• 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

So then there was the preschool picnic.

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by Karen

The night before the preschool picnic, it rained so hard that I couldn’t sleep.   Secretly, I was relieved.   Because rain meant NO PICNIC.   And I’m mean like that and also socially anxious and more than a little socially inept.   Any kind of social event like a school picnic gives me hives because it’s just another [...]

Filed under: Kids, Me, Myself and I, Random Story of The Day | 2 Comments »

Warning: This Post Contains Vomit. Do not read this post if you are eating, if you’ve just eaten and/or if puke stories make you puke.

Posted on August 8th, 2009 by Karen

So I was going to type out this whole story and then I thought, no, why would I?  I’ve told this story already, I’ll just post the ACTUAL TRANSCRIPT because I know how you like them and besides, it’s probably only slightly funny when it’s fresh.   The story, I mean.   Not the puke.   Enjoy!   Don’t [...]

Filed under: Actual Transcript, Health, Kids, Laundry | No Comments »

Five Thing Friday + Silent Sunday + Grace in Small Things = This Post.

Posted on July 18th, 2009 by Karen

What? What happened? One minute, I was watching The Bachelorette (so it must have been Monday) and next I looked up and, BAM, it was Saturday. It must have been a busy week. Or not. I do not recall any of it. It’s possible I have amnesia or just didn’t do anything. Actually, I did [...]

Filed under: Five Thing Friday, Grace in Small Things, Kids, MacBook, Photography, Silent Sunday | No Comments »

Five Magical Golden Rules For A Totally Awesome Blog Post That Will Garner You Five Thousand Daily Followers and Massive Ad Revenue and Also A Pony and A Rainbow And A Unicorn And A Kitten And Maybe That Smurf Lunchbox You’ve Always Wanted*.

Posted on June 5th, 2009 by Karen

1. Do not write posts when you are in a horrible, dark, very bad, evil, angry, no-good, rotten mood.   Or even if you are just slightly cross.   This will come through in your post and instead of laughing gaily and merrily and going about their day with a sparkle in their eye and a spring [...]

Filed under: Kids, Me, Myself and I, The Bachelorette | No Comments »

If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, This Is Too Long To Be A Blog Post. Probably.

Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Karen

I’m just walking around in circles. What? Who’s that? Oh, it’s YOU! HIIIIIII!     

Filed under: Kids, Mothers Day, Photography | No Comments »

I know! Go figure.

Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Karen

A bunch of my picture links are broken. Why? Is the universe telling me that it’s creepy to post pictures of my kids? Anyway, I know the links are broken but I’m too tired to fix them because that’s how it is — by the time I sit down to blog, I can only see [...]

Filed under: Kids, Photography | No Comments »

I don’t want to write this post. Or “Shocking Secret Facts of Childbirth that No One Will Ever Tell You”.

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by Karen

I’m reading Heather Armstrong’s book, It sucked and then I cried. That’s the title of the book, the book itself doesn’t suck, or doesn’t suck so far. I can’t really judge it fairly as I’m only on about page 10 because for some reason every time I pick the book up, someone comes and throws [...]

Filed under: Kids, Me, Myself and I | 7 Comments »

Yes, It’s Another Actual Transcript.

Posted on April 17th, 2009 by Karen

Tucking The Bun into bed at night always brings on a manic frenzy of “I love you, Mummy, I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU.” Which I know is a delay tactic, but hey, after a long day, a few “I love you”s go a long, long way. Two nights ago, this is [...]

Filed under: Actual Transcript, Kids | 3 Comments »

The Green Jacket Miracle And Some Other Stuff.

Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Karen

Yesterday The Birdy and The Bun woke up sounding like baby seals on an ice floe barking an SOS to The Universe. Using my excellent Mummy instincts, I flashed back to last year when The Birdy — sounding similar — accompanied me on a doctor’s appointment for something unrelated, and was instantly diagnosed with pneumonia, [...]

Filed under: Kids, Laundry, Shopping | 1 Comment »

Spuddling along gracefully, 4.

Posted on April 14th, 2009 by Karen

Time for another one of these, methinks. 1. It’s a beautiful day. That’s got to count for something, right? We’re off to go kite-flying in the park while doing laundry at my Mum’s house. Because no, we still do not have a washer and dryer that is attached in any way to our home and [...]

Filed under: Grace in Small Things, Kids | 1 Comment »

« Previous Page — Next Page »