http://global.meatfreezer.com/ A Travel Guide To The Life Of Karen en-us 2009-02-15T14:06:57-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000613.html I am officially 30 years old. And despite what Jed says, my body is not an artifact. I was incredibly lucky to celebrate my big day in the Dominican Republic. Jed gave me the best present - my choice of... karen 2009-02-15T14:06:57-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000609.html Poor Jed, nearly lost a thumb. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14203806@N00/3203952375/... karen 2009-01-17T13:17:05-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000607.html I completely forgot to post this prior to the holiday but I figured it wasn't too late to sneak it in. When Jed and I lived in Japan a very nice woman came to our house to help with the... karen 2008-12-27T15:03:00-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000606.html I hope you have the best day ever! We love you! xoxoxoxo... karen 2008-12-21T09:13:21-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000604.html My next decade is fast approaching and I had been feeling a slight panic about whether or not to have kids. But, earlier this week, I read about an Indian woman who gave birth to her first child at 70... karen 2008-12-12T16:14:45-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000600.html From my journal.....(I don't want to skew my memories from my first visit with memories from living there.) We arrived in Osaka on Tuesday and it was kind of gray outside. Kaycee and I took the subway to the bank... karen 2008-09-13T20:18:31-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000599.html From my journal........ This has been a long week for me and the longest time I have spent off the ship since we began our voyage in January. . Last Sunday we arrived in Hong Kong. It is the tallest... karen 2008-09-13T18:13:22-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000598.html I think the country I was most suprised by was Vietnam. One thing I wish I had done before I visited each country was to write my expectations. I can't remember exactly all that I thought Vietnam would be but... karen 2008-09-11T18:12:45-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000595.html I can't believe you're 3! I love that you're my niece and I get to watch you grow up! I hope we always stay buddies! I love you!... karen 2008-09-05T20:47:30-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000594.html Earlier in our voyage we were supposed to go to Kenya and the violence and terrorism in Nairobi forced us to change our plans and instead go to Mauritius. Similar reasons forced us to change our intended stop of Malaysia... karen 2008-09-01T15:50:00-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000592.html I was most nervous about going to India. I had heard a lot of things about it and most of those things involved vomit. For those of you who don't know me, puking is my biggest fear in life. I... karen 2008-08-30T19:16:30-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000590.html Decided to go back to writing my current thoughts about the voyage because the journal entries were way too long and had some information not relevant to why I am posting now. In reading back on our visit to Mauritius... karen 2008-08-11T17:56:09-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000589.html So I am going to actually post my journal entry here instead of attempting to rewrite all of it....enjoy! I am in love with South Africa! I don’t just mean that it is a nice place and I had fun;... karen 2008-08-11T13:06:56-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000586.html Oh my God unemployment is so boring. My trip to Brazil was my first south of the equator. Apparently there is somesort of maritime tradition for people who are crossing the equator by ship for the first time. Our toned... karen 2008-07-25T15:44:27-08:00 http://global.meatfreezer.com/archives/000585.html Our first official port of call was Havana, Cuba. I was really excited to go to Cuba. Not because I knew a lot about it, but because I knew most Americans were forbidden from visiting. There was only one other... karen 2008-07-24T08:45:17-08:00