Photos 335 - 365

Last month of the 365 Photo Challenge. 

Photo 335:

Day planner that I will write 3 things I'm thankful for each day of 2014.

Photo 336:

Better photo of the bracelet my mom gave me.

Photo 337:

Potty snowman.  I hate this damn thing.

Photo 338:

Fiona with her pumpkin in Wolf Park's "Give a Wolf a Pumpkin" program back in October.

Photo 339:

Beautiful, bright red leaves.

Photo 340:

Ice storm hits.

Photo 341:

Day 2 of ice storm -- dangerous getting out of the apartment.

Photo 342:

Day 3 of ice storm -- that looks like snow, but really it's 3 inches of frozen solid sleet.  Looks pretty though.

Photo 343:

Day 4 of ice storm -- icicles on the oak tree.

Day 344:

My Starbucks Coffee Passport journal.  :)

Day 345:

Postcard from the Netherlands.

Photo 346:

Showing school spirit.

Photo 347:

Side of our frig with my various Wolf Park program photos and magnets we collect.

Photo 348:

Sammy, my buddy when I babysit at the Robinsons'.

Photo 349:

Layered Leviathan

Photo 350:

More water droplets.

Photo 351:

Green Apron Book from Starbucks -- all about customer service.

Photo 352:

Leviathan, looking up.

Photo 353:

Gift from a former ESD student -- a box of Dots (my favorite candy).

Photo 354:

Random altar shot.

Photo 355:

Leviathan and Santa.

Photo 356:

My pretty beast.

Photo 357:

Cruising

Photo 358:

Postcard from Russia

Photo 359:

Starbucks drink codes.

Photo 360:

Babysitting again.

Photo 361:

BEAUTIFUL card from John and Laureen.

Photo 362:

Starbucks logo on my apron.

Photo 363:

My Polar Bear trip money that I'm saving up -- currently at $830.

Photo 364:

Currently reading.

Photo 365:

Since we haven't had Christmas yet with the family, Mom was nice enough to mail us our calendars (yearly tradition).

And that is IT!!!!!
365 Photo Challenge COMPLETE!  Woohoo!

Photos 305 - 334

Photo 305:

Art Every Day Challenge

Photo 306:

Strike a pose.

Photo 307:

Art Every Day Challenge

Photo 308:

Art Every Day Challenge

Photo 309:

Art Every Day Challenge

Photo 310:

Camera shy.

Photo 311:

Postcard from Brazil.

Photo 312:

Water droplets on the tree.

Photo 313:

Sekhmet painting by Kimberly Sneed.  Amazing.

Photo 314:

A gift from my mom for my 32nd birthday.

Photo 315:

Currently reading.

Photo 316:

Entry in John's journal (swap).

Photo 317:

Postcard from Russia.

Photo 318:

Holly, relaxing.

Photo 319:

Pretty good movie.

Photo 320:

UFC journal page in John's journal (swap).

Photo 321:

Tabula Rasa ritual reading.

Photo 322:

Leaves are beginning to change.

Photo 323:

Poem in John's journal.

Photo 324:

Coffee mugs at Starbucks.

Photo 325:

Treat bag from my ESD boss.

Photo 326:

Holly and David

Photo 327:

Broke my toe.

Photo 328:

Icy landscape near Coleman, TX.

Photo 329:

Icy "jump" cactus near Brownwood, TX.

Photo 330:

Lil broken toe is slowly on the mend.

Photo 331:

Top of our DVD shelf.
1st photo of me, David, and Holly with Santa; Easter Dog; David in Egypt; our engagement photo; and two pool trophies of David's.

Photo 332:

Top of my bookshelf in my room.

Photo 333:

Some holiday decorating.

Photo 334:

My truly lovely girl.

And November is DONE!

Photos 294 - 304

Catching up on the major backlog of 365 Photo Challenge.  I am SOOOO glad it's over.
Finishing up October (told you it was a backlog).

Photo 294:

Leviathan.

Photo 295:

Blooming goldenrod.

Photo 296:

Wild acorn, lurking in the shadows.

Photo 297:

Allie (coworker) made me roasted pumpkin seeds!

Photo 298:

Two of my students made me Minions.  Because they are just THAT awesome (both the students and the minions).

Photo 299:

Tracks left by our super fat raccoon.

Photo 300:

My beautiful girl just relaxing on her turtle shell hide.

Photo 301:

Rose

Photo 302:

My sweet girl, Leviathan.

Photo 303:

Happy almost Halloween!

Photo 304:

Samhain altar.

2014

Word for the year: Engage.

For far too long, I've just floated through life without any real direction or goals.  Without diving in and getting my hands dirty.  I've allow my life to just unfold, without really getting involved.

So my word, my goal for this year, is to ENGAGE with the experiences of my life this year.
Engage with my work and make it more meaningful, both the child care job and the Starbucks job.
Engage with my faith.  This will all fall on my shoulders, as I've left the Coven.
Engage with my health.  I need to actively take better care of myself all around.
Engage with my future.  I need to manage my money even better than I currently am (and I'm doing LIGHT YEAR'S better than I was last year).  I need to start planning for retirement.  I have very little in that regard.

And I usually choose a totem for the year, but this year, two kept popping up.  I'd decide on one and then the other would flood into my life.   So I'd decide on that one instead, only to have the first one flood back.  *chuckles*  And these two totems promise one hell of year.

First totem is Hawk. 

I usually try to have a specific species, but hawks of all types kept showing up, so I'm leaving it broad to encompass them all.

Hawk is all about New Vision.  Vision is what you live your life by and what you are striving for, so it makes sense that Hawk is bringing this to me this year.

Hawk personally reminds me to rise above the mundane crap and soar the open skies once more.  It's easy to get bogged down in the daily, trivial bull shit, but I've got to keep my eye on the prize and make strives towards it.  I'm tired of being mired in debt, and I'm planning to change that this year.

The second totem is Vulture.

Again, I prefer to have a specific species, but, Vulture had different ideas.  Both Turkey and Black Vultures appeared, so again, I'm leaving this one broad to encompass them both.

Vulture is all about Purification.  It's time to devour and burn away the negative, the outdated, the unnecessary aspects of myself, to make way for a new rebirth and an overarching purification on my life.

Again, I'm being told to soar above.  I need the higher persepective on my life and on my direction/Vision.  With Hawk and Vulture teaming up, this year should be a powder keg of transformation and direction. 

I'm curious to see how this all plays out this year.

New Year

Found these two on Facebook and thought that they were good enough to keep.

The first one sounds like something my husband would say. 

We did make it a point to do this.  Might just make these a yearly tradition in our little household.


And I have the very distinct feeling that this is going to be a strong year for me.

2013 started off very poorly for me, and stayed that way for quite some time.  But towards the end, I was actually doing pretty decent financially and that's carrying over into the new year.