Like nomads, but with more stuff

In packing for the trip, we realized we hadn't traveled anywhere particularly challenging with the kids until now. Most of our travels ...

For our second day we were more organized, and although it became a bit of a chore to make the guide slow down so we could go our own pac...

In our sixth year in a 6-month-winter post, I decided  demanded the family spend some vacation time somewhere warm enough to wear shorts ...

Last year Astana did not create its usual annual ice city, I heard the rumor that the reason was a previously warm and melty winter t...

Admittedly, it has been 15 years since Christmas was my own private free day, where I could read undisturbed all day and then run into othe...

The children are planning some kind of surprise for my birthday. They want me to be prepared. Zoltan has specifically asked me to be sure t...

At the kids' school, they can earn "yellow signatures" for doing good work or extra credit work; 10 signatures earns a Yellow...

Last November gratitude. What to choose? I am grateful for the beautiful sunsets I can see from my apartment window, the brisk winter snow,...

Today I am grateful for the embassy-supplied humidifiers.  They have a wider mouth so the tank can be cleaned more easily than the ones we ...

I am also grateful today to my husband, who decided to try out the cinnamon roll recipe from the one cooking magazine we get. Wow. The kids...