Karen Alma
What I think about. Things that happen to me. Stuff I like. And other things.
Category: Family
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About 10 years this project fizzled out and it’s stayed neatly tucked away in my office area all that time. I have a week or two to finish it before my three month sabbatical from my job is over. Will I finish? No one knows! But I hope so! The project is a scrapbook that…
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A few years back we introduced our kids to Elton John. They love his music, so when we found out he’d be in Albuquerque, they begged us to go. Being the amazing parents that we are (you could also call us pushovers) we bought tickets for all 6 of us. But being also, at least sometimes,…
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Not this much, but good try chocolate maker. A little less heresy going on here, or at least heresy I could get behind. 😉 Just kidding, I don’t actually like chocolate that much. 😀
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If you know me at all, you know I love the 12 days of Christmas and you can guess my house is still in full Christmas swing. To keep the holiday music fresh and new (we’ve been listening to a lot of Mannheim Steamroller and Trans Siberian Orchestra), I was digging around for my copy…
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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the…
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Tonight Santa is getting biscochitos from the Arnold family.
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My great-grandmother on my mom’s side, Anna Brue Tjernagel, wore this gorgeous dress for her wedding back in 1904. It became something of a tradition for brides in the family to wear the dress. That’s what we call it: The Dress. If you say “The Dress” to any woman in the family and they’ll know…
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I’m working this US Labor Day, but since I work from home, I can take breaks from my laptop to work on this other kind of labor throughout the day: We just recently got rid of our chickens and the coop has about a foot of packed down hay and poop and food scraps and who…
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Ever heard of Spam sushi? If not, you are missing out. Seriously. It’s yum. You get just a tiny hint of salt when you eat the roll that hits the spot. Not sure what Spam is? I’ve talked about it before. It’s basically canned meat, which sounds gross, I know. But fried or grilled, it’s…
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A few years back we planted three trees, nectarine, pear, and apple. The pear and the apple bit the dust but the nectarine is going strong. My boys picked the ones that seemed ripe and brought in a bounty. They are the cutest tiny little things:
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We had to take the kids to the Y tonight. They were not pleased, but they were very patient.
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I’m on the last day of my first no-logging-into-work-real-vacation in more years than I would like to admit. I work for a wonderful employer who offers me all the vacation I need, but I’ve simply chosen to take half vacations where I work a little bit each day to keep up with things. It works for…