Kara & Michael’s Blog

I have weird feet. Understand that I am the kind of person who, when given the opportunity to go barefoot or wear shoes, goes barefoot. I’ve always felt that shoes have contorted my feet. I would rather work out in bare feet than wear shoes because at least if I work out in bare feet, [...]

Michael and I spent the evening yesterday cleaning out the kitchen, doing laundry and taking out trash. My personal cleaning project was the fridge. I discovered some moldy cucumbers in our crisper and the liquid on my fingers made me decide to clean out our crisper drawers and clean the shelves in the fridge. It [...]

Michael and I have had this antique sofa for a while now. I made us buy it because I’m the kind of person who likes old, horrific looking pieces of furniture. We drove an hour away, paid eighty bucks and hauled it back home. The good news is that the arms and back are remove-able, [...]

Memorable Moments from our “stay-cation”

Stumbling into the National Garden to waste an hour before the VOA tour.
The VOA tour. Seriously, you should go if you haven’t been. So interesting.
Touching a “sensitive plant” and watching its leaves curl up, then feeling bad for touching it.
Chasing pigeons on the walk to our hotel from metro… every day.
Splitting [...]

Our lemon tree started getting clusters of buds a week or two ago and I mentioned it here. I am pleased to present two full-out blossoms that smell delightful, a bit like honeysuckle. I took Inari outside and made her sniff one and she liked it so much she came out from the experience with [...]

I’ve spoken a few times about how I fell victim to a phishing scam as a direct result of my utter and complete stupidity and lack of forethought. I was not so much threatened by the internet as by my own sleep-deprived decision making skills. I was angry and I was also pretty embarrassed because… [...]

It’s getting to be Fall, and our plants are drooping with fruit. Well, they’re not really drooping, and most of them aren’t really fruiting too much.
Our Brandywine tomato plant, despite its lack of sun, is managing to ripen several fruits. The flavor of the tomato is incredible… umami to the extreme.
Our cayenne is producing like [...]

Michael has demanded I post this picture of Inari in the blog. Picture this thing nudging you awake in the morning and try not to be a little terrified.
We’ve been getting a lot of bugs in the house lately - big old flies, little bitty wasps… Inari has been taking care of most of them. [...]

I went out with a friend from my childhood this weekend. We manage to go out probably a couple times a year now, since I live an hour or so away and with work and family and relationships, it seems harder to find time. But after a lunch at micro-brewery type place, we ended up [...]

If you’ve never come with me to a grocery store or to pick up produce, you will have no idea how positively anal I am about fruits and veggies. I had never really eaten many fruits or vegetables when I began working at my first job at an orchard. I learned to spy what decay [...]