One thing I've learned that comes with moving around a lot is the need to reinvent my wardrobe in every new place we live.   I'm ...

Monday morning Eneye came to work with a black eye.  On her way home from work Friday evening she was assaulted and mugged. It had been rai...

After weeks of watching nothing grow in our little garden plot, Tecklu told me it was time to harvest the one and only head of lettuce th...

There are no lemons in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Only limes.  We're making lots of limeade in our house right now.  The rainy season in...

We had surprise visitors this morning.  Little Marcos and his Mama popped over to give me a photograph of the now 3 month old chubby littl...

Our little blonde crew draws a ton of attention on a normal day.  When we pull over on the side of a random road and pile out to ooh and aa...

A girl can have only so much willpower when it comes to living without cheese.  Yesterday my trip to the deli counter proved to be too m...

Justin picked up 2 kilos of Yirgacheffe coffee beans during his travels.  He plopped the big bag on the counter and announced that we nee...

If your looking to waste approximately 7 and a half minutes you could check out  my driving tour of a bit of Addis Ababa .  One of the thin...

I've been avoiding the milk in a bag here in Addis Ababa because they pile them in gross bins in the refrigerated section of the groc...

taking my kids to get vaccinations again!  I can't tell you how many times I hear people whining about how terrible it was to have thei...

Thing 1 doesn't want to let go of this birthday girl thing and I guess technically she can't because I'm going to bust my tail ...

I am so touched by all the comments people have left on the blog, emailed, or sent me on Facebook about the post I wrote a few days ago.  ...

A few weeks back I was playing with Ashlynn upstairs and heard commotion across the street.  I look out the windows to find the bamboo fe...

About 6 months in to an overseas post is when the "honeymoon" phase is over and things start to take a turn for the worse.  Every...

Being Westerners in third world countries has been our M.O. for the past few years.  We aren't new comers to the idea that we walk arou...

The commute to and from school was killing me.  Literally sucking the life from my body.  Every day the girls and I sit in the car in tra...

Last Wednesday was the longest and most painful day I've had in Ethiopia yet.  The morning ride to school was an hour long with both gi...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is at roughly 7,700 feet above sea level. Essentially the city is on a large plateau. This is my first time livi...