7th January, 2007 - Posted by karen - 1 Comment
Ever since we bought the espresso machine last summer there has been “talk” of getting a good grinder. It’s quite hard to get the coffee places here to give you a good grind for espresso (and as we have both learned it’s really important) so I caved and Dan picked up a grinder this week. » Read More
30th December, 2006 - Posted by karen - 1 Comment
Dan got his marks yesterday and passed all his courses!!! Read More
25th December, 2006 - Posted by karen - 2 Comments
Here are the Christmas photos, so far Read More
22nd December, 2006 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Ahhh … I just got home from my last day of work until Jan 2nd. Thank goodness for a break! Too bad for Dan he’s still working on his essay, because I don’t have any work to do tonight! Plans for the weekend will be something like this: sleep in and relax tomorrow, maybe clean » Read More
16th December, 2006 - Posted by karen - 2 Comments
Dan had his last exam on Friday, which means he is technically done the semester except for writing a music history paper which his teacher very kindly let him postpone. So for the first time since I don’t remember when, we actually have the weekend together. We are going to turn our apartment (which is » Read More
9th December, 2006 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Image from … yes … Cute Overload (don’t ask, it’s a long story) A strange thing happened this weekend. For the first time since I returned to Montreal on Oct 28th, I actually feel like I caught up with some of the things I needed to get done. It has been and will be be a » Read More
4th December, 2006 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Some interesting facts: My waist size is now the same as Dan’s Kicky is 20 cm head to bum, not counting those long, strong legs of hers. That’s awfully big if you measure it out in a ruler! She also weights about a pound now, only 5-6 left to gain. I have gained a net of 2 pounds » Read More
18th November, 2006 - Posted by karen - No Comments
This has been one heck of a week. Last weekend was busy enough but I wasn’t ready to be taken down by the flu on Monday morning. My boss went to a Children’s hopsital two weeks ago, picked up the mother-of-all-flu-viruses (since the Spanish flu anyway) and was literally out for a week. He quarantined » Read More
12th November, 2006 - Posted by karen - 3 Comments
Image from Didymos. This week and the past week have been a very active time for a certain someone. She is large enough and strong enough to make sure I know that she is there! Sometimes it just feels like a squirm and other times she’s kicking the heck out of me. Last Thursday night I » Read More