Author Archives: Catherine

This morning Isaac started the day refusing to go to school. Those were his first words, "I'm not going to school today." I maintained that he was indeed going to school today and what ensued was about two hours of … Continue reading →

Ack! This cat continues her lifelong project of repaying love and kindness with being a real pain in the ass. She's back. And not just back any old day… she's back THE very day that I finally got myself confident … Continue reading →

Have you been wracking your brains, trying to imagine what minor insult or slight in the past year cause me to summarily kick you off my Christmas card list? Well, let me reassure you. I did NOT send out a … Continue reading →

Great news: the kitchen is done, and Christmas has been vanquished. It was touch and go there for a while, with everyone sick, the contents of the kitchen disgorged,  and everything covered with dust. But bit by bit we got … Continue reading →

Here is our before picture. Note the gaping hole where the fridge was (we traded fridges with our house in Cleveland, but the bigger better fridge didn't fit there… it was like that for months!). Note the limited counter space, … Continue reading →

Okay, deep cleansing breath. We're almost there. This is painting week. I had much concern about the color… there's a lot of it, as it's all over the walls and the stunning new ceiling. Make a mistake there and.. oh, … Continue reading →

What a bad combination. Dust, noise, confusion, power tools, croup, asthma, fevers… At times I have been forced to ask myself an uncomfortable question: If my children are the devil's spawn, what does that make me? Isaac is especially bad … Continue reading →

Advanced kitchenlessness has little to recommend it. Even less when small children are involved. It's been quite a run here, for the last month or so, a packed series of events and circumstances that have made even a short blog … Continue reading →

"Don't call me Darth Vader," Isaac said. "Call me 'Dark Lord of the Sith.'" Um… okay… Here is the Dark Lord of the Sith, in his suburban back yard.   The above photo was taken at Isaac's sixth birthday party … Continue reading →

Yesterday Isaac claimed that he had a cold. It may actually have had some seeds of truth. He sneezed repeatedly and, at one point when he was screaming enthusiastically about something, I caught a glimpse of his throat. It looked … Continue reading →