The Gibson Girls and Me

Because all that I have in my life is school, I'll give you allan update. I'm currently working on my thesis on the Gibson Girls and I am arguing that they provide a male-friendly antithesis to the threatening suffragettes. It's a work in progress but I'm making exciting headway which involves browsing through 100 year old Harper's Weekly and Ladies' Home Journal magazines to establish a background in the visual and popular culture of the period. This has led me onto other avenues such as famous suffragettes the likes of Carrie Nation (with her ax) and a fabulous Women's club called "Sorosis." (seen here in a political cartoon from Harper's Weekly as being composed of ugly and repellent women, when in reality they were educated and forward-thinking women, proposing papers about women in the field of medicine, and so forth...) So all is going well so far. Perhaps it is unsurprising that my theoretical approach is... marxist/feminist.

And you are all invited to watch me present and defend my thesis sometime in December.

I want to update everyone on Grandma Katsy. Last night I got a call that she had been taken to the hospital because of unresponsive behavior. They were concerned she may have had a stroke. They are running tests and her condition has improved. They did find a bladder infection, but nothing else so far. Dad and I stayed with her until late last night, and we'll head back down this morning. I'll keep you posted as we get information.

New Hampshire?!

So, life is pretty grand here in the 'Live Free or Die' state. I have been doing some solo hiking on the AT and catching babies (and a little deep sea fishing). New England is beautiful, I have an orchard out my bedroom window, there is a farmers stand across the street, no body cares if you are walking around on their property. Life is good.

We figured that the 3-stack barracks look would go well with the guns.

We finished this beauty sometime around 4 in the morning. Our grass was wet, so we had to paint it on the road. Once we finish the "rustic" look to match the others, we should be good to go. We all have between 22 and and 23 inches of headspace. Still can't figure out how to get off the top bunk.

News! Miriam had her babies. They are two months early weighing in at 2, 3 and 4 pounds. They feel like they will make it if no infection shows up. Say your prayers. It is a very early and rushed report that I have received. I'll update you as I get information.

Hi everyone. As you can see, we have a family blog - thanks to McKenzie! We would like this to be for our family only. No sharing with cousins or friends. It's for us to pass information, personal or otherwise, among our immediate family without fear of disclosure. Can't wait to hear from you!

The Hansen Reunion has been moved to September 23 to 25. Keep wearing your shoes girls!

Here is the first post of our Family Blog. Hope you all will keep us updated about your lives! Here's whats going on with Harrison and Kenz. I made Harrison shave his beard and surprise.. we ended up with a mustache! We spent Saturday at Grey's Lake Huckleberry picking. Love you all and hope school is going great!