Hubby here.

Will Karen's voice forever linger in my head?  There is little I can do in my life and not 'hear' Karen saying something in my head:

  * "That was not a good us of money."  I bought a new self setting clock that showed the date so I could be sure what day it was.  Harder than you might think with all of the unexpected trips out of town, see //[[:kpaddock:my_story|Karen's Story]]// to understand what was happening.
  * "You have no respect for me".  Several things would make this one come up.  I walked to fast for her tendinitis.  I did not take my shoes off when I walked across the kitchen floor, from the door to the garbage can on the other side of the kitchen.
  * "Stop wasting food".  I'm having lots of problems with this one right now.  Keep buying stuff at farmers market and it goes bad before I use it.  Karen always said "I made enough to feed an army" when I [[:bpaddock:amys_kitchen|cooked]].
  * "Don't make crumbs!"  Karen was fastidious when it came to cleaning, a crumb anyplace was not a good thing, especially for me.  House was clean but cluttered.  Now it is less cluttered and less clean. :-(
  * "Shift into 3rd gear.  I drive the van all the time."  We live at the top of a //very// long hill.  If I was driving the van with Karen, I'd hear that if I had not gotten around to downshifting soon enough to suit her.  I seem to hear this one most days on the way to work, or just about any other time I go down the hill.
  * "See how gentle I am plugging this in."  When I was reviewing what Netbook computer to get I found Toshiba's where the best for us.  One of the common complaints was that the charger jack wore out quickly.  Karen's [[:tips:frugal|frugal nature]] did not want to spend money to replace it sometime in the future so she took extra care of it today.  Now every time I go to charge the thing I hear Karen's voice...

I'm sure I'll be adding more here. :-(