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It has been forever since I last blogged… I can’t believe how I blink, and there goes a week! I have been sitting here wondering what I have been doing in the last week or so… i am feeling totally exhausted. The house is quiet,...
How is the holiday gift production coming?? Are you buying gifts on-line? Or making them? or giving gift cards?? I have been making some gifts…clocks and mini-books mostly! Shhhh… don’t tell! Lol. if you are looking for some quick, and easy ideas… maybe something that...
So I have to admit, that as Emily started packing to go home, I started feeling a twinge of homesickness… It’s weird that I haven’t really felt that since we left… maybe since I have just been overwhelmed with getting settled, and totally enjoying the...
Happy Monday… I love Monday! I love how super-charged I feel after the weekend, and a restful Sunday and the beginning of a fresh new week. Not much is better than thanksgiving weekend, you know? Left overs to snack on every time you walk through...
this is from the other day. whenever you take photos of chinese people, they totally give you the 'peace' sign...
We had the most FABULOUS thanksgiving. I have never had so much to be thankful for. As we were preparing our contributions for the thanksgiving dinner, I was reflecting on the last year of my life. CRAZY. Last year I just found out I was...
It’s only been 2 months since our big move, and it feels like it’s been a lot longer that that. I have noticed amazing growth and change in each child… and so for the sake of the grandmas… I have to tell…Connor being the smallest,...
I am addicted to black and white. I have only made 2 purchases in all my wanderings, as I have been getting my bearings… trying to figure out where I can get what, and what I can find where…but I did buy a super-fabulous black...
So I just got a package in the mail… this is a VERY exciting event, as you can well imagine! I was expecting it for a couple of days, which made it even more exciting… and in addition to the infants cold meds, and a...
It’s late, late on Thursday night (Friday morning really) and I SHOULD be in bed… I am going to regret this tomorrow! It’s getting colder, colder here in Beijing! I am just not a fan of the cold weather. It was a nice clear day...