Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow! It was a gorgeous day today! I think we might just have officially used up our quota of good days for the year. :D Since we opted not to cook a big Thanksgiving meal (which we will be doing at Christmas instead), we decided to use our free time to visit the Cleveland Metroparks […]

Happy Chinese New Year!

Being a sensory-sensitive child, Alex doesn’t appreciate Asian snacks much, especially the really pungent ones. So last night, when Keith and I opened the spicy cuttlefish snack that we bought from AsianSupermarket365.com, Alex found the smell (from across the room nonetheless) so stinky and offensive that he asked “Are you trying to make compost?” LOL Looks like I won’t be bringing durian home anytime […]

Happy New Year!

What did you guys do? We didn’t do anything special to start our year. Keith spent five hours i.e. the whole afternoon :-P installing our brand new dishwasher…the dishwasher that we bought online from Lowe’s before Thanksgiving, only to find out that the local store didn’t have it in stock (contrary to the info given on […]

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Pomelo or loke yau in Cantonese is a popular fruit during CNY as the word ‘yau’ sounds like the word for abundance, thereby hinting at an abundance of good fortune. Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year! Although I’m just half Chinese (from my mum’s side), I’ve always celebrated Chinese New Year along with […]

Christmas Greetings 2010

Hello Everyone! Warmest greetings from Ohio. We hope this holiday season finds everyone well. Can you believe Christmas is almost here? Where has the year gone? Here’s a brief recap of our year – Keith continues to be employed despite the sluggish economy, for which we are extremely thankful. With his current contract ending in […]

Christmas Greetings 2009

Hello Everyone! Warmest greetings from Ohio. We hope this holiday season finds everyone well. A quick recap of major happenings in our lives – earlier this year, we joined millions of Americans whose lives were and continue to be greatly affected by the economy. It took Keith a few months to find new opportunities after […]

Gong Xi Fa Cai

To all our Families and Friends, May this New Year bring you Happiness and Good Fortune. Gong Xi Fa Cai! Love, Chris, Keith, Alex and Doggies (Max, Darwin, and Cyber)