December First through Six

I'm feeling fairly accomplished that I have kept up with every day of the picture challenge while teaching and planning for six classes a day. It usually makes for 10+ hours of work a day. Whew. I'm tired, and it's only Tuesday. Unfortunately all of my pictures were taken inside of my house because in this land of no-cell signal, I forget I even have a cell phone at school. #ain'tgotnotimeforthat.

Here's the highlight:
Light- It's a video of my oh-so-adorable cat Scout playing with her favorite laser light.

Tradition- This one was kind of lame. I took a video of our daily grammar practice for class. We do have a "tradition" of doing it every day. Basically the students have one sentence a week and do something different with the sentence each day. They dislike it, but I see them learning very slowly.

Morning- I didn't get out of bed early enough to get a sunrise like I wanted to since this was a weekend morning.

Winter beauty- It hasn't exactly been winter like outside yet, except for some dreary cold and rainy days, so I took a video of my newly "planted" Christmas tree. I'm extremely proud of Scout for not destroying it yet, although I caught her in it today.

Homemade- I would love to say I made some homemade cookies for this day, but alas that didn't happen. I was admiring my homemade ornaments that I'm finally able to hang on a tree.

To-Do List- I always have a to-do list. Sadly I didn't have a written one this time, but I do have an on-going list of vocabulary and classroom management techniques to try.

Here are the first six days of November.

Cheers!

Days 7-9

Day 7: Light

This is Milo's usual spot on the couch...right under the lamp. He lays on top of my pillow and just chills out there while I work or watch tv.

Day 8: Mum

I spent Mother's Day with my mom and the rest of my family. It was a very nice day. This photo is one of my favorites of the two of us. It was taken by The Farmer's Daughter.

Day 9: A Smile

Milo may have bad teeth, but he has an adorable smile. 

That's all for now, folks. 

Until next time, 

-Miss Ellaneous 

Mums light up our lives

Light

I took this while I was out with the hubs, Miss Ellaneous and her mancandy on Saturday night. The hubs and I have similar lights strung in our backyard now. I am anxious to put them to use as the weather continues to get warmer.

Country Boy Brewing in Lexington, KY

Mum

Herm, we're either trying a little to hard to be British or it is highly coincidental (and specific) and we're talking about the flower. You'll never know. Being as I don't have a picture of the flower version, I'll share some photos of my mom. I owe so much of who I am to this woman. She has helped me through my lowest of lows. Still, after being away for six years, going home is like a safe haven. A mental retreat. Love her heart.

Momma & My Granny Boots

Momma, Papa, Granny Boots, Uncle

Momma stuffing stockings

Until next time,

Light

I made the journey home yesterday evening to watch the Derby with my parents and to celebrate Mother's Day with my Mum today. On the way, I could see a storm in the distance. Little did I know I was driving right to the storm. When I got about ten minutes from home I got to it; strong winds and hard rain. Before I got into the thunderstorm I snapped a photo of the dark sky and winding road. The lighting was very picturesque. 

-The Farmer's Daughter

Are you afraid of the dark?

Ever since I was a young child I have been afraid of the dark. I'm not really sure where this fear stems from and I don't especially like it. However I have a way to deal with this fear. How you ask? Well it is in the form of a night light. I've gone through many night lights in my life. The current night light I am using was given to me by Granny Eyre way back sophomore year. It didn't get a lot of use while rooming with Granny because she didn't like the light while she slept. But now since I've had my own room I've been able to keep the light shining in the dark of night. No boogie monsters coming for me now.