Monthly Archives: June 2009

good pai

Posted on 12/06/2009 by

i’ve just returned from a lovely no-kids-nor-husbands invited few days away. our escape getaway started in the cutest toy plane ever and we sat closer to the pilot and copilot than i thought was possible. the flight was only 25 … Continue reading →

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unproductively productive

Posted on 09/06/2009 by

today wasn’t as productive as i would have liked for it to be, but it wasn’t a total loss, either. i didn’t manage to find the rocks for the rock painting craft for next week – but i did find … Continue reading →

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i get real jittery when i think about it

Posted on 07/06/2009 by

this time last year the summer loomed in front of us.  a tortuously long summer with no idea what we would do with ourselves.  we did have that trip to penang to be excited about – we were wrong to … Continue reading →

Posted in a14, c16, kids, life is good, love all around, me me me, michael | 2 Comments

2 of the three rs

Posted on 05/06/2009 by

i’ve moved on from the talking of thai to the readin’ and writin’ of it.  but right now it’s not so much reading it or writing actual words.  right now i’m working through the learnin’ of the alphabet.  it’s no … Continue reading →

Posted in i need to learn thai, me me me, thailand | 10 Comments

c15 has been conspicuously absent

Posted on 03/06/2009 by

the past few posts haven’t even mentioned our oldest.  and there’s very good reason for that.  he’s been away.  and i’m sort of an out of sight out of mind the blog kind of girl.  the entire 8th grade went … Continue reading →

Posted in c16, field trip, school | 4 Comments

it’s a jungle out there

Posted on 02/06/2009 by

attend elementary school play can now be ticked off the to-do list. lovely play today.  short (that alone makes it almost perfect) and sweet.  a12 had a starring role.  with lots of lines.  and she got to wear a head … Continue reading →

Posted in a14, s11, school | 4 Comments

thought i’d go for a dip

Posted on 01/06/2009 by

that’s me.  or rather it’s my upper thigh and lower torso.  what isn’t totally obvious in this picture is that i’m wet.  soaking wet – from the chin down.  and i’m fully dressed, but that is a little more obvious … Continue reading →

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new math

Posted on 01/06/2009 by

i’ve always thought the whole new math thing was, for the most part, an american mistake phenomenon.  turns out i was wrong.  and not only was i wrong, i think they’re actually trying to make it newer.

Posted in thailand | 4 Comments