10th May, 2007 - Posted by karen - 2 Comments
A few nights ago Gwen was changing Evelyn after a big poo and once the diaper was off, according to the eyewitnesses at the scene, there was some “projectile pooing” which shot out and all over Gwen! It somehow managed to miss most everything else, including the couch (thank goodness) but Gwen definitely had to » Read More
31st March, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Well this wraps up my first week off on maternity leave. It was interesting and rather productive. In lieu of working, here is what I did: Worked on a document about qPCR, responded to emails re same Fought with computer to access network drives at work Several grocery shopping trips Unsuccessful search for wooden baby brush with natural bristles Made » Read More
9th March, 2006 - Posted by karen - 4 Comments
I can’t believe it … I just discovered a brand new washer and dryer in our building!! Read More
4th December, 2005 - Posted by karen - 8 Comments
Sunday: Grey Cup party at Martine’s with a spectacular victory by the Edmonton Eskimos. What an incdedible game! Half the people cheered for Edmonton and half the people cheered for Montreal, so every time one team took the lead the interaction between the two sides was very funny. Dave was totally tense about the game and » Read More
10th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Well after the dryer broke again, Dave and Sanan invited us to their place to do our laundry on Monday. Sanan made couscous and yummy lentils and a salad and we sat around chatting with everyone who happened to be at their place that night. Tyler brought Phantom Ship from the library and we watched » Read More
21st May, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - No Comments
This week my husband Dan went to see the third star wars movie. I declined to come because a) he went to an early evening show that was too early for me since I was just leaving work when it started and b) I’m not all that interested in seeing it, at least not in » Read More
3rd April, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - No Comments
Satuday April 2 it rained. It was the first rainy day we have had this spring. Dan went off to his French class at 8:00 and I slept off my sugar hangover from Friday’s Caban à Sucre. Later on I had to do the laundry so I started my first load, with two others to » Read More
26th February, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - 1 Comment
I frelling hate doing the laundry. This is not an overstatement. I think it is the worst thing I have to do on a regular basis. When we lived in Vanier House in Edmonton, we had a proper laundry room on the top floor of the building. There were 42 units in the building and 5 » Read More