EKjourney Backup

Just a winter morning The first of the snows in the distant hills The weather forecast called for thunderstorms which usually mean great clouds and movement. This was in the morning: In the afternoon, I had to postpone school so I could watch the storm.  I could actually see the two cells converging on each other with the movement of the clouds.  One coming from the Southwest and the other from the Northwest.  It lasted about 2 hours.  We didn't see any lightening and it didn't rain but it was amazing to watch how the skies changed.  This is the "time lapse" sequence of photos.

December is probably our busiest month of the entire year, and truthfully, a stressful month for me.  Add holiday decorating, music recitals, Christmas get togethers/parties, church happenings, Christmas play recitals and performances, shopping and wrapping, birthdays and birthday parties, extra treats (in the form of junk food), and our routine being off kilter...and it just feels too crazy.  I wound up making a December Calendar to keep on the table next to my lesson plan book because there was too much for me to keep track of and remember even with our regular family calendar.   I have been attempting to get our school back on track since Thanksgiving vacation and experienced 2 weeks of frustration (in which I may or may not have hollered and then kicked a plastic stool across the room.....and then had to apologize for my bad behavior).  I guess the holiday madness is too much to expect normal school.  I didn't figure that out until Thursday night of the...