http://karenmichelle.net Thu, 15 May 2008 20:54:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I've been a little neglectful of my blog lately...no, I take that back. I've been neglectful of -this- blog, simply because I've had so many writing irons in the fire, I haven't had the time to come here to write lately. It feels good to actually be writing again. It's ... http://karenmichelle.net/sorry/ I find it a terribly cruel and cold twist of fate that a wonderful young man I know is suffering from Hodgkins. He's faced it head on and battled hard, taking a long series of chemotheraphy treatments. His test results just came back and there's been little change so he's ... http://karenmichelle.net/why/ As I noted over on my work blog I registered today to participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day in Seattle in September. It's a sixty mile (yes 60 mile) walk over three days. I’ll be part of the team “Affiliate Marketers Worldwide” with Missy Ward of Affiliate Summit, Jen Goode, ... http://karenmichelle.net/3-day-60-mile-walk/ Every once in awhile, I just get the blehs. Not really the blues...not really the blechs, more of a combination of the two. Work has been exceedingly stressful, I have an irritating cough that won't let up, and I'm just -tired-. Tired of the rat race, of the constant struggle ... http://karenmichelle.net/mamas-got-the-blehs/ When I originally had to learn the Old English pronunciation of the first 42 lines of Geoffery Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales in Kathy Kernberger's Honors English class at college, I wasn't really sure when or if I would ever find it useful again. You'd be surprised at how many times this seems to come ... http://karenmichelle.net/my-chaucer/ Ok, this is a bit of a rant, but you know those Girl Scout cookies? They're all fine and good...EXCEPT THIN MINTS! Oh sure, they seem innocent enough, but you open the box and find so very many of them. All the other types of cookies that Girl Scouts sell ... http://karenmichelle.net/thin-mints-are-evil/ Ok, I'll admit it. I am not someone who enjoys public speaking overmuch. In fact, it basically freaks me out. When I was a kid, I used to get woozy and pass out just getting in front of my class doing a bookreport. The funny thing is, I've always enjoyed ... http://karenmichelle.net/learning-courage/ Today was Maria's 8th birthday party and we had a complete blast. We normally have birthday parties at home, but since last year's birthday was a bit...horrible...we relented and had her party at the local bowling alley. We wanted to make this one memorable as she's nearly totally recovered from ... http://karenmichelle.net/bowling-for-birthdays/ This past week, I actually went road-tripping with my Mom and I had an absolute blast. We went to Eastern Oregon to visit my grandmother so I could fix her computer and we could catch up a bit. It took a few days to get the computer square with the ... http://karenmichelle.net/there-and-back-again/ Facebook announced today that Wednesday morning ( March 18 ), they will be rolling out new privacy controls. Essentially, this will allow Facebook users to create "walls" between their business and personal lives.  It will utilize the "friends lists" feature that they launched in December. While I'm uncertain that I ... http://karenmichelle.net/new-facebook-privacy-controls/