tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post4162669316974225725..comments2024-03-28T09:10:39.441-04:00Comments on ben and birdy: BenBirdy1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-80755733820047771112007-10-25T20:51:00.000-04:002007-10-25T20:51:00.000-04:00OK, so I am posting late to this entry, since you'...OK, so I am posting late to this entry, since you've moved on to a new one, but I couldn't resist feeling a further kinship with you----since my Birthday is Oct. 5th!! OH! us crazy Libras, never completely able to strike a balance. <BR/><BR/>I have loved reading your book and posts over the past many years. I have a boy whose Birdy's age and then another 3 years younger. I love seeing "where we are going". Reading about your kids offers wonderful perspective.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing you life.Kariman Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304744513373592279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-81928619539682154972007-10-11T12:45:00.000-04:002007-10-11T12:45:00.000-04:00Happy belated birthday, lady!Happy belated birthday, lady!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100997854087554603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-4026376479378518262007-10-10T13:27:00.000-04:002007-10-10T13:27:00.000-04:00The suspense is killing me!! Who is BJcuatrocinco?...The suspense is killing me!! Who is BJcuatrocinco????? PLEASE tell me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-92012314531634081932007-10-09T22:39:00.000-04:002007-10-09T22:39:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday a week late...we were too busy cele...Happy Birthday a week late...we were too busy celebrating my husband's birthday (on the fifth) and I haven't read in a while. <BR/><BR/>1) tell Ben and Birdy that Osaka has big sinks in the back where they wash the dishes and that's where I'd take a bath, after eating ALL the sushi.<BR/><BR/>2)I still get mad at my brother if he "thinks about looking at me" Don't you? (get mad at your own siblings not my brother...though if you met my brother you probably would get mad at him)<BR/><BR/>3) Did you get a Tom's of Maine free sample this week as the kids club at whole foods? You know they are part of Colgate now. Bummer.spryngtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020704572037565814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-46068639013998039872007-10-09T21:02:00.000-04:002007-10-09T21:02:00.000-04:00catherine, do you know that you were the first blo...catherine, do you know that you were the first blog i EVER read? then i started reading beck. and now i am totally into blogging. and i love coming back here and going to wondertime.<BR/><BR/>HAPPY BIRTHDAY A WHOLE WEEK LATE!!!!<BR/><BR/>i would probably scarf down corn chex nachos.<BR/><BR/>and i am also an october birthday. which means we ROCK.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-37638071229984073912007-10-09T14:24:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:24:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday dear Catherine!Sounds like you had ...Happy Birthday dear Catherine!<BR/>Sounds like you had a great day!Mommato2https://www.blogger.com/profile/13475207169746158064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-35791792128008659452007-10-09T14:16:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:16:00.000-04:00Well, I didn't have chips, chex, cheddar, or havar...Well, I didn't have chips, chex, cheddar, or havarti, so I tried Velveeta on corn flakes. Nnngg. <BR/><BR/>Happy birthday, mama llama!<BR/><BR/>Your pal, <BR/><BR/>BillyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-44403450600741768352007-10-09T11:40:00.000-04:002007-10-09T11:40:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday Catherine! My daughter turned two o...Happy Birthday Catherine! My daughter turned two on the 4th as well. It was a fine day for a birthday.Reggiemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010525243734747633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-37531146152572517682007-10-09T03:47:00.000-04:002007-10-09T03:47:00.000-04:00Happy birthday mama! To the best blogging mother e...Happy birthday mama! To the best blogging mother ever. Your posts remind me why we should keep celebrating birthdays no matter how old we get. Because that's life and we are blessed to have one. Thanks for being so open with all of us about, well, almost everything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-74452289564917816412007-10-09T00:23:00.000-04:002007-10-09T00:23:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday, dear Catherine! I have two lovely ...Happy Birthday, dear Catherine! <BR/>I have two lovely Libra girls of my own (ages 5 and almost 7). I recently had to explain to them that the sign of the scales did not refer to the scales on a fish. Indeed, they were a little disappointed that they weren't a fish or a crab, or a even arrow-slinging horse/man. But they'll get over it...Here's to another manic and magical year of motherhood!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-51204919824229733782007-10-08T20:50:00.000-04:002007-10-08T20:50:00.000-04:00Catherine Newman shares a birthday with my husband...Catherine Newman shares a birthday with my husband! One more reason I'm glad I married him! Yay, and happy birthday, you awesome Libra woman, you!anniemcqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321843578386603574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-59717567941562437072007-10-08T20:15:00.000-04:002007-10-08T20:15:00.000-04:00That's my birthday too. Happy to share it with yo...That's my birthday too. Happy to share it with you.<BR/>And the best part of my whole day was my four year old daughter squeezing my neck and telling me "You're da best mama in the whole world."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-53565992055100981602007-10-08T17:21:00.000-04:002007-10-08T17:21:00.000-04:00Lol! Regarding "special attention", my husband is ...Lol! Regarding "special attention", my husband is a massage therapist also. We have often found ourselves sneaking behind closed doors so daddy can give mommy a "quick massage".<BR/><BR/>(Thank God for online anonymity - as I'm sure that statement alone violates many codes of ethics in the profession!) :)<BR/><BR/>Of course my son thinks nothing of it. What other possible reason could we have for locking ourselves in a dark bedroom in the middle of the day? <BR/><BR/>*We used this same sad excuse when my mother lived with us - probably not quite as believable to 56 year old woman? Oh well, you do what you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-31978730378532586042007-10-08T16:23:00.000-04:002007-10-08T16:23:00.000-04:00Catherine -- isn't that "Ding Dang DUNG?"Catherine -- isn't that "Ding Dang DUNG?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-18126482221052910692007-10-08T16:15:00.000-04:002007-10-08T16:15:00.000-04:00A Libra? I always kind of had you pegged as a Sco...A Libra? I always kind of had you pegged as a Scorpio. Anyway. Happy Birthday! Sounds like it was just right.She Shehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107099719510763729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-44263944657441066692007-10-08T01:10:00.000-04:002007-10-08T01:10:00.000-04:00Happy happy Birthday! Peppermint patties! That is ...Happy happy Birthday! Peppermint patties! That is really making me laugh for some reason...<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear of all the mintiness of your celebration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-15470079913708713422007-10-07T22:00:00.000-04:002007-10-07T22:00:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday Catherine! Like Beck, I burned all...Happy Birthday Catherine! Like Beck, I burned all my old diaries from that time period as well. All the tear-stained, smudged entries, "He says he likes me as just a friend. Maybe it's because I'm too fat. That's it. I'm fat. From now on I will eat only a single apple and one diet coke a day until I lose 10 pounds". And so forth. But happy birthday! You bring such joy to all our lives, all of us crazy, semi-stalking fans! All of us mamas who you don't know but nonetheless you speak for so succinctly.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212465957211363245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-68603351271381288682007-10-07T15:33:00.000-04:002007-10-07T15:33:00.000-04:00Dear Catherine,Happy Birthday, and what a day it i...Dear Catherine,<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday, and what a day it is! It is also our wedding day, and in Sweden somebody (?) has named this day "kanelbulledagen" i. e. cinnamon roll day. Best wishes from Stockholm (and a big fan!)Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062317426999264660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-11288867953520699912007-10-06T21:00:00.000-04:002007-10-06T21:00:00.000-04:00happy birthday!geez it's hard enough to post on th...happy birthday!geez it's hard enough to post on thos sites, now you want pictures??? jst kidding, that is actually pretty funny and makes it obvious that we all logged on from here or wondertime! btw - if you search family.com for catherine newman it doesn't return your blog. they need to fix that.BensMom04https://www.blogger.com/profile/01889895364784362307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-9379314635407503792007-10-06T20:22:00.000-04:002007-10-06T20:22:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday Catherine.My present to you on this...Happy Birthday Catherine.<BR/><BR/>My present to you on this day was to lie to Disney about my address so that I could set up a profile to comment at Family.com.<BR/><BR/>I hope you don't mind but I used your zip code. I reside in Sydney, Australia and that apparently wont cut it over there. <BR/><BR/>So here's to the new fake Amherst resident. I even Google Earthed Michael's Body in Balance office address so I could see what my new home town looks like. Looks very nice from above. <BR/><BR/>Julie.Julie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451076262217196531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-8234759392230792902007-10-06T08:28:00.000-04:002007-10-06T08:28:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday!(Note to self: find and destroy dep...Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/>(Note to self: find and destroy depressing high school and college diaries....)Nowheymamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977594440010163078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-13443315449625623702007-10-05T17:27:00.000-04:002007-10-05T17:27:00.000-04:00My birthday was the 2nd! How did I not know your b...My birthday was the 2nd! How did I not know your birthday is the 4th?? I've been reading your columns for 5 years (since I was pregnant with little Sydney, my 4 1/2 year old!), but I have never commented. Suddenly, I "get" the whole commenting thing because I started a blog yesterday! I'm a woman obsessed checking back to see if anyone has commented! That being said, I'll go over to Family or wondertime and make a comment! <BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/>Julie (I'll explain sometime why I'm "SimonSays")Julie Adkisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147419096273108659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-88554857456600155352007-10-05T14:17:00.000-04:002007-10-05T14:17:00.000-04:00Happy birthday, Catherine! I LOVE reading your col...Happy birthday, Catherine! I LOVE reading your column every week.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668661473260475342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-66562977095720070692007-10-05T13:42:00.000-04:002007-10-05T13:42:00.000-04:00Congratulations Catherine! And what a coincidence...Congratulations Catherine! And what a coincidence! Yesterday, I didn't know it was your birthday, but I was certainly thinking about you. I was reading my new Wondertime in bed, and I found this funny little bit about chopped up broccoli, and being on the kid’s side, in a recipe that I just HAD to read out loud to my sweet, tolerant, accustomed to being interrupted while he's reading, husband. A few minutes later I exclaimed, "Hey, this is Catherine! That woman who's blog I've been reading for years! This is that Thanksgiving article she blogged about last month!" <BR/>I've been reading bits of your blog to my husband since the Brining up Ben days on parentcenter.com. The fact that they were smart enough to hire you is one of the reasons I subscribe to Wondertime. My own children are 7 and 2. I love your writing, and your attitude, and your affinity to books like "Animal Vegetable Mineral." I guess last night was a non-negative final straw for my husband, because he looked at me and said, "You need to email Catherine." He knows I think of you as a friend. <BR/>I guess it's been a pretty one sided friendship. I never provide you with support and encouragement. I never tell you funny stories about my latest feels-like-failure-but-totally-isn’t as a parent to which you can TOTALLY relate. I've never even given you my, "there's only healthy food in the house and I need a sweet snack" things to do with peanut butter recipes. I'm sorry. If you ever need me, I'm here for you! Thanks for being there for me, and Happy Birthday!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836200721577140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-21909379687389027282007-10-05T13:17:00.000-04:002007-10-05T13:17:00.000-04:00Happy birthday to You!!! And happy birthday to me ...Happy birthday to You!!! And happy birthday to me - I turn 38 today. My kids "made" me breakfast in bed, and then ate it while I got up and packed their school lunches. Thinking of you up in beautiful Massachusetts, my home state, and wishing we could share a slice of birthday cake and a latte together.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490694024529550949noreply@blogger.com