Author Archives: Kara

When All Else Fails …

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When you haven’t blogged in a few days and feel guilty about it but don’t have anything relevant to blog about, you resort to some sort of tagging meme you find on someone else’s blog. (In this case, I’m swiping this from eemusings) Also: I’m awesome at creating run-on sentences.

Anyway, here’s the dealy-o for this little beauty of a post:

1. Post these rules.
2. Answer the 11 questions from the person who tagged you.
3. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag.
4. Tag 11 people and link them to your post.
5. Let them know that you tagged them.

1. What does your wallet look like? Is it organized or cluttered?
It’s silver and relatively organized. I enjoy the fact that it has lots of pockets for cards, cash and whatnot. And – it shuts when I have lots of change. (Which is frequently)

2. If you had $10 to spend on a date, where would you go?
Bowling! One of the bowling alley’s in town has $1 bowling Sunday nights. I think we could pull off a game or two including shoe rentals each for $10.

3. If you had $200 to spend on a date, where would you go?
I’d go out to a super fancy restaurant and devour foods from every course (appies, main, dessert) and then maybe to a movie.

4. What was the first blog that got you into blogging?
I first got into blogging when I was in J-School, as an assignment for class, so technically, no one. When I started my personal blog, the first blogs I started reading were Amber’s, Angela’s, Kyla’s, and Rachael’s. Or at least those are the ones who stuck out and I remember from the get-go.

5. What was the last thing you purchased?
A hot chocolate from a coffee shop in downtown Kamloops. OMG SO GOOD. Best $3 spent on a hot chocolate for sure!

6. Do you ever pay full-price for books? Why or why not?
I try not to but I do pay full price for the odd book that I REALLY want. I have a discount card that helps a lot and gives me 10% off every book I buy too. I don’t mind paying full price for a book I know I’m going to enjoy!

7. What is one thing you absolutely refuse to pay for?
Bikini waxes. Did it once, never again.

8. What do you like to do to relax and unwind?
Usually I pick up a book and read, but since I haven’t been able to find a good book lately I’ve just been letting my brain rot while watching TV. Shame on me.

9. If you could resurrect one musician from the dead and watch him/her perform, who would it be?
I’m not entirely sure. We’ll go with Beethoven. How he was able to stil create amazing pieces of music and symphonies AND be deaf is beyond me.

10. What would your ideal retirement look like?
Lots of travelling and relaxing! I don’t have the time or money to do it right now, but it’s definitely something I want to do once I’m older and my kids have grown up and been kicked moved out.

11. Are you going to do your taxes by yourself this year?
Oh hell no. Kyle and I are actually going to go see an accountant for our tax return this year since we now own a rental property.

Feel free to do this one yourself. I certainly didn’t create new questions.
Happy Friday! What are your weekend plans?

Ten on Tuesday

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Math was my absolutely worst subject in high school. It still is. These questions should be fun!

0.01×10^2. What was your best/worst day in math class?
My worst? It would’ve been almost failing Math 12 in order to graduate or getting busted for cheating on a test in Math 11. My best day would be finding out that I got a D on the final exam for Math 12 so I could graduate with enough credits.

20×10^-1. Who was your favorite/least favorite math teacher? Why?
Mr. Colvin, lol. He was younger, so he was easier to relate with. That, and he wasn’t too bad looking either. All the girls had crushes on him, I’m sure.

3×10^0. Is it okay to be bad at math if English is more your thing?
Yes. Yes it is. I’m HORRIBLE at math and English is definitely more down my alley!

0.4×10^1. How does this video make you feel?
I am confused. Are those women for real? Seriously? You don’t believe in math? Kids should have the right to choose whether or they want to take it? SERIOUSLY? Next question …

500×10^-2. What do you like/not like about math?
I like it when it makes sense. Add in letters, and I eventually lose my mind and get confused. What really made me want to die in high school were math proofs. Blarrrrg.

0.006×10^3. What makes someone a nerd?
Being both smart and cool. Or something like that. I have no idea, lol.

7×10^0. Who is the nerdiest person you know?
It’s a toss up between a guy a graduated high school with who’s now being coming a biochemist (or something equally revolutionary) or Kyle’s BFF, who is extremely technically savvy but hip and happening at the same time.

80×10^-1. What is the nerdiest thing you’ve ever done?
I wouldn’t say I did it intentionally, but I learned that I needed glasses because I couldn’t read the dialogue box on the XBox game I was playing.

0.9×10^1. Do you think GraphJam is funny?
I had never heard of it until just now, but yes. Yes I do.

10×10^1. Have you ever used math outside of school?
Complex math? No. Simple math like making change, figuring out how many birds are eyeballing me from the roof across the road and hours until the end of the day? All the time. 

22 Weeks and Touching

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A sensitive subject with many a pregnant women is touching of the belly. Some women don’t care, others do, but most people seem to think it’s okay to reach for a pregnant woman’s belly.

A co-worker actually wrote a pretty humorous column about touching/staring at the the belly. (You can read it here if you like). I will admit that I am guilty of (trying not to) stare at pregnant lady’s bumps. But not once, EVER, did I reach out to touch them. NEVER. Nor would I ask “How far along are you?” unless I knew the person and knew for a fact that they were expecting. In fact, I don’t think I ever touched someone else’s baby bump other than my BFF’s a couple years ago when she was pregnant with her daughter. And since then? No one’s. It’s awkward for me.

There’s something about going into that much of someone’s personal space bubble that really freaks me out. Once, while I was still working at Job #1, a customer looked at me, noticed my ear lobes were stretched, and proceeded to try and stick her finger through one of them. I’m not even joking. And did I know this lady? Nope – never seen her before in my life.

Needless to say, I’m not down with people I don’t know touching my ever-growing baby bump. Friends: Okay. Family: Duh. Co-Workers: Only If we’ve actually talked for more than 5 minutes about non-work related things. Strangers? Hell no. In my co-worker’s column she actually had mentioned that the best way to drive the point home to people touching the tummy is to rub theirs back. While I’ll probably never do it, it’s an interesting point. Just because you’re pregnant doesn’t make it okay to tummy rubs. Like strange dogs, you don’t go up and pet them because you don’t know how they’ll react. Will they accept it or want more, or will they bite your hand off?

The point is, you should always ask if it’s okay to touch a pregnant woman’s stomach before you reach out and molest it. Just because I like to rest my hand on it and rub it doesn’t mean you can too.

I shall now turn you to your regular pregnancy update programming:

How far along? 22 Weeks!

How big is baby? Almost 1lb, and nearly 11″ long from crown to heel, according to BabyCentre.ca.

Total weight gain/loss: I really have no idea, but probably a couple pounds or so. I’ve really contemplated buying a digital bathroom scale to keep track, but I still don’t like the idea of having a scale in my house.

Maternity Clothes? I went shopping on Saturday with my mom in search of a pair of jeans, but only if they were on sale! I scored a great pair of maternity jeans AND a pair of pants for work for $45 – a steal considering a pair of maternity jeans alone is normally $60! I really need to start investing in shirts though, since some of my current ones are starting to “tent” out at the bottom.

Stretch marks? Still none – Yay!

Sleep: I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night sweating to death, it’s horrid. I never feel warm, but I’m just dripping. I hate sleeping with no covers on my just as much as I hate sleeping naked, so who knows what I’ll do.

Movement: Lots of movement after I eat or if I’m resting/sitting upright. They say when you’re moving you’re essentially rocking the baby to sleep, so when you stop they wonder what the hell is going on and protest, lol.

Food cravings: The other night I really, really, wanted a piece of apple pie with ice cream. That thankfully passed. I really actually want some waffles in a bad way, and not just Eggos. Kyle seems to think that Eggos are an acceptable form of waffle. No. No they are not.

What I miss: Being able to get up off the couch without some kind of leverage. I’m like a turtle on its back when I sit down, and it’s only going to get SO much worse from here.

What I am looking forward to: Painting Baby I’s room! I went and bought the paint on Saturday, so during the first weekend of March my mom and I are going to get painting.

Milestones: Not much, really. We’re still waiting for our stroller to come back into stock (which better be less than 4 months from now), and we’ve yet to find a crib we like. Other than that, it’s the same ol’ same ol’! Baby I does have a good, strong heartbeat, which is always amazing to hear, and my ultrasounds all came back clear. Woo!

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What’s your stance on “touching?”