I carry an umbrella everywhere now. I need it for sudden, HARD showers, or to keep the sun off my head in 100+ degree weather.
Budget busters are no longer trips to Target and gasoline for the car. Now they are buying fresh milk, taking too many taxis, and buying too many iced cafe mochas. Oh […]
While dropping off my one and only boy at school today, I stopped in to chat with his teacher. She said, “I didn’t realize David had open heart surgery when he was just a wee lad.” (She’s not from the US, can you tell?) I briefly explained and wondered in my head how in the […]
Our family is a big milk drinking family and consumes gallons and gallons in the states. Since living here, that has been a problem. The milk does NOT taste the same except for one or two kinds that are close. It must say “fresh milk” or it could be milk powder, or frozen then reconstituted…all […]
I went out today with a friend (ok, my best and probably ONLY friend in HKG) and I was just melting; sweat literally running down my face and back. Curiosity got the best of me so when I got home I went online to a site that converts the temp for you from C to […]
Since moving to Asia, we’ve had to learn about typhoons. Actually, we don’t know much and have been giving people back in the states wrong information. The rating scale stumps me as every website has different criteria. Go here and see what I mean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales#West_Pacific All I know is, right this very moment, we are […]
Today was the first day of school for two of my children; “real” school, that is. A brick and mortar, bells for lunch, recess, a teacher besides mom kind of school.
When they returned home after a long day, we sat on the couch looking through everything in the backpacks. “David”, I said, “what’s this book?”
Oh, […]
My three year old, L, was getting herself ready for bed. Of course, I was only allowed to sit on the bed and watch as she did it all herself, thankyouverymuch. She is, after all, THREE.
As she pulled down her shorts, she said in a completely matter of fact tone, “Oh! I have my singing […]
We’re here. Completely exhausted, but we’re here!
We have arrived in the US in one piece. We are incredibly tired and happy to be here. It was a rough trip home, but the end result was worth it.
It looks like our entire family will be joining Daddy on his trip to the states in June, instead of our previous plan of returning in August. We leave at the end of next week (GULP! ) and will stay for approx. 4-5 weeks. The kids are ecstatic and have started counting down the days. […]