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Old kids on the block 2008-04-08 22:05:27 It’s confirmed. The New Kids on the Block are back. They are having a reunion tour.
If you think that I didn’t have NKOTB sheets when I was little, think again. I got up early Saturday mornings to watch their cartoon, complete with their shar pei dog Nikko. And I also recorded and obsessively watched & [...] Read more:block
Buisness in Boise 2008-04-13 12:59:03 So since I’m currently “under the weather” in the employment arena I have started to do a little work with my father in law until ether he hires me full-time or I find another full-timejob. This meant that I spent the weekend with him up in Boise
and McCall, Idaho running various errands in regards [...]
Cancun countdown 2008-04-20 20:47:52 We are going to Quintana Roo on Cinco de Mayo. Aw-yeah! In true lunatic fashion, my dad had 1 million presents professionally wrapped for a pre-Cancun
party. Phew, not I’ve got the perfect hat to pack.
Try this for Earth Day 08 2008-04-22 11:39:58 One of the biggest problems affecting our planet is over-consumption. Especially prevalent in more affluent countries is the idea that everyone can have everything they can buy even if it is harmful, wasteful, or unnecessary. We have also been taught that progress can only be measured by GDP and that they only way to increase [...] Read more:Earth
Vamos a Mexico! 2008-05-04 19:30:26 Neil has prepared for our voyage to Cancun by buying some new shorts. The closeup view below will give you a glorious view of the brand name of these plaid wonders. Yes, that’s right… Phat Farm. That is an American clothing brand.
Wish us well on our journey. We are going with my entire immediate family. [...] Read more:Mexico
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Cancun=Sunburn 2008-05-10 09:17:27 Well so far we have been running around the Yucatan trying to have the times of our lives. We have visited the ruins of Tulum and Chitzen Itza, swam in a cenote or two, and snorkeled in a sea turtle infested bay. Actually the snorkeling with the turtles has been my favorite part. Although every [...] Read more:Cancun
A sunny place for shady people 2008-05-15 11:29:55 We have returned from our great adventure to the Yucatan peninsula. We stayed in a fantastic beach house in a small town on the “Riviera Maya” called Akumal. It is about 90 minutes south of Cancun, depending on the driver. It was gorgeous and very peaceful.
Our last night in Mexico, we stayed in Cancun in [...] Read more:people
Brother Peter Marries Chrizelle 2008-05-26 00:14:17 [Show as slideshow]
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What can I say more than the wedding was fabulous. Chrizelle, our new sister-in-law is from South Africa and it has been about a year since she and Peter
decided to get married. What they thought would be a 6 month processes to ge Read more:Brother
You’re not a racist 2008-05-29 13:13:04 Today we had a little graduation party for one of the English classes I organized for parents at an elementary school here in Salt Lake.
The students are so sweet.
They bought flowers for the volunteer who teaches the class, Laina. They just kept repeating how grateful they are to be taught and to have the class. [...]
My new hat from my fabulous husband 2008-06-02 14:06:07 Neil went to San Fransisco this weekend for an interview with Greencorps. He spent one day going to antique shops looking for a 1920s hat for me (a recent obsession). He found this 1950s retro hat that was copying the 1920s style.
What a great man!
Graduation Parties 2008-06-05 17:44:06 For the past two weeks I have been putting on little graduation parties at the different elementary schools where I organize English classes for the parents. This is the project I have been working on as an Americorps volunteer for the English Skills Learning Center, a private non-profit in Salt Lake. The idea is to [...]
Multi-tasking if for the birds 2008-06-12 13:40:24 Do you ever just feel so busy that you take a few seconds to lay on the floor & wish you had some free time? Yeah, me too. Read more:Multi
The post is late, San Fransisco still is great 2008-06-15 16:25:42 So a few weeks ago I went to San Francisco for an interview weekend with Green Corps an environmental activism group that leads environmental campaigns throughout the US. The weekend interview included public speaking, canvasing, two personal interviews, a mock campaign planning, and a handful of social events. It turns out I did not get a position with Green Corps, [...]
A revolutionary party 2008-06-18 12:37:41
It gives me a little extra confidence to know that in a pinch Neil and I can come up with costumes for Susan B. Anthony & Emiliano Zapata exclusively from items in our closet. Every house needs a costume closet, and ours just happens to be inseparable from our normal one.
Our friend Ash turned 26 [...]
I am actually tempted to have a child 2008-07-03 11:10:41 A brilliant woman has created the most amazing dollhouse ever for her daughter. This excellent creativity almost makes me want a little girl so I can make insane craft projects for her to play with. (Emphasis on the “almost.”) Read more:child
French-fries, Fine Art and Curse of Crowds 2008-07-01 21:35:58 Kate and I went to the SLC Art’s Festival with some friends. By far the best part of the festival was 3 sweet sweet pounds of deep fried glory. I’m so glad potatoes are vegetables. Well we went into the festival thinking it would be more of an art show then an art shopping mall, [...] Read more:Crowds
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What’s in a name? 2008-06-27 11:03:31 Apparently there are 657 other Kathleen Kellys in the world.
HowManyOfMe.com
There are
658
people with my name in the U.S.A.
How many have your name?
Neil Ransom, on the other hand, is much more unique. Bugger!
HowManyOfMe.com
There are
7
people with my name in the U.S.A.
How many have your name?
It’s getting hot in here 2008-06-24 13:43:39 Does anyone else remember that just three weeks ago Utah was a chilly wintry wonderland, snow was still falling in the mountains and my apartment was the loveliest of temperatures and then all of a sudden as if over night it’s 92° outside and my apartment feels like the impact zone of a [...]
I love you seven 2008-07-18 00:03:46 My little friend Fadia is five. She is from Iraq. She’s been in the US for almost two months. She learned how to say, “I love you” and was very confused when I answered “I love you too.” She paused and replied, “I love you seven.” Now she always accompanies “I love you” with a [...]
Waste of Time, Waste of Money, Waste of Waste 2008-07-14 16:20:55 Kate and I just moved from our apartment in Salt Lake to her parent’s house in Provo for a few weeks before we make the big move to San Diego. Every time we move I’m sadly reminded of how much junk we’ve accumulated and how much time we waste dealing with it. Cleaning out our [...] Read more:Money
Two first time 4th of Julyers 2008-07-08 15:19:56 This 4th of July was extra special because we had a few people celebrating with us who’ve just recently immigrated to the US and were participating the Nation’s independence for the 1st time. Our sister-in-law, Chrizelle, came to the US on a spouse visa and has only been here for a few months. She and [...]
So long, farewell 2008-08-03 15:26:55 We had an excellent good bye party with many great & dear friends & excellent presents from my dad (see above). We had some stellar veggie burgers that we learned how to make on Guy’s Fieri’s show on the food network (due to my mom’s obsession with said network). Here’s the recipe if you want [...]
Testing the San Diego Water 2008-07-30 00:07:16 The ocean is great but the drinking water is a little thick and minerally for me. Kate and I went down to San Diego
last weekend with her brother Matt and his girlfriend, Sarah, to search for apartments and get things ready for our big move down there on the 5th of August. We had a lot of fun.
We camped at a [...] Read more:San Diego
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DO NOT EAT HERE! 2008-07-25 13:20:25 If you’re ever driving from Las Vegas to LA or San Diego and need to eat something at Baker, CA. What ever you do, DON’T EAT AT THE MAD GREEK. We got suckered in on our way down to San Diego because of the 4,000 billboards between Las Vegas and Baker advertising the place. It [...]
Nader coming to SLC! 2008-07-23 14:29:41
Neil & are stoked that we will be here for Nader’s visit to SL this time. Neil made up this flyer & others for the event. If you are in Utah… COME!
Unsafe at any height 2008-08-19 00:04:22 In an effort to make our little apartment seem bigger we hatched a plan (with the help of my dad, who is always involved in all insane schemes) to build a loft bed. This loft bed project turned out to be quite the undertaking and in the end grew to be an 8 foot high [...]
I may, or may not, have lice 2008-08-14 23:19:05 That’s right. I faced my biggest actual fear today in Tijuana. We went with Spectrum Ministries to do a “bathhouse ministry” today in the La Bola neighborhood of Tijuana. We went to give showers, clothes & shoes to about 200 kids. Despite my mortal fear of body bugs, I took the job of lice remover. [...]
Less than a week in CA & we’ve already been to Disneyland 2008-08-12 15:47:33 Yep, that’s right folks this is a picture of us on a ride at…Disneyland
. We were there from 9am to 12pm on Saturday. Why? Our friends the Hasans came to visit us from Salt Lake & it is extremely difficult to convince a family of 7 from Iraq with small children that Disneyland is not [...]
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