var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5279020-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); My name is Kathleen Thompson and I’m a writer, community organizer and political junkie. Wife to Jeremy Johnson, mother of Owen and Hale, we live in the wonderful city of Grapevine. Contact me at kathleen@ktnote.com or socially: @ktnote, linkedin, flickrTumblr (3.0; @ktnote)http://ktnote.com/<p>Our weather radio needs a new way of coming on with alerts that doesn’t make me jump two feet. Hello booming male voice coming from my bedroom!</p>http://ktnote.com/post/439176804http://ktnote.com/post/439176804Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:07:05 -0600J: By what these girls are wearing, what band is playing the AAC?<br /> K: The Not A Lot of Clothes Bandhttp://ktnote.com/post/437871343http://ktnote.com/post/437871343Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:04:17 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1e10PHai1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fun with Hale and Photoshop Mobile</p>http://ktnote.com/post/437611815http://ktnote.com/post/437611815Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:36 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz19dcYziN1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Owen’s favorite part of his friend’s birthday party - the ladies in costume</p>http://ktnote.com/post/437432006http://ktnote.com/post/437432006Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:00 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1982Xxwp1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For Patrick and Dustin.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/437426943http://ktnote.com/post/437426943Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:04:50 -0600<p>Who the heck signed me up for Kotex products via mail? And who the heck thought their new tag line (which I won’t put here) was a good idea?</p>http://ktnote.com/post/437304726http://ktnote.com/post/437304726Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:44:00 -0600<p>Take a look at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/">celebrations</a> around the world. And read Obama’s <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-womens-history-month" target="_blank">Proclamation of Women’s History Month</a>. (Thanks for giving us our whole own month, fellas.)</p>http://ktnote.com/post/434985217http://ktnote.com/post/434985217Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:03:52 -0600<p>What good fun and friends Big Love season three hath brought together, let no off-season put asunder.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/433829370http://ktnote.com/post/433829370Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:35:26 -0600“Support public education. Support public education.”<br/><br/> - <em>Owen’s lines in his first movie role. A star is born!</em>http://ktnote.com/post/433444833http://ktnote.com/post/433444833Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:32:40 -0600<p>Rain rain go away. Owen is supposed to be in his first movie today.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/432421413http://ktnote.com/post/432421413Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:28:01 -0600<a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/06/v-mobile/2020176/fort-worth-team-joined-forces.html">Dr. Ducic Reconstructs Dog's Jaw</a>: <p>Star-T article on O’s classmate’s father</p>http://ktnote.com/post/432319263http://ktnote.com/post/432319263Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:01:05 -0600<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvh69nBR61qau020o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.raisingrobots.com/post/430592280/ready-for-a-game-of-monkey-island" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">raisingrobots</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Ready for a game of Monkey Island!</p></blockquote>http://ktnote.com/post/430759602http://ktnote.com/post/430759602Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:57:32 -0600<p>Two glasses of wine at a beautiful home in Cville, during a kiddo birthday party - great way to unwind after trash pickup.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/430755942http://ktnote.com/post/430755942Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:55:06 -0600<p>Cleaning up other folks’ messes (like a mama, like a Democrat…)</p> <p>Join me this morning at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.midcitiesdemocrats.com/?p=197">MCD Highway Cleanup</a>.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/430190216http://ktnote.com/post/430190216Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:11:16 -0600Mid-Cities Democrats<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyud3avrCB1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hale all bundled up for a Friday night walk to ice cream store.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/429680900http://ktnote.com/post/429680900Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:40:00 -0600Hale<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/28/besos-y-lagrimas-jennifer_n_479815.html">"Besos y Lagrimas"</a>: <p>I understood every word, but I think it was all 5th grade Spanish. Very funny 5th grade Spanish.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/429568942http://ktnote.com/post/429568942Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:35:31 -0600<p>Looking around the house at all the chores to do. So behind after a week of sick kids. If you are a mid-30 to mid-40 Irish man with a strong resemblance to Aidan Quinn, good at house and yard work, please contact me. (This message approved by Jeremy.)</p>http://ktnote.com/post/429010453http://ktnote.com/post/429010453Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:06:03 -0600<p>Hale and I took a two hour walk this beautiful morning. Had to get him in the fresh air to blow the cooties away.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/428880352http://ktnote.com/post/428880352Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:39:36 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kysc0sXvcM1qau020o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.raisingrobots.com/post/428374651/another-late-night-email" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">raisingrobots</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Another late night email…</p></blockquote>http://ktnote.com/post/428646570http://ktnote.com/post/428646570Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:42:22 -0600“Her looks like a boy, but her is a girl!”<br/><br/> - <em>Owen said loudly after passing a masculine looking lady. Parents, how do you talk to your kids about this?</em>http://ktnote.com/post/426894079http://ktnote.com/post/426894079Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:07:11 -0600