Monthly Archives: February 2012

Working out

Posted on 2/6/2012 by kari| Leave a comment

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I’ve started lifting weights in the morning. This morning I had to stop and admire my carefully coordinated nail polish. I know I’m not the only one who does this – another one of my friends tweeted she did the same thing recently, too.

I actually love lifting weights. I haven’t gotten to dead lift capabilities or anything, but in the casual way I do it even THEN I can see how rapidly my body is able to improve itself.

I have been meaning to get into better shape, but the fact that our big motorcycle trip is just 2 1/2 months away means it’s more of a priority. Hundreds of miles a day on a motorcycle is miserable if you don’t have a general level of core strength and muscle competency. Plus there’s there’s the part where I need to fit into my motorcycle pants – and if I was smart I’d save $20 a pound lost so I’d be on my way to picking up a one-piece suit when I hit what I would like to be my steady baseline weight!

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

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Oooh Twelve is miserable this weekend. no matter what is on the agenda he is hatefully grouchy about it, then he has fun. rinse repeat. # Awesome 3 mile hike w the boys. An amazing time was had by all! … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2/6/2012 by kari

Day hikes

Posted on 2/6/2012 by kari| Leave a comment

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We coerced the boys into a 3-mile hike today. Those guys are so frustrating! They were adamantly opposed to hiking today – Twelve looked like he was on the verge of tears for the hour of coercion, executive decisions, and prep he had to endure. And as soon as we hit the trail he made up this brilliant walking form of Minecraft-meets-dungeons-and-dragons that fully occupied Twelve and Eight for the first 2 1/2 miles if our walk.

Wouldn’t you know it: 10 min into the walk Twelve said “I like going on hikes like this together. We should do this more!”

Mike and I nearly rolled off the mountain. Unfortunately I couldn’t get him to repeat that statement into my voice recorder.

It turns out that the hardest thing about parenting is probably the constant feeling that you are doing it wrong. either society tells us this, or we are too hard on ourselves, or the kids say so. Luckily if you push through this awful sneaking sensation the odds are you’ll have a potentially frustrating yet rewarding moment of zen in the woods, where the kids decide they are having the time of their lives. And if you can avoid a hard-hitting “told you so!” those moments are so worth it.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

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Day 4: The Rainmakers! (all about motorcycling!) #29in29 http://t.co/guwDfUdK # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Posted on 2/5/2012 by kari

The Rainmakers

Posted on 2/5/2012 by kari| Leave a comment

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The group that I normally ride long distances with is one of the best groups ever, I’m sure. We are trusting and respectful in a way that makes everything more fun and more exciting – there is zero drama, because I trust my friends to say what they need, I trust them to respect my needs as well. So when we are out riding, if one if us needs to go off for a while it’s no big deal: we just meet up later. If someone does something what makes another person uncomfortable, we tell each other. It’s pretty awesome.

Two years ago we ride 11 states in 11 days (and avoided highways as much as possible). I blogged it here. We’ve been using a group tumblr blog to track our trips as we ride them.

Tonight we all met for dinner and it was so super fun. What a great group of friends! This year we will ride down to Helen GA and ride in circles around it. I can’t wait.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

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Day 2 of #29in29 sustainable remediation! http://t.co/xIlVYAQ9 # Boarding plane. V full. Middle seat. San diego was awesome, but can't wait to get home to @mikegrundy. # I watched sun set in San Diego last night over the pacific, but … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2/4/2012 by kari

Temporary kitty is incorrigible

Posted on 2/3/2012 by kari| 2 Comments

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Temporary Kitty is not supposed to get on the table. Temporary Kitty knows this. Temporary Kitty hops up there anyway, and does whatever he wants. Temporary Kitty wants to play with your pens, and bat them off the table. Temporary Kitty wants you to pick him up and pet him. Temporary Kitty wants to eat your potato chips.

Temporary Kitty wants to denude your spider plants. Temporary Kitty wants to take a nap on your laptop and attack your typing fingers when you’re working.

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Temporary Kitty is incorrigible. Temporary Kitty is adorable. Temporary Kitty just sighed real big, like it was the least he could do to put up with my tappa-tappa-tappa. And then he sneezed, and got Temporary Kitty boogers all over my laptop screen.

Um. Ew.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

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#surf19 is so intrigued by twitter. The future is now! # Really neat truthing of AFCEE SRT model results to simapro results using published paper inputs just presented. #surf19 #goodidea # Student engagement at #surf19 http://t.co/dI7xd3Ft # Great concluding hike … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2/3/2012 by kari

Sustainable Remediation

Posted on 2/2/2012 by kari| 2 Comments

I’m wrapping up at the Sustainable Remediation Forum meeting in San Diego. It’s a 3 day conference – and it is packed. This week I was waking up at 4AM pacific time, working for a couple of hours, and then going to the conference. The meetings are so interesting that you end up staying there for the full day, chatting with people at breaks, and then group lunches and dinners. It’s incredible! And TIRING.
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This is a good problem to have, though. It’s just lovely to find a group of engaging colleagues with wide and robust interests.

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And did I mention San Diego? We went for a hike in Torrey Pines forest today after the last session. It was so beautiful! Totally worth my imminent red eye home.

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this is day 2 of the #29in29 challenge!

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Blogged from San Diego: San Diego! http://t.co/IizK3ayY #29in29 # Ladies check your birth control pills for this recall! Dudes let the ladies know! http://t.co/XaEDrEz9 # So I just learned that there is a #surf19 that I should have been using … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2/2/2012 by kari

San Diego

Posted on 2/1/2012 by kari| Leave a comment

I’m in San Diego for a conference this week. Holy cow, southern California is a crazy place. It’s warm and sunny and clearly the most pleasant place to be in February.

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I went for a run down to the beach in La Jolla this morning. It was beautiful. You know, I’d I lived here I would probably be active every day. PROBABLY. I would hope!

I would also ride my motorcycle every day! It’s 70 degrees and sunny every day this week with a low in the mid 40s. Magical. And there are still so many people in cars. What’s up with that, San Diego? Is there a motorcycle eating monster or a daily dust storm or something?

I’m already secretly planning a trip back out here some cold northeastern wintertime. It’ll include motorcycle rentals, toes in the chilly Pacific, and my sweetheart.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

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Good morning from San Diego! http://t.co/mWJm6Mev # "Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly" is now my favorite insect name. # I watched 5+ hrs of TV on the plane last night and this is what I have to show for it: #mittens … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2/1/2012 by kari