The Cabbage Patch

Lots of Changes

My parents moved in yesterday.  All of my siblings along with Ben and my brother-in-law helped with the move.  It was accomplished with minimal fuss and finished shortly before 3pm.  

With the move, I've had to change my email address because my email address was connected to their Road Runner account.  Talk about headaches!

I needed to then change many, many accounts that are connected to that address.

The biggest headache has been Google.  I had a gmail account from a while back.  I wanted to somehow combine the Reader with my gmail account.  No dice.  I can get a new gmail address that's connected to my current email account which is where all my other Google stuff is.  I didn't want that since that email address will no longer be valid.  Following?

I finally figured out how to copy all the subscriptions over to my gmail account, but have not figured out how to write the code for the Google Reader Share widget to connect it to my newer gmail account based Reader account.  Got that?

I was also following a few people so I could see what they liked.  Well, I can't find everyone yet.  And, if you're following me, you'll have to find me again.  Sigh.  

It's not that big a deal.  It just gives me a headache because I'm just not as technically savvy as I'd like.  

If you need me to send you my new email address, please leave me a comment.

Oh, and I'm going to get ride of almost all my sidebar stuff.  People tell me they're having trouble loading my page to leave comments.

Go With the Flow

Sometimes you have to go with the flow.  Today's plans were to prepare for our visits from family in the next three days.  Papa's aunt is coming to visit tomorrow and my cousin from Korea is coming.  My cousin, who is also Honey's godmother, has been in the country since Saturday taking a whirlwind tour of Washington DC and New York.  I ditched the school plans in favor of cleaning, haircuts and some nature study.  We got out (more on that later) and spent about 2 hours playing in the dirt and having a ball.  After baths (they were that filthy), I had planned on reading to them from some books I've had waiting for the month of September.  I had a list of about 10 and I've only read 2.  Well, after coming out of the bathroom with Brother, my sister had turned the TV on for her son. 

I can read to them tonight before bed.  Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

Cozy Comforts

We're temporarily living with my parents until our house is finished.  This is the room we live in.

That empty space between the girls on the left and the baby on the right is my spot.  It's tight, but we love it.  My children love having me sleep with them and sleep better at night.  At various times throughout the night I will have all the girls snuggling up to me.  Occasionally, even Brother comes down to the floor and snuggles.  It's really heartwarming for me.  Papa is not too keen on these quarters when he comes with us to visit my parents, but he endures without complaint. 

In Korea, people live in rooms smaller than this.  The kitchen is detached as is the bathroom.  The way to the kitchen and bathroom are usually not enclosed.  The room is the living room and bedroom.  The bedding consists of futon like material to lay down and blankets (either thick or thin depending on the season).  It gets all folded up and put away each morning and pulled out every night.  It's a different way of living. 

We do not put away the futon every day, but I do try to fold up the blankets.  I don't always succeed.  The kids have way too much fun sometimes dismantling the bedding, but I try not to get too upset (try being the operative word).