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Name: Kathryn
Location: Michigan, United States
Birthday: 10/3/1980
Gender: Female
Interests: singing, running, dancing, blogging, baking cakes, sleeping, wasting time, overanalyzing things, eating chocolate, praising God, kitties, baroque music, extreme elimination challenge
Expertise: tying the stems of maraschino cherries into knots using only my tongue, singing with gusto, fudging piano accompaniments, being late to things, making my husband laugh until he can't breathe, cooking, running slowly, belching louder than either of my brothers
Occupation: Music Teacher
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  kcartl44
Member Since:
12/22/2005
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| Sorry about the break in my Thanksgiving-related posts. I intended to post every day leading up to the 26th, but Jack got quite ill. It was scary. He was a tiny little moaning fireball and I was incapable of rational thought for a bit. But now that the puking and conflagration is done, I'm back. Here are a few more things I'm thankful for:
- Insightful websites. I'm particularly fond of Unclutterer and The Happiness Project.
- School secretaries.
- Bath and Body Works.
- My sock monkey slippers
- Modern medicine (and in light of the last week, especially OTC fever reducers)
- Compassionate/understanding people
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| In one week, we'll be hanging with the awesome Blair clan in Virginia, eating all sorts of Southern specialties, playing softball, and having a blast. I CAN'T WAIT! In the meantime, I'm thankful for:
- Church
- Family
- Chocolate
- Employment
- Complimentary breath mints at Italian restaurants
More tomorrow...
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| The countdown to Thanksgiving has arrived! I am thankful for:
- Jack. You can't know true love until you have a cooing, giggling, snorting, erupting, squawking, flailing little piggy of your own. Sometimes I'm still amazed he even exists. What did we ever do without him? (aside from sleep...)
- Dave. My rock. I'm shocked he still even likes me, given that I've been hormonally deranged for over a year now. I must be terribly charming. (HAHAHAHA. NOT.)
- Coffee. I wasn't drinking ANY at this time last year. And now I'm more than making up for it. Thank you, Starbucks, for protecting my route to school and my various classrooms from my sleep-deprived insanity.
More to come...
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| Here I sit on a Tuesday evening, with the time and ability to blog. This is amazing. Normally, I would be heading to Alumni Choir rehearsal in Grand Rapids, but since I'm watching Jack tonight, I get a blessed night of peace and rest. Today, Jack had his 9-month check-up, and he's doing very well. He's losing a little of the chub, but gaining lots of length. He also got the first part of the swine flu vaccine, so hopefully he'll have some protection if I bring it home from school(s). I've managed to survive two full-scale concerts so far (with a number of mini-gigs thrown in for fun). I am such a bad logistics person. When it comes to the musical elements, I feel like I know what I'm doing. But getting the choirs up and down from the risers in an orderly fashion? That's trickier.
Now for some random thoughts:
- I love bologna. I never realized this before tonight. (Or maybe I just didn't want to admit it.)
- I need to start running again. If someone can help me figure out when and how I can make that happen, please let me know. I have no clue.
- I took Jack to Target the other day and realized that he had never really seen Christmas lights before. That was fun. He was totally in awe.
- My throat feels like it's on fire. I'm wondering what I should teach tomorrow that won't require much use of my voice. I'm hoping not to show videos.
- The flavor of the day at Culver's is "Twix Mix." That might solve everything.
 - I can't wait for Thanksgiving. This will be Jack's first plane ride and introduction to my extended family. At this point, I'm expecting everything to go chaotically (so that if something does go well, we can just count it as a wonderful blessing).
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| Today is Saturday. Today is my birthday. Two nice things rolled into one. While Jack is napping, I thought I'd post some thoughts:
- I am 29. I always thought I would be sad toward the end of my twenties, since they were supposed to be the "time of my life." And don't get me wrong...I did enjoy them. I finished college, I got my first real job, I got married, I bought a house, I bought my first real car, I had a baby, I'll finish grad school (God willing). But all that activity was exhausting. I'm ready to settle into life a little bit more. (Don't laugh...I know how weird that sounds coming from me.)
- I think Jack is going through a growth spurt. I told many of you about the shoe episode (wherein his feet are too chubby for anything other than socks). I think I'll head back to Target and get TWO sizes bigger. Even the Robeez-style elasticized shoes are no match for his colossal girth. I can always go and return them. He is eating like a crazy little monster. Milk, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, applesauce...he gobbles them all right up. The only thing he's not crazy about yet are the "puffs"...you know, the little cereal thingies that are supposed to dissolve in his mouth. He likes to watch us eat them, and he doesn't mind us feeding them to him, but when it comes to him feeding himself--he delicately picks them up, one by one, and drops them on the floor. Then he waits for the kitties to come. He's no dummy.
- Today, Dave planned to go to Cedar Point. But it is cold and rainy, so he and his friends are staying home. Sad! This was probably the last opportunity for him to go for the rest of the season. I suppose there's always next year.
- Do you realize that it's only 12 weeks until Christmas? That's nuts.
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