• I write books.

    I do! It's true. I have written for all sorts of different audiences. My first book was literary adult fiction and I've written many many books that have fallen into the category "juvenile fiction" and "YA fiction". I talk about my books and writing in general on my other site, which is at www.karenrivers.com. (I don't know how to make that a live link, so you may have to copy and paste.) (Sorry.) THIS site is about me, my hair, my kids, my appliances, and that time that I rode my bike down a cliff and then got stung by a bee. It may not all be appropriately awesome (or even slightly interesting) to kids, so if you are young, LOOK AWAY. That said, there is nothing harmful here, except the occasional swear, which I ask you to edit out with your eyes. Blink blink.

  • I take pictures.

    Parksville, Day 3

    Thetis Lake, Thursday

    Thetis Lake, Thursday

    More Photos

  • Is it safe to eat raw bacon?

    No. You shouldn't eat any raw pork products. You could get trichinosis and no doubt a number of other food-borne illnesses. With the recent change in food safety standards, I'd frankly cook the crap out of any meat product I purchased before eating it. Even if it's already cooked. Seriously. Keep in mind that I am not a raw bacon expert, I just play one on the web.

  • I Flock

  • Categories

THE TEN POUND PROJECT IS BACK ON.

Posted on October 26th, 2010 by Karen

So I went to the doctor this morning for my pre-op check.   I am having an op.    Yes, I am.   I am calling it an “op” instead of an “operation” from now on because an “op” sounds like something that involves storming the Bastille and ergo, much more exciting than an “operation”, [...]

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Five Thing Friday: The Covet List.

Posted on October 22nd, 2010 by Karen

I haven’t been internet shopping for a long time*, so I thought what better way to wake up ispuddle from its bloggy little coma than with a list of pretties for us all** to yearn to purchase? 1.  The Marcel Mini Sofa I know what you’re thinking!   (Because there is a 12% chance that [...]

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The Ten Pound Project – ALL NEW UPDATE!

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by Karen

I realize that I’ve been cheating on this blog with my other blog and am apparently incapable of juggling more than one ball at a time.   And when you are just throwing one ball up and down, it’s not really juggling, per se.  Imagine if I had THREE blogs!   My head would explode! [...]

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