Recycling The Cardboard

Recycling is almost a bad word here in Tulsa. There are no public recycling bins, the recycling only gets picked up once every two weeks, and they only take a very limited kinds of recyclables. Which means that we throw all of our cardboard in the shed and then flatten it and drag it out to the recycling center at Sand Springs every once in awhile. Here is about 6months worth and the majority of our Sunday afternoon last weekend.

Easter

Out of the mouths...

We let Gray walk up and down these stairs now by himself, but because they are so steep and made out of stone we still worry. He often gets distracted and we have to remind him to focus and be careful on the stairs.



Last night my mom and Uncle George came over for his birthday. Happy Birthday Uncle George!



My mom had fallen on the stairs at her house last week and sprained her back. We were talking about it at dinner and Gray piped up with "Please, focus on the stairs Nana". Isn't he sweet?

Sesame Street Live

Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away.


Our big event for the weekend was attending Sesame Street Live at the BOK center.


Gray said that Cookie Monster was his favorite.


But the binoculars were the biggest hit of the day.

Tulsa and the Crazy Weather Fairy

You are all probably sick and tired of me talking about the crazy weather here in Tulsa. Sorry, here is one more example.
Last Friday I was wearing a t-shirt and flip-flops.

I took this picture on Saturday afternoon right outside my kitchen door.


And then this afternoon, yes Tuesday afternoon, Gray and I headed to the park...


That's right it was 75 degrees and sunny and not a flake to be seen.

Is that messed up or what!?!

My Brown Thumb?

I have thought of myself as having a black thumb for a long time now. It is a running joke in my family that orchids will die just crossing the threshold of our house. So, I am very excited that the lemon tree that I bought and potted last summer has actually produced lemons! Yeah!



This has given me some confidence. So when Gray watched an episode of Dragon Tails in which they planted carrot seeds and suggested that he wanted to try it I said yes. The seeds are in the pot and we will have to see how it goes.

Hello again.

I'm sorry to not have posted in awhile but this is where I have been living most days so there hasn't been anything very exciting going on around here. I am currently swimming through the pool of retinal physiology and rod signal processing (in case anyone was interested). Next up is an attempt to explain the difference between equating stimuli for photopic vs. scotopic light levels, Whoo hoo! Can you tell I'm getting a bit loopy? Okay, back to work.