urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb kristine is live journaling Kristine 2007-12-16T16:18:27Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:17051 2007-12-16T16:18:27Z 2007-12-16T16:18:27Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Eric's birthday is tomorrow, but we are celebrating with the family today with a big birthday party! I told him Friday was the beginning of his birthday celebration and he keeps laughing at me. We went out and watched the...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/birthday-party-day-for-e.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:16647 2007-12-11T21:51:01Z 2007-12-11T21:51:01Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>I love December. Christmas decorations and lights and snowflakes to hang, planning Christmas presents and getting ready to wrap, making Christmas cookies and other treats, wearing cozy sweaters and pretty red and green things with sparkley eyes, readying the house...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/i-love-december.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:16565 2007-12-07T23:24:25Z 2007-12-07T23:24:25Z Stolen from my favorite <span class='ljuser' lj:user='suzy_queue' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://suzy-queue.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://suzy-queue.livejournal.com/'><b>suzy_queue</b></a></span> in <a href="http://suzy-queue.livejournal.com/639586.html">this post</a>:<br /><br /><div style="padding:16px;border:4px dotted #fff;text-align:center;background:#ddd;">On the twelfth day of Christmas, <img src="http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" height="17" width="17"><b><a href="http://kdlb.livejournal.com">kdlb</a></b> sent to me...<div style="background:#fff; margin:8px 8px 16px 8px; padding:8px; color:#000"><div style="color:#0a0; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Twelve weblogs drumming</div><div style="color:#a00; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Eleven soaps piping</div><div style="color:#0a0; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Ten curls a-kissing</div><div style="color:#a00; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Nine bones baking</div><div style="color:#0a0; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Eight websites a-decorating</div><div style="color:#a00; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Seven computers a-weblogging</div><div style="color:#0a0; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Six heroes a-cooking</div><div style="color:#fa0; font-weight:bold; font-size:1.5em; padding:2px"><i>Five ba-a-a-aby names</i></div><div style="color:#0a0; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Four self portraits</div><div style="color:#a00; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Three good eats</div><div style="color:#0a0; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">Two paper snowflakes</div><div style="color:#a00; font-weight:bold; padding:2px">...and a tivo in a shiny.</div></div><form action="http://thesurrealist.co.uk/12days" method="get">Get your own <a href="http://thesurrealist.co.uk/12days">Twelve Days</a>:<input type="text" name="user" style="background: #fff url(&#39;http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&#39;) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px; padding-left: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"><input type="submit" value="Generate"></form></div><br /><br />What fun! :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:16332 2007-11-28T23:33:33Z 2007-11-28T23:33:33Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Watching Dancing with the Stars season finale last night has me nostalgic, thinking back to all the previous seasons. I have to admit, I haven't been happy with the winner of Dancing with the Stars (on wikipedia) since season 2....</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/dancing-with-the-stars-my-nostalgicness.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:15915 2007-11-21T19:49:48Z 2007-11-21T19:49:48Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>We always divide up the cooking between all the couples in our family when it comes to Thanksgiving. My dad gets the core things that have been cooked at their house, and the rest of us divide up the rest.So...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/cooking-for-thanksgiving.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:15629 2007-11-16T16:40:36Z 2007-11-16T16:40:36Z ya know what really is weird? When I can view a post on someones blog, but they have the comments set to friends only. I get my comment all typed up, and then submit it, and poof, the comment won't post because I'm not on their friends list. Why does it show me the comment form if I'm not going to be able to comment? weirdness. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:15585 2007-11-15T17:53:33Z 2007-11-15T17:53:33Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>I'm always a bit busy, it seems, but this week has been a compartmentalized kind of busy!On last Friday afternoon, I slept the entire afternoon away. E had the afternoon off, and I was just exhausted, so I laid down...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/busy-girl-1.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:15195 2007-11-05T17:44:49Z 2007-11-05T17:44:49Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Not everyone I know is as into TV news as I am, but one thing that I've read a lot about over the weekend is the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) strike. This is a strike that has been in...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/wga-strike.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:14969 2007-10-25T16:39:07Z 2007-10-25T16:39:07Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>One year ago today, Vox officially launched! Here's my post and moblog from that day.In that year, so many great things have been added to make Vox even cooler, with more ways for me to love it. And as I've...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-vox.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:14826 2007-10-01T05:09:41Z 2007-10-01T05:09:41Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Well, one week into the fall season, and I watched just about everything on my planned list. Here's some thoughts as I went through the week. I'll try not to say anything hugely spoiley, but if you haven't watched your...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/fall-tv-first-week-recap.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:14393 2007-09-24T22:47:20Z 2007-09-24T22:47:20Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>I've got a pile of recent meal lists and shopping lists that I haven't written about, but the pile was so large that it was overwhelming me, so I'm just writing up the last two weeks :)Corn on the cob...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/recent-meals.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:14106 2007-09-23T05:39:23Z 2007-09-23T05:39:23Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>All week, I've been seeing the Vox Hunt and thinking of just how many great answers I could come up with, but I didn't sit down and actually do them. So rather than make a whole bunch of Arts &amp; Craft posts, I'm going to lump them all together. I think some of the stories will overlap a little anyhow. :)</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-arts-crafts-multiple-days-of-vh.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:13913 2007-09-20T17:07:05Z 2007-09-20T17:07:05Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>One of the things that I enjoy the most about reading again is actually having a good way of tracking what it is that I'm reading. I've been using Vox to enter in each book on the date that I...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/tracking-books.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:13801 2007-09-10T19:38:53Z 2007-09-10T19:38:53Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>I had a very nice weekend.It started out with E having a half-day on friday, giving him a chance to work on a web project for much of the afternoon while I did menu planning and knitting and tv watching....</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/nice-weekend.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:13215 2007-09-04T21:11:22Z 2007-09-04T21:11:22Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Back in March, there was a QotD about TV shows on DVD, and I answered about the 3 seasons of shows that I owned so far. I got some recommendations in the comments, and I started watching sales at my...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/tv-on-dvd-updated.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:12964 2007-08-29T23:29:06Z 2007-08-29T23:29:06Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Where do you get recommendations for new books to read?</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/qotd-book-recommendations.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:12298 2007-08-23T04:20:53Z 2007-08-23T04:20:53Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>My favorite new trick for shopping and planning is to take a piece of printer paper and fold it in half. On one side, I write my meal ideas, and on the other side, my grocery list. The meal ideas...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/meal-planning-last-week-and-this.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:12104 2007-08-22T17:30:49Z 2007-08-22T17:30:49Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>One of my goals in being healthier includes getting back to eating breakfast. I had been doing a pretty bad job at remembering to do that. E sometimes comes home for lunch early, so if I get a late start...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/starting-out-the-day-right.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:11970 2007-08-16T18:42:59Z 2007-08-16T18:42:59Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>I've been neglecting my feed reader (I use NetNewsWire on my mac these days) for some time now. I've been collecting wonderful feeds for so long that I knew that if I opened it, there'd be a katrillion things I'd...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/poor-feed-reader.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:11152 2007-08-06T17:54:11Z 2007-08-06T17:54:11Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>This weekend, we did a lot of stuff. This was good, and we had a super time. I'm taking it a little easier than some mondays to get back my energy!Saturday, we celebrated my sister Lisa's 22nd birthday at my...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/another-busy-weekend.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:10646 2007-07-25T18:12:03Z 2007-07-25T18:12:03Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>I've been doing a lot of cooking the last two weeks. Here's some of the more notable dishes:Spinach Casserole (family favorite, on theredkitchen) with Broccoli and Mizithra (ala the Spaghetti factory's great side dish)Corn on the Cob and Hawaiian Cheese...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/bunches-of-cooking.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:10244 2007-07-19T16:55:17Z 2007-07-19T16:55:17Z Here's my fun little brainless quiz for this morning ;)<br /><br /><table width="350" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Your Makeup Look Is</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center><img width="100" height="100" src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatsyoursignaturemakeuplookquiz/dramatic-eyes.jpg" alt="" /></center><font color="#000000"><br />Dramatic Eyes with Naked Lips<br />You rock an edgy, modern look with feminine grace</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyoursignaturemakeuplookquiz/">What's Your Signature Makeup Look?</a></div><br /><br />Am I that edgy? not sure, but I suppose it's mostly true that I like my eyes more dramtic than my lips :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:9900 2007-07-17T19:06:11Z 2007-07-17T19:06:11Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>We took a trip this weekend to Southern California for a friend's 30th birthday. It was a great reason to go down, even though I do usually try to avoid going in the summer months during the heat! E took...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/nice-trip-to-ca.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:8566 2007-07-04T13:56:13Z 2007-07-04T13:56:13Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Yesterday was my last day at Six Apart. I am so blessed to have been here for over 3 years and watch Six Apart grow in so many different ways. It's been so cool to be part of different teams...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/last-day.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:kdlb:8123 2007-03-25T21:43:24Z 2007-03-25T21:43:24Z <div class="vox-cross-post"> <a href="http://kristine.vox.com/" style="float:left;"><img src="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f21bc000d09e489a7fbe2b-50si" alt="View Kristine’s Blog" width="50" height="50" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p>Reading an interesting piece from TV Squad this afternoon about how most people gets 100 or more channels on their tv, but only watch about 15 of them.So I did some looking at my TiVo to see what my top...</p> <p><a href="http://kristine.vox.com/library/post/15-top-channels.html">&#xBB; Read more on Vox</a></p> </div>