I have been a little sick ever since I landed. I don't feel ache or dizzy or anything but I lost my voice and kept coughing all day and all night. My Dad visited us a few days ago for the New Year and . . . more

When I was in high school and college, I loved going to the shopping districts. Today after lunch, my mom took us to the new shopping districts under the Taipei Train Station. It is much more modern . . . more

Today's happy thing is really food related as well. My mom treat us to a fancy Japanese restaurant using a Groupon she bought.  I was surprised to see Groupon in Taiwan, but I was even more surprised . . . more

Today my taste buds were treated with the fried Year Cake in the morning. Lunch was the same wonderful pork stew we had the night before. Later, a few relatives came to my mom's house for dinner. This . . . more

After we arrived at my mom's house, I was able to taste my mom's delicious cooking. She had made the pork stew with special wild vegetables and the purple raddish soup before she came to the airport to . . . more

Unlike the past few trips, this time Kyleigh and I had an almost perfect trip. Kyleigh has elite status with the airline, so we didn't have to wait in line much. All flights were on-time and the flight . . . more

I am normally not a strawberry fan, but my husband loves strawberries. This week Giant (grocery store) has 1 lb boxes of strawberries buy 1 get 1 free, so I intended to buy 2 boxes for him. When . . . more

There are multiple happy things today to make up for the last few days. First of all, it snowed last night and we had a slight accumulation this morning. Daddy took Kyleigh out and had a fun morning with . . . more

I have been getting a lot of promotional deals from Sears portrait studio lately. I usually just have them take pictures of Kyleigh. But Monday night I decided to join in. The session was slightly . . . more