I thought I would blog tonight, before things get too crazy again! I will probably send out my summer email to everyone in the next couple of weeks with some new pictures and more details. . .

First, I start my part-time teaching job at the university's English institutue next week, but classes don't start till the week after that. So excited!! Looking for great things to come out of this, and can't wait to graduate and leave my current job. Do not get me wrong I like working with the clients for the most part, but hate the company's politics and rules. The supervisor and I well, we don't get along much either. Don't do what I did, but I told her that we aren't friends, I am just her employee and will continue to do my best until I can say see ya later!

My mother has two more rounds of chemo, and she is doing okay. She had to get a shot three days in a row the week after the first round because her white blood cells were low. She took a job in the Orlando area and will be moving there at the beginning of August. I am a bit sad about this. . . but happy for her. It makes me all the more want to leave here after graduation and perhaps go Southeast for a while.

The tornado that went through Joplin that was something, wasn't it? It shocked us here and scared us especially since that storm was heading this direction for a while that night. I have not been there or seen it in person, but might later in June. . . but kind of don't want to because I'll be upset. Plus, not to mention that after that happened we were all on edge for like three days because of the possibility of tornadoes. We went to dinner with my mother one night, two day later, and we were the only ones in the restaurant and the TV was on with all the tornadoes in OK and Kansas coming right at us that night. No one was out and we kind of left there like, "well this could be it" but no one said it. It was just like text us if the tornado is coming and we'll just say hi. The storms all died that night after they crossed into our area, Thank God! But let me tell you we are going to take tornado sirens and warnings seriously now like everyone in Missouri will for at least the next couple of years!

Our daughter is doing well. . . she is getting so big and starting to talk more and more mainly Korean words. She goes everywhere and gets into everything if you don't stop her. Really exhausting and keeps us busy, but of course I love her so much. She is almost 2! That is unbelievable how fast the time went. . . still amazed at how much our lives have changed after having her. (Some really happy and exciting things. Other things still remember fondly like a distant dream that we could do at ease and places we could go without a big fuss before our baby. However, before we know it some of this shall pass too and we will have new challenges as parents.) That is a bit scary too!

After writing this, I realize how long my summer edition email is going to be. (maybe I should start typing soon.)

I feel the urge to blog after reading a couple of people's blogs that decided to blog after a long time of nothing. It makes me excited and feel like I can look forward to new blogs to fun and interesting things!


I haven't blogged in a while too. My beautiful daughter is growing so fast now. . . she is over 20 months old! Soon, she'll be 2 and in some ways that makes me feel a little sad that this time is going so very fast! She is keeping us very busy!


I am finished for the semester, but this summer I am going to be taking another part-time job teaching English to international students at my university's English institute. In the fall, my last semester, I'll be a GA and working full=time plus taking two classes! YEAH!
But, I am starting to see the light at the end of my tunnel of my life right now! :)


I am busy, but starting to feel more content in my life with everything! I don't know if content is the right word, but at a better place than even last summer.


My mom has beat breast cancer, she had a mastectomy. However, she has to take four rounds of chemo starting tomorrow. She took a new job in Florida, Orlando area and will start at the beginning of August. That is great! But it is far away!


Other than that, I will have fresh peas soon since my plants finally have flowers on them. I have one cabbage that is still doing well that I have hopes for, some flowers and tomato plants soon!

These pictures all make me very happy right now and feel peaceful! As Spring is coming and I have already planted some vegetables. . . I just wanted some inspiration! I hope heaven is full of gardens and fresh flowers and vegetables!

Enjoy. . . I want to go to these places.

Hi. . . everyone I guess we are 2011 now!!

I wish I had more time to post on this blog and exciting and interesting things to say, but not too much at the moment. I am trying to really limit my complaining and real life stuff to only email and off of this blog and facebook as much as possible! I think I have been doing fairly well lately, so that is good.

I haven't really read any books lately that I have wanted to read. I did have a library book that I was reading and got over half way through, but then my children's literature class started. So far, I have been busy reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Women, Treasure Island, and next is Alice and the Wonderland. So far my favorite is Treasure Island, at least it is more exciting then Little Women. I do have a greater appreciation for that book now though after reading the whole thing.

I am so ready to graduate! Hopefully I can get everything done by December and it will have only taken me 2 1/2 years to get my masters, while working full time and having a family!

Like I said before I read another book by Nicholas Sparks, which was Dear John. It took me about six weeks, I read big chunks at a time but because of everything going on wasn't able to finish it sooner.

My opinion was that it is a beautiful, but at the same time a was horrible book! There was too much loss and grief in this story and the ending wasn't exactly happy, but was in a way. At times I had a hard time reading this book because it was so sad and painful at points.

I told myself several times in my mind that I wasn't going to finish it because it was just too much with everything else going on in my life, but I did. I guess I am glad I did, but sometimes books leave me with strong feelings and emotions. Granted Nicholas Sparks is not like a famous author or will probably go down as acclaimed in the literature world, but the stories seems real enough to me.

That's it.

I have wanted to blog for a while now. . . but when I want to I never know what to say or have anything to say and when I have something to blog about I don't have the time!

There doesn't seem to be enough time in the day, week, month, year and on and on for everything. However, that is just an excuse and also that is not a good attitude. I should be living for now and living like it could be my last minute or day or whatever. However, I really find it hard to take that attitude sometimes when I have all this work to do for my job, school work, my family and "me" time.

My wife and I study the Bible together when we can, and sometimes this is 3-4 times a week and other times it could be once every two weeks. We are in Ephesians right now and usually do a chapter each time, read it and then talk about what stuck out to us and why and pray. This has been a really rewarding experience now and before also, but it is hard to find the time and even desire to do it at times. I think God almost feels like we have to for Him and for life in general because it seems to make things clearer and better for all involved when you focus on Him!

I am also going through a personal Advent devotional this year that I found on the INternet and downloaded for free from some Lutherans. I don't go to a Lutheran church and never have, but they are Christian just like me. Today was the start of the third week and the message in this devotional was about who do you trust. We should trust Jesus because He can help us with ANY problem that we have and wants us to lean on him with everything. I believe that I do this, but then when I thought about it, do I really do this?? When I was working on my 15 page paper last week, doing all my progress notes for my job, taking care of my daughter and being a husband do I always think about doing those for Jesus and the ones I love or because duty calls me to??

Give it all to Jesus!

I have been wanting to blog for a while now about something other than a book that I have read, but really don't know what to say anymore on here.

I am reading another Nicholas Sparks book right now though. . . I think after this one I might have to take a break from them.

School is going okay, already turned in one paper for the semester. Another one is due later. I am not going to give my topics away though at least not until they get published or become famous or something. One of my professors said that the one paper might be a good opportunity for me to try to get grant money to do the research. I haven't actually done the research on it yet, this semester was just kind of setting it up.

I don't know how I feel about the sudden weather changes and November finally starting to feel like November. Today when it was dreary and rainy, I almost thought it would be nice to see snow flakes flying in the sky. But then I quickly remember last year, when we were so ready for Spring but kept having pop up snow showers all the time and it was so cold!

I guess that's it for now!