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Re: The Beginning

cattywampus_steph — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:39:34 -0000

I haven't been blogging as much lately as I started back to full time work, but I suddenly thought of you today when I saw the flooding on the news and am glad to hear you are OK. Prayers go out to you and your state right now. My house was flooded in middle school and I know what a traumatic thing this can be. Take care!

Re: Hall of Shame: Kelis

cattywampus_steph — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:30:18 -0000

I am mesmerized by the shoes. They are soo...Pee Wee Herman Big Shoe Meets Barbie. Don't you think?

Re: Weekly Challenge #3: The Gift

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:37:40 -0000

How neat that your family did that with friends. I need to find a tradition like that, that we can do with friends here. Hmm...my brain is going to whir on that a bit. Good post!

Re: NaBloPoMo Day 30: I achieve to over achieve

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:36:31 -0000

I had a falling down embarrassing story too. Mine was humiliating, but not painful like yours sounds!

Re: Cold Turkey

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:50:18 -0000

Guilty as charged here. I have said things in front of my kids that, pre-kids, i would have sworn I would never say. It shames me completely. I beat myself up a lot for not modeling what I have taught them. While that's not good either, I agree that working on "doing" versus "teaching" needs to happen around here as well...

Re: In Which My Right Ear Goes Into Hiding

cattywampus_steph — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:26:09 -0000

I swear, somewhere down the line, there must be some family relation between your family and mine. That kind of comment sounds straight out of my own Grandmother's mouth, God rest her soul! I think you need to have the Great Earlobe Debate. Let us vote on it! We'll be honest withyou. Go on, flash us your lobe. DO IT!

Re: Love and Marriage, Five-Year-Old Edition

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:31:05 -0000

You KNOW I get this. You read my post too. This isn't the first time I've thought our girls would be fast friends. All my fav bloggers are in Nashville too. Maybe I should move? (jk--LOL)

Re: There's a Reason It's Called Suburban Turmoil

cattywampus_steph — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:19:56 -0000

What's this? You buried the lead! You lost 10 pounds? OK, maybe that's not notable to you, but it sure would be for me. So, to that I say congratulations! Sorry to hear it's been a rough road lately and we're all looking forward to reading your posts next week. Hang in there!

Re: Halloweeeeeen!

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:39:56 -0000

They are adorable, Lindsay! I love that she was Laura Ingalls too...such a great show that was from our childhood. You're right...much better than Jasmine or Ariel. Mine was a pirate girl, which fits her spunk. Pictures to come soon on my blog...

Re: The Reluctant Shopper

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:41:21 -0000

OK, was that possibly the WORST sales person ever in the history of retail? Let's insult the buyer, why don't we, before she even tries an article on? Chances are, she knew the designer of the dress grossly sizes their dresses off or whatever. But, STILL...store clerk needs to go back to school or somethin'...

Re: Balance

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:12:21 -0000

They are soooo lying, Lindsay. And I'm right here with you on this balance thing. 10 years of being at home and working part-time with my kids, and I STILL don't feel I have the right balance. I swing widely as well and considered going back to work fulltime recently. It's so hard to know what will be best for the whole family in the end. I mean, is it better to have a mom home with you who feels a bit empty without her career and sometimes gets sad about that? Or is it better to not have as much time with your mom, but see her energized and thriving at work? Should our girls see us working so they know they can do it too? Or should they see us juggling work and home so they get that it is a balance? Or just see us at home devoting ourselves to the ones we love? Ugh...makes the head spin, doesn't it?

Re: Week(end) Links

cattywampus_steph — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:50:08 -0000

I, for one, like all the links and LOVE the recipe links so keep it up! Can't wait to try a bunch of those and Panko crumbs---I have always wondered about those.

Re: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate

cattywampus_steph — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:19:13 -0000

I wish so much that we'd have done the joint and each separate accounts thing. It would reduce so much stress and I actually think I'd budget my money and be less spendy if it was divided off and came out of my pot, versus the big joint account.

Now, onto H1N1, unless my son's allergists insists, we are probably not getting it. I had thought we might, but then an RN friend of mine told me she is not and most who work in the medical community are not getting it because they don't feel like it has been tested, it's been rushed onto the market, etc. It really got me to thinking. But, my son does have allergy induced asthma and so he's the exception--I don't want to risk him having an attack or something scary. I probably should get one too as I have Type II diabetes, but I'll risk it this year. Maybe next year I'll consider getting us all H1N1 shots...

Re: The Reader

cattywampus_steph — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:14:50 -0000

Oh, I love that Grover book! It still makes me laugh! I am so excited my girl is starting to read too. I need to pull out the Bob books! I forgot we had those for my son and they give them such confidence! Natalie (my daughter) loves the Dick and Jane books too. Does this mean I will stop reading my Skippy Jon Jones books to her, or her favorite ones each night? No. I still even read with my 10 year old. I simply love it and it's my time at night with my kids. But, it is neat seeing that she can pick up something and read it on her own some now too! They're growing up, aren't they?

Re: Intermission

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:05 -0000

First off, like your new masthead.
Second, what a KID with all those expressions. It's funny, but he looks like Punky a lot in a few of these pictures. Too cute for words!

Re: Hello, Chattanooga!

cattywampus_steph — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:23:01 -0000

It's funny--some neighbor friends of ours drove through Chattanooga on the way back from a family vacation and came back raving about it too. I've always heard about Nashville, but never about C. Will have to check that out sometime!

Re: A New Preschool Perspective

cattywampus_steph — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:21:38 -0000

I think you did a great job with Punky! I had a different perspective in that my son (years ago) really needed school for the social aspect, more than the class work. Punky seems way more like my youngest than my son, so she probably has no trouble socializing with kids. My son was very shy and fearful of other kids and it helped him come out of his shell. But, I do have to say, not paying that preschool tuition this year for the first time in almost a decade feels really good, and I think you might have had the right approach! Glad it's going so well for her!

Re: Sniff, Sniff

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:24:07 -0000

Thought I'd just leave my comment here since you'll be done at Parents now. My daughter had a similar thing in her music class when the teacher punished the whole class for a few kids who were talking. Mine came home in tears (mainly because she was WORN OUT that first week) because she'd done nothing. I had to just tell her that in elementary school, sometimes one rotten apple ruins the cart. (OK, I didn't use those words exactly.) It's a rough new world for them outside of their lots-of-hugs-and-love preschool lives. Sigh...

Re: A Post Guaranteed to Make Me EVEN MORE POPULAR at My Daughter's School

cattywampus_steph — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:56:37 -0000

I wish I could tell you it was NOT normal, but it is. Well, I have to say I haven't been held up in a car line by Martial Arts nutjobs, but I don't usually do the car rider line so that may be why. Our school went digital last year, so newsletters and most flyers get scanned and emailed, which has helped a lot. But we still get our share of flyers in the backpacks too.

Oh, and I can't wait to read your posts once school fundraising starts up. You'll be back to saying the regular F word then. (grin)

Re: The DivaDON'T

cattywampus_steph — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:10:23 -0000

As a fellow southerner, I'd like to call that a "Honkin' Big Bump" on your head. Tumor-sized bump. And, anyone with shorter hair could not roll with a tumor bump, i don't think. But, you looked fly...(grin)

Re: Where I Go, Throwdowns Follow

cattywampus_steph — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:38:16 -0000

The older we get, the more fun it gets to mess with people who walk around taking life entirely too seriously, doesn't it? Wish you could have stuck the tongue out at her. LOL!

Re: On Death

cattywampus_steph — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:09:38 -0000

Just left you a comment over at the Death article, but congrats on the Newsweek article. I agree completely with what you're saying about over-glorifying celebs. So sorry to hear about the struggle of your friend. I just read My Sister's Keeper and it really brought to light for me how horrible dealing with a terminal illness can be for a family and friends.