tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341400812012-02-15T08:42:32.230-08:00The chronicles of a working wife and mother striving to maintain a healthy, loving, earth friendly house hold, while on a budget and without giving up all of her down time or sanity.Katharynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811433177274197441noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140081.post-31880865217575032312012-02-14T14:33:00.000-08:002012-02-14T14:33:05.899-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">As this blog has been wiped clean I suppose re-introductions are in order.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a 28 year old woman originally from Vancouver B.C. who lived several years in Seattle Washington, and currently resides in Phoenix Arizona.&nbsp; My current job is just that, a job - nothing to write about but it pays the bills and gives us health insurance; I do have some thoughts of maybe creating a better career for myself, but can't pick a direction to start from: Anthropology? Psychology? Nursing? Naturopathy? Religious Studies? Design? Physical Education?... As you probably figured out, I have many <strike>too</strike> many interests and dabble in <strike>too</strike> many hobbies (from knitting, singing classical music, and hiking, to playing RPG's)!&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amidst my multiple points of interests, is a desire to live a holistic life: being connected with the world around me from nature, to family and home life, to politics; this is not as easy as it sounds. I don't care to give up all of my down time, nor to be so militant about the little changes I'm making that I end up losing site of the whole goal of happy and connected. In this blog I hope to share how I'm changing and maintaining my "holistic" life style, from cleaning, reusable crafts, cooking, and gardening to stress release, health, and overall well being.&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm addicted to tea; tea is absolutely the fuel that allows me to even attempt to entertain so many interests. Since moving to Arizona my addiction had decreased somewhat (what with the heat and all) but having a new baby in the house has rekindled my tea love affair with an enthusiastic passion. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My husband Paul is an automotive mechanic (who knows I'm crazy, and thinks me quite "granola" but loves me anyway), and we just recently welcomed our first child Richard into the world.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wwyn368N0kk/TzrgLBwbF7I/AAAAAAAACI0/rrjRWbOIChw/s1600/Karen+Dec+2011+173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wwyn368N0kk/TzrgLBwbF7I/AAAAAAAACI0/rrjRWbOIChw/s320/Karen+Dec+2011+173.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So welcome, and please introduce yourself (even when this is an old post - I read and post on back log blogs so please feel free to do the same with mine). </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34140081-3188086521757503231?l=steepingtea.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Katharynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811433177274197441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140081.post-25792756915325711702012-02-13T18:03:00.000-08:002012-02-13T18:03:28.378-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">No I haven't deleted the content of my blog - I archived it on a new blog: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://randomkatharyn.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Random Katharyn </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(<a href="http://randomkatharyn.blogspot.com/">http://randomkatharyn.blogspot.com/</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to maintain a more organized blog and focus my posts on life style; something about this particular make-over requires a clean slate, but I love my blog title so I'm moving the content and keeping the name ('cause I'm tricksie like that). Random Katharyn is not just an archive site, but will continue to be an active blog with anything that's out of scope here. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So welcome to the new "While the Tea is Steeping" and be sure to check out "Random Katharyn" every once and a while. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34140081-2579275691532571170?l=steepingtea.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Katharynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811433177274197441noreply@blogger.com0