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July 2008
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Visa Issues and the Shortest Trip to Hong Kong Ever
31
Jul
2008
Taiwan has a few rules in their visa granting procedures that frankly don’t make a lot of sense and, to put it mildly, make life difficult for me. The first rule is that language students can’t have wives that are just here being a wife, she needs to be a student herself or have a [...]
A Real Conversation
29
Jul
2008
The three of us are on our way home from a hamburger fix at Chili’s, we took a taxi because it had started to rain. Ellie: (points to a raindrop on the window) That! (translation: Tell me what “that” is!) Kristie: That’s a raindrop. Ellie: Dwah (translation: drop) Kristie: (channeling my inner Julie Andrews, singing) [...]
A Flower for Sunday
27
Jul
2008
Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His,And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.For His anger is but for a moment.His favor is for life;Weeping may endure for a night,But joy comes in the morning.Psalm 30:4,5
Gimme gimme gimme CHEESE!
23
Jul
2008
This girl loves her cheese. It is the only food she ever specifically requests and she has even started opening the fridge herself to get a piece of cheese. We try to limit her to only two slices a day, but this usually gets stretched to three or even four. It’s a major “uh oh” [...]
A Real Conversation
22
Jul
2008
This conversation is over a year old, from back when Ellie was just a 3 month old little bean, chubby and round, and not yet getting anything but her mamma’s milk. I laugh every time I walk by this particular neighbor’s house. Neighbor: Hi! Kristie: Hi! (heads over to let Neighbor get a peak at [...]
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