Lets Go Kiddo

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Excitement is building. In 24 hours, we will be either really close or just arriving at the airport for our flight to Shenzhen (SZ) China.  We (J and I) are excited to see the city, experience China, try local food, and meet up with friends from last year at BASIS BKK, and scout the city as it might be a job location for us.  Certainly China is in the running.  The pay and cost of living are great for us and with J transitioning to Leadership, it could really set us up on a career path of really really good paying jobs in places we would want to live and want Kiddo to experience. Kiddo, for her part, is just excited to travel.  She’s got some wanderlust in her and I can relate to that.  She is, though, very excited for it.  She told her friends and teachers that she was going to China for break.  She and Nanny Beer made a passport for PorkChop Piggy (cuddle friend on the trip) so that everyone could get into China ok.  The one downside, accord...

I normally sit to write and I write about what we have been doing, the adventures we’ve been on, or the stuff we do.  There’s climbing, farms, cafes, adventures galore.  Maybe we ate somewhere cool or tried a new local dish.  Sometimes it’s some oddity we saw.  On occasion, it’s something cool and unique.  That doesn’t even get into the holidays, celebrations, or cultural events that happen as well. We are traveling soon, but not yet, so there is nothing to say there.   We traveled this summer, but that’s been blogged. The funny thing is, we had a weekend just past.  J and Kiddo went to for a climb and got art and craft supplies, I cooked and blogged and made soup.  I’m sure I could write a million things about that.  I could find a story or anecdote in there (I can hear Stockard Channing in my mind from Six Degrees with the word anecdote - “Tell us the one about THAT BOY! ” ((If you’ve not seen the film, do.  It’s wonderful)) to ...

More dental work for me this week.  The tooth that I had a root canal in Vietnam is aching again and I went to the dentist here and the filling had come out.  They want me to see the endodontist to make sure that all is well.  So, a temp filling is in it, but it’s still hard to chew and eat normally.  Tuesday, I’ll have that done.  That just leaves the next two days to figure out. The good news is, I LOVE making soup and we had all we needed in house, so soup it is.  I’m not doing anything gourmet or hardcore.  Made a mirepoix and had stock in the freezer, added some chicken and potatoes to go with veggies.  J and Kiddo are out and at the mall, so they can get to Tops and get a loaf of bread to have with it.  Simple.  Easy.  Most importantly, however, easy to eat.  At least for me.  Yesterday we did pork chops and mashed potatoes, so that was easy enough.  It does bite having more tooth problems.   See what I d...