What We've Been Up To

Today I found mushroom soup in the store. This is a big deal, because Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup was at the top of my "Ameri...

Haley will be going to play in a soccer tournament this weekend, so it was immediately necessary to purchase soccer gear for her. Although w...

In case you were wondering, this is why I can't keep my floors clean... Seriously, I'm having trouble finding a kind of kitty ...

Umm, yummy pizza with cheezy bites :) Hey, wait a minute... This tastes like... You mean that orange stuff isn't cheese... it's...

On Thursday my new (to me!) oven was delivered :) Then the lady from the gas company arrived to hook it up on Saturday. Alas, they apparentl...

Yay, we got our oven! Today after school the delivery guys got the extra stove+oven from the basement of the school and brought it to my ap...

Today we found a praying mantis hanging onto the bars outside Haley's window. I guess he must have climbed up. Haley didn't want him...

Yesterday was Meet the Teacher Night at Busan Foreign School. We got the option to leave early (as soon as the kids left) and go freshen up ...

In Korea you can't really do anything until you have your alien resident card (like a green card in the US). You can't sign any sort...

Right now we're on the edge of a storm that has brought some rain and a week of unusually cold weather (for this time of year.) It's...

Our apartment building is part of a complex of apartment buildings. They are grouped around two open areas in which the garbage and recyclin...

I didn't want to post photos of a messy apartment, so I've been putting this post off. But we finally finished unpacking and got all...

On August 13, 2011 I went to a haunted house with my mom, my friend Zoe, and her mom and dad in South Korea. The building was huge it was na...

I've been having trouble with money here in Korea -- I have (hopefully) enough money in my checking account, but that's back in the ...

Today the school took a bunch of us to immigration to apply for our Alien Resident cards. Another mother-daughter pair were on the school bu...

Today is a lazy day -- just hanging around the apartment reading and relaxing while some laundry dries. Haley just took a 2 hour lo...

Our kitchen is tiny, but neat. I really like how the sink is set up. It's a double wide sink, with a dish drainer that sets int...

I keep having moments where I think, "Wait a minute! You've got a comfortable life here! What are you doing, leaving this all behin...

Gabbi decided to share her books with Hooligan. Too bad neither of them can read yet!

Today we drove 20 minutes back down to Klamath to meet Mom & Grandma on their way north at the Trees of Mystery. We hiked up a trail thr...