We’ve all been there.
If you’re in ANY kind of relationship at all, whether it’s marriage, dating, friendship, or family, you’ve been there.
What is “there”?
“There” is the place where you’re asked, “What do YOU want?”
So often the honest answer is, “I don’t know.”
The question can be about a relatively easy and inconsequential thing like where […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, SAHM on April 21st, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I just found out that April is National Poetry Month.
How cool is that?! My new old love rekindled in the very month our nation celebrates it! Awesome!
For more info about National Poetry Month or for resources on poetry, click here. You’ll find poets.org and a veritable cornucopia of all things poetic.
In honor of National Poetry […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits, Poetry on April 20th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
This haiku is the real deal. It was written by a Japanese monk named Basho, who invented this fascinating poetic form.
turn this way
I too feel lonely
late in autumn
-basho
*thanks to Ray Rasmussen for his beautiful photography and compilation of stirring haiku. Please visit his website for more like this.
Filed under: General, Catbird, Poetry on April 19th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Recently we have started reading poetry to Jane at bedtime. The poetry of Shel Silverstein, to be exact.
She loves it. So does Paul. So do I.
If you’re unfamiliar with Shel Silverstein, here’s a sample:
MAGIC CARPET
You have a magic carpet
That will whiz you through the air,
To Spain or Maine or Africa
If you just tell it where.
So […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Poetry on April 19th, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Sometimes you raise other people’s children and they don’t even know it.
Consider my walk around the lake with MFR (my friend Rinnie) and her kids.
We decided to take an early evening walk around a nearby lake with our 5 kids (my two, her three.) We had made it roughly three-quarters of the way around when […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, SAHM on April 18th, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Sometimes boys will just be boys.
Today at the park, my friends’ little boys acted like, well, little boys.
It was pretty funny for me, since I don’t have boys, but it was frustrating and embarrassing and irritating (and funny) for my friends.
We all got to witness hitting, kicking, pushing, yelling, toy-hoarding, lying and crying. And time-outs. […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, SAHM on April 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I love classifying and categorizing things. It suits my nature.
I love putting things in neat little packages and labeling them accordingly. It gives me pleasure.
I love sorting items according to their size, shape or color and placing them in containers that just fit. Perfectly.
Pigeonholing. That’s what some people call it.
I get immense satisfaction from these […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts on April 17th, 2006 | 9 Comments »
I have lots of blog ideas for today, but no complete thoughts and nothing really compelling to write, so here are a just a few thoughts before I “take off” for Easter weekend.
Ladies, if you want yet another awesome blog to read, check out girltalk.blogs.com. Don’t be surprised if you’re deeply convicted, though. […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits on April 14th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
An ice cream sundae.
Yes, that’s right. For lunch I’m having an ice cream sundae complete with hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry.
I’m having an ice cream sundae for lunch because it’s the only thing that sounds good to me right now, except for a nap. That’ll likely come immediately after the sundae.
Mmmmm. A sundae. […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts on April 13th, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Here are just a few things you never want to hear coming from children in the backseat of your minivan…
(All of these are unrelated, by the way.)
“Uh-oh.”
“She’s crying.”
“Oh no! She dropped it!”
A huge sneeze. Followed by, “Uh-oh. (long pause.) I need a Kleenex.”
“But I don’t LIKE french fries!” (from the child who would […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, SAHM on April 13th, 2006 | 4 Comments »