March 2009 Mosaic

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Another month in the books, and I actually managed not to miss a day, woo-hoo! Here are the fill photos for this month.



One of the best reasons to go to Olive Garden, extra olives on the salad! How can they call themselves Olive Garden when they only put two on the salad unless you ask otherwise? This time, our waiter brought me a whole little bowl full. YUM!



Not quite the picture I was after, but I actually like it. I intended to get the center flower in focus, but it was hard with the low light, plus I was holding the camera above my head. I was annoyed at first, but it has grown on me since, and I like how it turned out.



It looks so innocent, doesn't it? One little pine pollen pod, and this one still intact (probably because it was wet when it fell). But put millions and millions of these things together, and the whole city turns yellow. It's been raining more days than not lately, so it hasn't been too bad, but it's coming. No wonder Atlanta is the allergy capitol of the world.



I told you I would be taking a picture of this tree each season. The color of the flowers disappeared into the roof color, so I tried to get it against the other trees instead. Not thrilled with it, but it will do for the spring photo. For reference, here is the winter version.

2009-03-31

See, I do actually cook on very rare occasions. Tonight was an old family favorite and a relatively new one: cheeseburger pie with risotto.

2009-03-30

Click it or Ticket! Car safety is very important. He's been bad lately about unbuckling his seatbelt before we are fully pulled into a parking space or garage, but now that he is enforcing it with kitty, I think we'll be okay.

2009-03-29

Oh dear, what have we done?

2009-03-28

I abandoned my husband and son today for a younger man. I had the honor and privilege of babysitting this little one today while his mom had dental surgery and his dad waited to drive her home. Much more pleasant for Mr. R to nap at home and then play with me than to sit around the dentist's office for 4 hours. He slept the first 90 minutes I was there, then eyed me warily from across the room for 45 minutes, LOL. He didn't quite know what to make of me. I've sat for him before, but it was months ago and I'm sure he doesn't remember. (Photo posted with his parents' permission.)

2009-03-27

Rain, rain, go away! It has been raining for the better part of 4 days now. I'm tired of being wet from the knees down all the time. I got so drenched yesterday just walking Luke from the car to daycare and back (because stupid me thought "how wet can I possibly get?") that I had to change when I got home, so I took the umbrella today. Bengal thought it was a great place to rest.

2009-03-26

This is Luke's new daily regimen as assigned by the ENT yesterday: antihistamine, decongestant, and nasal spray. We are trying to get the fluid out of his ears (not currently infected, but the potential is there) without resorting to more tubes (I think they're called grommets in some other countries). As far as we are concerned, the person who invented these medicine strips deserves a special place in heaven. The only liquid medication Luke will willingly take is Children's Motrin. Any others are a huge battle. He doesn't really like the strips, but they don't require nearly the same fuss as other liquids.

2009-03-25

The primary instrument of the ENT. These are the tubes they fit to the scope to look in your ears. She wasn't very thrilled when she looked into Luke's today. Seems we might be in for a second set of tubes, but we'll play wait and see a little while longer.

2009-03-24

I honestly have no idea what kind of trees these are. I want to say cherry trees, but I don't know for sure. I didn't quite capture what I was after. I was hoping the white (maybe a little pink?) would show up a little more clearly against the gray of the sky. Even tweaking it later didn't help. Still it's not bad, and it's the only photo I took, so it will have to do.

2009-03-23

Another cell phone picture for you, since I (again) forgot my camera. It's the simple things in life that bring the most pleasure, isn't it? Luke *loves* to have the windows down in the car. It gives him "funny hair" and makes him grin uncontrolably. Given that Atlanta only has two seasons (broiling and freezing) except for about 2 weeks of fall and 4 weeks of rainy spring each year, it's pretty rare for him, but we had a good day for it today. He is only allowed to stick his hand out the window, nothing else, but he doesn't care. It truly made his day.

2009-03-22

Wow, I'm capable of sending emails from the future now. Good to know.

2009-03-21

I don't think I have ever seen lazier bundles of fluff in my life. As far as they are concerned, it is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. When we first brought Cleo into the house (she previously lived with my brother), none of the cats liked her. I thought they would never stop fighting, let alone calmly be in the same room with each other for extended periods of time. It took nearly 2 years for them to get within 5 feet of each other and not freak out. That was, wow, 5 or 6 years ago. And now look at them. Not friends, really, but tolerant acquaintances for the sake of a nap on Daddy.

2009-03-20

Gee, what seems to be missing from this picture? How about, oh gee, I don't know, frozen foods! This entire row of frozen food bays was empty. It was 15-20 "doors" long, and there was nothing at all in it. Not a big deal, except that the usual contents were no where to be found anywhere else in the store. What was missing? PIZZA!! I did find it logical that they waited until Emory University's spring break to be completely out of frozen pizza, but still.

2009-03-19

I think Tigger was a little perturbed that we are still using Christmas napkins in March, what do you think?