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Kat |
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12/27/2008 7:52 PM |
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| Life in a Suburban Neighborhood as seen through the eyes of a childless, married woman in her twenties. Read all about her adventures with the crazy people in the neighborhood, her interactions with those outside of the neighborhood and her adventures outside of the suburbs. |
By Kat on
11/10/2008 1:50 PM
 There are many differences between living in the Midwest and living in Southern California. I will give in to the fact that perhaps times have changed but I noticed this from the moment that I set foot in the heartland; football is king and soccer is a backup option. Alaska has its Hockey Moms, So Cal has its Soccer Moms and the Midwest has Football Moms.
I will say that it is quite hilarious to see a bunch of 4 year old run around in full padding and see if they can keep their balance, let alone if they can perform any sort of function with a football. Maybe it's because Southern California doesn't really have a football team to root for and it seems that every state over here has a great team.
All I know is that growing up, my siblings and I participated in ballet, basketball, gymnastics, karate, rollerblading, cheerleading and softball. Other than these sports, my friends were in swimming and soccer. We attended various camps, trainings and expositions for these sports but until high school, I don't remember hearing my classmates talk about football practice over the weekend or football camp over the summer.
Why is football such a BIG deal over here?
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By Kat on
11/8/2008 3:29 PM
I know it's a little late in the season but has anyone else noticed that Halloween has become second fiddle to Christmas? I always thought it was Valentine's Day or New Years Eve or Thanksgiving but now I'm certain that Halloween has closed in the past few years and is in a close second. Halloween has never really been a big holiday for me, not in a while anyway but this year I wanted to get into it.
Since moving to the Midwest I've been surrounded by dozens of selections for Halloween entertainment; corn mazes, haunted houses, haunted hay rides, Trick or Treating at campsites, pumpkin patches and their version of hay rides with spiced cider, wineries and their spiked cider, the planting of mums, gourds and mini-pumpkins for decorating indoors and finally, intensely decorated pumpkins.
Due to rain and coldness I missed out on corn mazes and haunted hay rides but this just leaves more to talk about next year! This year we did decorate the inside of our home for fall, planted mums and decorated pumpkins.
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By Kat on
10/10/2008 1:50 PM
The outdoor weather is ending so life in the suburbs will begin to be lived out in secret. Yes, it's that time of year where we are getting ready to bring in the patio furniture (well, we would if we had room in our garage to store it), I've planted various fall shades of mums, my bulbs are in the ground or on their way into the ground, we have one final camping trip planned and the festivals and fairs are moving indoors.
We had such a great weekend of trying to cram as much outdoor activity time in as possible.
Fall flower shopping and planting.
Outdoor music and wine event at a local winery.
Renaissance Faire with giant turkey legs.
We have a couple more weekends planned like this. My hope is that when they are over, I'll be so exhausted that my hatred of cold weather will turn to a welcome just for the rest… What kinds of activities and events are you trying to pile in?
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By Kat on
10/7/2008 12:53 PM
Do you ever put your makeup on in the car? Be honest, I don't think your car insurance company is going to read this. I'm talking about when you are the driver, not a passenger. I'm guilty. In my defense I don't put eyeliner or mascara on and I do it when I'm in idle at a stop light or I smear my tinted moisturizer on sans mirror on the highway.
Today I encountered a problem. It didn't start today – it's been creeping up on me slowly. It's dark outside all the way to work now! This means I am going to have to wake up 10-15 minutes earlier each morning and now my 45 minute-1 hour drive is a lot less productive! Does anyone else have any ideas of what I can possibly do now to make my drive time feel more productive and what areas of my morning I can shave off to recoup those 15 minutes of sleep I'm going to be missing out on?
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