Archive for the ‘family’ Category
poopy croup
Posted by: cate on: April 19, 2008
- In: crapitty crap-crap! | family | the boys
- 10 Comments
*** just fyi…i started writing this post on April 6th. Logan is all better now…but that fact that i’m just finishing this and posting it now just shows you how frick-frackin’ tired i am! we brought more home from my parents’ place than chocolate bunnies after spending the Easter weekend there. all of us came [...]
Haiku Friday: holiday’d out
Posted by: cate on: December 28, 2007
- In: family | Haiku Friday
- 3 Comments
i am so tired got back into town today from my parents’ house Christmas was busy oh so much fun had by all but i am tired ate so much good food i’m sure i gained 20 pounds too good to say no saw the family so many get-togethers i’m now comatose tons and tons [...]
there’s no place like home
Posted by: cate on: November 26, 2007
as much as i love to visiting family, being home is just so very nice. don’t get me wrong…i’m glad that my parents, my brother and sister-in-law and my niece and nephew got a chance to see me and the boys, and we got to see them. it just wasn’t the relaxing week i’d hoped [...]
this blog is on tour
Posted by: cate on: November 19, 2007
- In: family | hubby | me me me | the boys
- 4 Comments
my mom came to Ottawa yesterday to pick me up. she stayed the night, and today she travelled with me and the boys back to my parents’ house. we got here around 5pm. we went in my car, and left hers there for hubby to use. the plan is that the boys and i will [...]
such a short visit
Posted by: cate on: November 4, 2007
- In: family | me me me
- 11 Comments
i haven’t been around Blogville lately…short posts, a rare few comments on my favourite blogs…i’ve been pretty elusive. and for good reason. my mom is leaving tomorrow morning. so i hope you will excuse my absence, sparse comments and teeny-tiny posts, ’cause i’ve been using this time to visit with my mom. geeez…i almost forgot [...]
everybody loves mormor
Posted by: cate on: November 3, 2007
- In: family
- 9 Comments
my mom came up yesterday to stay with us for the weekend. she rocks….know why? ’cause she came up mainly to babysit for us so that we could go out tomorrow night. see, i told her that we made plans with some friends, and she drove 2.5 hours to Ottawa so that she could watch [...]
this is not a family show
Posted by: cate on: September 12, 2007
- In: family | me me me
- 7 Comments
a couple of weeks ago, Shauna from Pass the Chocolate asked me something in an email…something that made a light bulb go on in my head (i know…who knew it could happen?). she asked me if i was going to keep my new blog more private than “A Beautiful Life“. i have tossed this idea [...]
6 and 5 years
Posted by: cate on: September 11, 2007
6 years ago the world was changed forever. 6 and 5 years ago my family was changed forever. 6 years ago, on August 30th, 2001, my uncle Jens, my mom’s brother, succumbed to Cancer. he was diagnosed in the Spring, and by the end of August he was gone. some of my fondest memories of [...]
A Bad Day For A Fall
Posted by: cate on: August 30, 2007
- In: family | the boys
- 2 Comments
Yesterday was a bad day for a couple of people in our family. Both Logan and Carlos’ grandmother, Marcolina, had bad falls. Logan was left with a bump on the noggin, and a bruised ego. Marcolina wasn’t so lucky. First I will tell you about Logan’s fall. He has recently began climbing up on the [...]
