Tag: 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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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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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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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…
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Snakes in the Attic
I never saw the movie Snakes on a Plane. I couldn’t. It would be too much like art imitating life. You see, while I’ve never been on a plane with snakes unleashed, we actually had them in our house once when I was a kid. Blech! Not a lot of them; I’m not talking dozens.…
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Double Trouble and the Red Man
God made us cousins because He knew our moms couldn’t handle us as sisters. ~ Author Unknown I grew up out in the boonies on the outskirts of a small town in Oklahoma. One of the best things about my childhood was growing up with my adult cousin’s children, Tera Nae and Clifford. Our extended…
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I Want to Marry Cesar Millan
An Open Letter to Cesar Millan Dear Cesar, I love you. Will you marry me? Okay…I can’t marry you. I’m already married. But, could you maybe move in with us for the next…oh…five years or so? With hugs and kisses, Cathie I’m in love with Cesar Millan. Shhh…please don’t tell my husband; I don’t think…
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Quips and Quotes Friday
It’s Quips and Quotes Friday! Here’s hoping you enjoy the following snippets from actual conversations among my family! This week my 7-year old had – in the midst of a temper tantrum – broken something in my house. This isn’t an unusual occurrence. He gets mad and something gets broken. It happens a lot. I…
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