Tagged: karinbean

15
Mar
2010

WINNING FOR LOSERS

The kids and I bought the first season of Glee on DVD on Friday night and it consists of 13 episodes and we have already watched 9 of them. Way to ration ourselves, eh? It’s been a really long time since I’ve gotten hooked on a TV show like this. I don’t think Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs count, exactly. They’re not the same kind of show. We missed the showing of the season on Swedish TV (which runs about 6 months behind the States) except for the last couple of episodes. I think the last TV show I was hooked...

15
Dec
2009

BITS OF TID

There were some topics gnawing at me earlier but they have left off and moved on. Instead you get this: bits! Would it be better with bullets? Does it sound weird to say just bullets instead of bulletPOINTS? Did you understand me anyway or do I do too many PowerPoint presentations at work? *** We have 1 present left to purchase for the kids, and Karin has 1 present left to purchase for her grandparents, and we have 1 birthday present left to purchase for Anders’ mom. I don’t know if Anders is done with his shopping for me. He...

12
Nov
2009

THERE’S A POINT IN THERE SOMEWHERE

I’m starting to get excited about the holidays now. Especially since I just got the news that my mom is coming! YAY! She’s coming AFTER Christmas, but that’s okay because she’s staying for nearly a month. Woot! And hopefully, my brother and Simone will be able to come up for at least a few of the days between Christmas & New Year’s, too. Hope, hope! Question for parents: how late do your kids stay up? (did I ask this before? or am I just having déjà vu?) If they stay up until 10 on a school night, what age were...

02
Nov
2009

YOU’RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN

There’s my motivation! I found it! It was lurking…in my brain. Always the last place you look, eh? Things I did at work today: Watered the plants, confimed procedures with a colleague on the phone, reviewed a flash card, ate breakfast, laid out 5 case studies, uploaded an updated datasheet and sent out a call for translation for localized versions, reviewed 5 presentations, made a new ad look better, sent out 4 ads to publications, ate a super salad for lunch, found a logo for someone, had a discussion about how best to do the next cheat sheet poster, farted...

08
Oct
2009

HONESTLY!

What a busy week! It seems only yesterday that I posted but it was Sunday! And now it’s Thursday! Zooooooom. Not over yet, either. It’s been all AWC, all the time. I’m officially no longer the Editor, which is a weird feeling. I went through this several yeas ago, when I gave up the Editor position for a year and took a break from the board work, though I helped out a bit with the web work that time. This time, I’ve just moved positions on the board, and am still 1/2 of the webteam, which probably means nearly as...

02
Aug
2009

SOC’ IT TO ‘EM

Karin’s been torn between soccer and karate all this past year. She had karate class 2 nights a week and soccer practice 2 nights a week and inevitably one of the nights held both and she ended up having to choose each week which one to go to. For various reasons, soccer began to win out and it’s been more and more dominant since the spring. Her team was in a league which was too advanced for them; they ended up dead last, having not won a single game in the entire season, which was very hard on the kids...

13
Jul
2009

JUST GETTING STARTED

Double digits! My baby turns 10 today. 10 years of whirling, twirling, grimacing, roly-poly monkeybutt craziness! What would I do without her? She makes me fly up in the treetops with exasperation and with love. Happy birthday to my beautiful 10-year-old daughter!

16
Jun
2009

CALLING OSCAR!

This is Karin (Liz kid) and this is my script for a movie that I’m gonna make on a game. Its a Comedy action romance movie. The dark ninja *beach* (Henry and Elizabeth kissing) Elizabeth: I don’t want you to leave. Henry: I must, i have a big test tomorrow, and i may not come back. Elizabeth: Honey, don’t say things like that. Henry: I’ll always have you in my heart. (Henry leaves) —————————————————— (new set) *the living room* (Elizabeth looking at picture and is sad) —————————————————— (new set) *Subway station* (Henry stands waiting for train) ——————————————————- (new set) *train*...

04
Apr
2009

RED RUM, RED RUM!*

Karin’s room is taking shape. We went to IKEA yesterday and bought her bed (though we forgot a piece of it that I had to go back for today), and now we just have to get her bookcase and new dresser, but those things will have to wait until after we’re back. It looks really cool, I think you’ll agree, even though the walls are still bare, pending furniture placement before hanging anything. You can really see how great the silver trim (Anders’ idea) looks in these photos, and you can also see the difference in the red of the...

16
Mar
2009

BEAUTY CAPTURES YOUR ATTENTION, PERSONALITY CAPTURES YOUR HEART

How many gazillion posts can I start writing with no clue as to what I’m going to write about, limping solely along on the determination to post something or die trying? 1703 apparently, as of this one. My daughter has been, for whatever reason, lamenting the fact that she is THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD with an outie bellybutton. I’m not sure exactly how this bit of information has suddenly come to the forefront of her consciousness. Comparison tests in the locker room while changing for gympa? She is the only person in our family, at least, but I...

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