Category Archives: growing up
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Things I learned from my parents, part 3
Posted on November 5, 2012 by KK in 100 things, family, growing up, lists.And we come to the final round. Some of these are pretty self explanatory bits of advice, and some of these are more broad sweeping values, both equally as important. 21. Proper grocery list writing. Obviously, the correct way to write your grocery list is to write the items down in the order you will […]
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Things I have learned from my parents, part 2
Posted on November 3, 2012 by KK in 100 things, family, growing up, lists.I know the idea isn’t to focus on me for my birthday, but I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who called/texted/facebooked/sent a card/came to dinner for my birthday. I took the day off of work and basically felt loved the entire day, which is really something you should do for a […]
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Things I have learned from my parents, part 1.
Posted on November 1, 2012 by KK in 100 things, family, growing up, lists.It’s my birthday. I’m 30. I thought that this year, instead of focusing on me, I could do something nice for my parents, since they raised me, taught me life skills and values, gave me a foundation of the life I have today and lots of other nice things. Hopefully they know that I appreciate […]
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In the meantime
Posted on June 11, 2012 by KK in food, growing up, kitties.So yes, Dan and I have moved. We are at the same university, and I am in the same job. I am now working in a different residential unit. As my job is a ‘live-in’ position, working in a different unit requires moving as well. We are just under two weeks of living in our […]
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Car buying lessons.
Posted on March 9, 2011 by KK in growing up, lists, random.Things I have learned from the car buying experience: -Take note, sales people – Dan is really easy to wear down. If you get him tired, it’s even easier. Just talk long enough, and he will probably buy your set of knives/special offer/whatever you are selling. -The scripts/buzz words salespeople use at car dealerships are […]
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Ch-ch-ch-changes
Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dan in friends, growing up.Wow, a lot of people have stuff going on lately. One of Dan’s best friends just got engaged (and got a kitten) Jess moved back to DC to start her job Meghan found an apartment in Maine (and in the pictures, it looks lovely!) Laura got an apartment in Alexandria Dana’s sister just had a […]
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Congratulations v.14
Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dan in family, growing up.Congratulations to my cousin Christine and her fiance Kevin! They got engaged yesterday And isn’t this picture sort of ridiculously happy looking (this is not from yesterday, apparently they are always this happy looking). You may remember this post where I was having dreams about this very event, but my predicting the future skills are a […]
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Paint crew
Posted on February 23, 2010 by Dan in friends, growing up.Scene: Missy and Franklin have bought and moved into their first new place. Home improvement is needed, ugly yellow paint must be covered. Cue several nights of college crew painting parties. Apparently, we really like painting because we are positively giddy in these photos. It may have just been that several of us were in […]
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Congratulations v.12
Posted on November 12, 2009 by Dan in friends, growing up.A bit of a belated welcome to Madeline Alayne Foster! She was born on October 17, weighed 5 lbs, 1 oz and was 18 inches long. She’s home now with Meredith, Geoff, Chloe and Delilah. This is her Halloween look. Hopefully we’ll get to meet her soon
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Highlights of home
Posted on November 8, 2009 by Dan in family, friends, growing up, travel.So after the Gorge trip, and working a couple of weeks, I headed back to the East Coast for a week. Dan didn’t come with, because when we were making plans, we were unsure about his work stuffs. It ended up being a good thing – he got called for some interviews while I was […]
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