Kari's Facebook Posts
2013


 

May 12, 2013 9:44:01 pm

and of course I am working on the graduation pictures! give me another half hour....

 

Oct 27, 2013 8:29:51 pm

It's been a good weekend if you feel like you have to go back to work to recover! Had a camp fire with Mike Friday night, HW and the party Saturday, ran a bunch of errands this morning, and had a great time hanging out with Diana Mann! We went to the local theater to see an awesome production of "I never promised you a rose garden". Following that, we attended the retirement ceremony and party for the theater's founders. They will be missed! Hopefully, the new management will keep the theater alive and vibrant here in Golden. and the weekend ends on a melancholy note. We'll miss Lou Reed terribly, loved getting to see him live... I've had this song running through my head since Mike showed me Jarl's text with the news this morning.... Here ya go, for those who don't know it, it's worth a few minutes Lou Reed - Set the Twilight Reeling

 

Timeline photos
Mike has many challenges in completing his dissertation...not the least of which is that Chloe thinks he should be done by now.
M
Mar 09, 2013 3:22:48 pm
Kari S Sanders added a new photo.
Timeline photos
I washed the dining room carpet this afternoon. Chloe sat on her condo the whole time, scowling "I'm insulted". ...to which I could only say "You should be, pukey." The carpet was due for a spring cleaning, but hairball season forced my hand on timing.
I washed the dining room carpet this afternoon. Chloe sat on her condo the whole time, scowling "I'm insulted". ...to which I could only say "You should be, pukey." The carpet was due for a spring cleaning, but hairball season forced my hand on timing.
Apr 20, 2013 2:01:49 pm
Kari S Sanders added a new photo.
Timeline photos
hooray for blankets! (especially when it's snowing outside)
hooray for blankets! (especially when it's snowing outside)
Apr 22, 2013 8:39:19 pm
Kari S Sanders added a new photo.
Timeline photos
and of course I am working on the graduation pictures! give me another half hour....
and of course I am working on the graduation pictures! give me another half hour....
May 12, 2013 9:44:01 pm
Kari S Sanders added a new photo.
Timeline photos
*sigh* It's all about perspective. I logged on to facebook to share my woe that my thyroid treatment has been postponed til January in order to increase the Metformin dose..... but I've waited 18 years for this promised thyroid treatment and I can wait another 3 months. The bigger news is - well, some of you remember that my friend, Kathie, was murdered in June 2012. It's been a long road toward a trial.... but jury selection starts tomorrow. I doubt even a conviction or knowing the truth will help my heart heal. I still miss her....
*sigh* It's all about perspective. I logged on to facebook to share my woe that my thyroid treatment has been postponed til January in order to increase the Metformin dose..... but I've waited 18 years for this promised thyroid treatment and I can wait another 3 months.
The bigger news is - well, some of you remember that my friend, Kathie, was murdered in June 2012. It's been a long road toward a trial.... but jury selection starts tomorrow. I doubt even a conviction or knowing the truth will help my heart heal. I still miss her....
Oct 01, 2013 4:39:09 pm

Brought some stuff to the cat care society today, based on their dire needs list from facebook. I got there just as they were discussing what to do about their lack of paper towels working spray bottles - the lady looked up at me and what I was holding, and said "Oh my gosh! You saw our list! We were just trying to figure out what to do."

Always fun to stop by CCS - I got to meet several cats, one of whom is a bandana head like Chloe who tried to claim the pile of paper towels for himself. (the cat care society marks the cats who bite with bandanas) He was sitting on top of the pile, chewing the packaging, and someone behind the desk literally had to tip the pile to get him off. (being a bandana head like Chloe, he was not responding positively to being picked up or shooed off)
Dec 31, 2013 2:54:00 pm

Had a wonderful time at the Denver Zoo Lights display - in part because I had such good company! Many thanks to all who braved the cold to be there (and a special thanks to the 5 kids who were so well behaved!) - with my hubby, Terry and Gwenn Sanders, Rannae Sanders Lyon, Maddie, Val, Danielle Korosec, Will, Hannah, and Xzasha
Dec 30, 2013 9:56:16 pm
just made the last tuition payment for my MBA. March 3rd - here I come! but after this lovely break, getting restarted for the last class is going to be painful... don't worry, ya'll will probably hear alllll about it. ;>)
Dec 30, 2013 10:09:47 am
The holidays are wrapping up- my bro made is back to SoCal without any trouble - well, except that weather and traffic made it an 18 1/2 hour trip. My parents are heading back to Florida in a few days (yes,Michele, you get them back-and for ~ 6 months this time!)
Dec 30, 2013 8:48:32 am
Ham soup receipt from the Solstice Party (which I promised to provide and am delinquent on)

I put the following in a dutch oven on low heat for ~8 hours.

ham bone
~0.7 lb beans (Safeway soup mix- make sure you soak them ahead of time at least for a little bit to get off some of their beaniness. I soaked them for about an hour)
chopped ham (recipe calls for 1.5 cups, I usually add more than that)
2 quarts chicken broth
6 cloves garlic
1 large white onion
potatoes (I used 4 for the solstice soup)
carrots (I used 1 lb)
celery (I used 8 stalks)
ground black pepper
rosemary
thyme
1 large can diced tomatoes (I used safeway brand)
Penzey's Jerk Pork seasoning (the closest I could find to the Creole seasoning the orig recipe called for)... I use the "dump it in, wait a few hours, taste it, add more" method. I think it amounted to a couple of tablespoons

and you might say "but the beans come in a 1lb package". Yes, I soaked the full pound, and put the beans I didn't use in a freezer container with some water. They freeze quite well that way.
Dec 25, 2013 5:00:55 pm
What a weekend! I had a 5-day weekend... it started with a Solstice Party on Saturday - smaller party than last year, what with it not being the end of the world and me wanting a small enough gathering that I could spend time with everyone. It worked out wonderfully!

On Sunday, Diana and I went to the Nutcracker ballet with Maddie, Val and my parents. Many thanks go to Diana for helping with the driving. It was a wonderful show put on by the Longmont Dance Theater. By the third act, I think Maddie and Val were hooked. Maddie was focused on the story, Val was sitting on my dad's lap (hard for her to see otherwise) and was partly focused on the conductor and orchestra. My mom won a basket in the silent auction for the girls, and she also bought them some ornaments.

Monday was a quiet day - visited with my parents and bro once my bro got into town (he drove from SoCal with his dogs).

We had breakfast with my family on Christmas Eve - yummy home fries. Then we went to Mike's grandma's for dinner on Christmas Eve. It was a wonderful gathering - everyone seemed so happy and we all had fun. (and I have pictures)

This morning, we had breakfast at Mike's sister's house and opened presents. This afternoon, sadly, we are missing the family dinner at Mark & Bella's because my hubby has a stomach bug (he was sick this morning, too, but didn't want to miss watching Maddie & Val open gifts. Hopefully, he didn't infect anyone.) I'll find something simple to make for dinner. On the bright side, I now have time for updating the web site. :) pictures coming your way!
Dec 25, 2013 3:46:53 pm
Happy solstice! Joyous yule! Listening to the sex pistols while making ham soup for tonight's party. Chloe is running around the house like "...and I want to be .. anarchy" :)
Dec 21, 2013 10:41:42 am
I have a little fuzzy audience for tree decorating. She must be thinking "hurry up with my tree!"
Dec 19, 2013 9:23:42 pm
So long, Class #13 of 14! I am now off from school until January 6th.
*dance* *dance* *dance*
Dec 15, 2013 10:54:37 am
yeesh -I'd be done with these slides by now if it weren't for all these pesky references
Dec 15, 2013 10:30:02 am
have a nice day so far! Worked on my paper this morning, and Mike worked on graphics for the text book. He has now completed 94 of them- roughly 20 more to go. We went to Daniel's birthday party and then to Mike's parents' house for a Christmas party with his mom's side of the family. I have lots of pictures.....

but those will have to wait until after I get my paper & slides done. I'm down to the recommendations and conclusions section on the paper.
Dec 14, 2013 7:02:11 pm
Mariah has asked me to list 10 fact about my relationship with Mike... I don't usually play these games, but just for Mariah....

1) I met Mike on the tour my dad and I took of the Colorado School of Mines, March 11, 1993.

2) After school started, Mike asked several people if they had seen "the little girl from New York" - with no luck. I found him outside the Chemistry building at Mines. He gave me his phone number, and I called him during a band practice. Jarl made fun of him the whole time.

3) We had our first date on October 11, 1993 at the T-Wa Inn.

4) We had a second date at a Spanish restaurant and I complained that the garlic in the food was burning my tongue. He made it his mission to get me more accustomed to spicy food, but now worries he did too good a job.

5) We started living together within days of our first date. My friend, Laurie, always said it felt like we had one date and got married.

6) We first talked about getting married on a camping trip to the Great Sand Dunes in 1995, but never formally announced an engagement. It's just not how we roll.

7) We always said we had no particular interest in getting married. One day in the fall of 1997, Mike came home and said, as he passed through the kitchen, "We should get married". He has joked he'd never tell me anything like that again - cause now he knows I'll call his mom and make it happen.

8) It turns out we do everything in 11's - we were married on July 11th.

9) We don't exchange gifts at Christmas - we go shopping together for expensive things that we'd rather buy together.

10) He does more around the house than anyone ever gives him credit for. Those who know us well know I would be lost without him. :)

(and you're allowed to comment on this - I won't give you an assignment)
Dec 14, 2013 10:25:46 am
Many thanks to Rannae Sanders Lyon and Gwenn Sanders for dinner tonight! It was fun to take a break and see everyone while they were doing cookie decorating (my parents, Bella, Maddie, Val, Hannah, my hubby, Rannae, Danielle, Gwenn and Terry - it was a party!)

spent the rest of the evening slowly and painstakingly making progress on my final paper. I'm about a third done with it.
Dec 11, 2013 9:37:42 pm
Yay for the Broncos! Yay for the end of Week 7 for Class 13 of 14!

..and now I embark on the last week of my class. 4 things to read, 1 discussion post, 1 short paper on ethics, my final paper, and some slides to go with my final paper.
Dec 08, 2013 5:35:46 pm
bird food = catertainment. I restocked on food for all my cold hungry friends outside this morning. The crows are strutting around with their peanuts (crows LOVE peanuts), the little birds are busy, and Chloe is back to working on how to turn her eyes into laser deathrays.
Dec 07, 2013 11:38:51 am
*laughing* In this week's threaded discussion for my class, my professor was puzzled that I mentioned some software work I was doing "around the turn of the century"... he questioned it as if I were bonkers, so I responded:

I love that phrase! It's true, you know. Kids who were born at the turn of the century (when we thought Y2K would destroy the world) are now almost 14. Makes me feel old - so I decided to embrace it and use the phrase on a regular basis to mean what it really means - since it no longer applies to the year 1900.
Dec 05, 2013 6:28:21 pm

RIP Nelson Mandela. I was sad to see that in the news when I got home, but the world was sure lucky to have such an awesome man for guidance.

Dec 05, 2013 6:12:39 pm
This week's fun is a 206 page SEC report on "Interactive Data to Improve Financial Reporting".... time to break out my skimming skills. I am not reading this one cover to cover. :>o
Dec 03, 2013 8:37:41 pm
I woke up to the sound of a cat puking... but the rest of the day has been better! Wearing one of my old pairs of jeans thanks to ~25 lbs gone since August.
Dec 03, 2013 5:51:09 pm
*whew* Did a little shopping for all the kids this morning, called my great aunt to wish her a happy 89th birthday, and spent the afternoon working on the electric zoo-2013 edition. I have everything up except the zebra, elephant, raptor (he offers a present to passers by, but I wouldn't take it), peacock, frog, cow, and snowman. but that can wait until tomorrow!

time to get cleaned up and clean the bathroom. My parents and bro are coming over tonight to watch a movie.
Nov 30, 2013 3:20:11 pm
We had a lovely Thanksgiving Part 2 at Mike's parents' house today - with my family, Rannae, Maddie, Val, Josh & Danielle with Hannah & Will & Will's friend Sasha, Uncle Dale, Casey, Jay, Dave and Nancy! We ha a house-full again. Lots of good food and a good time had by all. Many thanks to Gwenn and Terry for their hospitality - 2 nights in a row!
Nov 29, 2013 9:21:27 pm
Thanksgiving pictures plus videos of Maddie & Val reading:
(with Terry & Gwenn Sanders, Rannae Sanders Lyon, Nancy Vasconcellos Kerbaugh, Schlep Schlep, Mike Rawluk, Travis Kerbaugh, Scott Kerbaugh)

http://www.mksanders.com/2013pics/Thanksgiving_28Nov2013.html
Nov 28, 2013 9:36:46 pm
had a pleasant day today. Got some school work done, spent 2 hours visiting avec mes parents - just chatting. Mike and I went back tonight for an hour or so to visit with my parents & bro & his two dogs. He drove from SoCal and arrived around dinner time tonight.
Nov 26, 2013 10:06:19 pm
all tucked in today - lean pocket in the toaster over, buffalo & pork ribs in the crock pot for dinner, and I'm reading a 71 page paper from the SEC on its plan to migrate to principles-based accounting for this week's assignment. This may require caffeine.
Nov 26, 2013 11:20:24 am
Hello, 6 day weekend!
Nov 25, 2013 8:12:27 pm
lovely day thus far! We had a nice lunch with my parents at Old Chicago's. I did some grocery shopping afterward and picked out gifts for the Angel Tree at work. Always hard buying gifts for people you don't know, but I hope they will be well liked! Now, I've got beets cooking for dinner (there will be other stuff for dinner besides beets, promise) and am getting settled in for the Broncos game @ 6:30. Go Broncos!
Nov 24, 2013 5:18:22 pm
That may have been the least inspired paper I have turned in for my MBA classes... but so ends Week 5 of 8 for Class#13 of 14. Class ends on Dec 15th... almost there!
Nov 23, 2013 3:37:47 pm
Mike's been hanging out with me too long. We've got his & hers computers in the study, where we're both working tonight. He's been doing the graphics for the textbook - I think he's up to chapter 5 or 6 now. He said "I think I'm going to stop for the night"...closed the graphics stuff and then opened up Mathematica to work on his lab data analysis.
Nov 22, 2013 9:10:50 pm
my parents are back in Golden for the holidays! :)
Nov 18, 2013 5:16:44 pm
I am loving the workload for class #13 of 14! I haven't done much this week, except for one discussion post Tues night... and yet I am not behind! how awesome is that? home early - and now it's time to do discussion post #2, then my paper.
Nov 15, 2013 4:27:34 pm
went to see Nine Inch Nails last night with Mike and Jarl. Good show! Excellent light effects, as has become usual for Trent. Lots of good songs. Some of the new stuff in the middle lacked pizazz. But all in all, pretty good for someone who is "retired". (The last show we saw, Trent was planning to retire forever... again) I am surprisingly awake this morning after 5 1/2 hrs of sleep. We'll see how long it lasts :)
Nov 14, 2013 6:59:14 am
Just over 20 years ago, a doctor told me I was too old to keep getting ear infections. How I wish he had been right :>/
Nov 10, 2013 11:00:03 pm
Sometimes, I go to steal a paragraph I wrote for another paper and think "did I really turn that in?" I just found a paragraph that leads off with an incomplete sentence - incomplete in the sense that it is missing a noun and makes no sense. d'oh! The version of it that appears in this week's paper will be better.
Nov 09, 2013 4:23:36 pm
Mike's busy taking care of me today. I am a clutter-tastic person. Clutter explodes wherever I go. While he was working on his graduate degrees, he wasn't countering the tide. :>o Today, he is starting by cleaning inside my car and re-doing the organization of one of our storage closets. :)
Nov 09, 2013 3:07:21 pm
It's a beautiful weekend! ....but I picked up a cold with a nasty sore throat. :>/ On the plus side, I am way ahead on my HW and have lots of leftovers in the fridge, so I don't have to worry about cooking.
Nov 09, 2013 10:35:03 am
Nuggets win! It turns out Tim is better luck than I am for Nuggets games. :)

It's been a long evening - went to have an ultrasound done to check my thyroid nodules this afternoon, which meant I got home early. Mike and I had a nice dinner at Ali Baba's (mmm.. lamb shank, hummus...) He went to the Nuggets game, and I've been getting quite a bit of homework done.
Nov 07, 2013 9:48:39 pm
Mike got a little chuckle when I came out to the kitchen to stir the chili and announced - "my little sad parade has ended and I am half way done with my paper". yes, I can be queen of the pity party but caffeine + chocolate + time snapped me out of it. :) just 3 more sections to write...
Nov 03, 2013 5:19:36 pm
Many congratulations to Jarl Anderson and Christy Tidd on the arrival of their daughter, Katrina Simone! Looking forward to seeing you guys later!
Nov 03, 2013 9:30:27 am
Many thanks to Tim and Becky for a very nice party tonight - it was nice to finally get to see their house! (Happy belated house warming)
Nov 02, 2013 10:35:51 pm
went to the Nuggets game with Mike last night - oy vey. I hope for Mike & Jarl's sake that the rest of the season is better. but it was nice to spend some time with my hubby. I did the grocery shopping this am, including getting pies for Tim & Becky's party, and paid bills and such. Mike and I took care of some leaves this afternoon. and now it's HW time....
Nov 02, 2013 2:35:18 pm
Happy Halloween! Happy Samhain!
Oct 31, 2013 3:59:38 pm
Just got back from an awesome concert at the Gothic Theater - we saw Living Color! It was the 25th anniversary tour for their album, Vivid. Holy canoli- you wouldn't know it had been 25 years by the way they sounded! Excellent show. We are looking forward to their new album and associated tour in 2014!
Oct 31, 2013 12:12:42 am
Halloween lights are up! Candy is on the candy plate by the door! The pumpkin is partially eaten by my carving helper, Mr. Squirrel. I'll find something artistic to do with it.

..but for now, back to HW. Remember the last class when I was complaining that there was nothing I could ever do to get a better grade? Well, there is balance in the universe. My first paper for the new class got a 100% with a note that from the professor that I did such a great job, he's worried I'll burn myself out before the class ends. I'd hate to tell him I did the least work last week on MBA stuff than I have done in months! but this sounds like a good class to have through the start of the holidays! woo hoo!
Oct 29, 2013 9:14:50 pm
went to a nice dinner tonight -the annual Physics Department banquet at Mines. During this dinner, alumni, current department students, and professors meet with new physics majors to answer their questions about the department, careers, options and pitfalls, whatever comes up. Tonight, I spent most of my time talking with one student, but she had a lot of questions! I walked away feeling like I had been helpful. :)

Oct 28, 2013 10:07:15 pm

Happy 8th Birthday to our fuzzy cat!

(who is lucky to not be in more trouble than she currently is.
I woke up at 4:45 to the sound of something hitting the floor. I walked into the study to find my eyeglasses case on the floor, and a chewed up camera case - with new camera inside - hanging off the edge of the desk.)
Oct 27, 2013 7:10:13 am

We had a very nice time at Danielle & Josh's Halloween party! All the kids looked cute in their costumes. :)

..back to this week's paper


Oct 26, 2013 8:11:42 pm

I'm looking for something I wrote in a past paper so I can reuse it for this week's HW assignment, and I have realized I copy-paste from my own papers *A LOT*. I have thus far found the same phrase & reference reused in 7 different papers. (not the one I am looking for, but it's a similar topic, so it keeps popping up)
Oct 26, 2013 2:15:56 pm

Status update: Metformin and I don't always get along, but it's doing something right. I've lost 17 pounds since I started taking it in August - no special diets, no special exercise program. It just melted away like magic.

Oct 24, 2013 7:30:59 am

fish out of water... my new class on controllership has 15 students -14 finance majors and me. but I'm sure I'll learn a lot. They all have a lot of experience and some of them are even corporate controllers.
>Oct 23, 2013 8:06:18 pm

Other than feeling a little tired (probably fighting off the cold that's going round), today was a good day! I officially got an A on Class #12of 14.

Mike's former-advisor-now-boss got funding for his text book project! Mike is doing all the graphics and is going to get paid for doing them. Poor guy - was a graphic artist, went and got a phd, still doing graphics. ;>) *grin* I think he enjoys this project quite a bit, actually. Scientific graphics are way better than invitations for corporate events where they make you put red text over your beautiful artwork.

Mike's also doing well with his post-doc project. He started a new project in June after he graduated. There was a lot of difficulty this summer getting the water system for the experimental setup to run. The first pump Mike ordered didn't work right. He has a new pump now, and things are going well. The scientist in charge with his work (who was on his committee) is very pleased with his work. Mike's never pleased with his work, but I promise it's going well.... the pain of being an artist at heart. :)
Oct 22, 2013 8:45:33 pm

... and people will continue to be wary around clowns....

"Killer 'clowns' murder Mexican ex-drug capo"
"Gunmen disguised as clowns at a children's party shot dead the eldest brother of Mexico's once powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel family, authorities said Saturday."

http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-ex-drug-lord-shot-dead-100117008.html

Oct 20, 2013 3:56:12 pm

I can always have peace of mind when using the Roomba - it has a highly qualified supervisor.

Chloe just can't help herself. :)

Oct 19, 2013 6:03:10 pm

For those who have been keeping track - - the annual expansion of "Kari's Electric Zoo" for 2013 is.......
a frog and a peacock. (from Lowe's)
Oct 19, 2013 3:43:12 pm

We had a nice time at a party with people I work with last night! It's always cool to get to know new people. Looking forward to hanging out with them again.

final paper for Class #12 is coming together nicely. Starting class #13 (Controllership) today.
Oct 19, 2013 10:26:06 am
snow! I wasn't expecting to wake up to a blanket of white!
(no, I haven't been checking weather forecasts)
Oct 18, 2013 6:32:28 am
Mike says the scariest part about Halloween is how spoiled all the children I know are. Took a break from my final paper & went shopping tonight. I now have gift bags set up for Maddie, Valerie, Will, Hannah, Clara, and Daniel. It's kind of a family tradition - Eleanor used to always buy special gifts and treats for me and my brother for Halloween. :)
Oct 17, 2013 10:07:33 pm
My MBA team seems to also have senioritis....been oddly quiet this week. I may have to make some phone calls to remind them we have a paper due this weekend. :>/ I'll give it one more day.
Oct 16, 2013 8:39:58 pm
Many congrats to my bro (Mike Rawluk) for passing his real estate exam!
Oct 15, 2013 6:25:11 pm
just registered for my last MBA class! Now, I can officially say that I should be done March 3rd.
Oct 14, 2013 6:36:49 am
Go Broncos! (I'm multi-tasking- still working on the paper, too. ...working-ish? I'm about 2/3 done, 4 more topics to cover.)
Oct 13, 2013 2:51:17 pm
homework, homework, homework. Yesterday, I spent some time working on my Week 7 paper as well as cleaning up the team paper for Week 8. (Luckily, we got an extension on the Week 8 team paper - it's now due Sunday instead of Wed. Not happy about having HW next weekend, but it's for the best) This morning, I'm back to working on the Week 7 paper that is due tonight. The good news is that Class 12 of 14 is almost over.
Oct 13, 2013 9:43:32 am
On a lighter note, Mike and I celebrate 2 anniversaries every year - one for our wedding and one for all the time he was my "cohabitating spouse-like relation" (yeah, that's a quote from paperwork at work back in the day, where they felt the need to characterize our relationship in more detail)

Anyhow, October 11 makes 20 YEARS! 20 years together and looking forward to many more.
Oct 10, 2013 8:03:17 pm
*sigh* Word has it the trial should wrap up tomorrow afternoon.

http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/226523711.html
Oct 10, 2013 7:32:38 pm
had a very enjoyable dinner! Rannae brought over Chinese food and 2 happy girls! They made me laugh - they're not used to be here when the house isn't full of people, so they went exploring to see what it looked like. And we bought some stuff for their school fundraiser. :)
Oct 09, 2013 10:24:29 pm
For anyone who's interested, here's the Denver Rescue Mission's wish list:

http://amzn.to/19zJqrP
Oct 09, 2013 10:22:39 pm
Chloe had a little adventure today. That yellow jacket nest I've been meaning to wipe off the planet? should've done that a while back. She ate one today - Mike said it made her mouth get puffy and she was drooling everywhere. The vet recommended some children's Benadryl, and luckily Rannae Sanders Lyon was able to come to the rescue! ...though I hear our youngest niece was quite upset about seeing the cat in less than perfect form.
Oct 07, 2013 7:54:57 pm
sports whiplash- we went from a heated Broncos game to thinking about basketball - time for the Nuggets Season ticket draw! (We split season tickets with the Loye family) Mike, Jarl, and I had a lovely evening with the Loyes. We went to their daughter's new condo downtown for dinner. She made chicken parm with spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread. For dessert, she made poached pears with a marzipan topping-very tasty! Lots of good conversation. The list of games is split and we have our share of the tickets. Go Nuggets!
Oct 06, 2013 10:32:55 pm
looks like the Broncos defense decided to take the day off. my poor tortured hubby

Oct 06, 2013 5:18:44 pm>

buffalo meatloaf baking in the oven... (I smelled something at work this week that reminded me of meatloaf. I doubt it was actually meatloaf, but it planted the idea. So, now we'll have some for dinners & lunches.)

ok, back to the last section of this week's paper.


Oct 06, 2013 2:16:09 pm
Well, I think I've done everything but work on my case study write up. This morning, I did our finances - updated 401k investments, updated Quicken, paid bills, and updated the annual budget to get a more accurate ETC for the calendar year. I had a nice chat with my parents, took the cat outside for a walk, checked on my parents' house, went grocery shopping, coordinated with my MBA team and directed next steps on our team project, and started a roast for dinner.

There was something else to do... oh, right - homework. *sigh*

Oct 05, 2013 4:06:21 pm
Mike's playing the new Ministry album for me while I am working on a case study for my class....it's like they've been watching Metalocalypse. :) That's brutal
Oct 04, 2013 7:53:32 pm
The buffalo is here! and all tucked into our freezer. I've got pictures. (to be posted after I do my MBA HW - my group project inputs are due @6)
Sep 28, 2013 12:23:21 pm

We had a nice time at the Mines event tonight. They did a great job with the event - nice music, nice food. We laughed that we were at the "kid's table" with the younger donors. Mines has big plans for the future - they are doing $320M in fundraising for a new building, scholarships and other things for the school.

After the event, we waited a while for the belated Golden 4th of July fireworks and had a nice conversation sitting in the car, but I eventually had to take my poor sick hubby home. He picked up a bug on the way back from Florida and is quite under the weather. (like neither Nyquil nor scotch can help him get any sleep kind of under the weather)

Sep 27, 2013 10:13:45 pm

You know you spend too much time in a completely virtualized classroom environment when the email from a teammate setting up a telecon closes with "see you there at 8"
Sep 26, 2013 7:48:57 pm

back after a quick trip to Florida! gonna be a long day- our plane got in pretty later
Sep 23, 2013 7:18:24 am

I can comfortably say I'm about 1/2 way with my Week 4 paper. never as far along as planned, but reasonable progress. but the best part of being home is getting to spend time with my hubby (and Chloe... Chloe won't let me forget her. She's been quite the noodge today)
Sep 18, 2013 5:16:07 pm

*sigh* My professor seems to have very low reading comprehension. He may a note at how I'm a very good student blah blah blah... but I got an A- for not including things in my paper that were really pretty blatant and even had their own section headings. I think this is one of those scenarios where all I can do is report it at the end of the term on the class evaluation with the hope others do the same. He seems to try, but just doesn't read well enough to be grading papers.
Sep 17, 2013 9:12:31 pm

Last updated 23Nov2022