The Reds Come to Chiang Mai

by | May 19, 2010 | turmoil

No, it’s not a football team. The Red Shirts are the Anti Gov. protest movement in Thailand. I knew that the successful shut down of the protests in Bangkok would bring the protesters into the provinces. We had the first taste of it on Sunday, when they rode...

The Party.

by | May 13, 2010 | family fun, friends

We celebrated Samantha and Timothy’s birthdays today. I’m not sure how many people showed up, but we had a full house and I was pleased that so many came to celebrate. I want my Kidlet’s Birthdays to be very special. One highlight was our Russian...

Pool

by | May 10, 2010 | samantha's antics kids parenting

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I’m still in a little shock over what Sean told me and my initial response to it. Sean took Samantha to a birthday pool party at Home of Joy Orphanage on Sunday evening. I stayed home with Timothy to get a little bit...

The Storm

by | May 8, 2010 | adventure

Saturday is family day. We decided mid morning to go to the pool, and Timothy promptly decided to take his morning nap. So, we cleaned house while waiting for him to wake up. Finally, we set out, as the sky was growing dark and the wind was picking up. Murphy’s...

Hope Deferred

by | May 1, 2010 | infertility, Mummyhood

(Note: Children mentioned. The purpose of this post is to raise awareness about the difficulties of IF. It may be hard for you to read if you are still on your IF journey.It’s not my desire to cause more pain! My heart is still very much with my sisters and brothers...

Okay, so it was worth it…

by | May 1, 2010 | ministry, Mummyhood

This is my second attempt at this post. The first time I wrote it, it was awesome. But then it was swallowed into the abyss of cyberspace, because I forgot to save it. Lesson learned: don’t rely on blogger to auto-save my awesome posts!So, when we first arrived...

What were we thinking?

by | Apr 26, 2010 | travel

AKA: The Road Trip from Hell.Actually, the road trip itself wasn’t that bad. We took 13 hours to get from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, with approximately 5 hours of that being rest stops for the kids. Timothy has an impressive set of lungs, and by the end of the trip...

Death of a Computer

by | Apr 22, 2010 | oops

Yesterday morning my computer died. I wasn’t too shocked, we all knew it was coming. And given that my Darling Husband is a computer guru, I figured it would all be okay.He worked all day and night to bring it back to life, and he succeeded. I have a functioning...

Daybook April 19, 2010

by | Apr 20, 2010 | daybook

Outside my window…it’s calm and quiet. hard to believe the nation is in turmoil. there’s a very muddy kiddie pool in the front yard – we were playing “We’re Going On a Bear Hunt” and we needed some thick oozy mud to wade...