• Sometimes you got to go through Hell before you get to Heaven…

      Another 4am morning. I got up this morning and made a pot of coffee while Lester snored away.  One of the patio doors was barely cracked open and I could hear this high wind coming from outside.  It sounded like I was in the middle of a hurricane.  Looking out at the courtyard you…

  • “Of all the timezones, God loves Hawaii the most.”

    Maui 2011, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. I rolled over this morning expecting it to be long past 4am because I had woken up so many times that I was sure I had overslept our 6:30 wake up alarm. Looking over Lester’s body to the clock I had to giggle. “4am.” He said, “Ready…

  • Not a single complaint.

    Maui 2011, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. This is my second morning in Maui and again I can’t sleep past 4am. Yesterday I did the same thing, but I wasn’t alone. Lester and I were both awake and too excited to sleep. This morning I have the patio doors wide open and even though…

  • Such a Life!!

    DSC_0362, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. Yes, it has been forever since I have updated Random and Odd. For the last few weeks, things have been very busy and I haven’t been motivated to do much. 2 weeks ago I moved out of the rental house and into an apartment. Marina asked me, “This…

  • Iowa Hill

    IMAG0098, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. We have been running Steven’s trail on the other side of the canyon most of this year. It’s a ten mile trail and it’s mostly all sun exposure, which means if your ass doesn’t hit that trail running at 6am you will be coming back up that incline…

  • Adding one more…

    awww! Adding one more to the Exes., originally uploaded by Random and Odd. I finally got to meet the original Baland!! This is Jen and for years I had only heard stories of her. None of which were good. For those of you that are following along, go get your flowcharts so you can update…

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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