tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283111922024-03-07T00:52:54.082-08:00A whole nother dayToday is better than yesterday, and tomorrow still has potential.karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-24141648515128893782009-11-04T23:04:00.001-08:002009-11-04T23:04:21.373-08:00In the last 24 hours... 12:02 It's my dad's birthday today! <3 =) #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-12801854109622157902009-11-01T23:01:00.001-08:002009-11-01T23:01:20.449-08:00In the last 24 hours... 02:47 Happy Dia de los Muertos! And yay for an extra hour of sleep! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-32210274235786519922009-10-31T23:01:00.001-07:002009-10-31T23:01:07.480-07:00In the last 24 hours... 10:34 YAY! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-38658756821098835202009-10-29T23:02:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:02:01.373-07:00In the last 24 hours... 15:53 It's my mom's birthday today! <3 =) #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-41945830382078732342009-10-16T23:01:00.001-07:002009-10-16T23:01:52.695-07:00In the last 24 hours... 23:06 OMG it's too darn cold! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-55365936447366970042009-10-01T23:00:00.001-07:002009-10-01T23:00:16.811-07:00In the last 24 hours... 10:15 YES! OCTOBER FIRST! Only 30 more daaays~ #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-41320315781359209902009-09-25T23:01:00.001-07:002009-09-25T23:01:18.818-07:00In the last 24 hours... 00:00 The weather is so cray cray. It's hot when it's supposed to be a bit cooler. # 16:53 I LOVE Top Cat; it's WAY better than most cartoons these days. #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-57656116995216337012009-09-15T23:00:00.001-07:002009-09-15T23:00:23.740-07:00In the last 24 hours... 10:53 Requiescat en Pace, Mr. Swayze. <3 #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-5868633215832888392009-04-27T14:55:00.000-07:002009-04-27T15:00:59.901-07:00Recent remarks from students. Particularly of the AP variety.ON a multiple choice test: "Mrs. Whole Nother Day? Can you help me? I know the right answer, I just don't which of these it is."About scheduling presentations randomly (so that everyone has to be there every day): "But Friday is Seniors' last day, what if we don't want to present that day, and we want to go the day before?" "Well, the rest of us have to be here two weeks past that date, so karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-71142173096265433192009-04-18T07:43:00.001-07:002009-04-18T07:43:17.232-07:00InstructionsInstructionsOriginally uploaded by karijeanThere's always a question of how many notes do you give a babysitter? Exactly how anal-retentive and nervous do you want to seem? The question gets doubled when you have a friend--who hasn't really babysat in probably two decades--babysitting. I do think, however, next time we might do better than a post-it note.karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-27800932161194728312009-03-28T21:56:00.000-07:002009-03-28T22:04:37.284-07:00Remember what I predicted?about walking first versus talking first?First Steps from Kari on Vimeo.So, today we were packing to go to visit Howie's other grandparents, the ones on the farm. I'm anticipating a big week for him, meeting new family he's never met. I'm also anticipating a week with no internet. But in other news, it's spring break! And it certainly didn't come a week too soon! Time is counting down on my karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-45061978569646702242009-03-19T08:00:00.000-07:002009-03-19T08:02:08.808-07:00New skillsThings are busy here. Gone are the days where you can just plop the little man in a bouncy chair and gurgle at him.They say that babies either walk or talk first... and I know where Howie's placed his money.Stairs from Kari Hay on Vimeo.It involves a lot of following him around like his personal valet.karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-1426559105050200302009-03-08T23:19:00.000-07:002009-03-08T23:22:23.734-07:00Coming backThis past week. I tell you. How did your week go? That bad? Here's how to tell if your week was as bad as my week.Wednesday, I was standing in front of my class of 32 sophomores when I felt something on my foot. I looked down.It was my skirt. Around my ankles. NOT, as it were, around my waist, where--I'm told--skirts normally reside, in the everyday working of things.Did you find out that karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-77364926409755456052009-02-14T19:44:00.000-08:002009-02-14T19:46:19.512-08:00Valentine's DayJust popping in to say, Howie's got a valentine to share with y'all.Start here. My you have a companion for whatever sort of trouble you want to get into.karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-9429696041632772102009-01-12T15:29:00.001-08:002009-01-12T15:29:30.777-08:00PauseCar time 2Originally uploaded by karijeanA pause has been taken (obviously) in the blogging while I recharge. In the meantime, vroom! vroom vroom vroom! is a really fun game.karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-19995437646177675562008-12-30T23:40:00.000-08:002008-12-31T09:39:47.960-08:00Happy birthday, little dude.New things: tooth, one. Poked through so you can feel it. You won't let us look. But it was kinda how I thought it would be. Andrew poked his finger in, said you had a tooth. I called bullshit, because you hadn't been giving us grief. Andrew 1, me 0. Since then, of course, sleeping is SO 2008, Mother! hair, some. It's getting there. um, locomotion, lots. Inspired, apparently, by your love for allkarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-35112326307256436202008-12-22T12:20:00.001-08:002008-12-22T12:20:41.695-08:00Arctic BlastBackyardOriginally uploaded by karijeanLast week, during school, we had some lame-ass Snow Days. THIS is a real snow day. Andrew (of course) still went into work today, but the rest of the city is literally frozen in its tracks. And I don't say "literally" meaning "figuratively". I mean, planes are going nowhere (hence why we're still here--Andrew's family will have to wait to meet Howie), karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-74163405003379898492008-12-20T14:38:00.001-08:002008-12-20T14:44:20.045-08:00Winter crazyWinter temperatureOriginally uploaded by karijeanIt has not stopped snowing today.The television networks are calling this "Arctic Blast! 2008" and other crazy hyperbole. Wednesday was entirely devoted to live television coverage at various points around the city, which was ridiculous because aside from a brief period Monday morning, the city has been entirely drivable and not even close to karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-16716383473843641252008-12-14T18:45:00.000-08:002008-12-14T18:50:56.016-08:00Blizzard, 2008: UpdateOkay, so now I'm as bad as my students. I'm obsessively refreshing the news sites hoping to see my school district. No luck yet.And in the meantime? I haven't done my homework. My excuse though: earlier today, the laptop I'd been using went all blue-screen on me. Looking at a long day indoors, and possibly more than one day, horror filled me. An entire day? Without Scramble????My husband, karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-35102779699358112332008-12-12T12:55:00.000-08:002008-12-12T13:01:34.215-08:00Snow! The great blizzard of 2008... okay, blizzard-ishDear Mr. and Ms. Weathercaster and the entire Weather.com family of networks,The PNW cannot deal with snow. They cannot deal with the idea of snow. Unless it's safely up a mountain and then they snowboard. But snow? In driveways???? GOOD GOD MAN STOCK UP ON WATER AND HUNKER DOWN!Make those Pacific Northwesterners teenagers and tell them that it might maybe just possibly snow this weekend, karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-43938611549619133252008-12-11T15:30:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:32:10.045-08:00Microfamous!Dude! I'm microfamous!I'm in there. Yes, yes, I am Shit Filled Underwear.karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-14415052145618340452008-12-10T20:54:00.001-08:002008-12-10T22:07:20.267-08:00Seven (and a half) monthsDear Howie,It was inevitable, really. Apparently, ear infections run in our family.But you know what, peanut? Our only clue that you were sick? Was the unending river of nasty that ran out of your ear. There was no petulance, no ear-grabbing, no sleepless nights, no refusal to eat, fevers, clinginess, nothing. Your ear just looked like you'd shoved a handful of pear puree in your ear-karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-85158333241737461922008-11-26T22:26:00.000-08:002008-11-26T22:29:23.670-08:00Dear Self,You know how today has sucked? How, even though it was a "day off", you've done nothing but grade old stats assignments? And how you haven't even made a dent on the quizzes and tests that need to be graded? And you haven't even STARTED entering these grades?Right? This has sucked.DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF EVER AGAIN. Asshole. This back up? This overflowing-toilet of homeworkness and karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-38960777643583207012008-11-21T06:15:00.000-08:002008-11-21T06:17:37.105-08:00Friday Friday Friday!It's Friday!No new posts on single-parenting as Andrew is home now (as evidenced by the fact that it's 6:15 and I have time to sit down with coffee and type this). Today is Friday and as such might as well be the weekend, and then next week isn't even a full week of school and isn't life so much better when there's holidays to look forward to?I fell asleep last night at 8:00. Can you tell?karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28311192.post-60702029081586514082008-11-19T15:40:00.000-08:002008-11-19T15:49:15.873-08:00Third weekday: not dead yet.We fell asleep again. Which makes sense considering "we" were awake at 4. And "we" wouldn't go back to sleep. So "we" decided to get dressed. Then when "we" were too exhausted to continue getting ready and besides which there was still an hour until daycare was even open, "we" decided to lie down. THEN, of course, "we" fell asleep. And ONE of us stayed asleep when the other suddenly sat up karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653220897782722911noreply@blogger.com1