Fareaststreet is the creative outlet of Kristie and her husband Jason.
May 2008
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A Momentous Occasion
Not only is it not over-flowing, but the clothes are actually below the rim of the hamper! Woohoo!
Of course by the time I get around to posting this the hamper is back to its over-flowing state. Ah-well. That’s why I had to file this post under “celebrations”, because it certainly couldn’t be put under [...]
Yakkity Yak
Ellie is really starting to talk now in a big way. And it’s so fun for me to watch her learning, and see how incredibly fast she is learning, especially from the perspective of being a language student myself.
She started crazy babbling about a month ago. It went a little like this: “Bleckity, glickle, [...]
A Real Conversation
I was outside playing with Ellie when five or six girls run by, they are followed by one of my neighbors, Joey’s owner*, carrying a cake.
Joey’s owner: Hi! It’s my daughter Ruth’s 11th birthday, do you want to come in and have cake.
Kristie: (thinking, “Ellie and I like cake, and Ellie loves playing with Joey, [...]
What exactly is a Mom-cut?
Why is it that when your average woman gets her hair cut short she is considered hip and daring, but when a woman who also happens to be the mother of a baby or toddler gets her hair cut short she has gotten a “mom-cut”?
I mean, let’s face it, the dirty little secret of short [...]
A Flower for Sunday
I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,And on Your wondrous works.Psalm 145:5
If I were a good mom…
I read a lot of “mom-blogs” (blogs like mine, written by young moms with young kids), and have recently been reading about real live babies who at the age of four or five months started sleeping through the night. This is incredible to me because so far my experience with babies and sleep has been [...]
Prayer Update May ‘08
Disappointments and Encouragements
The process of preparing to come to Taiwan, moving to Taiwan, undertaking full-time language study, living in a new country and even starting a family there has been remarkably smooth for us. By the grace of God we have had very few, if any, major setbacks or obstacles to overcome. Our plans for [...]
A Real Conversation
This conversation happened last Friday after the cockroach incident.
Kristie: (vacuuming, hears what may be a scream, turns off the vacuum to listen) Was that Ellie?
Jason: I didn’t hear anything.
Kristie: I thought I heard her scream.
(sounds of furniture scraping across the floor)
Jason: Sounds like she’s moving furniture. (goes to check things out)
Ellie: (squeals again and giggles [...]
Ellie’s Americanization: Peanut Butter
Sometimes, thinking about my child growing up in a foreign country is a little scary. How can she grow up not seeing fireworks on 4th of July? Not watching Charlie Brown hunt for a perfect Christmas tree? Will she think pizza is supposed to have corn on it? Will she end up preferring fried rice [...]
A Flower for Sunday
Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! Sing out the honor of his name;Make His praise glorious.Say to God,“How awesome are Your works!”
Psalm 66:1-3
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