July 22nd 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
I will open by saying we did get all 4 visas and we are set to leave for Shanghai on ...that's next Wed. 1 week from tomorrow. Real soon. Anyway, until we went to the Chinese Consulate and applied, w ... 1 photos [full story]

July 20th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
Still busy...had a week with the kids and no camp which was nice but less productive for me in terms of projects and packing. We spent a fun few hours at the beach one day. I feel a little guilty wh ... 8 photos [full story]

July 19th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
For those of you who have not yet heard, I recently accepted a job with Bottlenotes, an Internet wine company, based in Palo Alto. I will be moving back to San Francisco at the beginning of August. As ... [full story]

July 16th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
Wow. I can see the stories from China are much preferred due to the spike in readership between last night and today! Mark's debut was quite a hit. I knew it would be which is why I urged (begged) him ... [full story]

July 12th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
It's Mark's birthday! He's still in China...but we talked a couple times and the kids and I sent him a movie I made with Windows Movie Maker...came with my Dell. He was very impressed, since he's the ... 1 photos [full story]

July 10th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
First, the important news...Mark signed our lease. Yahoo. That was a major checklist item. I found out a couple days ago, but for some reason wanted to wait and make sure nothing changed before postin ... 13 photos [full story]

July 9th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
When you decide to move to China, you have to figure out to do with your pets. We are not pet people (well, Mark and I aren't). Nathan is a pet person. He has a lot of Aunt Laura in him. We have 3 wat ... 3 photos [full story]

July 7th 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
We have been oh so busy the last several days! Emily turned 6 on the 3rd. She and I spent the day together (she got a mani-pedi we had lunch out and then saw the American Girl movie. We had a great f ... 10 photos [full story]

July 3rd 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
When I am stressed, I am also very distracted. I think this is typical stressed-person behavior but I think my forgetfulness stories are extra funny. This week alone, I've nearly missed my doctor's ap ... [full story]

July 2nd 2008  North America » United States » Illinois » Evanston
Just a quick update on Mark. He's doing fine....working tons in a rural part of China. Very long hours, no Internet. I finally reached him on his cell tonight and he answered it in Chinese! Threw me f ... [full story]