Kidd's Ring

Sorry for kinda disappearing off the face of blogworld.  November was a fun picture month, but it also left me a bit weary of blogging.  December has been so busy with Christmas parties and school events.  Tomorrow is our last day of school and I couldn't be more happy!  Felix and I will be flying to Germany tomorrow evening and spend Christmas with my family.  He'll be returning on the 28th (one of us has to be the bread winner) and I'll stay until January 5th.  Sadly, we won't be together to celebrate the New Year, but I will get to see my brother and his family who are coming on the 31st from California...so I have mixed feelings about it all. Right around Thanksgiving, I got this super sweet letter from one of my students.  I asked her if her teacher helped her with it and she said no.  I love how I am the queen in the middle with a crown on my head!  She even put everybody in their correct seat in my classroom!   I hope eac...

To end our the photo challenge month, a self portrait picture was to be taken.  I know this is super late...I got a bit busy with life and then didn't really want to take a self potrait...sometimes I feel funny taking those alone.  But today I've finally decided I've got a few minutes and while I'm at my computer, I'll just snap a quick picture with the webcam (cheating...perhaps a bit!) oh well ...  This has been a fun month.  I've enjoyed finding things to be thankful for and sharing my life with you.  It is a bit of relief though not to have to worry if I brought my camera though! :) Well, now it's off to our church Christmas party! Happy 2nd Advent everybody!

Light I love all the lights at Christmas time {well, minus the honky-tonk lights - as my family calls them}. I love candles, especially the ones on the Advent wreath.  I love white lights on a Christmas tree. I love all our little candle decorations that we have for Christmas. The atmosphere with all those lights is just ... magical!  {You should see the lights from downtown at this time of year - here's a sneak peak. }

So nighttime pictures are hard to take... especially when it's super cold out.  I tried to take one out of our bedroom window and they are all like this: But I still think it's kinda cool.  I love all the lights we can see from the train and subway bridge.  Sometimes there's fun lights from ships floating down the river, too.  We have such a beautiful view (at least from one the side of our apartment!) :).   I am so thankful for our wonderful little home!

Part of my daily routine is waiting for public transportation.  I am thankful for the monitors that show how long I will have to wait {usually they are right}.    I am also thankful for the frequency of the public transportation here.

Living in Vienna helps you really appreciate public transportation.  I'm so thankful for the great system they have set up here.  One of the greatest things is how easy it is to figure out! 

- Artwork -   A while back, we finally figured out something we would like to put on one of our empty walls.  Yesterday, it finally came!  I was hoping it would be here before our Thanksgiving dinner guests came and it just barely made it.  Felix was actually still working on it when the first guests trickled in.   I really like it ... the white and green are such a great combo.