Archive for June, 2009

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Well, Fudge! I missed the midnight potty party.

We live in South Hill Village. It’s a tiny gated community of about 12 duplexs -  apparently all leased by Janice, our wise & cunning real estate agent. More than half of us are 30-something Americans – all with no kids to speak of, unless you count our furry, four-legged ones. So just between our duplex & [...]

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Crap!…I always forget to turn off the water.

One of life’s quirks in Korea is no hot water. Nope, no wonderfully warm water to come rushing out of the faucet the minute you turn it on. No warm water for your bath, to wash your face, do some quick dishes, nada. Here you have to push a button. They don’t use hot water [...]

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Greetings from the Land of the Morning Calm

While I’ve been in Korea for just over a month now, this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to write about it. So I apologize if these intial posts jump back & forth a bit. But we all landed safe & sound on May 14th – me, our howling cat, Kitten & the terrified dog, Maggie [...]