Category: At home
-
Construction mystery redux
Last March, I wrote about the construction site next door making all sorts of strange noises very early in the morning, and then being quiet the rest of the day, and got a great explanation in the comments from someone in the construction business. He also explained how, at the end of a construction project,…
-
We will make our own snacks
One of our resolutions was to cut down on junk and outside-bought food, and so far, apart from the ton of snacks we brought back from China (yah, I know, right?) we’ve kept to our word. Of course, it helps when you’ve got this, a Christmas present we gave ourselves, not least because we share…
-
New Year’s Nom
Over the New Year’s weekend, we:
-
Even the rain smells good
I wouldn’t say I’ve never felt so happy to be home, because I felt like that after spending three weeks in reservist training five years ago. But because it was not exactly happy circumstances which made my little family make our first overseas trip together, and because of the awful Shanghainese air, we took deep,…
-
Sorry mosquito not in
Couple of days ago, an NEA agent rang our doorbell and would’ve asked to enter our apartment if not for the fact I had the dog on the leash and was about to go let him water the plants when I opened the door. I had read about how some family was robbed by bogus…