-
It’s been some year! Lots of travel both for both work and family. Lots of goals set, some accomplished and some not, and tons of lessons learned. The year’s been full of firsts and bests, more running, traveling to my birthplace, pulling out my cello again, blogging a ton (you can see my blog annual report here). We wrapped up…
-
It was a magical day at the Japanese Gardens, we discovered a rare breed of fish we named FireCarp, we found where the birds collect their leaves, and we almost got eaten alive by spiders, and my kids learned how to fly.
-
I love the Twelve Days of Christmas, the days between Christmas Day and Epiphany or Three Kings Day. There’s disagreement about whether the 12 days end the day before Epiphany or on Epiphany, but I happen to like the idea of ending on the 6th of January, so that’s what I go with. Either way, it…
-
Speaking of Christmas traditions, I’ve painted the windows in my house since I was about 12. The first window I remember was a large square window our front door in our house in Sabanitas, Colon, Panama. My sister and I had to perch on a ladder to do the job. I wish I had pics,…
-
We let the kids open a gift on the eve of Christmas Eve. This year was no exception. As usual, we ended up with more under the tree than we expected, but this gift rules them all. I picked up some super cute Lego minifigs in September from a coworker and swagmeister. So excited to…
-
It’s official. We are ready for Christmas in our house. The kids have already put a gift under the tree that appears to be for me. Next step: buy gifts for the kids.
-
I just got a new tablet so that I can blog with the awesome WordPress Android app. The picture quality is way nicer than my poor little iPhone 4. And it’s a bit different from the iOS app, but I like it so far. That being said, check out this crazy snow on the cactus…
-
My dad used to make this crazy homemade hot pepper, onion, vinegar concoction that made my eyes water just smelling it across the table at dinnertime. He would cut up the onions and little tiny explosively hot peppers, put them in a clean empty glass mayo jar, pour vinegar over it, seal it up tight…
-
While reading through some of my Grandma’s old journals I found this entry: 1975-10-03-Friday: On this day, 1939, I was married to Torald Teigen. He died five years ago. Carolyn washed clothes, baked bread and Indian pudding & met her mental healthgrp. Supper at Lyle & Beth. A sandwich supper with bread, cheese, sliced tomato, mayo,sliced avocado, alfalfa sprouts, to make your…
-
We had snow a week ago and I panicked. I had one too many winters in Minnesota and South Dakota and every time it snows here or looks remotely like real winter I have this irrational fear that it’s all been a cruel joke and New Mexico really is a frozen tundra after all. The fun’s…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Karen Alma 