Differing Expectations

When we first came to Oregon, it was a temporary move. We were supposed to live here for one year while Tim trained with his new company then return to North Carolina where he would work in the Research Triangle Park office. Because we knew we’d only be here a short time, we [...]

Vacationing Kidless

Tim and I just returned from a lovely four day vacation in southern Oregon.  Here’s my Top 10 List of Benefits to Vacationing Without the Kids:
10.  It’s a lot quieter.
9.  You can stay up late and not have to worry about who will be grumpy the next day ’cause they didn’t get enough sleep (unless you will be [...]

From Breaking Camp to Breaking Appliances

The rain stopped by the end of breakfast and Thursday was shaping up to be a really nice day with lots of sun and temperatures in the low 70’s.  We had to do some drying out and cleaning up, but otherwise spent the day chatting with friends, hanging out by the lake watching the kids play [...]

Camping in the Rain is no Picnic

Thunderstorms are rare in western Oregon and western Washington.  Since we moved to Oregon six years ago, I remember only three or four weather events that had thunder and lightning and none of it was severe.
Hmm.
I’m sure that there is a good reason why the most severe succession of thunderstorms to hit the western Washington/Oregon [...]

Gas Pumping by Committee

 We’re a little spoiled here in Oregon.  We don’t pump our own gas.  According to state law, the gas station attendants must fill your car with gas.  No one I’ve asked has seemed to have a complete understanding of the reasoning behind this law, but I do believe that it inflates the price of our [...]

Last Day in China and Home at Last

Note:  This is the last in a series of posts chronicling our adventures in China from February 26, 2008, to March 13, 2008.  To find earlier posts on this topic, click on the Travel category.
I last blogged about our busy sightseeing Tuesday in Beijing.  Wednesday, we kept the plans to a minimum since we had [...]

T-fizzle…

Well, my grand intentions of blogging from Together for The Gospel fizzled spectacularly.  I underestimated the schedule demands in Louisville. This will sound like a bunch of excuses but here goes:
1.  I was dragged to a sports bar to watch a Red Wings hockey game Monday night, thus putting me back in the hotel around [...]

Tim at T4G

Hi all. Lisa has asked me to write a couple of entries for this blog and I will!  Someday.
But for now, I’m going to try to blog some entries this week from Louisville, Kentucky at the Together For The Gospel conference Tuesday through Thursday.
If you aren’t familiar with T4G, check out the links at the [...]

“Why do adults like sightseeing so much?”

Note:  Pictures of the places described here are in our albums on Picasa.  See previous posts for links (Beijing Album 2). 
Tuesday was one of our busiest sightseeing days of the trip.  I got the title question from an exasperated Kendall about halfway through the day.  You’d think we were antique shopping or going to the dentist [...]

He’s gone metric (or, When in Rome…)!

The kids have some exposure to the metric system from their Saxon math curriculum–it teaches them to measure and think in both US customary units and metric units (I appreciate this because, quite frankly, I think we’re a little backward on this issue here in the US).
Evan (he’s 6 years old, for those of you who [...]