tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63489152024-03-08T03:23:06.559-05:00Domestic Psychologythe study of all things mundane, home and familyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142896142303435602006-03-20T18:05:00.000-05:002006-03-20T18:09:02.326-05:00Bye-bye Blogger. I have moved to <a href="http://www.domesticpsychology.com/blog/">a new site</a> (with a <a href="http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/feed/">new feed</a> too).Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142540731748978592006-03-16T15:25:00.000-05:002006-03-16T15:25:32.050-05:00Dog park pond<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/113420901/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/43/113420901_d0d2d6dca4_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/113420901/">IMG_6866</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/domesticpsychology/">cathymccaughan</a>. </span></div>Molly had fun at the dog park. When Amy started taking her clothes off to join Molly in the muddy dog pond we had to come back home. "But I wanna swim with Molly!"<br clear="all" />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142532163891203752006-03-16T13:01:00.000-05:002006-03-16T13:02:43.920-05:00Mom and Dad are feeling stressed. Time to take a break and visit the dog park.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142516386331435112006-03-16T08:37:00.000-05:002006-03-16T08:39:46.346-05:00We only have long-gone family pets <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060316/ts_afp/warcrimesyugomilosevicfuneral" target="_blank">buried in our yard</a>.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142464677833921402006-03-15T18:14:00.000-05:002006-03-15T18:17:57.856-05:00The target audience for commercials must be 3-year-olds.
"I want that. And that."Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142458793804734252006-03-15T16:38:00.000-05:002006-03-15T16:39:53.823-05:00A <a href="http://hereiniraq.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Knoxville boy</a>, far from home but still sounding like East Tennessee.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142443484339587832006-03-15T12:24:00.000-05:002006-03-15T12:28:32.676-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/294/1158/640/cookiediet.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/294/1158/320/cookiediet.jpg" border="0" /></a>
This is the last weekend of Girl Scout cookies for a full year. We have cookie recipe books at our booths (in the mall Friday 4-8 and Saturday 10-2) but I will e-mail them to anyone who wants one. Out-of-town cookie orders are being shipped tomorrow. <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142434852333618032006-03-15T09:33:00.000-05:002006-03-15T10:13:29.310-05:00This weekend I was the recipient of one of those 'insults disguised as casual chatter' monologues. The kind that starts out "I don't know how you can possibly give 5 children enough attention and love" and goes downhill from there. Strangely, I only get those lectures from people with one or two children. I say lecture/monologue because I just nod and smile while the person goes on and on about how exhasting their child is and how they can't understand people who have more than two children. Nothing I say would change that person's mind anyway. Let's review how neglected our children are right now. Tommy has group therapy, psychiatrist appointments and horseback riding lessons. He and Doug play D&D with a friend and the friend's father every other week. Tommy gets to go along on the Boy Scout camping trips. Poor, pitiful Sarah is secretary of the student council and a member of the art club, the school's news crew, Girl Scouts and has a part in the seventh grade play. She participates in SibShops and has a weekly sleepover either here or at a friend's house. She somehow manages to see a movie in the theater almost every week. Noah is a Boy Scout and active in Karate (3 times a week) while also participating in TAG and the school chess club. Amy has preschool twice a week and gets to participate in so many of the Girl Scout activities that she considers herself a Girl Scout. Evan has no organized activities but still nurses full-time and you will have to just trust me when I say that is a time-consuming activity. Sooooo, I just don't think my children are neglected.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142390027658613592006-03-14T21:33:00.000-05:002006-03-14T21:33:47.816-05:00Doug & Evan<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/112664311/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/56/112664311_e6acbccbf8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/112664311/">IMG_6825</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/domesticpsychology/">cathymccaughan</a>. </span></div>They were both laughing out loud.<br clear="all" />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142387375767792352006-03-14T20:49:00.000-05:002006-03-15T08:22:54.323-05:00Texas Roadhouse<div style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/112669195/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/39/112669195_35d231b3e9_m.jpg" /></a>
<span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/112669195/">IMG_6850</a>
Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/domesticpsychology/">cathymccaughan</a>. </span></div>There sure are a lot of people eating steak tonight. We are having freezer pizza.<br clear="all">Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142366922277513582006-03-14T15:05:00.000-05:002006-03-14T15:08:42.303-05:00Reason number 287 why boys are easier than girls
Clothing.
"<em>WHY</em> do you care what I wear?"
Reason number 64 why girls are easier than boys -
Girls don't <em>check</em> the equipment during diaper changes.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142366664794355702006-03-14T15:03:00.000-05:002006-03-14T15:04:24.816-05:00Blogger is snafu today.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142366183829119882006-03-14T12:55:00.000-05:002006-03-14T15:50:48.156-05:00Blogger is wonky today.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142305027864970542006-03-13T21:54:00.000-05:002006-03-13T21:57:07.880-05:00Why do I get spam for "the best love drugs"? Does it look like we have any problems with our ability to procreate?Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142278704845206992006-03-13T14:35:00.000-05:002006-03-13T14:38:24.866-05:00Noah had a sleepover Friday night and his friend gasped when he saw our <strike>Christmas</strike> <strike>Winter</strike> Girl Scout cookie lights on the front of the house. The next day, Doug took down part of the lights. I think Noah should have visitors more frequently.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142278995895154522006-03-13T11:38:00.000-05:002006-03-13T14:43:15.896-05:00Fun with paper -
<a href="http://www.legacyproject.org/kits/drstarorigami.html" target="_blank">wishing stars</a>
<a href="http://www.letterfu.com/index.php" target="_blank">letters without envelopes</a>
<a href="http://www.gumwrapper.com/build.htm" target="_blank">gum wrapper chain</a>
For <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640&pr=goog-sl" target="_blank">Doug & Dean</a>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142214265521754752006-03-12T20:43:00.000-05:002006-03-12T20:44:25.523-05:00Five steps with no help!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142214137533773932006-03-12T20:33:00.000-05:002006-03-12T21:40:20.493-05:00I took advantage of a cookie booth inside the mall and did some window shopping. Two thoughts. First, I can tell by the store's background music if they want me as a customer. Second, the new spring fashions look like the wardrobe for "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=sidesigns-20&amp;amp;camp=1789&creative=9325&path=external-search%3Fsearch-type=ss%26index=dvd%26keyword=caddyshack">Caddyshack</a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sidesigns-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" border="0" />".Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142179910218821832006-03-12T11:11:00.000-05:002006-03-12T11:11:50.303-05:00Spring blooms<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/111373414/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/42/111373414_f4442bd8d2_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/111373414/">IMG_6773</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/domesticpsychology/">cathymccaughan</a>. </span></div>The weather in Knoxville has been too wonderful for words this week. Everywhere you look you see people just standing outside absorbing the warm sunshine and memorizing the spring color.<br clear="all" />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1142022596519586592006-03-10T15:29:00.000-05:002006-03-10T15:29:56.580-05:00Spring<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/110518395/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/56/110518395_447948c448_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology/110518395/">IMG_6757</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/domesticpsychology/">cathymccaughan</a>. </span></div>I took this out the car window as I drove by it. I still want to work up the nerve to get out and get some close-up pictures. It is unbelievably beautiful outside today. Mid 70s and sunny with a breeze.<br clear="all" />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1141930871002252282006-03-09T13:57:00.000-05:002006-03-09T14:01:11.033-05:00Since this blog helps me keep track of who did what and when they did it, I was going to comment that Amy whacked Evan in the head with the Romper Stompers today. Then I realized that they probably are called something else now and that reference would make no sense. So, let's just say that Amy whacked Evan in the head with a big plastic toy today.Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1141925480285863292006-03-09T12:28:00.000-05:002006-03-09T12:38:07.816-05:00A few blocks from our house is a tree that I <em>really</em> want to photograph. I don't know who lives there, but the dog chained outside makes them look more than a little unfriendly. Do I risk their wrath by jumping out of the car to take a few quick shots or should I just find another tree?Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1141873879751061492006-03-08T22:11:00.000-05:002006-03-08T22:11:19.833-05:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/294/1158/640/dog.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/294/1158/320/dog.jpg'></a><br />Taking pictures of an all black dog is nearly impossible. <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1141871823871031152006-03-08T21:30:00.000-05:002006-03-08T21:37:03.893-05:00To my brother the detective -
Finding an Uncle we never knew about is really cool. Obviously I'm a fan of big families. However, if the DNA is inconclusive, I vote we accept him as an Uncle (especially with the HUGE amount of circumstantial evidence) rather than disturb our grandfather's grave. Could you please find a generous, wealthy relative now?Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348915.post-1141850076509567522006-03-08T15:32:00.000-05:002006-03-08T15:34:36.530-05:00Is this the fun part?Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980108814419803603noreply@blogger.com