Another Week, 6 More Seconds

I only have 6 more seconds recorded...because I left a day out this week. Hopefully I can stay on track this coming week.

December 5th: Homemade- I decided to make a crustless sausage quiche for dinner. I loved how it turned and I ended up eating on it all week. It is rare that I don't get tired of a food when I eat it leftover all week, but I didn't get tired of eating it leftover. I guess you can't go wrong with eggs, cheese, sausage, peppers, onion, and spices.

December 6th: To-do List- This time last week I had a looming to-do list. Being the last week of class I had several assignments due soon and a final coming up (it was actually today). I also had Friends- Christmas things to get ready/ presents to gather. So..I made a school to-do and a Christmas to-do. I can happily say since my final was today I am done with school work FOR THE YEAR! I do have more Christmas stuff to prepare but that's way more fun than school work!!

December 7th: Best part of the day- This was a difficult one for me. I enjoy mornings because they are calm. I am just waking up, usually drinking some coffee and enjoying breakfast. I can visit with Miss Cleo and then get ready for my day. I also enjoy evenings, when after a long day of classes, homework and work, I get to sit down and relax. Sometimes I still have more homework to do, but at least I get to take it easy for the rest of the night.

December 8th: Best part of winter- I love snow and that is probably my favorite part of winter. But since it didn't snow on the 8th, I recorded myself wearing warm clothes. I really enjoy wearing sweaters, scarves, headbands and cuddling up with warm blankets. This is one of my favorite parts of winter.

December 9th: Snack- I missed my snack...I didn't really like the prompt anyway...

December 10th: Home- I made a fresh cup of pour-over coffee on Saturday morning and I had it sitting on my sink, the steam was rising off of it. I wasn't even sure of the prompt for the day, but I decided to take a clip of my hot coffee, with the morning light coming in through the window behind the cup. I think this turned out to be an appropriate video for this prompt...I drink alot of coffee in my home and I have a coffee themed kitchen...so it worked out. As I mentioned to Granny Eyre when we celebrated our Christmas party on Saturday, home is also where your friends are. When I am around friends and family I am home.

December 11th: Breakfast- My breakfast on Saturday was leftover hash-brown casserole from the Christmas brunch on Saturday (made by Martha S.) and of course...coffee. Over breakfast I was also finishing up a large semester-long case report that was due today.

I hope you enjoyed my last 7 days! 

See you next week....13 days 'til Christmas!! 

The Farmer's Daughter

May Day...Day 1

First of all..I really can't believe it is May. It seems like it should still be February or something. Time is just going by so quickly. Only two more weeks of class! Craziness. But, I digress. I'm supposed to be posting a "May Day" photo. I guess anything really goes today since everything in May is technically a May day..haha So I am actually posting two photos. After church, I spent most of the day riding around with my beau going to various car dealerships to check out cars. None of them were open today so we were just walking around the lots looking at the cars he was interested in. It was raining on and off the whole day. We walked up to one lot to look around (a little ways from the car), it was sprinkling when we got out of the truck, not long after we got up the hill to the lot and had looked at one vehicle, it started pouring. We took cover under a tiny little awning on the building where we were still feeling the slanting rain somewhat and we had to wait it out. They were thunderstorms too, lightening and wind. I was happy when the bigger part of the storm passed by (about 10-15 minutes later..). So I snapped a quick photo of us waiting for the rain to pass.

Secondly, we stopped at Aldi while we were out and MAY DAY-- did I get a deal! I got a ton of produce (mostly fruits) for $10. What tempted me to go in there originally was their 25 cent avocados (I ended up getting 8, because come on, that's soooo super cheap!!) They keep for a while in the fridge so I got several. I came out with oranges, a cantaloupe, 3 mangoes, a pineapple, and bananas. I am super excited about all the fresh fruit! Don't worry, I'll probably end up sharing some with my beau, so I won't overdue it on my own. ha I can see several smoothies and maybe some banana bread in my near future!

See ya tomorrow! 

The Farmer's Daughter

So long, farewell 2015

Wow this photo challenge is ending and I'm thinking where in the world did this year go? There are so many moments that have made this year and I am so thankful for each of them in there own ways. Before I get ahead of myself I should catch up on a couple days that I missed. A scarf and me! I decided to combine the two so here you go. Also for this particular picture I am adding a wonderful song that kept running through my head as I prepared myself to take this selfie. Do you want to take a selfie?!

And now for the final day, reflecting. I may or may not have gotten this idea from Granny Eyre but I have made a collage of different photo highlights of this past year. At the beginning of this year there was snowman made, a couple of snow days (which had never happened at college before), a trip to sonic in March, a beautiful remembrance of Jesus Christ risen from death on the cross. In May probably the biggest accomplishment of my life thus far, graduating with Bachelors degree. An exciting camping trip and fourth of July celebration. Just a "few" card games with friends happening all throughout. Rallying around a dear sweet lady and visiting Alabama come next. To end the year there was a white elephant gift exchange with fellow bcm'ers and a very important time of  reflecting the birth of the Savior of the World. I hope there are many more moments of joy, friendship, laughter, hope, and love in this new year.

Finishing up the Challenge and the Year

Day 29:

I had to wait until I had a photographer to get the full effect of this picture. Here is my newest blanket scarf.

Ha! It's actually an afghan that my Grady gave me for Christmas. I really like it. The colors are gorgeous and it keeps me warm and cozy in my chair.

Day 30:

I thought about combining these posts since I just posted a photo of myself, but then I realized there's another aspect of my life I wanted to share. I brought all my friends books back from my mom's house which meant I had to buy a bookshelf. After perusing all of the discount stores in Richmond, I settled for a Walmart shelf because it would fit into my car and my budget. So here I am contemplatively looking at my books. Fair warning, I have more books in my apartment than this. I was an English major.

Day 31:

How is it already the last day of the year?! And this challenge is almost finished. We all did pretty well. I'm proud that we all made it through the challenge (I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that you will all finish). The challenge actually says to reflect on 2013, so I did. It was fun to look back at what was only two years ago.

In 2013, Martha S. got married to Marvel's Dad (well it was before Marvel, the dog was in the picture, but it's a good psuedonym for her husband). Unfortunately Captain couldn't be at this event because she had just gotten a new job. I'm sure the picture would have been more fun with her help as well. Wasn't it cool that I happened to wear Martha's other wedding color to go well with the two bridesmaids (Miss Ellaneous and Farmer's Daughter). It was such a nice wedding. Of course I only had one real-life wedding and movie weddings to compare it to.

I also spent the summer of 2013 in England. This photo is from a trip to Dublin that some of took one weekend. It was jam-packed and included a crazy chance meeting with one of the travel buddies old elementary school friend who had moved to Ireland. In this picture we had just decided to use our bus passes to ride until we felt like getting off. We ended up in a park.

Now for a picture of 2015 to really reflect.

In January, I was housesitting and there was a kitty. In February, I hosted an Un-birthday party which turned into a sleepover. In March, I walked to Sonic. In April, I moved to Union City. In May, I met a sloth. In June, I moved into my own apartment. In July, I learned to be a super VISTA. In August, I and some other lovely ladies welcomed the freshmen. In September, we went to First Friday and had Ale8. In October, I hiked the Pinnacle on Mountain Day with my co-workers and Gunner. In November, the freshmen bonners gave me cookies and nice words. In December, I saw a friend graduate; it seems that all of my friends are slowly graduating college.

Well that's all for this year. Until next year.

Cheers!

Day 28: A Beautiful Sight

This evening I had just gotten home from visiting Granny Eyre and her family and I began thinking about what beautiful sight I would take a picture of today, because in my mind there are many beautiful sights in any given day. I ate dinner and took a shower, then I decided I would watch TV. It just so happened that one of my favorite movies was on. So I took some pictures and collaged them together.

I only caught the last hour of the movie including commercial breaks so for those of you still wondering what the movie is, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 is the one. I think the HP movies are portrayals of beautiful stories made into beautiful sight.

Day 28: A beautiful sight

So many beautiful sights surround us everyday without us realizing it. The other day, taking a walk I snapped a quick photo of this nice view. I forget it often myself, so here's a reminder for all of us: Don't forget to stop and smell the roses..or in this case, stop and enjoy the lovely scenery.

                                                                                                                           -The Farmer's Daughter

Dat 28: A Beautiful Literary Sight

I love books and I adore libraries. So when I found a little free library today in my Grandy's town, I was ecstatic. It's just a little box in a small park. The premise is that you put one in and take one out.

It's a beautiful sight for sure.

Day 27:Snow

Let it snow let it snow let it snow... Just kidding it's been in the 60's the past few days. So there is not even a chance of snow here. I decided that story characters count as snow too. My picture is of President Snow from the book/movie series The Hunger Games. May the odds be ever in your favor as you go through the day.

Day 27: snow

There is no snow in Kentucky and I doubt there is snow anywhere in the U.S. (I could be wrong though). For the picture today, I had to resort to a snow globe. My Grandy got this for Christmas.

Day 25 and 26: There is still some time

Here I am late again. After getting on to all of my fellow twenty somethings about posting and I missed a day. I suppose that's what I deserve. Any how I'm making the post for two days now.
The picture for my Christmas Day is not too exciting just a picture of my view while driving to visit Granny Eyre and her family for a couple of days.

For day 26 we are supposed to show our favorite quote or bible verse. For this I chose a quote from my favorite non profit organization founder. For those of you who don't know, my favorite non profit organization is To Write Love On Her Arms and the founder is Jamie Tworkowski. This is a screenshot of the quote post in its entirety.

I have had this exact quote poster hanging up on my wall. This post quote has inspired me to keep going even when I feel like giving up and giving in. Some points that stick out the most to me are....
"This life – it’s not a contest, not a race, not a performance, not a thing that you win. 
You are here for more than grades, more than a job, more than a promotion, more than keeping up, more than getting by. 
You do not have to fake it. There is still some time for love to find you. It’s not too late. You’re not alone. It’s okay – whatever you need and however long it takes – it’s okay."

Day 26: a quote

Picking a favorite quote would be difficult. The same goes for a Bible verse. I'm going to go with a quote I've read recently and enjoyed.

It came from a journal Captain gave me for Christmas. I'm using it as a gratitude journal. Every day I write a letter to God thanking him for all of things he's given me that day.

The quote is:
"Oh, if we did but love others! How easily the least thing, the shutting of a door gently, the walking softly...or the choice of a seat, so as to leave the most convenient to others, might become occasions of its exercise." -Mére Angélique Arnauld

This quote came at a time when I was getting easily annoyed. It gave me a moment to reflect. I don't try to write about the quotes, but I appreciate when they apply.

Day 24 and 25

I was so busy enjoying my family that I forgot to make a post yesterday. We opened presents in the morning because we do what my Grandy wants. Then we ate and played games the rest of the day. These kind of days are truly relaxing.

Because we opened all of our presents yesterday, my view for Christmas is a Christmas tree with no presents, but I'm thankful for the time with family.

Merry Christmas! 

Day 24: Family

Since today is the eve of Christmas and things are hectic for some I'll be brief today. Being adopted changes the way one might define family, at least it has for me. Family to me is thicker than blood relations. Family is a lot of things and everyone has their own way of defining it. So without further ado, my family pictures. One is of my church family who has taken me in and treated me like one of them. Another photo is of me and my fellow twenty somethings who have been there for me through thick and thin, and so much more. The third picture is of what most people would define as part of my "real" family. It is my younger sister and I. My sister has always been with me. Not always in the flesh but in heart and mind.

So much for being brief huh?

Day 23: Something Fun

My name is Captain Something Fun so you might think that today's photo would be easy as pie for me but you would be wrong. This was more difficult than even I anticipated. However after much deliberation, in my mind, I have come up with two pictures. One is of my bed. The reason being is I think naps are super fun and you take naps in bed usually. The other picture is of a really good book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard written by J. K. Rowling. The reason being is because I find reading fun.

Some runner up pictures and ideas for this post included Merriam Webster's definition of fun and Spongebob's song about what fun is. Maybe in some other post they will make appearances but not today.

Charlie has made a special guest appearance in today's post because he is my napping buddy. Look at his cuteness.

Day 22: Snowman Cookies

I decided this morning that I wanted cookies of the warm soft yummy variety. So I made some and took a couple of pictures. And of course I ate a few.

Day 22: cookies

I brought all the cookies home from our cookie exchange because I knew my little brother still has a fast metabolism and a demanding sweet tooth. His abilities astound me. Between he and my mom, all of the cookies were gone in a few hours. So when I went to take a cookie for this challenge I had to resort to the store bought cookies.  I must say though that they're quite delicious.

I ate the cookie while reading about how poverty affects children. It's a bit of a depressing topic, so the cookie helped boost my mood.

Day 21: Santa came

It seems like some of us were doubtful that we would get a picture for the challenge today. I for one was about to head to the North Pole to find Santa myself. That would have made for a good story though. It was a qwinkydink that I was able to come across Santa in a round about way. I woke up from a nap and just turned on the TV and The Santa Claus just had started. So I snapped a couple of pictures of Tim Allen scaring the first Santa off the roof. 

Day 21: Santa Claus is coming to town!

Today's challenge was to find Santa. I wasn't sure where I would find him since my family didn't really decorate for Christmas. I was surprised to come home and find a four foot tree set up. I did find Santa though, just not at home. We went to the store and I found this Santa note. I didn't know Santa made money!

On another note, I also found some pine cones since I skipped day 19. I really want to but some of these, but I'm waiting until after Christmas when they go on sale. I just love the smell of cinnamon. 

Day 20: Some people are worth melting for

When I first looked at the list of pictures we are supposed to be capturing for this photo challenge and saw that a snowman was on there before Christmas day, I thought no way would I be able to get a picture of a snowman because it hardly ever snows before Christmas here. But then I thought about it a little more and realized I already have a snowman. Olaf! He is so cute and funny and in my opinion the movie Frozen would not have been any good without him in it. So for today's picture I've captured some of my Olaf collection, which has grown quite a bit thanks to Martha S. And I would just like to say, I like warm hugs :)
I'm also including a link to a YouTube video of all the Olaf moments combined into one.

Olaf Moments

Day 20: Snowman

Weather has been weird so there haven't been any real snowmen lately, but I still built a snowman for this day. Isn't it cute?

Okay it's a little creepy, but ya'll should be used to my weird ideas by now. 

In other news, at least it did flurry on Friday.

My car was not even running yet. No worries.