We finished up in Korea yesterday afternoon and flew to Shanghai. From here it's going to be kind of a whirlwind of travel. This morning we are catching a train to Changzhou. We will be there for two nights before traveling to Suzhou. One night there, then we fly out of Shanghai to Shenzhen. We'll be going all over the place there before ( Read more... )

My original flight to Minnesota was canceled today for no particular reason, and I was bumped to a flight an hour later. No big deal, I found out early in the day and was able to reschedule my cab. The flight takes all of an hour, but they schedule it for 1.5, figuring 30 minutes for driving around O'Hare aimlessly ( Read more... )

The kitties have entered the lethargic winter months. Most days are spent sleeping anywhere remotely comfortable and warm. Today though the sun is out and they are actually quite active. This morning Nissa was batting toys around the living room and playing under the Christmas tree ( Read more... )

I have to say it's been a pretty good week thus far. The weekend was nice and relaxing. Lauren and I went to an open house on Saturday just to check out a 3 bedroom ranch we've been seeing online. We're not ready to really start shopping yet, but it was nice to see one of the places in person. In the afternoon we did a whole slew of cleaning ( Read more... )

I just let Holly onto the balcony. Her first order of business, after doing a brief survey of the area, was to flop onto her back and stare at me through the screen door until I came outside to pet her belly. I'm not sure who has who trained ( Read more... )

I kept wanting to write up a big post after the wedding, detailing the entire weekend. But there was just so much to it that the prospect of trying to put it all down in words was too daunting. And so I simply haven't posted anything for a while. Well rather than try and recount the entire events of two and a half weeks ago I think I'll post a ( Read more... )

Time has been zipping right along, just like I knew it would. I had every intention of posting over the past couple weeks, but it was hard to take my swirling thoughts and put them into text ( Read more... )

I just had the coffee equivalent of the Exxon Valdez disaster on my counter. I ground the beans and started to fill up the machine with water, but the Brita was mostly empty. So I filled the Brita, left it in the sink to filter, and came back to the office. A few minutes later I headed back to add the water. This time I poured too much in and ( Read more... )

Working from home I get to be around the cats all the time. And so I get to witness all sorts of funny goings on that I would have missed previously. Generally they sleep the entire morning, but every week or so they switch up their morning nap spot. They'll pick a spot and then stick with it for a while, develop a routine. And then, almost on ( Read more... )

I look like a mess today. I rolled out of bed at 7:30, which effectively gave me 6 hours of sleep, but it sure didn't feel like it. I showered after hockey last night, right before bed, which means that my hair dried into whatever mold my pillow provided. My hair is extremely thick and rather wavy, so once it dries, that's it. It can no longer ( Read more... )