Archive for November, 2008

25 things for which i am thankful…

(notice how i didn’t end that title with a preposition? man, i’m good.)
1. my husband, Ryan
2. family
3. friends, here and back in the States
4. my dog, Charlie (and Carter, my cat back home)
5. God’s grace
6. internet!
7. rain
8. people who come out of the woodwork and positively influence your life
9. Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
10. knowing it’s [...]

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an international thanksgiving: food, kids, karaoke

well hello :) it seems that i have not blogged hardly at all this month… crazy, no?
so, let us rewind back to friday, aka my favorite day i have experienced since living in Bangkok.
friday, ryan and i had the day off of work due to thanksgiving festivities we had been invited to. actually, let me [...]

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“For such as we are made of, such we be. ” – Twelfth Night, Shakespeare

so…
that’s not true is it? i mean, people DO and CAN change, right? it’s just a matter of wanting to change?
in my life, there have been two particular individuals who have had such a huge, yet extremely negative, impact on me. and i often wonder if some of their despicable characteristics [...]

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a lemon is not a lime.

1. last week when i was ill, i googled images of strep throat and tonsils. i came to the very quick conclusion that i could never work in the medical field. …though dr. meo does have a nice ring to it.
2. when i eat curly fries i don’t eat the super curly ones because they [...]

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the days of youth…

hi.
i’ve been ill this past week and haven’t felt up to writing.
anytime i’m “under the weather,” i always resort to laying in bed and watching two types of movies: 1) Christmas movies. 2) Animated (aka Kids) movies.
i have figured out why i enjoy each of them so much… or actually, maybe just the latter because [...]

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return of the vlogs

so, before i started this blog, i was a vlogger. and then i royally messed up my mac (and because i’m still bitter, i don’t want to talk about it). anyway – i’ve managed to find my way back into the vlogging world. so those cry babies out there who thought i’d vanished completely (cough*tim [...]

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ob-la-di ob-la-da…

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I can think of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.

so, V for Vendetta is one of my favorite movies – definitely in my top ten. and since today is, indeed, the fifth of november, i found it only fitting to include a snippet of [...]

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