I subscribe to Not Consumed and the author sent out such a great reminder for me on this Mother’s Day. I wanted to share it in case any other moms also needed to read it too ———————————————————————————————– Hi Haley! So it’s almost Mother’s Day. Ya know, the day Hallmark declared as a day to celebrate, […]

In case you were wondering what’s for dinner. . . I spent around $3 for this meal. I bought some pumpkin and put it in our rice (brown rice today), the round tan veggie is lotus root, the green thing is a type of gourd, some cabbage, eggs, and layered tofu. And ALWAYS cook with […]

One of the 2 rain free days while the kids were out of school this past week we took some friends to the mountain. The kids usually just run around and play in the village but this time they found some great surprises! Mulberry trees and crawfish! We brought the berries home and made yummy […]

We have been averaging 3-5 sunny (no rain) days/month for about the last 6 months. Seems like an extremely long (longer than usual) rainy period and it is supposed to go through June. Thankfully, we had 2 sunny days while the kids were off school for Labor Day! We took their class on a little […]

There was a skit in the local dialect at the children’s library this past weekend. It’s amazing that our kids can understand and are fluent in Mandarin and they also understand the local dialect. Kylie really speaks it the best. She has no accent whatever. It still cracks us up to hear her speak in […]

1-2. Cream Puff is our new kitty that we have had for about 3 months now. She brings a lot life with her. The kids love her! 3-5. Some of my favorite eats right now: handmade noodles in a tomato/egg broth, espresso and ice cream, and mangosteen! Soooo good! 6-7. Thing you see hanging off […]