preview

a summary of forthcoming blerg posts: stay on your toes, friends!! there's a lot of catching up to do!

apple picking

halloween - what are our costumes??

election night

thanksgiving

white house christmas tour

christmas

touristing around town

inauguration

inaugural ball

an update in photos

first, steph came for interviews and we did it up right - what fun!

then i went home for the holidays and of course we had to attempt a family photo. also, ask me about redneck sledding sometime.

when visiting my gram, we found some fun childhood pics

and i had eleanor's portraits done by the incomparable mr. zach

then to kansas city for the new year! i absolutely love these girls. i can't say it enough.

"in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed" 

[khalil gibran]

whoa, that was a lot of photos.

this brings us to now - the start of a new semester. there's more to come, but i figured i'd interrupt the quiet of the radio waves to let you know i'm still alive and kicking. talk to you soon!

xoxox,

kate and the princess

mm srry

hi friends. what's up? sorry about the lack of anything substantial lately. usually when i'm out walking about doing my things i compose potential blog posts in my head that sound ahhhwesome, but then when it's time to sit and tap it out, i think of better things i should be doing [sending emails! prepping for teaching! learning things! watching steven colbert and hoping that there will actually be a "south carolina serious, classy republican debate" on animal planet!] and/or i think all the ideas i previously thought up to chat about with you guys would sound LAME in print. this isn't an excuse. i just wanted you to know what is up, and have an excuse to post some more pictures. that's what you're interested in anyway, right?

k and e on the last beautiful day of 2011, watching the clouds roll in 

the things that are easier said than done and my motto for the week:

1. Out of clutter, find simplicity;

2. From discord make harmony; and finally

3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

[albert einstein] 

sister thanksgiving

i'll be back soon, i promise!

birthday epiphany

at first i was sad and annoyed about turning twenty six but then i heard someone complain about how worried they are to turn 25, and that was just annoying. almost as annoying as how i just used numerical values and spelled numbers in the same sentence. i realized that complaining about age just makes a person sound silly and vapid. so i'm excited to be another year older because it is a blessing to be alive - and there is so much good to experience in this world. so yay, and thank you in advance for the wonderful birthday wishes. you should really be wishing my mom happy kate's birthday, because she's the one who had to be filleted open because my stupid placenta implanted over her cervix so i couldn't be delivered naturally. thanks mom! you are #1 and congrats on 26 years of being the best mother!

fourth of july

well, over the fourth of july i headed east to kansas for a family celebration. it was a week full of family, fireworks, and - obviously - fun. i'll let the photos do the talking since i haven't much to say at present (the heat in colorado is currently stifling, but i hear that i have nothing to complain about in comparison to kc and dc)!

i have no excuse

hi y'all. i have absolutely no excuse for being mia for so long via interwebs, phone, text, mail, etc, except that i am lazy. and that is not an excuse, so i don't have an excuse. this is a placeholder for until i get my act together. probably tomorrow!

xoxo,

kate and the dog

happy memorial day!

it's a real scorcher today, folks. 94 degrees and rising (the weather channel says it feels like 99F . . . and they are correct). simply standing on the patio and taking some cute pics of the pooch in her 'merica clothes made beads of sweat cascade from every pore. therefore, i'm not too sad about staying indoors and studying. it does get old hauling my teeny fan from room to room (well, from bedroom to living room and vice versa . . . those are technically the only two rooms i have. haha) though. i'll invest in another [fan] probably, because i hear it only gets hotter from here on out in the lovely district. there's always something to look forward to.

anyway, i wanted to be sure to mention my gratitude to those who have served the the united states in military capacities, especially those who have been and are in combat zones. your sacrifice does not go unrecognized and i thank you so much for combating malevolence in this world. however, i can only keep hoping and praying that someday peaceful discourse will become the order of the day. if we make thoughtful progress toward combating hate with love and showing the world that we can be a respectful and caring nation, then i am convinced that a more peaceful future can be ours. i think we owe that to every man or women who has dedicated their lives to this country.  


if everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. -john lennon