Archive for November, 2006

Christmas Past

November 28, 2006

Hark…

November 28, 2006

We bought nifty twinkle lights for our apartment.  Of course, I already broke one of the bulbs on the floor and stepped on miniature shards with my bare feet.  We’ll probably change the setup, but we were excited to get them up.
Thea’s had a cough for the past week.  Her stubborness over taking cough medicine [...]

For Whatever Reason

November 25, 2006

I just spent the last couple hours moving my old blog entries from Xanga over here. Now, if you’re bored enough, you can peruse my entries from the past year, starting with June and working back. I started that blog around a year ago, so I liked the idea of having [...]

The Sun’ll Come Out…

November 25, 2006

Thea recounted an odd dream that she had last night. After auditioning and winning the lead in the Broadway musical, Annie, Thea is attacked on stage by a large rat on opening night and rushed to the hospital. Upon returning later in the evening to watch the rest of the show, she discovers [...]

No Title for this Entry

November 20, 2006

I have some videos from our Tae Kwon Do test from a couple weeks ago. One can be downloaded here and I uploaded the other one to Youtube here. So there you go.
No news. I bought a coat. I have three open classes this week, which means parents come to watch. [...]

Nothing says homesickness…

November 13, 2006

…like downloading Christmas music. It’s certain to depress.
For example, the original, less optimistic lyrics to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the yuletide gay
Next year all our troubles will be miles away
Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who were dear to us
Will be near [...]

Early Christmas

November 11, 2006

Now that Halloween is over, the next thing to look forward to is Christmas. Thea has been busy preparing Teachers College applications, so she’s been monopolizing computer time. Thus, no updates. Plus, nothing exciting has happened since I last wrote.
Well, we passed our yellow belt test for Tae Kwon Do. Our [...]

That’s What It’s All About

November 1, 2006

While children in Korea experience a half-hearted dabbling in candy and costumes, children in Canada start their trick-or-treating at four-months old.
Lily had her first Halloween. Apparently she went dressed as… a cow, maybe?
I would love to roll around in candy.