Chess Cake Squares

Last night, a few of our good friends met for our regular Monday night “meeting.”
It originally began as a “Youth Leader” meeting, and all the youth leaders from UPC were invited for a time of food, fun, and “catching up” on the youth news from the week.
Oh yeah, and we watched “Lost.”
Now that Paul is […]

Eric Peters, Good Lyrics, and Stones for Squeezing

At the “
Behold the Lamb of God” concert last night, I was introduced to the music of Eric Peters.
And I was enthralled.
There’s something about live music…it penetrates all my hardened layers and renders me defenseless and aching to live the kind of life that good songwriters write about.
Even the kind of life that is […]

I Think I’m in an Alternate Universe

The strangest things keep happening to me.
I got an email on Wednesday, whose subject line was simply, “test.” The email consisted of exactly one line: “Hope you get this”
It was signed “Amy.”
Based on the email address, I guessed it was not my “Amy.”
So I hit “Reply” and wrote back, “I did. Who are […]

Halloween, 1 Month Later

At long last, here are a few photos from Halloween.
“Plain” Jane

“Peanut” Elizabeth

A pirate, the M&M, and a princess

Yes, I made the costumes. Yes, I did swear multiple times while making them. No, I am not completely happy with the results (mostly Elizabeth’s, whose costume I did first, and consequently learned what NOT to do). Yes, […]

Dibs

Paul called “dibs” on blogging this (Newman!), but I just couldn’t resist putting some kind of reference to it here. To get the full story with whole photos, click here.

[Full Body Shiver]

I am awake. Wide awake. It is 12:35am. I went to sleep just after 10:30pm.
The reason I am awake is because I just found a cockroach crawling in my pajama top.
No, you did not just misread that sentence.
Here’s the important part again: A cockroach in my pj’s.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deep in the cloud of good sleep, I […]

I Kid You Not…

…there is a label on the handle of my new 12″ stainless steel frying pan that says, and I quote,
Always use low to medium heat setting as high heat setting will cause overheat to damage the pan.
What the !!!!
Clearly this manufacturer either has had no experience with Southern cooking, or does not understand what a […]

What’s Your Mental Age?

I have lots to say (as usual), but no time to collect my thoughts, and even less time to sit down and blog. (Too busy keeping my house clean so that it will SELL!)
In the meantime, here’s an little quiz to keep things interesting at The Catbird Seat. I just knew I’d either be 5-years-old […]

Distraction and Disclosure

Tom Sanders is an up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom. When his new boss turns out to be a woman who is both his former lover and a business rival, Sanders determines to be professional. But after a closed-door meeting, the woman accuses him of sexual harassment.
Humiliated and angered by the fraudulent claim, Tom […]

Long Lost Friends

I’ve been meaning to blog about this for months now, but for some reason, I hesitated.
I’m so glad I did, because what started out as one friend finding me (and my blog) has turned into not two, but three.
One from Butler, Pennsylvania, another from Pullyallup, Washington, and the final one from Bowling Green, Kentucky. […]