…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 »
…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 »
Today is my mother’s birthday. She would have been 65 years old.
Sigh.
You think I might be used to her being gone, since this year marks the 14th anniversary of her death.
But I’m not.
I still miss her and wish she was here.
Especially on her birthday.
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, Tidbits on November 5th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Which Disney Princess Are You?
You are part Cinderella. You are hard-working and never complain, however, your trust is sometimes misplaced and people sometimes take advantage of you. Still, you are beautiful inside and out, and one day you will realize it and find true love.
You are part Pocahontas. You defy convention and sometimes do what […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts on October 28th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
It’s official. I’m turning into my Mother.
Today we celebrated Jane’s 4th birthday with a party at a local Elementary School playground. We had family. We had friends. We had presents. We had chips, and cokes, and juice boxes, and balloons, and goody bags. We had cake.
That I made. (from a boxed cake mix, lest anyone […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, Jane on October 27th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My grandmother (Mom’s mom) died a peaceful death on Sunday morning, after deteriorating quickly during a difficult and painful couple of weeks in the hospital.
Paul and I were fortunate to have been able to say “Goodbye” to her the prior Monday.
The funeral is today, and the four granddaughters (Julie, Jan, Jennifer and me [the only […]
Filed under: Catbird, Like a fire, Random Thoughts on October 24th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Last night, as Paul and I were riding back from Sylacauga with our pastor, the subject of marriage came up in conversation.
The conversation began in a lively discussion about the transition from “taker” to “giver AND taker” that children should begin to make when they enter (and graduate from) adolescence. Fitting that it should end […]
Filed under: Catbird, Like a fire, Random Thoughts on September 30th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
At work last night, a coworker and I were talking about the significance of marriage.
Both she and I agreed that the difficulty and joy of marriage goes way beyond just the little eccentricities that you discover when you live together; and that living together (as she and her now-husband had) is still really no preparation […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Like a fire, Random Thoughts, Workin' Mom on July 25th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
…and into my adult mouth.
It’s the Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza Kit.
Complete with dough mix, canned sauce, and the not-quite-enough-to-cover-the-whole-pizza parmesan cheese packet.
I think I lived on them from about the 4th to the 8th grade.
And I made it for my lunch today.
Mmm. Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza.
I am convinced I could eat 2 or 3 of […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, Tidbits, SAHM on June 29th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This one is short but sweet.
A customer came through the drive-thru at the pharmacy in which I worked last night (the location of which I will not disclose due to privacy concerns), and requested prescriptions to be picked up.
After watching the tech ring up all three prescriptions, and give her the total, she decided that […]
Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, Workin' Mom on June 29th, 2007 | 5 Comments »