• Lies I tell myself while running: it's ok that I haven't run for a week – I've been MOTORCYCLING, which uses core muscles! #terriblerun #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 7/5/2012 by kari

  • woke up feeling a little wobbly and I'm due for a job site visit today 2 hours away… hope leftover ravioli does the trick. #dizzybroad #
  • Just learned that you do not have to be an elected member of congress to be speaker! JOHN BOEHNER I'm taking your job! http://t.co/9dYdh1WR #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 6/29/2012 by kari

That time we made the boys wear ties

Posted on 6/27/2012 by kari| Leave a comment



P1000905.JPG

Originally uploaded by karinajean.


We got all dressed up for my cousin Sara’s wedding. It was the first time the boys met my whole paternal extended family and we looked pretty sharp, if I do say so. I asked my dad to snap this photo before we went in to the wedding for a minimum of rumple-ability.

now that we have such sets of dress clothes for the boys – purchased at some economic premium and at very last minute – I am brainstorming for ways we can dress up more over the summer. they will be tortured, but we will look SO GOOD.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in all posts

  • So it occurs to me that if I'm so stressed out by not reading twitter that I don't tweet, I really need to reconsider the list of "follows@ #
  • “@JessicaValenti: Wish stats on gender/domestic work accts for mental labor. It's not just who cooks dinner but who writes the grocery list” #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 6/27/2012 by kari

This is your prize for leaving NJ.

Posted on 6/25/2012 by kari| Leave a comment

I woke up this morning and blew off my run, and the universe rewarded my laziness with a blazing thunderstorm. Clearly the wrong traits are being reinforced.

I also felt just like I was back in Pittsburgh. After I closed every single window in the house I laid back down and listened to the rain and the booms and thought about that summer as I finished my masters, and how storms would blow through town every morning and every afternoon. Squished up on the western edge if the Alleghenies, PGH gets ALL the rain as the clouds push on over the mountain tips.

This was my lovely treat as I drive home tonight. After a day of violent thunderstorms, it was a super nice way to leave the state and head home.

20120625-195704.jpg

The pano is a tiny bit like a stereogram – I didn’t line up the bits as well as I could have – but then, I WAS pulled off on the shoulder of the highway where I’ve been attempted-killed before.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in daily

we went hiking yesterday with the boys…

Posted on 6/18/2012 by kari| Leave a comment



photo

Originally uploaded by karinajean.


Found this heart on the trail. aw! perfect for father’s day. even tough guy Thirteen took a photo of it when we wandered past. d’awwww…

→ Leave a comment

Posted in all posts

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 6/14/2012 by kari

This beastie tried to climb into my mouth and hang out with me.

Posted on 6/13/2012 by kari| 3 Comments

EW EW EW.

20120613-185400.jpg

Seriously, it was in my teacup (unbeknownst to me!) and the it was IN MY MOUTH. At least it was dead. I guess.

20120613-185612.jpg

20120613-185618.jpg

20120613-185624.jpg

→ 3 Comments

Posted in daily

  • So 70% rain means 30% no rain, right? (looking fwd to a wet rise home, I guess.) #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 6/13/2012 by kari

  • At the demoralizing just-back-to-workin-out place where you immediately gain 2lbs. Possibly all lactic acid weight, I'm sure. #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 6/12/2012 by kari

  • Totally over did it this weekend: running 2x after a month of nothing and then a brutal 2 hrs battling the 4' tall grass in our yard. #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 6/11/2012 by kari

It’s all blueberries and fountain pens.

Posted on 6/7/2012 by kari| Leave a comment

This week I’m still getting my feet under me after our amazing and as yet recapped motorcycle vacation. All I want to do us eat blueberries.

20120607-104451.jpg
After vacation we did a weekend whirlwind trip to SC for my sweet cousin Sara’s wedding and all the road food took its toll – besides the salt bloat, there was a serious lack of greenery on our plates lately. Mike joked that he heard his cells sigh in relief after having a salad this week as they were hit with missing vitamins and nutrients. As for me, I’m devouring blueberries. It’s blueberry season and they’re practically local – grown nearby in southern NJ. And they are SO delicious.

And the fountain pens? Well. It turns out I have so many that I’ve been surprised by what’s in my bag this week. Oops. Better enjoy them all and stop pen shopping.

→ Leave a comment

Posted in daily

  • “@nytimesstyle: Nepalese Pedicurists Must Overcome Aversion to Strangers’ Feet” this is an actual headline and no #savecooper coverage?! #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 5/15/2012 by kari

  • Happy Mother's Day to our porch robin and all the other moms, stepmoms, and caring-fors out there! http://t.co/paBXwPUH #
  • Electronics clinic: I just fixed my screen and put a red one on in just 25 minutes! electronics repair supahstar! http://t.co/JUo5uSRP” #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 5/14/2012 by kari

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 5/13/2012 by kari

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 5/9/2012 by kari

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 5/3/2012 by kari

  • Emergency Student Council mtg w faculty/alumni to discuss The Way Forward 4/30 6pm 6th fl foundation bldg http://t.co/MHQxXogm – y'all come! #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 5/1/2012 by kari

  • “@literaryanimal: Satyagraha and The Way Forward http://t.co/GUvIPWAs” she does it again – another must-read from Sangu. #thankfulforfriends #
  • Redeye truly was awesome! Landed a full 30 min ahead of sched and I'm off to the parking lot. http://t.co/tWTQabVp #
  • Today: flew fm phx, drove fm JFK, 5 hr nap, got motorcycle fm shop, visited w fam, played ball w 8, helped 12 w essay, made dinner. #jetlag #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 4/30/2012 by kari

  • "@mjhawley: Patently absurd: In US we are spending more on IP litigation than IP creation by many measures." @mikegrundy #
  • Good morning Phoenix! http://t.co/z87xnnK5 #
  • Yesterday we went to taliesin west. There were thes wing chairs there, I deeply covet them. http://t.co/JW3eDI0O #
  • We are going thataway! http://t.co/FMmVKG7L #
  • We found this. http://t.co/ixO7P72o #
  • Waiting at the PHX airport for my awesome redeye. Hopefully I'm sleepy enough to rest – or that 2 hr drive home fm JFK will be extra awful. #

Powered by Twitter Tools

→ Leave a comment

Posted on 4/29/2012 by kari