In case anyone reading here is also planning to pack up 4 kids, a pregnant belly, and well, Aaron packed himself, and move your entire household overseas for a year or two at least, here are a few of the things I now know we should have brought along. (Feel […]
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PHFR – New Baby Edition
Thursdays come around and I think, “I don’t have any photos for PHFR.” Today I actually looked at the photos taken this week and it turns out I have plenty. PRETTY Flowers from a friend who dropped by to see us just after Dek was born. The Girl playing in […]
Read MoreA brief (I hope) interruption of the baby bliss
Because reality has rudely intruded upon my babymoon, and I’m not even talking about the part where I’m already back to cooking and cleaning, more or less. If you follow me on instagram, or my facebook page, or twitter, and you should, I’m a very faithful instagrammar, it’s all been […]
Read MoreRoad trip to Burma
We have the kind of visa right now that makes it necessary to leave and reenter the country every 90 days. This is something people assumed I knew and so no one told me until 2 days ago. It will be this way until Aaron’s work permit gets properly sorted […]
Read MorePatience
Move to Thailand – Check Buy a truck – Have a baby – Find a place to live – Get to work – So, one out of 5 isn’t bad, right? We found a truck, at a great price, because it needed some work. But work here is cheap, and […]
Read MoreWhat it’s like to be pregnant in Thailand
So you want to know what it’s like to be pregnant in Thailand. Where do I begin? Let’s start with wanting to buy a cotton nightshirt to sleep in. They have cotton night shirts. Just none made to go over pregnant bellies. I could buy 3 of the teeny tiny […]
Read MoreA Word on Asian Bathrooms
I have concluded that either, Thais are immune to foot fungus of any kind, or they just consider it something normal to live with. This is the only possible explanation for the eternally wet state of their bathroom floors. You see, you don’t wear shoes in a Thai house. But […]
Read MoreHello from Chiang Mai
So we made it. It was pretty uneventful. No children were lost in transit, or bags, so it was a pretty successful trip. We had a travel buddy system to keep everyone from getting lost. Which was good because they couldn’t seat us all in the same row. Of course, […]
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