Author Archives: Kari Neumeyer

And the flavor is… Tart. I’m a real Northwesterner now. I’ve had my first taste of rhubarb pie (that I can recall). I liked it. My coworkers were surprised I’d never had it, and I wondered what made them such aficionados. The answer, according to google, is that Washington is the leading producer of theContinue reading

Gwen Stefani, you like me? If the blue and green in my socks matches the trim on my sweater, do they go together, even if the socks are argyle and the sweater zebra-striped? Because I seemed to think so when I got dressed this morning.

OCD You’d think, that by age 30, I would have developed all the bad/weird habits that I was going to get. But not only have I developed a new one, I seemed to have resumed an old habit (circa 1989) now that my hair has gotten longer. Like, all of a sudden, it seems. WithinContinue reading

Terms I wish I’d coined Regurgimailer: people who forward to everyone they know everything that lands in their in-boxes. Warnings about techniques that rapists use in parking lots; photos of adorable missing children; heart-warming lists of why women and their friendships are so wonderful; jokes about, well, everything. The fact that most of the itemsContinue reading

Home Alone Rob’s working overnight, which I don’t think he has done since my first week living with him. He worked 6-10 a.m. this morning, and went back to work at 6 p.m. tonight. He’ll return at 6 a.m. tomorrow. All because I told him I would leave him if he didn’t come with meContinue reading

Domesticity I drove through Arby’s last night after class. Although I recently have cleaned the kitchen to the point that the previous night, Rob and I ate at the kitchen table, we decided last night to eat our dinner in bed and watch the Real World. While waiting for Rob to finish e-mailing or illegallyContinue reading

Days off Every Friday (and sometimes Thursdays and Wednesdays), I look forward to the weekend. It’s a mixed blessing though, because I don’t like waking up on Saturdays and Sundays. It’s a little tough to drag myself out of bed to get to work at 8. But on Saturdays and Sundays, when Rob’s already leftContinue reading

Humpday Cold and windy today. Slow week. Particularly slow morning, but I’m pepped up now that I have a veggie burger and Diet Pepsi in me. My Secret? (she asks, not unlike the deodorant commercial the girls did during the last cycle of Top Model.) I add a splash of Cherry Pepsi to the dietContinue reading