The Great Escape!
Mandy and I did it! We escaped Korea for a few short weeks to experience the beauty and intricacies of Nepali life.. How did we manage the escape, you might be wondering? Well see there is this new crazy invention, called an air-O-Plane. Have you heard of it? You see it wonderful! And by-golly it took us all the way →
I made it out! Plastic Surgery and all.
Sooooo just in case you really missed me, or might have wondered if I might have died during my (our Mandy's and mine) 70 mile - 8 day climb, 18,192 ft high in the sky - to a place called Everest Base Camp in Nepal?... Did you even ask yourself where I was? Well don't feel bad because -- no, →
Farewell Korea – Hello Arctic!
Ahhh in a short few hours, Mandy and I will set out out on a crazy adventure of a lifetime! We will go all the way to Antarctica to ride the back of killer whales and polar bears! We have been training for the past 3 months by diligently going to the local Korean zoo every night and feeding the →
Ajummas, Asian Speak, and Hand Towels
Yooowzers! It was an intense day of battling little Korean munchkins, saving the world, flying to Venus on a magic carpet , and then, then my proudest accomplishment of the day, I ate more food than for lunch than all five of my male teachers. I'm a beast! (I'm training for a food-eating competition in July). Don't worry Mom, I'm →
Spiders, Sweat and Elbows
My sisters, Anna and Candace, and my friend Tim (not shown --- the photographer) came to see me in Korea! Oh we had a fabulous time.. Thank- you for coming guys! More on that later but now for the...... ---> Random thought of the day.. Doesn't it feel good to sweat again? I mean really sweat??! The drip, drip with no →
Oh How Fast They Grow Up!
My Kindergartner's have graduated and that means they will be shoved into the nasty, cut-throat world of first grade. A once simple life is now twisted into a complex life full pull-up pants, first loves, nap-less days, life without your sippy cup........... And meeting the lunch ladies! ::shudder:: Oh how I hope they're ready!
Oh how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!
Oh the Splendid Joy of warm weather, sock-less days, scarf-less necks and legitimate "I'm really hot" nasty awesome sweat! It's so heavenly that with all of this Springness in the air, I may never allow God to change the seasons again. Never.. Sorry Dude. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yummers!
What's better than a cupcake? Uhhhh.... Well, that's a ridiculous question, nothing is. :)
So long Sir Frozen Toes, Farewell Mr. Long Johns!
Today I heard something that I thought I would never hear again.. Birds! Oh the beautiful birds.. The ones that poop on your windshield and your head! The sweet birds, They are alive! They were not killed by the treacheries and debaucheries of winter! Can you believe it? They are alive! I've heard the birds! It's true I tell you.... I don't lie, I am honest. →
My Paradise….
Tucked in the Korean mountains just on the fringes of Seoul is a coffee shop that I think deserves a nice little piece of land and sainthood when it gets to heaven. It has touch so many souls in its lifetime that it's practically the Mother Theresa of coffee shops.
A Wintery Wonderland
This past weekend, I had a long weekend and I had the itch to explore the outer realms of Korea, take a dive into the abyss you might say, but where to? Well I of course am super intelligent, a genius really. So where does my genius self go? I went to the only sane place to go to during →
Happy Halloween!….. Uh…Well?
Oh I guess it actually Valentine's day not Halloween....Ah well, Valentine's Day and Halloween are practically the same, and they are equally scary holidays. Halloween you will die by the hand of the little trick or treaters if you don't buy the right kind of candy, and Valentine's Day you will die by the hand of your oh so Special →
Indonesian Skies
Everything in Indonesia was absolutely gorgeous, completely and utterly lovely, crazy beautiful, spectacular, delightful, charming, ravishing.... (you get the point)....but the single thing that amazed me morning, day and night??? The skies, Wowzer. The prettiest I've ever seen. If only I could have packed a sky or two into my suitcase like I did the pineapples, avocados, mangos, bananas,... but →
Clean off the flip-flops, break out the shorts….. it’s practically summertime!
Well you will be sad to know that I'm back from three weeks of traipsing around Indonesia with Mandy in their chilly 80 degree winter weather :) There are many warm tropical pictures to share very, very soon, but first a few pictures of cold, snowy Korea that greeted me this past week... Somehow snow makes 15 degree weather perfectly →
I have a confession to make..gulp..
Well you see.. I am one of those horrible teachers. The ones who, gulp... has favorites....favorite students. Yes, yes, It's true.. I know, I'm ashamed. I have sinned.. forgive me please. Really, I can barely look at myself in the mirror.. but I tried oh so hard to be like a journalist or judge or something and be unbiased..but I →
Merry Christmas!….. and be jealous.
So why, you ask, would you ever think about being jealous, of me? Yes, I know what you are thinking. Jealous of her, ha! True there has rarely ever been an occasion for this jealously of Inge, well actually there have probably never been an occasion at all... BUT today is the day to be jealous..Finally it has come! for →
Flavored Gasoline…
While blasting Korea with bone-chilling winds and freeze your tush off weather, God remembered to send a little gift Korea's way.... The First Snow! The reason for snow? Well....I hypothesize that it is so we can now freeze to the bone and have fun doing....all in one lovely same breath :) Basically, it's just a less painful death. It for →
A beautiful Idea!
It's winter, and I had a wonderful idea a few weeks back! I thought if I acted like I were a bear and went into a hole to hibernate by the time I came out, I would not only get a nice layer of subcutaneous fat, but winter would be over. And, and then I would be free to frolic →
