http://www.lauracatoe.com Blogging like I'm famous. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:44:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a graphic artist, it feels like a cop-out to use the pre-made Christmas card designs from Walgreens. But as a practical person, they are cheap, easy and not at all horrible. I would rather have a Walgreen Christmas card in hand to give to my grandmothers for their refrigerators ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/12/seasonal-ben-pix/ How is Christmas less than a month away? Was there a memo? I’ve lucked out a bit. I had saved my personal days at work in the hopes that Kris’ parents would take a trip to the beach in the fall and invite us. They did not take such a trip ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/12/speed-of-lightning-round/ When Ben woke up this morning, I got him out of his crib, gave him a couple of toys and stumbled back to bed. He was not content to amuse himself, so he got in the bed with us. He sat there between our heads, happily jibbering and then started ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/happy-post-thanksgiving/ (See the larger version and a 5x7 alternate here on Flickr.) This is a scrapbook page I made for Angie for Lyla's second birthday. I ordered prints from Flickr with enough time for them to arrive before her birthday party. They did not. I e-mailed them last week with a "what gives" ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/look-whos-two/ [gallery] A few years ago, the Times, the Gadsden Public Library and Premiere Cinemas hosted an evening called Harry Potter and the Magic of Reading. I found the flyers, ads, article layout and whatnot I made for it on an archive disc recently. http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/from-the-vault-harry-potter-and-the-magic-of-reading/ I know I’m not “in the market” for a house, but I kept an eye out for such a long time that I can’t help but look now, too. I’m not looking on purpose, so it’s only the downtown area that I see on the way to work. The house Kris ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/priced-to-not-sell/ Last year, I read some lyrics to an Ani song that I thought I'd like. It wasn't on an album yet, so I couldn't procure it and then I forgot what the lyrics were, just that it had something to do with motherhood. But today as I scoped out the ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/yay-to-the-ani/ Because I cannot afford to hire a real CKBD. I've been working on plans for a kitchen remodel sometime next year. I've read articles, I've drawn schematics. I pick my friends brains. Today I ran across this quote that sums up my goal: I wanted it to fit the style of the ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/in-which-i-try-to-fake-being-a-ckbd/ (Yes, I know that in WebTime, a week after an event is a bit long for this type of gushing day-after post, but I actually wrote this last Saturday and was waiting to post it because I wanted to add links and quotes and such...) When Carol and Nicole told me ... http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/nerdfighters-warmed-the-cockles-of-me-heart/ But this quote (from Scotty-boy) sums up why it's all gonna be okay: If friends and love = $$$, then you two are like Gadsden's own Lovey & Thurston Howell III, without the shipwreck-part. For we are, in fact, awash in friends and love. http://www.lauracatoe.com/2008/11/rough-week/