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I has been...
doing... stuff.
Updates! Or... Leah please tell me what you have been doing the past several weeks, because I am just dying to know:
I started running. Outside. Okay, more like jogging. Very slowly. The treadmill finally got boring, what can I say?
I read the very last Harry Potter book. Loved it. Cried and laughed and cried some more.
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Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge
More China pics! These are pictures from Lijiang, in northern Yunnan province (which is in southwest China, right next to Tibet). Yunnan is famous for the many different ethnic groups that live in the area, each with their own unique music, dialects, dress, and food. Lijiang is primarily home to the Naxi people. A short distance away from ( Read more... ) -
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It's Mark's first 4th of July as a citizen of the U.S. I wanted to make it memorable for him... I was going to buy lil flags and sparklers and make breakfast and cupcakes and decorate them with red and blue sprinkles and then we were going to see fireworks tonight. But I've been sick since Friday and I need to get better ASAP. I don't want the ( Read more... ) -
Lil Lambs'n'Ivy
Mmm, Mark took me to a fabulous Chinese restaurant last night near where he works in Alpharetta. I didn't think there would be any good restaurants up thataway, since it's so suburban. And I'm a hip urban gal. And we go to small, trendy, independently-owned restaurants in urban-ville. But this restaurant, Xian, was really, really good!! The ( Read more... ) -
Hiking Tales
Haha- I just read a great article from a brave soul who hiked Emeishan, one of the mountains in China we'll be hiking. (Er, attempting?) I knew it had a lot of steps, but reading her account makes me a little more nervous.... especially when she compared hiking this mountain to getting a large tattoo on her lower back! As a friend of several ( Read more... ) -
Ever wanted to be on a stamp?
Okay, well, I don't really care about being on a stamp myself. I do, however, like the idea of creating my very own stamps!! Not that I send out many letters... but I will in the future, for secret things I'm not discussing at this point in time... and this could be a unique touch. I'm all about the little details. Okay, sometimes. Not when ( Read more... ) -
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu
Yes, Lao Tzu, I agree with you. It takes a lot of work to plan a long trip. Sure, I could pick a travel agency, tell them my budget and where I want to go, and have everything arranged for me before I even get on the plane.... but then there is little room for change. ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Babysitting
I babysat last night, for the first time in a loooong time. The couple I sat for (hmm, let's call them Allie and Steve) has two incredibly well-behaved girls, Sadie and Munchkin. Over 4 years ago, I babysat Sadie when she was just a newborn and slept all the time. Now she's nearly five, and Munchkin is two, so I thought that last night would be ( Read more... ) -
Yangshuo
In my impossible-to-contain excitement over our upcoming trip to China and Tibet, I'll randomly be posting photos of the places we intend to visit. I like to learn about the places I visit before I go- it just makes each new place that much more interesting! You're invited to learn along with me. This is Yangshuo:
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