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Total Posts: 550

Hot Dogs and Tacos - April 05, 2025
Playgrounds - March 02, 2025
Mr. Mom - January 26, 2025
Amanda learns to sleep - January 13, 2025
59 - January 04, 2025
Christmas 2024 - December 27, 2024
Thankful 2024 - November 29, 2024
Amanda Vibes - November 03, 2024
Learning to drive - October 21, 2024
Hot Water - October 09, 2024
Best Laid Plans - October 05, 2024
Coliseum Memories - October 01, 2024
Didi Ride - September 21, 2024
Scenes of summer - August 11, 2024
Prologue - The Story of Mimi - July 22, 2024
Car - May 26, 2024
Annual checkup - May 05, 2024
Trip to the past (and Tianjin) - April 05, 2024
A Tweet for Amanda - March 23, 2024
Middle Age Flight - February 18, 2024
The great cat escape - February 08, 2024
58 - January 07, 2024
Christmas 2023 - December 27, 2023
Family visit to Xiangyang - November 03, 2023
Road Trip - October 31, 2023
Four years - October 15, 2023
Family - September 24, 2023
Baby Wellness - September 03, 2023
100 Days - August 27, 2023
Memories of Jim - July 30, 2023
Jimmy Talk - July 23, 2023
The Run Remembers When - June 14, 2023
Amanda's arrival - May 27, 2023
Amanda Feeling - May 27, 2023
Haagen-Dazs - May 07, 2023
Waiting on Amanda - May 01, 2023
Curiosity and Empathy - March 26, 2023
We are having baby - March 05, 2023
Moving - January 26, 2023
Trip to Xiangyang and Covid - January 02, 2023
Painting the closet - June 05, 2022
Spring - April 24, 2022
Wishy Washy - April 16, 2022
Purgatory - December 05, 2021
Basketball with Elisa - November 14, 2021
Creative Type - October 31, 2021
Fight Club Lessons - July 31, 2021
Run - May 23, 2021
Found - May 05, 2021
Easter 2021 - April 05, 2021
To Aidan on his 18th Birthday - February 20, 2021
Daily Nuts - January 17, 2021
Some notes - November 08, 2020
September trip to Xiangyang - October 03, 2020
Bohai Sea Trip - August 17, 2020
Corgi Love - August 15, 2020
Last of My Kind - July 26, 2020
Dad's Bike Ride - July 05, 2020
My High School Baseball Career - June 20, 2020
Saturday rumblings - June 14, 2020
Wildlife Park Revisited - April 12, 2020
My High School Basketball Career - March 29, 2020
Bikes - March 22, 2020
Slime - March 15, 2020
Pot Roast - March 08, 2020
Moving Day - February 13, 2020
Appreciation for Hubei - February 09, 2020
The Forgiveness Myth - February 04, 2020
Coronavirus staycation - January 28, 2020
Christmas 2019 - December 25, 2019
Mornings - December 01, 2019
Emotions - November 23, 2019
On my way to the market - November 10, 2019
Grateful Trip - October 09, 2019
Day Trip - October 04, 2019
Voices in your head - July 28, 2019
Bike for a Burger - July 18, 2019
Father’s Day - June 27, 2019
Offsites - June 23, 2019
Trip to Xiangyang - June 16, 2019
Anxiety - June 09, 2019
So this happened - April 26, 2019
Rambling Easter - April 21, 2019
Sick or just jet lagged? - February 24, 2019
A few days in Guam - January 27, 2019
Two Frets - January 07, 2019
Christmas 2018 - December 30, 2018
Walking the dog walk oddity - December 16, 2018
Kitchen Dream - September 10, 2018
A dog - September 02, 2018
Summer Vacation 2018 - August 18, 2018
Dad Dream - July 17, 2018
To Aidan, upon 9th grade graduation - July 10, 2018
Easter 2018 - April 02, 2018
Epilogue: Kids and Dad - March 03, 2018
Dreams in 704 - February 21, 2018
Christmas Spirit - December 31, 2017
Jump - December 04, 2017
Truth in their Heads - November 30, 2017
About Lying - November 24, 2017
Disney On Ice 2017 - November 19, 2017
Social Context - November 19, 2017
Happy Mess in Isolation - November 13, 2017
Elisa Greets Trump - November 12, 2017
Ode to Sanlitun - September 11, 2017
Water Fight - August 25, 2017
H20 - August 21, 2017
Morning Joggers - August 20, 2017
First in Class - August 17, 2017
Girls Birthdays - August 06, 2017
Memories Ingrained - June 26, 2017
Father's Day 2017 - June 18, 2017
Higher Road - May 21, 2017
Basketball on Labor Day - May 01, 2017
Gratitude and Spite - April 16, 2017
Nest - April 04, 2017
Cooking Dinner - March 05, 2017
Pressed Shirts - February 25, 2017
SO Parents - February 19, 2017
10 Years MS Crystal - January 15, 2017
Haircut - January 14, 2017
Christmas Gifts 2016 - December 26, 2016
Uber, no Uber - December 04, 2016
Moving Day - November 27, 2016
Getting ready to move - November 15, 2016
Shades of my parents - November 13, 2016
Origins - October 20, 2016
Summer Vacation 2016 - August 21, 2016
Summer Vacation 2016 (parents view) - August 13, 2016
July 4th, 2016 - July 07, 2016
Times two - June 30, 2016
Father's Day 2016 - June 19, 2016
Fuzzy Brain - May 15, 2016
Thoughts on Turning 50 (part 2) - May 08, 2016
Sports Day 2016 - May 01, 2016
Let's get Crazy - April 24, 2016
Growth - April 18, 2016
A thing or two about loss - April 13, 2016
Speech Therapy - April 04, 2016
A few days in Phuket - March 20, 2016
View over Andaman - March 19, 2016
Surpise party - February 17, 2016
CNY 2016 - February 12, 2016
Thoughts on turning 50 - January 09, 2016
Christmas 2015 - December 27, 2015
Ramblings of an expat - December 05, 2015
Thanksgiving 2015 - November 29, 2015
The Force - November 03, 2015
First day of school - September 08, 2015
Sunday Afternoon - September 04, 2015
Four Days in Sanya - September 02, 2015
Picture Perfect - August 25, 2015
Monkey Island - August 14, 2015
One Week, Two Birthdays - August 08, 2015
Lydia's 11th Birthday Party - August 02, 2015
Home from Work - July 25, 2015
Pizza Party - July 18, 2015
Fourth of July - July 05, 2015
Tic Tac Toe - June 28, 2015
Father's Day 2015 - June 21, 2015
The Summer Time - By Lydia - March 29, 2015
Crossing the Street - March 28, 2015
Lagging - March 15, 2015
Aidan at 12 - February 23, 2015
Hummus - January 02, 2015
Ground Zero - December 03, 2014
South Grand - December 02, 2014
1989 Quake - November 23, 2014
Day 1 - Arrival - November 16, 2014
Heat - November 15, 2014
Good night bear - October 26, 2014
A game of 21 - October 07, 2014
Dream a little dream - September 28, 2014
Left then Right - September 09, 2014
Mooncakes - September 07, 2014
Hands - September 01, 2014
Lydia at 10 - August 03, 2014
Winnowing - July 20, 2014
Story to tell - July 07, 2014
CJ - July 05, 2014
Getting to the other Shunyi - July 01, 2014
clicking - June 14, 2014
Touchdown - June 09, 2014
Signs from Everest - May 24, 2014
Meant to die - May 11, 2014
Spring 2014 - May 03, 2014
Middle age shakes - March 23, 2014
Getting to the other side - March 09, 2014
(Untitled) - March 03, 2014
Tic Tac Toe - January 27, 2014
Dusk - January 26, 2014
Haircut - January 20, 2014
Voice - January 06, 2014
The connected heart - January 05, 2014
The Jack Rabbit and the Bear - January 01, 2014
Tear meets smile - November 22, 2013
A trip with snow white - November 17, 2013
Phantom Run - November 10, 2013
Looking West - October 31, 2013
My Mom’s Pot Roast - October 27, 2013
The Moment - October 13, 2013
Sketcher - October 08, 2013
Flat Tire - August 29, 2013
Ankle Bracelet - July 28, 2013
Biking in the rain - July 14, 2013
July 5th - July 07, 2013
Have a clear mind and a soft heart - June 04, 2013
Run - June 03, 2013
Day 2 of 10 - June 02, 2013
(Untitled) - May 26, 2013
A bit of a vet - May 12, 2013
Softening - May 01, 2013
Ready to Race - April 26, 2013
Old Apartment - April 23, 2013
Laugh - April 20, 2013
Lost Seoul - April 07, 2013
Irish Stew - March 17, 2013
Board Break - March 04, 2013
IKEA New Year - February 24, 2013
Midlife Lottery - February 11, 2013
ATM Card, Where Art Thou - February 04, 2013
Bus Ride - January 27, 2013
SMOG - January 20, 2013
Dark enough to see the light - January 09, 2013
47 - January 05, 2013
Audio Tour - January 04, 2013
Patterns - January 01, 2013
Rituals - December 27, 2012
Cold Christmas Eve - December 24, 2012
Cup of Coffee - December 23, 2012
Laowai Haven - December 16, 2012
Shivering - December 02, 2012
Your Mom, Part 2 - November 25, 2012
Thanksgiving, 2012 - November 23, 2012
Bike Seat - November 17, 2012
Get Out The Vote - November 06, 2012
Giants Cheer - November 05, 2012
RIP Mama Allio - October 18, 2012
Your Grandmother last hours - October 13, 2012
Nothing - October 02, 2012
School Stress - September 11, 2012
Hapless in Beijing - August 12, 2012
Your Mom, Part I - August 11, 2012
Elisa Anne Allio - August 06, 2012
Faith - August 05, 2012
Relax - July 15, 2012
Embarcadero - July 08, 2012
The Cultural Differences of Children - June 27, 2012
Drilling - June 24, 2012
Father’s Day 2012 - June 17, 2012
China Moment Rock Climb - June 07, 2012
Miracle of Flight Delay - May 26, 2012
Catie - May 14, 2012
Two Wheels - May 02, 2012
A moment in time - April 23, 2012
Spring - April 08, 2012
Weird Expat - April 04, 2012
Enforcement - April 02, 2012
On Being Nice - March 17, 2012
Bullies - March 10, 2012
The Tree Salad - March 03, 2012
Nap Time - February 27, 2012
CBA Playoffs with Aidan - February 25, 2012
Aidan at Nine - February 20, 2012
Visa Run - February 14, 2012
Elisa–Yellow - February 05, 2012
Window Seat - January 30, 2012
Yellow - January 26, 2012
VIP - January 13, 2012
Birthday Greetings - January 10, 2012
Elisa and Bieber - January 08, 2012
Saigon - January 06, 2012
Awakening to Money - December 22, 2011
Hoi An & Hue - December 21, 2011
Boo - December 10, 2011
Thanksgiving - December 05, 2011
Birthday Weekend - December 03, 2011
Close - November 18, 2011
Chengdu Trip - November 16, 2011
Show One - November 06, 2011
Checkup - November 04, 2011
Ayi Shuffle - October 26, 2011
Hike - October 20, 2011
Run - October 16, 2011
Casting Call - September 24, 2011
Merge - September 19, 2011
Driver - September 15, 2011
9/11 Plus 10 - September 13, 2011
Crash - August 30, 2011
Fire Them All - August 26, 2011
Anniversary Weekend - August 17, 2011
Summer Heat - August 10, 2011
Elisa At Three - August 07, 2011
Lydia at Seven - August 02, 2011
Night Visitor - August 01, 2011
Elevators - July 29, 2011
TCM Test - July 24, 2011
Home Alone - July 19, 2011
On to Summer - July 12, 2011
Final Exams - July 07, 2011
Fight - June 29, 2011
Getting to Know Elisa - June 28, 2011
Father’s Day - June 19, 2011
Concert Night - June 14, 2011
Animal Dreams - June 07, 2011
Feedback - May 29, 2011
Hey! - May 14, 2011
Bike for Your Right - May 10, 2011
Game, Set, Match - May 03, 2011
Home - April 25, 2011
First Day - April 03, 2011
Separation Delayed - March 24, 2011
Yang’s Date with the Eagles - March 13, 2011
In a name - March 06, 2011
Aidan At 8 - February 26, 2011
The Perfect Imperfect Vacation - February 22, 2011
Eviction–part One - February 19, 2011
Chicken - February 07, 2011
Getting the Point Across - January 30, 2011
Banking - January 26, 2011
Coordination - January 22, 2011
Ski Trip - January 20, 2011
Mismatched Expectation - January 15, 2011
Time for Sleep - January 09, 2011
Astrology - January 02, 2011
Yo-Yo King - December 28, 2010
in Search of the Leaping Tiger - December 22, 2010
Soft landing - December 21, 2010
Unstructured time - December 16, 2010
Candy and cake - December 05, 2010
Stranded on a Desert Island - November 11, 2010
Communication - October 23, 2010
Friend Making - October 17, 2010
Qingdao revisited - October 06, 2010
Dinner Party - October 05, 2010
October Break - September 30, 2010
Of TVs, Tents, and Butterflies - September 05, 2010
Hi Baby - August 26, 2010
Moods - August 14, 2010
Birthdays 3x - August 09, 2010
Vacation Start - July 24, 2010
Little Brown Building - July 19, 2010
Summer Camp - July 15, 2010
Flipped flopped - July 13, 2010
Stating her case - July 11, 2010
Sunday Morning Coming Down - June 20, 2010
Walking East - June 15, 2010
Tong - May 23, 2010
Close - April 25, 2010
Yellow Lab - April 20, 2010
Lydia’s eye - April 18, 2010
A Tuesday - April 11, 2010
Test - April 06, 2010
Five years in - April 05, 2010
Vegan - April 04, 2010
Victory over Spring - April 03, 2010
MJ - March 28, 2010
smoking jacket - March 15, 2010
Coat and Goggles - March 13, 2010
Quick run to the market - March 09, 2010
Feb 20 - February 28, 2010
Never missed it - February 18, 2010
Ice Cream Cake - February 15, 2010
Snowball fight - February 07, 2010
Waiting on green - February 01, 2010
Elisa sitting duties - January 25, 2010
Final Exam - January 20, 2010
24 hours or bust - January 05, 2010
Recital - December 20, 2009
Picture books - December 19, 2009
frozen - December 17, 2009
Bedtime - December 14, 2009
Charity - December 06, 2009
Great Weekend - November 29, 2009
Shitty Weekend - November 29, 2009
Wake up call - November 22, 2009
Winding down and Catching up - November 15, 2009
Smart and Strong - October 21, 2009
Visitor - October 12, 2009
Lai Ba - October 06, 2009
Chestnut Season - September 27, 2009
Stress - September 20, 2009
The road I’ve travelled - September 11, 2009
Almost human - September 02, 2009
Habits - September 01, 2009
Dream a little Dream - August 31, 2009
It’s a small world - August 24, 2009
Eight - August 18, 2009
Elisa is one - August 18, 2009
Birthday Girl - August 02, 2009
Elisa Walking - July 30, 2009
Not Last - July 25, 2009
Graduation - July 19, 2009
A Cop’s Wedding - July 13, 2009
Cookies for a Frog - July 01, 2009
Fencing - June 22, 2009
Something’s happened to Lydia - June 18, 2009
China Moments - June 15, 2009
Grounded - June 06, 2009
Bullies - May 03, 2009
Waiting to Cook - April 19, 2009
Peace - April 07, 2009
Winter Ends - April 06, 2009
Healthy Eating? - April 04, 2009
Chinese Lessons Part II - March 22, 2009
Chinese Lessons Part I - March 18, 2009
Freedom - March 14, 2009
Little shoppers - March 07, 2009
Smile - February 27, 2009
Sleepless - February 22, 2009
To Aidan - February 21, 2009
Stories - February 12, 2009
The case of the disappearing ayis - February 08, 2009
Diversity - February 05, 2009
Protégé - February 03, 2009
Cruising - February 02, 2009
Popcorn - January 27, 2009
Unmet expectations - January 24, 2009
Cold and bent - January 22, 2009
Expectations - January 17, 2009
In honor - January 06, 2009
Showtime! - December 29, 2008
The simplest thing - December 28, 2008
Santa Calling - December 25, 2008
Apple Trees - December 22, 2008
Peking Opera - December 20, 2008
Sanity - December 11, 2008
The Road to Ensenada - November 23, 2008
100 Days - November 20, 2008
Light and Dark - November 16, 2008
Athletic Excellence - November 10, 2008
Be less cynical - November 09, 2008
Expat bling - November 06, 2008
Lifeline - November 02, 2008
Progress - October 20, 2008
The first Allio 5 vacation - October 19, 2008
How far can goldfish swim - September 27, 2008
Going Soy - September 21, 2008
Match point - September 16, 2008
We all scream for Ice Cream - September 15, 2008
Never is a promise... - September 11, 2008
One Month - September 08, 2008
Olympic Memories - September 06, 2008
Lost and Found - August 30, 2008
Cup of Coffee - August 29, 2008
A Good Worker - August 18, 2008
The Main Event - August 15, 2008
What's in a name - August 10, 2008
Blogging the Baby - Part II - August 07, 2008
Blogging the Baby - August 06, 2008
A birthday cut - August 03, 2008
Of Fuwas and Machine Guns - July 29, 2008
Business Class - July 27, 2008
Five - July 26, 2008
Nesting - July 21, 2008
Northern Passage - July 19, 2008
Olympic preparation - July 13, 2008
Swim - June 24, 2008
Morning - June 21, 2008
Pre-baby picture - June 16, 2008
Broken - June 12, 2008
New School - June 10, 2008
Patience - June 08, 2008
Children's Day - June 01, 2008
17 Years - May 29, 2008
Aftershocks - May 27, 2008
Muse - May 26, 2008
Quake - May 25, 2008
Exposed - May 15, 2008
Taxi! - May 13, 2008
a foreign land - May 11, 2008
The Move Part Two - May 10, 2008
The Move Part One - May 04, 2008
Rated B - May 01, 2008
Blunt - April 21, 2008
Play...Ball - March 15, 2008
Home is where... - March 02, 2008
Home - February 25, 2008
An Eve for the New Year - February 09, 2008
Two - Fight or Flight - February 02, 2008
Cold as Cold is - January 29, 2008
Who's your daddy - January 24, 2008
One - Leaving on a Jet Plane - January 21, 2008
Human - January 19, 2008
Shoes - January 09, 2008
All I want for my birthday is a MRI. - January 06, 2008
To the West - December 30, 2007
Pain - December 27, 2007
Christmas in Beijing - Part I - December 25, 2007
Christmas in Beijing - Part II - December 25, 2007
Today is the day - December 17, 2007
Baseball - December 15, 2007
Winter - December 13, 2007
Fight! - December 08, 2007
The Lady with the Chisel - December 02, 2007
Thanksgiving and then some - November 27, 2007
As the moon is to the man - November 18, 2007
A phone call away - November 11, 2007
Halloween Beijing Style - October 31, 2007
Run till you drop - October 22, 2007
Job Change - October 16, 2007
Toy Competencies - October 09, 2007
Facet - October 08, 2007
A flag costing one kuai - October 06, 2007
A Moral Standard - October 04, 2007
Jia (驾) - October 03, 2007
Obsession - September 29, 2007
Dream - September 23, 2007
The One - August 24, 2007
Three - August 06, 2007
Confession - July 29, 2007
Liftoff - July 13, 2007
Hope - July 08, 2007
Broke - June 28, 2007
Dance - February 04, 2007
Phone Call - January 29, 2007
Small Crimes Part II - December 26, 2006
Small Crimes - December 21, 2006
Tuesdays - December 11, 2006
Family Time - November 11, 2006
Hate - November 07, 2006
Love for Son - September 21, 2006
Outside Looking in - September 06, 2006
Lines - September 04, 2006
A drive - August 31, 2006
Spring and Fall - August 29, 2006
Connected - August 22, 2006
Wish upon a star - August 20, 2006
The Mom - August 15, 2006
Planes - August 02, 2006
Know - July 26, 2006
Just Dance - July 05, 2006
What's in a name - June 29, 2006
Fashion Tips for Men - June 27, 2006
Vision - June 25, 2006
A Mother's Day letter - June 18, 2006
World Cup Part II - June 17, 2006
World Cup - June 15, 2006
A Good Apple - June 11, 2006
Taxi Ride - June 04, 2006
A Death in the Ex-Family - May 23, 2006
Bar Game - May 19, 2006
Fate or fate? - May 17, 2006
Match - May 15, 2006
Thai Traveling (Part II) - May 08, 2006
Thai Traveling (Part I) - May 07, 2006
Moving - April 26, 2006
I'll remember this - April 24, 2006
The power of music - April 22, 2006
Feeling my age - April 21, 2006