2009-10-28

Wednesday night is family night at Golden Corral. They even have a clown come in and make balloon animals and the like for the kids (not in full make-up, as shown, but in a slightly funky outfit with limited face paint like at the fair). This is her car, and the little wind-up thing on the back always makes me smile when we see it.

2009-10-27

This is the 2-3 inch deep "puddle" at the edge of our driveway. Okay already with the rain! Lake Lanier is already back to full pool. We're good for now, and I'm sure those with flooded basements and homes would very much like it to stop for a while.

2009-10-26

Ah-ha! Finally got him to eat one of the cookies we made the other day.

2009-10-25

We carved a pumpkin this year for the first time since Luke was born. I took all kinds of photos, and I know this one is a little blurry, but I absolutely love it. Luke had no idea at all what to expect when DH pulled up the top!

2009-10-24

Luke's first time helping me cook, and we made chocolate chip cookies. He measured the sugar, he used the mixer (with help), he added the flour, he stirred in the good stuff (chips and nuts, shown here), and he even helped me drop the first batch on the parchment paper. Wasn't interested in eating any when they were done (naturally), despite the fact that he has begged for a cookie everywhere we've gone for nearly 2 weeks now.

2009-10-23

Here is the fall version of the tree at Luke's school. Had to take a picutre in a hurry! The leaves all turned from green to this beautiful dark red in less than 2 days, and a mere 2 days later, the tree was practically bare. Welcome to fall in Atlanta, all one week of it.

2009-10-22

When is the last time *you* received a two page hand-written letter from someone? It totally made my day. There are advantages to staying in touch with your late grandmother's best friend!

2009-10-21

Hey, I actually got to *see* my coworkers today. The thing I miss most now that I work from home is the simple daily human interaction with colleagues. We talk on the phone nearly every day, sometimes one on one and sometimes as a team, but seeing each other happens only every few months. We had a face to face lunch and staff meeting today, and "the boys" were kind enough to pose for my photo of the day. Thanks for humoring me, guys! From the left are Jason, David, and Phil, and we held our staff meeting in David's "mobile office," a.k.a. his truck. One coworker was missing; Bill lives in New Jersey, so he joined us by phone.

2009-10-20

This suncatcher was a gift from my parents after years of coveting my mother's similar one. It hangs in my kitchen window, and I love watching the center crystal shoot rainbows all over my white cabinets in the morning when the sun breaks over the tops of the trees.

2009-10-19

We had the first real cold snap of the year this week, which always puts me in the mood for soup. Some days, there's just nothing better than a good ol' bowl of chicken noodle (with extra noodles, please).

2009-10-18

"Look, Mom, Saturn!" I guess he does listen and pay attention on occasion. We've been reading a book about the solar system before bed recently.

2009-10-17

Our own little private pumpkin patch in the middle of the toy room. Don't worry, three of these are going to school with Luke on Monday.

2009-10-16

DH was clearing out the areas where the dead bushes were in front of the house. As he was cutting through the roots, he hit on this. I would assume that someone intentionally buried it there for luck when the house was built back in 1998. I just loved the juxtaposition of such an ancient custom with a more or less brand new house. I couldn't help but smile at such an unexpected find. (And yes, we put it back.) Turns out that luck came in very handy today as I narrowly avoided what would have been a horrible accident while taking Luke to school.

2009-10-15

I haven't had a Toblerone in so long, I couldn't remember how much I liked them or not. I knew I had tried them, and I knew I liked them, I just didn't know to what degree. But when I had a dream about them earlier this week, then saw them in the check out line at Target today, I absolutely had to buy one. Turns out, I think they're just okay. Good to know; maybe now I'll remember.