Archive for June, 2009

Checking in this week

I’d say I’ve been slacking the past couple of weeks, but if you’ve read about my trip to D.C., you’ll know that I haven’t really been slacking…just insanely busy and then exhaustion from traveling and settling back in at home.
So, in the past two weeks I’ve done a ton of walking (2 full days of [...]

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I’ve been thinking

Yeah, I know, look out.  Kirsten’s been thinking.  That can be a scary thing sometimes!  And this is kind of a whopper.
I’ve been thinking about my ties to my religion – Catholicism.  Why, when on so many levels (the whole anti-gay thing, “pro-life”, women not allowed to be priests) that I still identify and find [...]

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Finally – The Trip in Pictures

The Rocky Mountains from the air.
Capitol Building at night.
The view from the east end of the WII Memorial with the Lincoln Memorial in the background.
The White House with lights on.
The White House after lights out – using my “night landscape” setting.  Love this picture; it was such a surprise.
National Law Enforcement Memorial
National Building Museum
The pillars [...]

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Pictures Galore

They are a-coming.  I just went through my pictures and pulled the best out and came up with 43 pictures.  I don’t think I’m uploading all of them.  I don’t have that kind of time, but I am planning on getting my favorites up and then uploading all of them to Flickr to if anyone [...]

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Washington D.C. recap

This last week has been full of exercise and good food.  I did my run last Wednesday like a good girl who’s training for a half-marathon.  I didn’t end up doing a run on Thursday like I originally planned, but I think I more than made up for it between Friday through Monday.  We flew [...]

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D.C.

I have been having a great time here in D.C. I have taken almost 300 pictures since I left.  That is a lot for me.  I am planning on doing a post when I get home with pictures.  We have walked all over the city.  I feel fairly confident in my ability to get around [...]

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Leaving on a Jet Plane

Tomorrow that is.  I’m on my way to Washington D.C.  BY MYSELF.  I am so excited, despite the fact that right now I’m exhausted, and the kids are driving me crazy.  But I get to play and have adult conversations and do the touristy thing without a stroller and see my cousin and her boyfriend [...]

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You Capture – Emotion

Over the years I have captured many a picture of the girls’ different emotions.  Now, I usually don’t get a chance to get the really GOOD ones.  The mad face in kids can usually bring about giggles from this picture-taker, but as they have gotten older it’s less cute and they are also more likely [...]

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