The Catbird Seat

Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits on September 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

After an almost 4-month hiatus, I have finally gotten back to making art. And though it has taken me a week or two to get up the nerve to sit down at my desk and make something for the love of God!, I’m pretty pleased with my first attempt.
Presenting… the Cahaba lily. Blurry photos courtesy […]

Filed under: Catbird, Tidbits, Lillybeth on August 29th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Holding your pee from the time you get up (~6:40 a.m.) until 8:45a.m.+ (I’m still waiting), just so you don’t have to use the baby potty, even though you are in pain.
That’s Elizabeth.
And this is my experience potty-training her.
Strong-willed? Yeah, that’s an understatement.
(and just for the record, the last time she peed was yesterday at […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits, Elizabeth on August 18th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

If, by chance, you have neglected to purchase a high-quality paint stripper for your long-delayed furniture refinishing project, you may have the necessary product in your bathroom closet.
Or sitting directly on top of your grandmother’s 70-year-old Lane cedar chest, as it were.
[remedial parenting: do not leave opened/unlidded products that spray sitting in reach of […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits, Elizabeth on May 27th, 2008 | 8 Comments »

There is no correlation between daffodils, long* hair, happiness and 1:00 a.m. except the evidence of all four in the following photos.
I think the dark circles under my eyes are especially telling. Still smiling, though.
Despite what the clock says, that’s almost always what I look/feel like after working on cut paper flowers. And that makes […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits, Lillybeth on March 12th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I watched “Miss America 2008-Live!” last night on TLC. Is that so wrong?
(p.s. IMHO, Miss Virginia should have won, if only for the way she answered her question about religious freedom.)

Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits on February 4th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

…for an update.
We have successfully moved into the house referenced in the previous post (written nearly 2 months ago…Holy Moses!) And though we have a few remaining items in the old rental house, we are considering ourselves “officially moved.”
We made the move a mere 6 days before Christmas, which is sheer madness, by the way. […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Local Color, Random Thoughts, Elizabeth, Jane, Lillybeth on January 20th, 2008 | 10 Comments »

As is appropriate, it is the time to give thanks to God for all the many blessings we all have: family, friends, health…you know, all those things that everyone says every Thanksgiving.
And then, after you do that, add this line to your prayer of thanksgiving:
“And thank you, God, for performing the miracle of giving the […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Like a fire, Local Color on November 24th, 2007 | 14 Comments »

…on some kind of answer about the house. We haven’t heard a thing.
Our real estate agent says that every call she’s received seems positive. She’s talked to the seller’s realtor several times, who indicates that the sellers are seriously considering our offer, and [hopefully] trying to work it out.
Stephanie (our agent) has also spoken to […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Like a fire, Random Thoughts on November 17th, 2007 | 4 Comments »

This is the house that Paul and I made an offer on today.
It is going to take a miracle for the deal to go through, because what we’re offering is MUCH lower than what they’re asking…and it’s as high as we’re willing to go.
So, fellow believers, PRAY with us as we seek to see God […]

Filed under: General, Catbird, Like a fire, Local Color on November 15th, 2007 | 7 Comments »