 Grammys, an American Music Award, and over 50 Dove Awards (for Contemporary Christian Music).  Three years ago his family suffered the tragedy of losing a child.  I have followed their family these last few years and prayed a lot of prayers for their family.  I'm excited about his new CD (yes, I've already preordered it) 'Re*creation'.  Here's his take on this new CD:

I'm so excited because I just purchased tickets to see him in November.  I actually got FRONT ROW TICKETS!!!!!  I can't wait!