Random and Odd

ok. not good. probably bad.

  • Not Just Better, the Best…

    It’s funny how something small can realign your life back into place. A phrase, a word, a laugh. Sometimes it takes something beautiful like the birth of a child or something horrible like the loss of life to either drag people into a hole or, in my case, OUT of a hole. My sister always…

  • Things that make you Hmmmm…

    I have 400 things to catch you all up on and right now I can only sit here blankly at the screen thinking, “Damn, this burn itches!” And don’t even get me started on the peeling. Oh Lord the tempt, to peel it off is overwhelming.  I know I am sick in the head, but…

  • An End To An Era

    As you can see in the past few months, I’ve slacked on being the funny, witty and endearing blogger you have come to love. Not to go into great detail about all the black clouds that have been looming in the Baland/Stone household…but it has become very difficult to keep up with certain things and…

  • Happy Birthday, Shaun

    It seems for the last few years I have always forgotten your birthday. In fact, most of the time I have to have Charlotte remind me. Not this year though. The day before your birthday was spent holding your brand new grand-daughter, Taylor Marie. The night before your birthday was spent hanging out with your…

  • Where are all the pictures, Kristine?

    I’ve gotten a half a dozen emails asking me where are the pictures from my visit in Redding. I’m still here. Plans on leaving to go home were spoiled by the fact that I can barely walk. My legs from the bikini line to my knees are radioactive. About 2 inches from the girls up…

  • SPF. No, not the game, the actual sunblock.

    Just some words of advice from someone who is is covered from head to toe in a sunburn sent from his Satan himself. Aveno SPF 45 spray on sunblock; DOES NOT WORK. Just so you know.

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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