1) Getting to see my brother in just a few more weeks. Its been two years since I saw him last. I can’t wait. My brothers are two of my most favorite people.
2) The smell of a campfire.
3) Getting a genuine and meaningful compliment
4) Seeing my little girl’s whole face light up when I walk [...]

Filed under: Grace in Small Things

After telling Nathan he couldn’t have something this morning, he came up with this little gem:
“Well, first of all, the first step is to say yes.” To which I asked, “what is step two?” “Step two is to not say no.”
Charming.

Filed under: yes he said that- and no I didn't teach him

One of the things we got at Fancy Grocery store in Hong Kong was some interesting looking pasta from Italy. We made it for lunch on Tuesday with olive oil, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, and pine nuts. Thursday morning I woke up and had Cheerios with a banana sliced on top. I ate almost the [...]

Filed under: Lets Eat!

Its good to be home and get back into the swing of things. A few pictures from the trip:

Filed under: Travel, fancy backpack

Lets see, since we last talked we’ve seen some new sights here- like the Emergency Room. We all crashed out last night and then at about midnight Nathan woke up screaming that his ear hurt. Of course, why wouldn’t something like this happen over a long weekend while we were away? So PC is up [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized

-Friday morning started off with Nathan putting a (melamine) bowl with a packet of oatmeal (no liquid) in the microwave (normally we let him push the buttons to heat up the milk and pour the hot milk into the bowl. So I didn’t think anything of it when I poured the milk, left it on [...]

Filed under: Lets Eat!, Travel, fancy backpack

Just agree with me. I told PC on Tuesday, “tomorrow we need to pack.” He was ambivilent and thusly, no packing was done on Wed. despite my crystal ball telling me we should. Waiting til the last minute results in things being forgotten or mispacked, yes? And while I know he is great at packing [...]

Filed under: Travel, fancy backpack

On a bit of a whim we’ve decided to go to Hong Kong this weekend. This was never in the running, because, well, Im not really sure why, maybe because we’ve been there before. But it was a long time ago. Anyway. Thats not the point. The point is we planned this with only 4 [...]

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Good grief posting has been light. I don’t know what the problem is, mostly I just cant think of anything worth writing about. I could tell you how I crashed into lightly tapped the car in front of me the other day. But who wants to hear about how I was holding up a new [...]

Filed under: Things I like, This Is My Life, Travel, fancy backpack

This weekend we went to Tokashiki island with our friends from the ‘hood. We’re a pretty close bunch, our three families. When you live this close together your house becomes my house and pretty soon you’re walking in without even knocking. Its good to have neighbors like that.
Tokashiki is part of the Keramas and is [...]

Filed under: Military Life