Epinions Recent Reviews for Cate1956

Skin Grafts and Breathe Right...Miracles of Modern Medicine

Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:19:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I love the winter cold. It has a certain savor that overcomes the summer cold. Your head plugs, your ears pop, your cough dry, you shudder with chills. There is no sweater warm enough, no blanket thick enough to calm the chills.

You arm...

Where were you when the lights went out?

Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:54:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Michigan is a temperamental beauty. This lovely state, surrounded by the Great Lakes, can truly be a winter wonderland.

But ice and snow can bring life in Michigan to a screeching halt. When the snow and ice hit this winter, our fabulous...

A Little Tired but Happy.

Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:26:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I live in Western Wayne County, in a suburb of the Metropolitan Detroit area. Lansing, being only an hour or so drive, we try not to find hotels in this area while traveling for our daughter's very rigorous gymnastics schedule.

Unfortunately,...

Hope There Truly is Honor in Hilton Honors

Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:47:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Traveling in Chicago with a family of five can prove to put the "Dys" in Dysfunctional. Jammed into a tiny room can test the boundaries of love, the commitment of family, and take Mothering to a level of shrill beyond imagination.

We have...

Pick Me! Pick Me!

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:26:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Our nine year old daughter had an extensive Christmas list this December. As one would expect, Santa didn't have room in his pack for all of the requests. Our daughter, industrious girl that she is has carried that list over to her March birthday. But...

Keep a Cattle Prod Handy~

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:10:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - When watching The Score, three essentials are needed.

1. Closed Captioning ~ DeNiro mutters out of one side of his mouth, and Brando mumbles through his bellybutton.

2. Pillow (blanket optional) ~ You need to be prone before...

Adult Health Issues: It Took a Lot to Not Lose Faith in This World. ~ Repost

Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:48:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I knew the Epinions purists wouldn't forgive me. I stole a spot, squatted if you will. I wanted to write about Interstital Cystitis, about the pain, about the embarrassment. But I wasnt able to find the right time, the proper moment, the exact place...

Champion Action Sport Bra: The "Weebles" won't wobble, but they still fall down!

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:39:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - My friend and I are the queens of circuit training. Bounce on the trampoline, then move to the weights, then trampoline, and so on.

All that bouncing gets "the girls" kind of jumbly.

Note:Man Show fans and MattJoe...

Migraine in a can ~ Update

Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:12:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - It is summer time. I run around with my forty-five year old body, now some places smooshy, some places gooshy. Three children and slacking on the exercise can do that.

My eating habits are based on the Fit for Life plan, and I love that this...

Bake a lasagna, uncork the wine, it's girl's movie night out.

Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:30:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Be forewarned. This movie will be an estrogen purge, this movie will go into the heart and soul of all that is woman, all that is our essence, all that is our being.

For this is a movie that has to do with the sustaining relationships women...

Dad? What is Infinity?

Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:40:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Alex (William H. Macy) never imagined wanting to leave the family business. It had always treated him well, providing a comfortable life style for his wife Martha (Tracy Ullman) and his son Sammy, a six year old genius, inspired by Beck...

What did he just say?

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:35:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - It had been a while since I had my Video Guru search the databases of his varied collection. I had simply settled for the usual summer fare, renting what was on the shelves, strolling the "this just in" section, renting what was easy and popular.
...

The Gift. All wrapped up in a pretty package of cliches.

Sun, 22 Jul 2001 10:01:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Cate Blanchett is Annabelle Wilson, a single mother of three boys, raising them as best she can in the small southern town of Brixton. Her husband "blewed up", he "blewed up good" in a plant explosion that left, well ... him, dead.
...

Not an unfortunate looking piece of Hollywood formula

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:50:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has everything a girl could want. A membership in a really cool sorority, a really fine boyfriend, and a degree in fashion merchandising. Nearly all of her goals in life had been met, with the exception of the most sought...

Radisson: Where you go to lose a decent night's sleep

Sun, 8 Jul 2001 18:45:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - If I've learned one thing from my years of travel it is to always travel with earplugs. I learned this after one Christmas Eve, trapped in my Mother's noisy household, my brother's, loud and tipsy, just enjoying the holidays, and I, as I lay, awake,...

Residence Inn: Home away from home for a family of five

Sun, 8 Jul 2001 10:32:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - My husband travels with his profession, my daughter travels with her hobby. So between the corporate husband and the gymnast daughter, our family is on the road a lot. We have tried many types of hotels for our family needs, and no other hotel meets...

When Boo-Boo Bunny is all wet...Neosporin comes to the rescue

Wed, 4 Jul 2001 19:44:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - It must have been a sight for an innocent passerby to witness. A tiny little blonde eight year old girl and her aging Mother, playing with the soccer ball. The girl, running, light as a feather on her feet, Mom, skidding, rolling down the hill, end...

A bowl of carbohydrates for under $3.00

Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:05:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Away at a gymnastics camp for four days with my nine year old daughter working out from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon, I was a little concerned about her nutrition. I am a semi-strict mother when it comes to my children's eating...

Poison Ivy in a Bottle.

Tue, 3 Jul 2001 23:00:50 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I like Avon products. I think this is a good company, with very reliable, conscientious people representing it. I know in my heart of hearts that no one on the Avon advisory board ordered up a bubble bath that would let the user experience the agony of...

Great relief for mushroom feet

Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:59:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I have lovely feet and on them I am dainty and light as a feather. My toes always seem to twinkle, as I tiptoe- through my house, spreading my Motherly cheer, sprinkling fairy dust throughout the manor. I hate wearing shoes, I hate wearing slippers,...

"AT-HOMA-THERAPY"

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:45:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I love bath stuff. Gels, scrubs, bubbles, salts, oils, I love them all. But it is my unfortunate lot in life for many of these products to not like me. I have experienced many types of dermatitis, most related to soaps, detergents and bath products...

The Soprano's

Sun, 27 May 2001 10:29:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Tony and Carmela Soprano lead an idyllic life. Beautiful 6,000 square foot home in the Meadowlands of New Jersey, driving their two children, Meadow, a freshman at Columbia, and Anthony Jr., a high school student quickly headed for delinquency, in BMW's...

Not exactly the gift of the Magi....but close.

Fri, 25 May 2001 08:57:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - It was a strange Christmas, that year we closed out the year that was 2000. Our fifteen-year-old had been given considerable funds for a class trip to Washington D.C., so Santa and his elves were advised to keep this child's allotment of presents down...

Grocery Stores: Costco ~ How Could A Family of Five Survive Without it?

Mon, 21 May 2001 21:32:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - My family has two growing boys who need a lot of fuel for their ever-burning fires. A trip to the grocery was always followed up with another trip the next day. Grocery shopping became a social function for me. I knew the clerks by name, saw pictures...

No big surprise that this movie was produced by Sandra Bullock

Fri, 18 May 2001 16:06:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - Grace Hart (Sandra Bullock playing Sandra Bullock) is a man's kind of girl. Rough and tumble, sloppy, disheveled, uncultured. It was no big surprise that Grace Hart would grow up to be an FBI agent. One with heart (get it? hart....heart?) and soul...