Tag: children
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Driving 101
“Somebody actually complimented my driving today. They left a little note…It said, “Parking Fine.” ~ Tommy Cooper Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of talk about the elderly and driving. You hear people say that the elderly should have more stringent testing before receiving/renewing their licenses, and I can see where – in some…
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Zing!
If you read my blogs very often, you’ve probably figured out that I have two children. Amber is 16 and Braden is 7. It almost wasn’t that way. For a long time, my husband and I had pretty much decided that Amber would be an only child, and we were satisfied with that. However, sometime…
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Catch Me If You Can
Last week Braden came home from school with a hand-drawn picture of a rainbow stuffed in the very bottom of his backpack. On the page was scribbled in pretty typical 1st grade writing, “Please stop chasing me Braden.” No punctuation. What did it mean, then? Did Braden write it as in: “Please stop…
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It’s the weekend…and I’m hard at work!
It’s the weekend and, while y’all are off enjoying the beautiful weather of this great Spring day, I’m hard at work writing my blog for next week! Make sure to come back on Monday so that my hard work doesn’t go to waste! In the meantime, surf on over to my Facebook Page and “Like”…
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It’s Quips and Quotes Friday!
Welcome to Quips and Quotes Friday! If you’re new to Chatty Cathie’s Endless Chatter, then let me explain: Quips and Quotes Friday is a weekly segment where I take the opportunity to bring to you the actual conversations and random statements I hear in my household on a daily basis. So sit back and enjoy,…
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Braziers and Camisoles and Slinky Nighties…Oh My!
Anyone who has ever been around preschoolers for any length of time knows that the under-five set have their own vocabulary. That is to say that they’re not satisfied with words as they’re commonly pronounced; they either butcher the words in a way that sounds better to them, or they make up their own words…
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“Play Dead, Trina!”
Mommy, Mommy! Why do I keep running in circles? Be quiet, Mary Jane, or I’ll nail your other foot to the floor! I think goofy behavior runs in my family. When I think back to my nieces and nephews when they were little, I always get a chuckle. Especially funny was my niece, Katrina. Katrina…
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