Enumerated Update

Our thoughts and prayers are with our Arkansas and Oklahoma neighbors after last night's storms. 

Hello, friends. Locally, we are expecting some of the apocalyptic weather we sometimes see in the spring. Please be careful and heed the usual precautions.

Otherwise, briefly, here's where we are:

1) Break: I took an unexpected break last week. Easter weekend occurred when I was already four weeks behind on photos so I tried to motivate myself to become current by insisting that the photos be edited in chronological order (four week backlog + Easter weekend). That process took about five days, but now I have about 40 drafts hanging out in Blogger. Also, I am prepared for the recitals and end-of-school activities that are right around the corner.

Of course, any time I mention being "behind" to Skip, he gives me a look that says, "You realize you are worried about productivity as it pertains to............... a hobby, right?"

Yes. Yes, I am.

Addendum: Skip has read this entry and would like for me to clarify that he is very supportive of all hobbies and activities.

2) Prayers: My mom recently came clean about a diagnosis she received back in December. It is serious, but reparable. If you would, please, remember her in prayer while she undergoes further diagnostic testing next month and evaluation with a specialist in June.

3) Snugglebug: Yesterday William George exhibited a lot of fear and anxiety during a thunderstorm. Since the storm occurred during his nap time, we took a nap together. We have a queen bed in his room (his room was previously a guest room, and we kept the bed when we made the room a nursery), and he knows that will be his "big boy bed" soon. The last time I slept in his room he was a little baby. He was the scoochiest yesterday during nap. Oh my word at the snuggles.

4) Kate Spade: I have adored Kate Spade's products since the company was founded in 1993. I remember finding one of her earliest handbags at a favorite consignment shop (as a new item, carefully placed on a special Kate Spade shelf). I carefully admired it but passed because the price ($85.00) was beyond my budget. For years I regretted not saving to nab that bag, and then her line took off, prices soared and the goods were gone.

This article about KS designer Dana Lucas is a nice (free!) peak into the world of Kate Spade.

(By way of disclaimer, Skip gifted a Kate Spade bag to me for my birthday this year after I discovered an affordable option on an eBay flash sale. Hooray for sales!)

(As I was opening the gift, my mom's eyebrows raised, and she said, "'Semi obsession?'" as she often does whenever the subject of bags comes up. She would like for me to update my profile to read: Handbag obsessive in desperate need of an intervention.)

5) Lauren's curiosity: A few weeks ago Lauren taught herself how to iMessage on her iTouch. Last week she recorded a video message that she then sent via text. The toothless smack at the end is what gets me.


Future Vlogger from Cathi Lindsey on Vimeo.


And that's it for us.

Remember, be safe and try to stay out of harm's way.