Karen Alma
What I think about. Things that happen to me. Stuff I like. And other things.
Category: Family
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I found this note that I jotted down while in Minnesota visiting my mom and dad a few weeks before my mom died: “You’re so sweet,” my mom told me in a rare moment of clarity. She looked straight into my eyes a lot today during our visit. Sometimes, I think she knows who I…
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My mom has been battling Alzheimer’s for many years now; I have sort of lost count. We started to notice it probably about 10 years ago give or take. It’s funny how when we first noticed it, we would get so frustrated by the things she would do, like ask the same question a million…
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Someone likes to sneak into my office space. I think he thinks I can’t see him. 🐈
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On our family Zoom call this week, my sister and I realized we were twinsies. She decided to document it and put it on her Facebook so I’m putting it on my blog. 😁 Somehow we managed to buy the same glasses, do our hair the same way (it’s a sophisticated, time-consuming, and very complicated,…
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My parents, siblings, and I, have been have weekly video calls since this whole COVID-19 thing started. Despite the fact that we are doing this because of a global crisis, it’s been super fun to connect this way. Normally we get together as a family once a year, and it’s always a mad rush of…
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Somebody doesn’t have a single problem in the entire world. That’s the life, really. Sign me up.
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If you follow me on Instagram you know that we recently adopted 3 tiny kittens. And I went from being a cat hater to a cat lover in about half a millisecond. Maybe less. That’s Chama and Zuni. Here’s Ivan: It’s not so much that I hated cats. It’s that I couldn’t spare the emotional…
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Hanging out by the catch and release pond at Tingley Beach today. There’s a duck that really loves us. We are here for fishing, but one of us was devising clever ways to play the Switch.
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My daughter’s choir, the Sandia Youth Homeschool Choir, was selected to sing the National Anthem at the local Albuquerque minor league baseball game tonight. They did so great! Brought tears to my eyes 🙂
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Every time there’s an election in Albuquerque, there are a number of bond issues on the ballot. And every time there’s an election in Albuquerque we vote on the following park issue or something similar: Shall the City of Albuquerque issue $22,473,000 of its general obligation bonds to study, map, plan, design, develop, construct, rehabilitate, renovate,…
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I’ve been doing the Whole30 for the last few months (yeah, I know that makes it the Whole…and counting) and while baked goods are not compliant with the rules of the meal plan, I’ve been making baked goods for the kids to eat in the morning. Who knew coconut flour was so tricky to bake…
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Last year we decided to upgrade our garden train. It’s technically my father’s train, but our house is the location for the train set so possession being the law and all that. In all seriousness, my parents live in the northern Midwestern US for most of the year, but the weather in Albuquerque is more…