Cathy C. Bennett's Blog – January 2012 Archive (6)

WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

My other sock is GONE! And I mean gone FOREVER!!

My family doesn’t believe me (this always happens), but I know what I saw. You be the judge, here’s my story and I’m sticking to it:

Harley has grown up  creating “odd” toys to amuse himself with. He has always loved to “snatch” the warm dryer sheets out of the dryer as I fold clothes and take them to his area and tear them to…

Right around “quitting time” Friday afternoon, folks in my area were racing to the grocery store for what “they believed” to be the first of many “wintery mixes” of the season. Forecasters touted most of the day that we would be hit with freezing rain late Friday night ending sometime midday Saturday. Just like “everybody else” I too, grabbed my shopping cart and scooted through the aisles of my local supermarket for those “feel good” foods you rarely get to eat (let alone cook) on Saturday…

As Harley promised in "his" blog - “A Night With The Stars”, I'm blogging to share our family's heartfelt "holiday DC tour." Even though we live in the area, even though it was 39 degrees outside, even though this was the birthday of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the place would be PACKED -  we…

FIRST: I am not crazy...

SECOND: There are plenty of people out here just like me...

THIRD: I’m looking for a full body rain suit for the boys!

I…

 …“Leo is!”

Yep, Leo is somewhat cautious when he encounters you for the first time. I recognized this right after we met. Spending his first six months in the mountains of Blacksburg, VA was great for exercise, but not so great for human socialization. Meeting me, one on one, on his “turf” made our introduction easy. Getting to know my family members wasn’t too difficult because Harley was already there. It’s those other people we call “strangers” that he requires a little time to…

It was Monday January 2nd, the legal “New Years” holiday. My husband and I had the day off from work and I wanted to purchase a couch at Costco, but Lee wanted to take the boys to the park and let them “run.” I thought it was a great…