• We took a tour bus!

    The first night in Dublin we were planning on what we could do on our last day. We kicked around the idea of taking Sue to see Trinity College or maybe take the Guinness tour and have a drink in the gravity bar. These were both things that Dale and I did the first trip…

  • How did I do it?

    When I was a little girl I read stories of castles. They weren’t real, they were just drawn pictures in a Disney book. When I got older and I saw a photo of a castle in a book it made it a little bit more real. As an adult I would read books that took…

  • Dublin…Day 1

    The whole lose a day, gain a day thing is always confusing and this time it messed me up as I was planning what to do in Dublin, Ireland. When I knew I was going to be there on Easter Sunday I made plans to do the Easter Rising tour on Sunday, but I forgot…

  • Two weeks is not enough.

    Spent a great day hiking through the forest and being a kid again. I need another 2 or more weeks or lifetimes to explore!!

  • The final day before I leave

    Glasses Bathing suit for spa days at the castle Phone charger Camera Passport There is so much to do before I leave tomorrow, but it’s all manageable. I got this!

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Why I Started My Personal Blog

I started Random and Odd back in 2002 or so because it was all the rage and my mom and sister were perpetually online either playing games or finding recipes.
I decided that I wanted to be able to write what I was going through as a parent and keep them updated on what the girls were saying or doing. It started out just a way for me to vent, rant or laugh about life.
It turned into more when other people outside of my mom and sister started reading it and through the years it was just a place for Stuff Portrait Fridays, meeting other people blogging and making those people friends. It was a place to put down a photo I took that I was proud of and then it was a place to talk about the traveling I was doing. Now it’s just a dumping ground of bullshit that is swirling in my head.

I want to get back to writing, taking photos and traveling and doing a complete redo of R & 0 was needed to document.
Enjoy the minimalist look.

Kristine

Photographer & Writer