I have heard it said that people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Friendships and to what lengths should one go to keep them have been on my mind a lot lately. So friends, I’m going to pick your brains and parting from general Question of the Week protocol [...]
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Tags: advice, friendships, Question of the Week, Quick Question 
10 Comments »Hi there friends! It’s time for another question of the week! This week we’re talking about family planning and family size and I can’t wait to hear what you have to say. I’ll be posting my answer/thoughts on the question in a few days but I want to give you the chance to share your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: advice, family, Question of the Week, Quick Question, vlog 21 Comments »I am livid. Positively fuming. Let me set the scene for you. Picture a Mother and her toddler daughter getting home from a morning out and about. After asking what the toddler would like for lunch the mother sets out to prepare the toddlers requested meal, strawberries and cottage cheese. When the lunch is fully [...]
Posted in Motherhood & Parenting Tags: advice, Monkey, Motherhood & Parenting, surviving two 1 Comment »While pregnant with Monkey it never occurred to me to buy anything used. The thought never crossed my mind. In fact I have the tendency of being a bit of a perfectionist. I might have wanted everything to be just so. I might have said that I wanted a certain green plaid pack n’ play [...]
Posted in Motherhood & Parenting Tags: advice, lessons learned, Motherhood & Parenting No Comments »Since today is Sunday and Sunday = grocery day in my house I have a grocery related item or two to discuss with you. Mean Grocery Store Lady Update: I get the feeling that she might stand in her bathroom starring into the mirror on Sunday mornings before leaving for work to practice her patented [...]
I have mentioned before that Luke and I are dedicated to our budget. Since we don’t have 2 full incomes we have created a monthly budget. We have long term goals and short term goals and the budget is our road map to things like new carpet and sending Monkey to college someday. I am [...]
Posted in Catherine Evolving, Pure Catherine Tags: 5 little things, advice, goals, Pure Catherine No Comments »We don’t watch TV much in our house. There are shows that we like but we generally watch them online (less commercial interruption). We do however really like the Today show. We like to hear bits of news while we are getting ready in the morning. This morning there was a very interesting story, you [...]
