tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:43:35 +0000...on the outskirts of Olympia, where the forest and the water become one. ...http://www.cafe-nation.com/noreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)Blogger422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-3464069083581903009Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:57:00 +00002008-10-01T09:57:38.298-07:00The cuteness is out of control: Meet Rupert http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/10/i-know-im-overly-susceptible-but-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-400211307702044659Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:22:00 +00002008-09-29T20:22:27.191-07:00The view from aboveOriginally uploaded by emjaneroTook some photos tonight of what 34 and a half weeks pregnant looks like. Something that may surprise you: a hot pink shirt is totally an acceptable color in my wardrobe mostly due to the fact that it fits. Something that may not surprise you: my feet are no longer visible.Many folks have asked what we're having and we had decided not to find out.http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/09/big-pink-blob-can-you-tell-what-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-2023617104713834242Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:21:00 +00002008-09-24T11:38:16.494-07:00preggersThe countdown is more or less on. We've got a little over 6 weeks to go before the baby arrives. Predictably life is chaotic and perhaps just a bit more so than usual. We're undertaking a major remodeling project. Jeremy has worked his butt off for the last couple of weeks and now we've got contractors on site putting up sheetrock, and doing the mudding and painting. As a result, toilets are http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/09/life-work-birth-etc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-10242774429531968Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:26:00 +00002008-09-11T16:31:04.246-07:00preggersWhen riding an elevator to a client meeting yesterday, a women gets in and looks me up and down and says: Good lord, looks like you are going to pop pretty much any day now. My cheerful response was...."Nope....two more months to go!" but I kind of wish I would have said..."Nope, just fat!"http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/09/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-when-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-1166602102248390525Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:13:00 +00002008-09-06T13:13:33.012-07:00The NY Times (aka the elite liberal media) did a cool visualization of key terms used during the two conventions. You can check it out here: Words They Used - 2008 Political Conventions http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/09/words-they-used.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-3531255256537107405Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:13:00 +00002008-08-04T22:01:01.233-07:00http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/08/one-whole-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-900337187448202200Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:32:00 +00002008-07-22T18:32:45.068-07:00Crab pedicureOriginally uploaded by emjaneroI recently read that the latest hot trend is to get a pedicure with live fish who nibble away at the dead skin on your feet.I had no idea we were such trend setters. We went to visit Kate, Chris, Arla and Sam a few weeks ago at their awesome pad up on Orcas Island. In the little town of Eastsound, the water's edge is crawling with crabs of every size. http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/07/nibbling-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-4862884453978978428Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:51:00 +00002008-06-24T19:00:57.120-07:00preggersSo I haven't posted in forever and most of my thousands (ha) of readers know already but I'm, as they say, in the family way. They also say knocked up. Either is fine. So now we have that out of the way. One of the interesting things that has happened in terms of being pregnant is the new found ability to ask for whatever you like. Sure this applies to wonderful things like declaring that you'll http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/06/what-itll-do-to-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-273228413496187757Wed, 07 May 2008 02:38:00 +00002008-05-06T19:38:22.123-07:00 Little friend in a tree Originally uploaded by emjanero In our neighborhood it definitely feels like spring. The new ferns are unfurling their fiddle heads, the foxes are patrolling the streets, the birds are chirping. Also, our backyard is full of these guys in tress (look closely). Theory is they are out looking for all that young delicious life.http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/05/spring-is-in-air.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-8459735077843458134Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:33:00 +00002008-04-24T19:16:23.025-07:00presentationsphdhermitnarrowbandolympiaSo, I'm emerging from my lonely general exam cocoon, here's some news: School I passed! Woo hoo, this means I'm now a Phd candidate instead of student. My committee was super fabulous and I ended up learning a great deal (go figure). Now...onto the dissertation! No rest though, lots of exciting school and work related things going on right now. I'm taking a really awesome studio class in Value http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/04/spring-time-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-4652547094722667173Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:17:00 +00002008-03-27T16:26:48.655-07:00travelphdSo my flight to New York was 5 hours and back it was 7 and both ways it was pretty much torture. When did flying get to be so crappy? Between cranky flight attendants, screaming children, drunk couples making out next to me, it was all could do to not totally freak out. I did make me contemplate how incredibly long five hours can seem. Now I'm home and taking exams this week. I have to write http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/03/five-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-4987101822340505252Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:57:00 +00002008-03-20T14:08:04.607-07:00I'm off for a fun weekend in New York City with my wild and crazy extended family. It's my Uncle's 50th birthday. I'm excited to walk the city, hang with family and maybe eat one of those great pretzels. In addition, I'm going to watch with my mouth open while the British relatives and their oh so strong currency treats the streets of New York like an episode of supermarket sweep. Then it's backhttp://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/03/off-to-nyc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-6672784011165779592Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:28:00 +00002008-02-25T14:57:07.392-08:00oyster bayphdeating localI know I'm one year late to the eating local game, but I swear everywhere I look, read and talk lately people are talking about eating local (like this guy, this book and a group of colleagues I had dinner with last week). For our Valentine's diner last weekend, I made a hyper-local meal. The mushrooms for the wild mushroom risotto were local, although the rice was from Italy. But the oysters http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/02/local-and-locale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-5537036511220457533Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:23:00 +00002008-02-11T13:58:15.159-08:00oyster bayolympiademocracySo I had my first ever* tiny taste of American democracy this weekend, and it rocked. I think we should decide everything via caucus, that is only if the results end up exactly as I hope they will. Our caucus experience almost ended before it started, when we accidentally went to the wrong precinct (can you be disenfranchised if you are so incompetent you can't locate the caucus site? - maybe). http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/02/at-caucus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-6644024704473869544Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:34:00 +00002008-01-28T12:34:42.889-08:00 Morning on Lake Quinault Originally uploaded by emjanero We spent a chilly weekend at Lake Quinault mostly hiking, exploring, and chatting with the locals about last year's windstorm.http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/01/trip-to-lake-quinault.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-3595059954282393591Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:39:00 +00002008-01-04T18:39:23.950-08:00According to US News and World Report (and mama and me), one of the best careers for 2008 is Usability/User Experience Specialist. Also great: Government Manager! and Professor! In your face overrated careers like Attorney and Chef. http://www.cafe-nation.com/2008/01/best-career-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-8205039652060412336Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:03:00 +00002007-12-15T15:03:58.595-08:00Smoking Mittenshttp://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/12/gifts-you-dont-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-4548462662455020227Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:35:00 +00002007-12-12T16:41:16.886-08:00decorartingartThe site 20x200 is a pretty cool idea. Each week they offer original art work at an affordable price. The 8 X 10 prints are always $20 but there are only 200 of them (hence the name). A while back I ordered mushroom man (real name: manshroom) and he arrived recently. New art goes on sale every Tuesday and Wednesday, but looks like things sell out quick. Yay for affordable art. Now I just http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/12/cool-affordable-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-7567048842946619168Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:25:00 +00002007-12-12T14:46:47.162-08:00teachingI'm immersed in the end of the quarter task of grading, grading and more grading. I'm annoyed at all my music and feel like I just keep hitting next on the old iTunes. The only thing that makes me happy at the moment is the Mountain Goats. For example, The Monkey Song makes me disproportionately happy.http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/12/grading-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-3718662271608706879Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:53:00 +00002007-12-05T15:03:11.769-08:00glamourOver the past couple of weeks, I've had two instances of experts putting a gentle and seemingly complimentary phrase on a less than flattering physical condition that I didn't even know I had. Exhibit A: At the hippie shoe store last week in downtown oly, I tried on 15 pairs hoping to find the perfect comfie, water proof, dog walking shoes. My search was futile. Nothing really fit. I tried my http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/12/experts-letting-me-down-easy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-7610873087572560937Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:31:00 +00002007-12-05T13:55:35.949-08:00centralia Centralia is a small town located at the midpoint between Seattle and Portland. After the rains earlier this week, it's currently underwater. It's also the birthplace of husband jeremy and home to much of his enormous family. More pictures from the Seattle times of the aftermath of flooded Centralia.http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/12/centralia-looks-like-new-orleans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-3753868583101169222Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:29:00 +00002007-12-04T23:29:36.626-08:00 Photo_082607_001.jpg Originally uploaded by emjanero this is from when jeff and i were road tripping to the oregon coast last summer. yee-hawhttp://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/12/jeff-on-our-road-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-6026697269126332866Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:18:00 +00002007-11-06T14:20:06.693-08:00usabilityshameless self promotioneventsI'll be speaking at an event this Thursday in honor of World Usability Day - which is sort of the high holy day of our field. Here is what it's all about... When we practice user-centered design, we’re not just changing the way products are designed but often we’re also trying to change the way our organizations think and work. As UCD practioners, we often struggle to bring about deeper change http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/11/world-usability-day-is-thursday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-4081576749683689303Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:50:00 +00002007-10-31T13:52:40.194-07:00halloweendisgustache http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/10/happy-halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-2493402156239138258Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:46:00 +00002007-10-29T11:55:41.772-07:00olympiathe housedeckAs a wedding present, Jeremy's dad offered to build us a deck. We had a deck but it was super small and a deck more suited for a downtown condo rather than our country home. This is Deck 1.0: And a long shot, so you can see the scale: So after two long hard days of work, Jeremy and Colby helped Jeremy's dad build us a deck that is approximately 800% bigger (give or take several hundred http://www.cafe-nation.com/2007/10/2-day-deck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma Rose)