Category: Family
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An Accident Waiting to Happen
Accidents happen. To most people in most families, accidents are one of those things that randomly occur and you look back at the oddness of the situation and laugh at the uniqueness of the circumstances that led to the accident. In my family, however, I come from a long line of accident-prone people. Calamity just…
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Special Edition Sunday – The Liebster Blog Award!
Oh yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I’ve arrived! After nearly three long months of writing and hoping someone is reading, I’ve finally been noticed! That’s right! I’ve been nominated for The Liebster Blog Award! My first blog award ever! WOOOOOHOOOO! Okay….Breathe, Cathie! Breathe! I’d like to thank The Academy… Scratch that. There is no Academy. I’d like…
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It’s the Weekend and I’m Off Getting Some Beauty Rest!
It’s the weekend and I’m catching up on some very much-needed beauty rest (trust me!). Come back on Monday for more of Chatty Cathie’s Chatter.
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Quips and Quotes Friday
Grammar is my “thing.” Listening to someone use incorrect grammar is very much like listening to someone scratch fingernails down a chalkboard. It “hurts” my ears in the same way. For that reason, I really work hard to be sure my children understand how to communication correctly. The other day, 7-year old Braden was trying…
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The Wit and Wisdom of Braden (Part One)
“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.” ~ Oscar Wilde There are days when I wish I could crawl inside my son’s head and figure out why and how he thinks like he does. The things that come out of his mouth totally blow me away most days. Most…
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What the…What?
It’s Wednesday, and I’d like to introduce a new weekly feature here at Chatty Cathie’s Endless Chatter…What the…What? Wednesday! Each Wednesday, I’ll bring you amusing images, articles and anecdotes I’ve run across in the previous weeks that are sure to give you a double-take and make you wonder what in the world people were thinking!…
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Mommy Always Knows Best!
My children fight constantly. I guess most siblings do, but I never thought that my children would be at such constant odds with nearly nine years between them. Thinking back, I have a really good idea when it started. It all began with an incident back when Braden was about ten months old and Amber…
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Big Fences Make Great Neighbors…But Don’t Tell My Neighbors!
One of the things I miss the very most about “home” since moving to Minnesota nearly 20 years ago is family. I miss having a tight-knit group of people who’ve known you since birth and who will lend a helping hand for any reason at any time, and almost always without needing to know the…
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Happy Easter Weekend!
It’s not just the weekend again, it’s EASTER WEEKEND! Enjoy the break and check back in on Monday when we’ll return with more true stories from Chatty Cathie’s crazy life!
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Friday’s Quips and Quotes
My Husband Has a Death Wish The other day I was preparing to go to a special evening event. I was getting dressed and had pulled on a pair of Spanx to wear under my dress pants. My husband – who happened to be in the same room with me – looked at me with…
C.H. Armstrong Books 