Movie Muse - Project 365

2012-02-10

2012-02-10T22:59:00.001-05:00

Yes, I'm a little obsessed with bare tree branches this year. You should see all the photos I've taken (or tried to) of them that haven't gotten posted!

2012-02-09

2012-02-09T22:54:00.000-05:00

Have you seen these machines? Most places refer to them as "free style" machines. They're (obviously) by Coca-Cola, and they have different cartridges inside that provide all of the different flavors and sweeteners. There are over 100 combinations to choose from! We first saw them at a local Stevi B's. It was one of the first trial locations for the machine. About the time it disappeared from there (they switched to Pepsi, ick!), it popped up at our newly renovated and reopened local Wendy's. My personal favorite: raspberry lemonade. Not as exotic as, say, Strawberry Coke or raspberry Sprite Zero, but it's good stuff.

2012-02-08

2012-02-08T22:53:00.000-05:00

This is our new laser pointer "mouse" for the cats. Today was our first day using it, and everyone loved it, particularly Luke and Star. When we put it down for Luke to go to bed, Star spent the next hour or so wandering the house and meowing, looking for it.

2012-02-07

2012-02-07T22:48:00.001-05:00

For everyone who has patiently sat through me trying to explain what it is that I do, *this* is it. I am the project manager for the installation of these things. Everything you see in the picture: the frame around the outside, the slotted thingy on the left side, the "shelf" with the cards in it, the fibers, all of it. The small offices have only this that you see in the picture. The big ones have two of these "shelves" per "bay" (the outer frame), and we typically install 2-3 bays worth. I don't do the actual physical install, I just coordinate the arrival of the equipment (multiple suppliers involved, several separate shipments), the delivery of the equipment to the office (including some so remote they literally do not have a street address; you can imagine how much shipping companies love that), scheduling the installers to be there when the equipment arrives, and sending any missing and/or damaged pieces later on. We install several of these in a row, and I also manage the part of the process that gets each of these "shelves" to talk to each other, both within the offices and between the offices. Fun, right? :-)

2012-02-06

2012-02-06T22:46:00.000-05:00

I'm sure all of you know by now that I'm a huge Disney fan. One thing that surprises people, though, is that I'm not really into the whole "Hidden Mickey" thing. I mean, they're neat when I find them, but I don't go hunting for them like a bunch of folks do. However, even I couldn't help but notice that my heater buttons do bear a striking resemblance to the famous mouse.

2012-02-05

2012-02-05T23:34:00.001-05:00

I thought it was so sweet how they look like they're holding hands.

2012-02-04

2012-02-04T20:43:00.001-05:00

Finally! My first time oven roasting potatoes where they did actually brown but didn't burn. I've burned at least the last four batches that I've attempted. Maybe I'm finally getting the hang of it?

2012-02-03

2012-02-03T23:12:00.001-05:00

I'm sorry, what map? Not very helpful!

2012-02-02

2012-02-02T20:02:00.001-05:00

This wasn't really the photo I was after when I took it. I was trying to take a photo showing what a nice day it was. It had been dank and dreary for days, so it was really nice to have such a bright and beautiful day. But after I took this photo, I liked how the trees looked against the sky and sun.

2012-02-01

2012-02-01T23:51:00.000-05:00

Sorry, this was a desperation shot. It was very late and I realized I hadn't yet taken a picture. This was about the only thing of interest that was available.

2012-01-31

2012-01-31T21:23:00.002-05:00

I spent a lot of time on Pinterest today, so I thought it deserved to be today's photo. I discovered Pinterest a few months ago, and I have been absolutely addicted ever since. So much to see and oogle! I already wrote about it on my regular blog, if you're interested. I'm not losing hours and hours to it daily like I was in the beginning, but I do still visit most every day. It is so inspiring!

2012-01-30

2012-01-30T22:16:00.000-05:00

This is not really the photo I intended to take. I was trying to show that we did get *something* done with the lighting in our house this weekend. After living here for two years with no light in the dining room (long story, don't ask), we finally put something up. This fixture actually came out of one of the bedrooms (no, I can't explain the lighting choices the previous owners made!); we swapped it for a ceiling fan before we moved in (see, we *can* change out light fixtures). What you can't see in the photo is the large white circle around the fixture hole on the beige ceiling. There used to be a medallion up there (again, don't ask), but they didn't paint under it. I kept meaning to paint, but didn't, and I didn't want to hang a light until I painted, so 2+ years later, still no paint and no light. After the kitchen light fiasco yesterday, we decided that we've had enough darkness, so we put this up. I can always paint later (yeah, right). So, I was trying to get a shot of this light up in the room, white ceiling circle and all, and the camera really dimmed the exposure because of the bright bulbs. I did get a shot exposed the way I intended, but looking at them later, I really liked how this one looked. Don't you just love "happy accidents"?

2012-01-29

2012-01-29T23:05:00.001-05:00

This light has become the bane of our existence. First, who puts track lighting in the kitchen?! It is completely useless. We've wanted to change it out since we moved in. We were just about ready to have recessed can lights put in, and then the whole "the company is shutting down, so poof goes your job" thing happened. ::sigh:: As you can see, we now have two bulbs out, and for the life of us, we cannot figure out how to get them out!! I already hate it, I can't change the bulbs, let's just replace it with an inexpensive fixture until I get another job. Yeah, we can't figure out how to get it down. It *should* be coming down; we've changed light fixtures before. But it's holding firm, and we don't want to permanently damage something that is even more expensive to repair. Really don't want to call an electrician for something like this (would rather just put in the can lights if we're going to have to pay the "visit fee" for the electrician, but can't afford it). Guess I'll just live in a dark kitchen. ::grumble grumble::

2012-01-28

2012-01-28T14:23:00.003-05:00

We visited Ikea for the first time today. It was really interesting! The place is simply huge, and most of it is not my style, but they do have a few things I liked, including one really nice kitchen (yeah, keep dreaming!). And yes, we ate at the restaurant, too. I was looking for a particular type of storage unit. They had one that was too big, and one that was too small, but no "goldilocks" one. Guess I'll keep looking. I did find a nice small dining table for our kitchen, though....

2012-01-27

2012-01-27T20:22:00.000-05:00

The flame of the oil lamp at our table at Cracker Barrel.

2012-01-26

2012-01-26T21:19:00.000-05:00

Well, I made it almost 4 weeks before I missed a day. And, as you can see, I did at least *think* about taking a photo that day. Sadly, after this, I don't think it crossed my mind again. Less than 30 minutes after I tweeted this, I literally could not keep my eyes open, so I went to bed. Oh well!

2012-01-25

2012-01-25T22:18:00.000-05:00

Daddy's home! Time to nap.

2012-01-24

2012-01-24T19:17:00.000-05:00

I have no idea what she was looking at, but she looked very regal doing it.

2012-01-23

2012-01-23T20:47:00.000-05:00

I don't know why Star feels she needs to drown her toys. She's the only one of our four cats who puts her toys in the water bowl (occasionally the food bowl, but usually the water bowl).

2012-01-22

2012-01-22T22:39:00.002-05:00

I was really fascinated by the contrast between these leafless trees and the gray sky behind them. I probably took 20 shots, trying to get the camera to see what I was seeing. Never quite worked out, but this shot wasn't too bad.

2012-01-21

2012-01-21T21:38:00.002-05:00

What a lovely day, don't you think? I don't know what possessed us to get out in this, but we did. When I took this picture, I couldn't wait to get home! Craziness.

2012-01-20

2012-01-20T23:37:00.000-05:00

Cleo looks *very* enthused with whatever we are watching.

2012-01-19

2012-01-19T21:34:00.002-05:00

We still haven't taken down all of our Christmas decorations. These are on the back porch, though, so only a few neighbors know they are still up. Actually, we never took them down after putting them up last year, but we did turn them off and leave them off until December. I really loved the lens flare on this bulb in the bottom right. It wasn't intentional, but as my father says, I'd rather be lucky than good.

2012-01-18

2012-01-18T22:33:00.001-05:00

Bengal is "helping" DH manage his fantasy baseball team and league.

2012-01-17

2012-01-17T22:40:00.001-05:00

Yeah, that's pretty much the same face I made when I saw this. Luke's first non-smiley face report of first grade came home from school today. Apparently he was talking and playing instead of paying attention during both reading and music. This seems to happen around Christmas, give or take a couple of weeks, based on last year's and this year's behavior. I don't know if it's spending so much time inside due to the cold and rain, or the lack of soccer, or just general burnout. Probably some of each. Hopefully this will be the only one for the year.

2012-01-16

2012-01-16T17:48:00.000-05:00

I don't know why this particular pose of Tigger's struck me as so funny, but as soon as I saw her, I ran to get the camera. She tunneled under the light top blanket and spent a good 10 minutes arranging herself. She looks both regal and ridiculous at the same time!

2012-01-15

2012-01-15T16:15:00.000-05:00

I love this picture! It beautifully captures their relationship as it stands today. It also demonstrates that if there is any sort of screen anywhere in Luke's vicinity, he can't *not* look at it! ::sigh:: All DH was doing was checking the weather forecast.

2012-01-14

2012-01-14T21:32:00.000-05:00

Finally playing with one of my Christmas gifts tonight. We had an absolute blast on LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, and this one is proving to be just as fun! If it weren't for the Traveler's Tales LEGO games, I'm not sure I would play any games at all. DH and I play together after Luke goes to bed. Luke does play the Star Wars LEGO games, but he's not allowed to play the Harry Potter ones until he reads the books. I know, I'm such a mean mom!

2012-01-13

2012-01-13T19:28:00.000-05:00

Not sure this captured the mood I was after. There were at least 25 birds sitting in this tree on this wet and dreary Friday the 13th. Definitely reminded me of Hitchcock in some ways; there were plenty of other birds in the other two trees not shown in the photo. Still not as eerie, though, as the day several years ago my whole lawn was covered in large black birds!

2012-01-12

2012-01-12T21:55:00.000-05:00

Ta-da! All fixed. The general contractor came back today to fix our steps. He filled the empty space underneath with concrete (about 100 lbs/45 kg worth), plus patched all of the cracks, so it should be good for another 20-30 years. One brick did crumble, so we have a single "odd" replacement brick. Not to worry, we'll be painting the steps again in the spring (I *hate* the gray; we investigated just replacing the steps outright, but it's out of our budget for now). At least we should be able to use our front door again in a few days for the first time in a month!

2012-01-11

2012-01-11T19:49:00.000-05:00

So, *this* happened when DH went to hang the Christmas garland around the front door back in December. This is the top level/platform of our front porch. We had a general contractor come take a look, and he thinks the steps are original to our mid-1960s house. They built it up with dirt underneath the bricks, and after 50-ish years, it has simply settled. The settling also caused some cracks between the bricks, which further increased the settling, and with the focused pressure from the ladder legs, it just finally gave way. But tomorrow, things will be better!

2012-01-10

2012-01-10T20:48:00.000-05:00

Tigger, enjoying the KittyTV channel.

2012-01-09

2012-01-09T08:50:00.003-05:00

These raindrops clinging to the tips of the pine needles looked like perfect little jewels when backlit by the street light this morning. I never did get exactly the shot I wanted, since I had to hand-hold it and the light was so low, but I think it did okay.

2012-01-08

2012-01-08T20:47:00.001-05:00

This painting was on the wall right next to our table at lunch today. I was fascinated by the dimensionality of the paint. It was so textural, it was all I could do not to reach out and touch it. So, I photographed it instead with the macro setting on my point and shoot camera.

2012-01-07

2012-01-07T20:39:00.000-05:00

I really need to start taking down the Christmas decorations, but I wanted to photograph our cards before I did. My grandmother used to put the Christmas cards she received in the slats of her blinds, and I absolutely loved the idea. It worked great at our old house, since there were windows with blinds on each side of our fireplace. There are no blinds in the den at our new house (yes, I still call it that, even though we've been here over 2 years), and at first I had no idea how I would display our cards. But these slatted doors separate the den and the hall, and they open into the den (though I took the photo with the doors closed), so I can still display our Christmas cards and see them while the den! Yes, it takes very little to make me happy.

2012-01-06

2012-01-06T20:34:00.000-05:00

Luke had to have a full audiology workup after failing the hearing screening at the pediatrician's office in November. This is the same facility where he was in speech therapy in 2007. It was so strange to be back there after so many years! The waiting room is really nice, though, and I've always loved this wall. The part of the wall with the moon on it is slightly recessed and slightly convex, which lends it a wonderful dimensional quality.

2012-01-05

2012-01-05T20:25:00.002-05:00

Something about how graceful Luke's hand looks holding the pencil really struck me tonight. (His handwriting, on the other hand....) I actually like the lighting in this picture, but with no overhead light in the dining room (yes, still!), it's really dark in there, which made holding still enough for this photo tricky. I think I managed okay, though.

2012-01-04

2012-01-04T21:20:00.001-05:00

It was a beautiful sunny day today, and the light on my glass butterfly caught my eye. There are two glass shelves over the sink in the kitchen, and I have various glass items on them, slowly building a beautiful sparkling collection. I bought this at the Butterfly House at Callaway Gardens when we visited the Fantasy in Lights in 2010.

2012-01-03

2012-01-03T22:19:00.000-05:00

Grrr, vicious faucet!

2012-01-02

2012-01-02T19:55:00.001-05:00

Not a great photo, I know, but I was admiring all of my books today. These are the built-in bookshelves in our den; there is another one on the other side of the doorway (far right of picture) that is about half this size, and there are cabinets underneath both of them that store paperbacks (stacked 2 deep) and DVD/Blu-ray movies. I originally thought I would have a mix of "pretties" and books on these shelves, but we needed somewhere to put the books when we moved in (at the end of 2009, remember?), and now that they're up there, I can't stand to take them down! LOL What can I say? They make me happy.

2012-01-01

2012-01-01T21:48:00.003-05:00

I've been trying to get a cooking/recipe blog off the ground (obviously haven't gotten very far with that yet), so I've been trying to take photos of food as I make it. Who wants a recipe with no picture, right? I didn't really intend for this to be my first Photo of the Day for 2012, but given that I didn't take pictures of anything but food today, this will have to do. These are the absolutely fantastic Swedish Meatballs I discovered on Pinterest. A decadent way to start the new year, for sure, but so so yummy! They were also the last of the Christmas week leftovers. January 2 will be back to the reality of both work and cooking!

Project 365 - 2012 Edition

2012-01-01T10:00:00.003-05:00

Welcome to my second time doing Project 365. (Wait, 2012 is a Leap Year; maybe that should be Project 366?) I never did recap my experience with it last time, and it's been 3 years now. Obviously, though, if I'm willing to do it again, it can't have been too bad. I learned how to do all sorts of nifty things with my camera last time, and using it became nearly second nature. I'm on my 3rd new (or borrowed) camera since then, and I miss having that level of knowledge and control. Plus, as of Thanksgiving 2011, I now have a hand-me-down DSLR (thanks, Dad!), and I really need to learn to use it. No time like the present, so off we go! Hope you enjoy.

December 2009 Mosaic

2009-12-31T23:59:00.001-05:00

Click to biggify. Created using Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker.

Wow, is it really over? I am amazed! I'll recap the overall experience later, but for right now, I present to you, the final fill photos of my Project 365. Thank you all for following along with me! It has certainly been an adventure.

My parents came and stayed with Luke during the funeral and after so that DH and I could have maximum freedom with our schedule. (Are my parents awesome or what?) When we came in late that night after the post burial family gathering, we found Luke asleep like this. How could I not take a picture?

Luke, goofing around at a restaurant with the plastic straw covering. This is another case where I thought this was going to be the picture of the day for December 7, until my laptop died.

This was Luke's first LEGO Advent set for the year, and he put it together all by himself using only the picture of the finished product that was provided. He was so proud of himself! (So were we.)

This set of wise men is one of my most prized possessions. My late grandmother made them from empty beer bottles. I think all of her children and grandchildren eventually had a set, but these were actually hers. I took them in after she passed, and I found the box just as I was starting to decorate for Christmas, so I put out her set instead of mine. They make me smile whenever I see them.

2009-12-31

2009-12-31T23:32:00.001-05:00

The last moment of 2009. (I did take a real time photo, but it was very badly exposed, so I backed it up on the DVR and took this one just a few seconds after midnight.) Happy New Year everyone! What a journey this has been, in more ways than one.

2009-12-30

2009-12-30T23:31:00.000-05:00

Decided to try something new before the year is up, McDonald's Hot Chocolate. Not as good as Starbucks (also not as expensive), but much better than Panera.

2009-12-29

2009-12-29T23:26:00.001-05:00

I seem to have acquired Dad's cold, which I tolerated for 3 days. I can handle stuffy and/or runny nose and head congestion. However, I have been hemorrhaging health units as today has progressed: coughing, tightness in my chest, and a stopped up sore inner right ear, all coming on rapidly since I woke up this morning. That usually means I am about 2-3 days away from bronchitis and an ear infection. My regular doctor is not in, but the new guy could see me today, so I went. I'd really rather not ring in the new year sick.

2009-12-28

2009-12-28T23:24:00.001-05:00

The sign reads "Experience it in 3D IMAX." Why thank you, I think I shall.

2009-12-27

2009-12-27T23:23:00.000-05:00

Nana is so accomodating.

2009-12-26

2009-12-26T23:22:00.000-05:00

See, new dining room rug, as promised. Love it!

2009-12-25

2009-12-25T23:16:00.001-05:00

I loved that he didn't pick it up to look closely at one of his new toys. He left it right on the ground and laid down to look inside. Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-24

2009-12-24T23:14:00.000-05:00

Yay!! My new rugs arrived today. Finally, something to dampen the echo and comfort the bones on the hard floors. This is the one in the den. I promise a photo of the dining room rug later.

2009-12-23

2009-12-23T23:12:00.001-05:00

Luke in his new Christmas shirt. He wore it all day, to two different parties, and I didn't manage to take a single photo of him wearing it until right before bed.

2009-12-22

2009-12-22T23:10:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas to us, the house is now, finally, officially on the market! Keep your fingers crossed for a quick sale (ha ha).

2009-12-21

2009-12-21T23:05:00.002-05:00

Did you know our oven could make more than frozen pizza and frozen fish sticks? Me neither!

2009-12-20

2009-12-20T23:04:00.000-05:00

In case you've ever wondered, *this* is what $300 worth of groceries looks like, and amazingly, it still fits in one cart.

2009-12-19

2009-12-19T23:58:00.000-05:00

You mean, I don't belong in the linen closet?

2009-12-18

2009-12-18T23:56:00.000-05:00

This beautiful globe ornament was a gift from my friend Charisse, but it's not going on the tree. It will live in my new kitchen window on the lovely glass shelves the previous owners installed. Thank you!

2009-12-17

2009-12-17T23:54:00.000-05:00

Are you sure the postman isn't Santa? Sure looks like it to me.

2009-12-16

2009-12-16T23:53:00.000-05:00

Luke absolutely adores the turkey bacon at The Flying Biscuit. He at 5 pieces tonight!

2009-12-15

2009-12-15T23:52:00.000-05:00

Ah, much better! Finally have some decorations up, and a new fireplace screen. Funny how much less junky that makes it look than the boxes we previously had there.

2009-12-14

2009-12-14T23:51:00.000-05:00

Thanks to my brother, we learned about this show. It is an all a capella singing competition called The Sing-Off. We are LOVING it!!

2009-12-13

2009-12-13T23:50:00.000-05:00

Our first ever outdoor Christmas lights!

2009-12-12

2009-12-12T23:49:00.000-05:00

Luke's first milkshake! White, of course (he only likes "white" ice cream), from Steak 'n Shake. It's the first time I've been able to get him to try one. He didn't seem impressed.

2009-12-11

2009-12-11T23:48:00.000-05:00

I think the boys are settling into the new house nicely, what do you think?

2009-12-10

2009-12-10T23:47:00.000-05:00

This year's Advent wreath has LEGO sets in it. Luke loves it!

2009-12-09

2009-12-09T23:46:00.000-05:00

A house warming gift from the realtor in Arizona who helped us find our current realtor. Wasn't that sweet! (No pun intended.)

2009-12-08

2009-12-08T23:45:00.000-05:00

Silly hat day at school. They made these in after-care yesterday.

2009-12-07

2009-12-07T23:44:00.000-05:00

I thought I was going to have a goofy photo of Luke to post today. Instead, I give you the battery release and the empty battery compartment of my laptop, which decided to pick this evening to stop working. Did I mention I had not backed it up since we moved? Yeah. Not at all happy right now.

2009-12-06

2009-12-06T23:42:00.000-05:00

Oh, the great decisions in life: what song to pick from Daddy's cell phone/MP3 player. He can't really read yet, but he does recognize certain words (like, oh gee, Star Wars).

2009-12-05

2009-12-05T23:40:00.000-05:00

DH's grandfather's burial was at the same cemetery where his mom's parents are buried. This is DH and his brother at their grave.

2009-12-04

2009-12-04T23:39:00.000-05:00

Our first (and currently only) Christmas decoration, and Luke won't even get to see it until we get back from the funeral, but I definitely wanted it to be up and ready when we get home.

2009-12-03

2009-12-03T23:38:00.001-05:00

Missed another day. Spent most of it preparing for a funeral this weekend. I noticed the base of Luke's nightstand today for the first time yesterday. What do you see? (Most people I've asked see either the Gummi Bears symbol or a Winnie the Pooh silhouette.)

2009-12-02

2009-12-02T23:37:00.000-05:00

I caught the shadow of the breakfast nook chandelier on the wall as I left the house today. I tihnk it looks pretty cool!

2009-12-01

2009-12-01T23:36:00.000-05:00

Trying to get the old house spic and span so we can list it for sale. Luke loves this fuzzy dust thing, so we let him "help."

November 2009 Mosaic

2009-11-30T23:55:00.001-05:00

Click to biggify. Created using Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker.

November was a very long and difficult month, and I missed more photos this month than ever before (3, I think). I hope December will be better. Almost there!

I loved the photo of Luke with R2-D2 too much for that not to be the picture of the day on November 2. I also took a bunch of in-concert photos. It was hard to decide, but this one is the clearest about what we were doing there.

Motorcycles and helicopters. I see it, do you?

We had the television pulled away from the wall at the new house, and I noticed the reflection of the glorious fall day. Since it was pulled out to allow the cable guy access to the wall, I'm glad it was still "showing" something pretty.

As I mentioned, I spent all of our family Thanksgiving meal passing a kidney stone. The process makes me sick to my stomach, so even when I was done, *this* was my Thanksgiving meal. Exciting, no? I did get to eat a real Thanksgiving meal later that evening, once I decided I was up to it.

Kitty, the Thinker.

2009-11-30

2009-11-30T23:33:00.000-05:00

This is Luke's "little piggy" that I accidentally slammed in this very car door (right about there, in fact) yesterday as we were leaving my parents' house. If you look carefully at the base of his thumb, you can see the whitish-purple bruise. Thankfully, it is not broken, just sore.

2009-11-29

2009-11-29T23:32:00.002-05:00

On the road again, back home to Atlanta. Most of the drive looks either like this, or is just swaths of asphalt through a forest, often pretty, always boring after a while.

2009-11-28

2009-11-28T23:29:00.000-05:00

WANT!!! They had a whole series of movie-related 3D and 2D art at Bed, Bath, and Beyond today. They would go perfectly in our yet-to-be created home theater in the new basement. This particular piece is one that I had pictured in my mind, and here it sits physically on a store shelf.

2009-11-27

2009-11-27T23:25:00.000-05:00

Luke, posing with Granny's (now Mom's) Lollipop Turkey.

2009-11-26

2009-11-26T23:23:00.000-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope yours was better than mine. I spent all of our large family meal on the floor in the bathroom passing a kidney stone, yet I somehow still managed not to overly resemble death warmed over in this photo.

2009-11-25

2009-11-25T23:20:00.000-05:00

Missed a photo today while driving to my parents' house. This one from yesterday will have to suffice. This is the *beautiful* house warming gift our agent gave us yesterday. I absolutely love it! I can't wait to fill it with pictures and get it hung. Thanks, Jayme!

2009-11-24

2009-11-24T23:17:00.000-05:00

I guess the stove is now officially christened as mine. It has received it's first sprinkling of Rice Krispies falling out of the pot while stirring them into the melted marshmallows during the making Rice Krispy Treats.

2009-11-23

2009-11-23T23:16:00.000-05:00

"It's a picture of Daddy," says Luke. :-)

2009-11-22

2009-11-22T23:14:00.000-05:00

Luke was playing on the floor, then stopped suddenly and started spreading out blankets. "Mommy, we need carpets in here." Great, we've lived here two days, and he's already finding fault with the new house! (Actually, I completely agree with him. Maybe after Thanksgiving I'll have time to acquire some.)

2009-11-21

2009-11-21T23:12:00.000-05:00

The cupboard may be bare, but we have plenty of kitties in the cabinets. They did NOT like the drill that they cable guy was using. I expected to find Bengal in there, but it was so funny when I realized Tigger was in there, too. Guess they really are related!

2009-11-20

2009-11-20T23:11:00.000-05:00

Hey, that looks like our furniture in some new house! The move went beautifully and without a hitch.

2009-11-19

2009-11-19T23:08:00.001-05:00

I was packing up some last minute stuff for the move tomorrow, photographing some things as I removed them from the curio cabinet. This is my wedding garter. No, I didn't throw it! My grandmother made it of scraps of satin and lace from my mom's wedding gown, which Granny also made.

2009-11-18

2009-11-18T23:04:00.000-05:00

I had to pull out Dad's DSLR to get this low light shot. I loved the way this tree looked silhouetted in the fog against the street light.

2009-11-17

2009-11-17T23:01:00.001-05:00

And here I thought having our cable cut off twice in two days would be all the drama for today. Nope. When DH went by the new house "just to check on it," he found this in the basement bathroom! That is the ceiling opened up like a trap door, in case you're having trouble orienting yourself in the photo (showerhead on far left center, gold "line" is shower rod). Really not what we needed right now. It must have been caused by the plumbing repairs. That's not going to be a fun fight.

2009-11-16

2009-11-16T23:00:00.001-05:00

Days when you have to run the air in the middle of the day and the heat on both ends really drive me crazy!

2009-11-15

2009-11-15T19:41:00.002-05:00

Cleo was determined to get the last little bit of yummy in the bottom of the Krystal box. Instead of sticking her head in, like most cats, she almost always sticks her paw in first, then licks the paw. She does that even for wide open bowls and things. Weird cat!

2009-11-14

2009-11-14T19:40:00.000-05:00

Is this like grown-up paper dolls? I made paper "footprints" of all the furniture to help me figure out where everything will go when we move.

2009-11-13

2009-11-13T19:39:00.000-05:00

You are living dangerously, Mr. Spider. I can think of safer places for you than the entrance gate of a preschool playground.

2009-11-12

2009-11-12T19:37:00.000-05:00

I never did really get the shot/angle I wanted, but she looked so funny sleeping in perfect log formation with this one paw sticking straight up in the air. This was the best of the 3 shots I got before the flash woke her up.

2009-11-11

2009-11-11T21:00:00.005-05:00

I recently discovered these cookies at Panera Bread. That is a very bad thing. A very bad thing indeed, for my waistline. But wow, are they yummy!! Obviously, I couldn't even stay out of this one on the way home from lunch.

2009-11-10

2009-11-10T20:58:00.002-05:00

I love seeing the world from Luke's perspective. "Look, Mommy, this is no one."

2009-11-09

2009-11-09T20:56:00.003-05:00

Even after doing this for over 10 months, there are some days, like Monday, that I simply never even think to pick up a camera. No explanation, no real reason, just the way the day went. So here's a cute picture of Tigger from a couple of days ago. She has *clearly* marked this as HER spot. I think she just wants to highlight her cute little white toes. Much more striking on the red lid than the brown carpet, don't you think?

2009-11-08

2009-11-08T20:52:00.000-05:00

Did you know you can get frostbite in Atlanta in November? Neither did I! Apparently, all you have to do is to brush the back of your finger against the underside of your ice maker while trying to fill a cooler with ice. Yowie, did it hurt! I actually did it yesterday, and it is feeling better today, but it is also redder today, which is what made me think to photograph it.

2009-11-07

2009-11-07T20:51:00.000-05:00

This is the beautiful fall view from the front door of our new house. I can't wait to finally be moved in!

2009-11-06

2009-11-06T20:50:00.000-05:00

Bengal alerted me to the presence of this little guy outside our front windows. Just after I snapped this picture, he vanished up the drain pipe!