"Wo mei yo chian" Was most likely my most commonly used phrase in Chinese. It means I don't have any money. I used it nearly everytime I walked down the street, came out of a reastruant, entered the subway, or got off of the train. And let's face it I usually did have money, I just didn't have enought money to give to all of the beggers in China. Although if I did have food I tried to give it to them. One time I remember the children beggers were very persistant at one train stop. They kept touching me, fallowing me, and begging for money. I told them that I didn't have any money. I think Jon explained to them that he thought it was wrong to use children to beg. My chinese was very poor--so my responses are usually more rude but convey the point. I offered the child some of my cookies. She said "bo yow" (sorry for my bad pinin) meaning I don't want that. Finnally she realized she wasn't going to get any money from us she grabbed my cookies and ran away. Since I have returned home I have enjoyed walking down the street, coming out of restruants, and everything else with out having people try to scam me out of money. But I fear moving to Salt Lake will change this for me. Infact it already has. Last weekend we went to Wal-Mart in west salt lake and a woman asked me to give her money for her giftcard. I took one look at her, our eyes met, and I thought you have to be kidding me. Her eyes seemed to say you aren't buying this are you. I told her I don't have any money, we only have credit cards. She made a joke about how nobody carried cash anymore. I laughed and Jon and I quickly walked away. Well, at least she didn't steal my cookies in the process of trying to scam me. Jon and I must just look like suckers.
I hardly ever get fancy shampoo. I usually buy the kind they have at dollar tree. But last time I went to Smith's a saw some Pantene on sale for around a dollar. I thought, "Great, I can afford the expensive kind!" I thought the bottle said for women who color breakage defense. I had some wild times in China experimenting on my hair and also often use a striat iron so I figured I could us the breakage defense shampo. Later when I brought it home I realized it actually said, "for women OF color breakage defense. No wonder nobody in Logan bought it!
So we saw this on a friend's blog and decided to use this highly scientific method to see who Mary looks more like. I guess she's mamma's girl.
From the time Mary was born she has had incredible head strength. She has never liked to be burped because she insisted on holding up her own head. I was afraid we would give her whip lash burping her. When I took her to her two month apt. she would not lay flat on her belly and kept wanting to roll off the table. I attribute this to her incredible head strength. The doctor kept asking, "can she roll over now? she isn't supposed to be able to do that yet." And now she can roll easily over both ways she likes to do this all the time. She just did the cutest thing with it. She rolled over in her bassinet and raised up on her arms to look out and see if I was there. When she saw me she gave me the biggest smile! Now it's official Jon and I have no more privacy in our room. And I think she is getting too big for her bed. That is why when we move she is going strait to her own room and into a crib. She is growing up so fast!
Tomorrow we are going down to Salt Lake City to get the key to our next apt. We loaded up the car and we are going to get up early and go down. On to the future. Maybe I will take the point and shoot and take some photos.
1.Who was your best friend?
Michelle, Nicole, Nanette, Kristen and Lindsay
2. Did you play any sports?
No, I didn't even take gym, somehow I got out of it. Yes, I know it's required and yes I didn't take it.
3. What kind of car did you drive?
a 1990 Nesson Truck, still have it
4. It’s Friday night. Where were you?
If it was winter I was probably trying to get Nicole to play the Barbie game...I was obsessed with the prom and I loved Barbie. In the summer I was either working at Lagoon or hanging out with Michelle at Lagoon.
5. Were you a party animal?
Not really
6. Were you considered a flirt?
Maybe a little.
7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir?
No I'm not very musically gifted. Jon once comented on me singing off key while we were dating and I cried all during the chastity talk. I think it scared our Bishop.
8. Were you a nerd?
I think I was an art nerd.
9. Were you ever suspended or expelled?
No
10. Can you sing the fight song?
DHS is the EASIEST fight song..."Oh Dear old Davis High school, we'll fight for you, we'll fight for Davis our D (d) H(h) S(s)...."--there is that part in the middle that I always mumble my way through
11. Who was your favorite teacher?
I loved my chemistry teacher--Mr Simmons?
13. Did you go to the Prom?
Yes
14. If you could go back, would you:
I don't want to go back now, although I think about how much I have learned and how I would do things differently
15. What do you remember most about graduation?I remember we went bowling at weber, It wasn't that exciting
16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day?I think I went shopping with Kristen and Lindsay at savers and went to Chilli's but I'm not sure that was on skip day
17. Did you have a job your senior year?I worked at the Old Fashion Photo Studio at lagoon
18. Where did you go most often for lunch?
wherever Nicole or Nanette was driving--one of the perks of driving a truck, we didn't all fit
19. Have you gained weight since then?
yes
20. What did you do after graduation?I worked that summer and then went to BYU
21. What year did you graduate?2001
22. Who was your Senior Prom Date?
Ray, I think Nicole made him ask me or something. Ray took Nicole to Homecoming. I took extra long getting ready for the dance and he had to talk to my parents. My dad kept yelling at me to hurry up. Ray wasn't LDS so my dad thought it was funny when he said, "are you going to take so long that I should get him something to read--maybe a book of Mormon." Parents were so embarrasing!
23.Are you going/did you go to your 5/10 year reunion?
I think I'm suppose to help with them because I was on senior committee, but I still haven't gone to any
There you go Nicole.
Michelle, Nicole, Nanette, Kristen and Lindsay
2. Did you play any sports?
No, I didn't even take gym, somehow I got out of it. Yes, I know it's required and yes I didn't take it.
3. What kind of car did you drive?
a 1990 Nesson Truck, still have it
4. It’s Friday night. Where were you?
If it was winter I was probably trying to get Nicole to play the Barbie game...I was obsessed with the prom and I loved Barbie. In the summer I was either working at Lagoon or hanging out with Michelle at Lagoon.
5. Were you a party animal?
Not really
6. Were you considered a flirt?
Maybe a little.
7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir?
No I'm not very musically gifted. Jon once comented on me singing off key while we were dating and I cried all during the chastity talk. I think it scared our Bishop.
8. Were you a nerd?
I think I was an art nerd.
9. Were you ever suspended or expelled?
No
10. Can you sing the fight song?
DHS is the EASIEST fight song..."Oh Dear old Davis High school, we'll fight for you, we'll fight for Davis our D (d) H(h) S(s)...."--there is that part in the middle that I always mumble my way through
11. Who was your favorite teacher?
I loved my chemistry teacher--Mr Simmons?
13. Did you go to the Prom?
Yes
14. If you could go back, would you:
I don't want to go back now, although I think about how much I have learned and how I would do things differently
15. What do you remember most about graduation?I remember we went bowling at weber, It wasn't that exciting
16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day?I think I went shopping with Kristen and Lindsay at savers and went to Chilli's but I'm not sure that was on skip day
17. Did you have a job your senior year?I worked at the Old Fashion Photo Studio at lagoon
18. Where did you go most often for lunch?
wherever Nicole or Nanette was driving--one of the perks of driving a truck, we didn't all fit
19. Have you gained weight since then?
yes
20. What did you do after graduation?I worked that summer and then went to BYU
21. What year did you graduate?2001
22. Who was your Senior Prom Date?
Ray, I think Nicole made him ask me or something. Ray took Nicole to Homecoming. I took extra long getting ready for the dance and he had to talk to my parents. My dad kept yelling at me to hurry up. Ray wasn't LDS so my dad thought it was funny when he said, "are you going to take so long that I should get him something to read--maybe a book of Mormon." Parents were so embarrasing!
23.Are you going/did you go to your 5/10 year reunion?
I think I'm suppose to help with them because I was on senior committee, but I still haven't gone to any
There you go Nicole.
It seems like time just flies. It's hard to believe that school will start soon, and I'll be right back into the mix again. It's been nice to be out [of school and just in the regular ol' workforce], especially for the last few months since Mary was born. She's a cutie, and she seems to discover new things each day. Today she seems to have discovered her feet. She will grab them now, and move them up closer to her head, and watch them. I think she's discovered that these magical moving appendages are controlled by her. That has to be kind of a cool realization, I think.
Anyway, with school starting August 18th, we are beginning the moving process pretty soon here. We will get the key to our new apartment at the University Village (campus housing for married students at the U) next week, and we will start seriously moving objects beginning that weekend. It's been quite a process, moving, for the third (fourth if you count twice in China) time since our marriage. We have had to go through old stuff, decide what to keep and what not to keep. We're losing about 200 square feet from what we have now, here in Logan, so it makes sense for us to try to reduce things down as much as possible. It's going to be pretty cozy in our new place, but the price can't be beat. It'll be interesting to see how everything is going to fit, but we're not worried.
Lately I've had a real craving for kimchi, so I went down to the local Asian market (Logan's only one, small and attached to a Korean restaurant) and picked up a jar of kimchi. If I didn't choose this one, would have had to get the 2.5 gallon jar, and as much as I like kimchi I don't think I could consume that much. Either way, it was fun to get some kimchi, and the lady in the store played with Mary for a solid 5 minutes. Mary must have liked it, because she couldn't stop giggling. The grandmother in the store seemed to think that it was funny that Mary had a little bow stuck to her head, because I could see her pointing to the bow, pointing to her head, laughing, then saying something in Korean. It's too bad I only speak one foreign language.
We're doing well, and we look forward to being geographically closer to (many of) you. Oh, and here are a couple of pictures of Mary that we took in a tiny little traditional Chinese dress that we bought, so enjoy.
Anyway, with school starting August 18th, we are beginning the moving process pretty soon here. We will get the key to our new apartment at the University Village (campus housing for married students at the U) next week, and we will start seriously moving objects beginning that weekend. It's been quite a process, moving, for the third (fourth if you count twice in China) time since our marriage. We have had to go through old stuff, decide what to keep and what not to keep. We're losing about 200 square feet from what we have now, here in Logan, so it makes sense for us to try to reduce things down as much as possible. It's going to be pretty cozy in our new place, but the price can't be beat. It'll be interesting to see how everything is going to fit, but we're not worried.
Lately I've had a real craving for kimchi, so I went down to the local Asian market (Logan's only one, small and attached to a Korean restaurant) and picked up a jar of kimchi. If I didn't choose this one, would have had to get the 2.5 gallon jar, and as much as I like kimchi I don't think I could consume that much. Either way, it was fun to get some kimchi, and the lady in the store played with Mary for a solid 5 minutes. Mary must have liked it, because she couldn't stop giggling. The grandmother in the store seemed to think that it was funny that Mary had a little bow stuck to her head, because I could see her pointing to the bow, pointing to her head, laughing, then saying something in Korean. It's too bad I only speak one foreign language.
We're doing well, and we look forward to being geographically closer to (many of) you. Oh, and here are a couple of pictures of Mary that we took in a tiny little traditional Chinese dress that we bought, so enjoy.
I have been watching my sisters four kids this week. During the day while they were playing outside, I stayed inside and played with Mary. My sister in law gave me a book with all the baby milestones in it. I'm proud to say that Mary can already roll over both ways...and is too mobile for a three month old! But she didn't know how to blow razz berries (another baby milestone) so I have been trying to teach her. So I kept doing it and she would laugh, but not do it herself. Then after all the kids went to bed Jon and I stayed up with Mary. It's amazing how much you appreciate alone time when your watching five kids. We finally got into bed around midnight, but Mary was not tired at all. She stayed awake laughing in her crib...laughing and blowing razz berries. I guess all my work did pay off. She thought it was so funny that she stayed up at least a half an hour before I gave up, feed her again, and held her until she fell asleep.
I posted this on my other blog http://ravenbergphotography.blogspot.com/ but I thought it would be fun to post it here, too. It was fun being able to see one of Jon's good friends get married. They were a lot of fun to photograph! Here's the slideshow.
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