December Daily: 1-5

Howdy. Long time, no blog. So here's the latest...

Eric was called out for a trip starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, so we both hit the road Thursday morning. He went to the airport to fly up to Detroit and I drove up to Cheyenne to have lunch (Thanksgiving dinner) with my parents and Grandma Starrs at her assisted living facility. It was nice to be able to catch up with my grandma. My parents drove back down here to spend the rest of the weekend with me. My mom and I did a little Christmas shopping, including a visit to the Sons of Norway Christmas goods sale in Lakewood:

This week was a busy one at school. (In nine years, I don't think I've actually had a non-busy week of teaching.) Trying to get the cherubs through the end of a semester is always interesting, but the end is in sight!

To fill my crafty needs, I've been taking pictures for a December Daily album. The idea behind this album is to include a picture from every day in December. I read about this project on my favorite scrapbooker's blog. I really like Ali's eye for design.

Monday, December 1st:
The transition from November to December. My parent brought down a Christmas present for Eric which is sitting next to an Autumn cross stitch that I made.

Tuesday, December 2nd:
A beautiful sunrise on the way to school.

Wednesday, December 3rd:
Main Street in downtown Littleton. I love all of the Christmas lights they have on display.

Thursday, December 4th:
Watching Grey's Anatomy, surfing the internet, and checking out the latest J.Crew catalog.

Friday, December 5th:
A close-up of a poinsettia plant that I bought from one of my students for the Lacrosse team fundraiser. I teach with his mom, and I actually like this fundraiser. Otherwise, I've had to make it a policy to turn down students when they ask me to buy items for their fundraisers. My entire paycheck would go back to the school!