Last week, Mr. A gave a Chinese New Year presentation to M’s 1st grade class.  I had mixed feelings about it initially, but after M came home from another parent’s Hanukkah presentation saying “Mama!  We learned about Hanukkah today! We at latkes!  It was sooooo cool.  I wish I was Jewish!!”, I changed my mind.  [...]

Way back at the beginning of Nablopomo, I had a few comments asking for more information about how I finally (after 12 years of being with Mr. A) learned to cook Chinese food.
I had tried to cook Chinese food for a long time, but it was TERRIBLE.  So bad that it was not surprising to [...]

Violet asks:
What did Mr A say about the little boy you found on the waiting child list recently?
I can’t believe I didn’t blog this.  When I found that picture, it was about 30 minutes after Mr. A’s flight to Wisconsin took off.  Before he landed for his layover in Detroit, I had left him three [...]

Odds and ends that could be entire posts, but aren’t:

The last couple weeks have been extremely hectic and unpleasant.  I blame Mr. A who volunteered to write a brief he didn’t have to write. Granted, it was so important it will go on his resume, but he is working WAY too much to be paid [...]

At around 10:30 pm, we got a phone call.  We never get calls that late, so I was already suspicious when I answered.  Once I said hello, I knew right away something was up.
Me:  Hello?
Kid: Uh, HI.  Is Mr. A there?
Me: Yes, whose calling?
Kid: Uh, Frank.
Me: Frank who?
Kid: Frank Hugo?
Me (to Mr. A): He he [...]