Kara & Michael’s Blog

About a year ago, I bought a Flat Fold Colander, which you can see Cathy Mitchell pitching on TV here. It was a good purchase, because it was six bucks, it performs as advertised, and it hasn’t broken yet.
But I am not here to extol the virtues of the Flat Fold Colander, diverse though they [...]

Michael and I have been talking a lot about how we probably come off as bitter old fogies on this blog – or worse, spastically angry people with completely irrational moods.
Well, we’re all those things, but we still like some stuff. A lot of stuff. There wouldn’t be much point to living if you didn’t [...]

I’d just like to announce my new project at LieDuJour.com, in which I will tell you a new lie every day. That is all.
EDIT: I should clarify that this post is not a lie. The site does exist.

Well, I officially heart Zappos.com.
Kara and I have raved about the comfort of the Earth shoes that we’ve now both bought. The negative heel construction is an amazing thing. Unfortunately, their quality of construction is poor, as I found out today.
The right shoe of my four-month-old pair has developed a crack that goes all the [...]

Michael and I received our Wii Fit on Thursday, but didn’t get to do much other than register ourselves and do a few of the exercises.
Wii Fit comes with a balance board you set on the floor. The board calibrates itself to your weight and based on the weight on the sensors, can tell [...]

While Michael and I are going into the locavore nonsense, I thought I’d bring up etsy.com as a great resource for supporting local artisans and for finding homemade, interesting gifts for loved ones.  I have linked previously to an etsy store run by a young woman in Japan (From Japan With Love’s store), but I’d [...]

Today, after I managed to convince myself it couldn’t be that cold outside of my down comforter (side note: it was colder than that), I weighed myself first thing and then went skipping into the kitchen where Michael was preparing our lunch and snacks for the work day. I have lost exactly 10 pounds from [...]

Today, Michael and I woke up at the butt-crack of rain to head out to the Farmer’s Market at Harry S Truman Parkway and Riva Road. We had a few reasons to head out:
1. To see what sort of produce they had so early in the season.
2. To find some sort of preserves or something [...]

I don’t usually make this sort of post, but in this case I just had to.
Someone out there has created a brief recorded message that is, to put it simply, one of the most amazing and inspirational things I’ve ever heard. It’s worth a minute of your time to call this number and listen:
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Howdy, loyal readers. Michael and I have been working on the Gallery we have, and there are a few things up. Feel free to peruse it here. In order to see permission-protected galleries for family and friend pictures, you’ll need to set up a login and have us grant you permission.
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