Author Archives: Erin

  So, the election is over, and my guy didn’t win.  As a result, I was a bit pouty.  But then I remembered this election story from my family’s past and it perked me right back up again. In 1961, (long before I was born) my very pregnant mother woke up on election day andContinue reading “Elections and Amniotic Fluid”

Happy Halloween!   Can you guess which one is mine?  A correct guess will win you free deluxe accommodations at my house in Taipei (airfare not included).  And by deluxe I mean that I might wash the sheets.  Maybe.  Well, probably not.

This weekend, Noah (age 12) and I found ourselves walking through a night market, just the two of us.  I just have to quickly say that some of the nastiest food known to mankind as well as the most horrific smells can be found at Chinese night markets.  Nevertheless, I LOVE walking through them.  ButContinue reading “A Rather Pathetic Conversation”

Have I ever mentioned that I have four thieving children?  They pretty much rob me blind.  This, despite the fact that I have tried my darndest to terrify them into law-abiding citizens with every prison scare tactic I could invent. When they were toddlers I would tell them that if they climbed out of theirContinue reading “Thieving Children and the Taxi Driver”

My youngest child was baptized a few weeks ago.  It was a beautiful day and a beautiful service.  I hope that she will always remember the Sunday afternoon when she was baptized in Taiwan.  

I know, I know!  Yesterday I blogged about my phone problem.  But today I have an even bigger and more annoying problem:  I have cock roaches in my house.  (Don’t judge until you have walked a mile … in my house … with the cock roaches.) So I bought some roach bait at my favoriteContinue reading “Roaches”

I have a small problem.  It really is small, so small that I probably shouldn’t air it here.  Yet, here I am.   I recently bought a new phone.  Actually, three phones with one base.  I bought the three phones with one base at Costco.  The box showed a beautiful set of phones in aContinue reading “A Bit of a Problem and Garbage”