Life Lessons Archive

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

How Not to Spend Your First Winter in Korea

Lesson #1: Don’t run out of heating oil! It’s snowing…still…again…still…again…take your pick. As I wrote yesterday’s post the snow continued to fall – big white fluffy chunks. We wound-up getting about 6 – 8 more inches and it’s falling again this morning. But we also looked up to see a great big FLASHING 03 on our [...]

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Mystery Solved!

[miss out on the fun?...go back & read part one first, then part two] Congratulations, Super-Sleuth Cynthia! Yes, Moo-Moo ate the remote control to the 42″ flat-screen Korean TV that came as a part of our apartment lease package. And let me tell you, if you thought trying to figure out how to work a TV remote [...]

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The Dishwasher

I cannot live without a dishwasher. It’s true – It’s on “the list” of must-have’s when looking for off-base housing.  I’m spoiled that way. You see, I hate doing dishes. Hate. H-A-T-E. Hate. I didn’t mind it so much when I was a single girl living the good life in Dallas/Ft Worth. But having another [...]