Author Archives: Karen

My friend Kjrsten laughs at my propensity to, as she puts it, embrace chaos. And she’s right. I do embrace chaos. I even court it. This week has been chaotic. Pertussis (negative), coughing, hurting teeth, hurting knees (note the plural), … Continue reading →

Syttende Mai How much to you change your day? This day had tons of unexpected events. I think it worked out. I got an itch to take the girls to pet Norwegian Fjord horses when I got the schedule of … Continue reading →

Paris arrival Sunday 29120422 On the plane, ready to leave!  They’re speaking French and serving champagne.   Passport line at CDG is loooooong…  but my Le French SIM works! 0815 arrived at Paris CDG.  Sun shining.  Little sleep for me. … Continue reading →

Paris for blog 20120423 Eating bread from last nights meal I squirreled away. Travel is about access. At this moment, I don’t have access to food till we walk to a patisserie. Normally, I have a fridge full of food. … Continue reading →

I continue to be happy that Easter is a season. I didn’t do everything perfectly today. I was actually a pretty awesome day. But, I didn’t get to read the Bible the way I wanted to with the girls. We’ve … Continue reading →

This week I’ve been having fun with my latest social media twist, twitter. But not just any twitter. Twitter that posts to flickr and Facebook simultaneously. So this blog gets to be quiet for now as I play. It’s a … Continue reading →

Sara took her first communion at Maundy Thursday service tonight. Full moon, Menchies, Hi-Life all make for a lovely date with my daughter. Today’s resurrection egg had a sword for when Peter did a Van Gogh in Gethsemane. Laura remembered … Continue reading →

It’s conference week for me. Once a year, I put on the mantel of full time life and attend a conference for 7 days. I give up 2 weekend days. It means Wayne has much more work with childcare. It’s … Continue reading →

This week, I grabbed our small slice of spring on Thursday and Friday morning and went biking. I biked the girls to school on two occasions. I have not been enthusiastic about biking in cold weather or rainy weather. Instead, … Continue reading →

Wayne is traveling and was not here to do pancakes. So I continued the pancake tradition. The girls asked for clovers, so I produced.