Idea borrowed from Jae from her updates about her most recent vacation. I love the idea of documenting highlights, but not bothering to write up whole sentences and paragraphs to describe what can be 90% summed up in loose phrases.
Home!
The hospital discharged me early yesterday evening. Karsten has had his hands full ever since. Keep him in your thoughts. 🙂
Sad news about Karsten’s dad
Karsten’s father passed away yesterday. He was 84, and he’d been dealing with a variety of illnesses including emphysema (despite having never smoked a day in his life) and prostate cancer (which he beat — it was the treatment that
We’re well preserved!
We’re well preserved! Originally uploaded by Kate O’ (Thanks to Busy Mom for the subject line. 🙂 ) Not sure why this didn’t post to my blog when I posted it to flickr. That whole “post to flickr and your
Birthday present – for both of us
Birthday present Originally uploaded by Kate O’ Around the middle of December, Karsten was getting ready to start making visual art again after a long, intense period of house renovation, and in the middle of a period of exhaustion and
How about a REALLY happy new year?
I thought about writing a year-end update yesterday, but the truth is, not all that much of note happened. And that’s a pretty good thing, as it turns out, because I was also thinking yesterday about how I’m feeling more
Karsten at Oktoberfest
Check out the pic of Karsten and our neighbor Jeff at Oktoberfest. Taken by the lovely and talented Sheila at A Blessed Mess.
Good question!
Someone hit my site from Google looking for “nicknames for Karsten.” Man, I wish I could tell you. Aside from “The Hammer,” which is really specific to my Karsten, I don’t really have anything for you. Karsty? He’d sneer at
Might as well kick the tires on this thing
I’m not finished uploading old content yet, and I don’t quite have the layout and functionality I’m planning to have, but let’s go ahead and get this show on the road, shall we? I’ve moved, and the majority of my
Unexpected efficiency: the government edition
Karsten and I both just went through the rigamarole to get our passports processed, and although we have several months before we’re planning to take our European vacation, we’ve heard enough horror stories about delayed applications that we decided to