H1N1 Flu Virus

Statistics:

30-50% of Americans will be affected.

1.8million hospital visits.

90,000 American deaths rated as "plausible".


Question: Have Jadan and Ella been inoculated against this potential? If not, when, where, and how quickly can they be? I'm not being an alarmist here..this has real potential to be a pandemic disaster once the weather cools down enough for the virus to spread easily and ESPECIALLY before Jadan starts attending school. April..what are you plans for this?

Concerned Uncle

(they've closed 38 schools so far in Korea. Any foreigner who leaves the country is put into quarentine for a week (in their home), and it is rumored that either already or soon, foreigners working at public schools will not be allowed to take international trips during the Chuseok holiday here. (I know for a fact already that our company requires a notice, us to be vaccinated, and to then be in quarentine for a week after returning.)

Speak softly and carry a big f^@%!^* STICK

or cradle it gently in your lotioned palm...either way...let's get the posting back up and running with a bang...or at least an "oh my God..what the hell??...did he just post that?!?"

Remind you of any old photos?

And yes...it was second-degree burns, which do blister a horrifying yellow puss-filled field of blisters all across my shoulders and back, which have yet to fully heal, and now my shoulders have two distinct colors..I hope that will not be a life-long discoloration...

(posts to follow on why someone would endure such a thing...)

Boring?....Busy?

Are we so boring that we have nothing to share? Or...Are we so busy that we don't have time to share? I am going to try and get some updates on the blog soon. With Brian gone, I should have some time. LOL

Gut-be-gone

Need a sure-fire way to lose those love handles or to finally dump that spare tire...I found it for the third time in Korea. Look no further than FOOD POISONING! Yes..don't let the name scare you...what could be better than 24-48+ hours of violent diarrhea, uncontrollable vomiting, sweating, chills, fevers, cramps, severe headaches, and sleepless nights. A mere pittance for the eventual 6-10lb. weight loss. Viola..you're thin again! It really is that easy.

(Recommended dosages include: beef kimbap (see sushi roll) left out on a counter all day....foolishly undercooking a pan full of pork....or the most recent, ordering from a baked chicken resturaunt late at night (11:50pm when they close at 12midnight) and what could be a possible rushed cooking job)

Directions, take liberally and await the results.

See you in health!

Our Family

Family~Like branches on a tree, we my grow different directions, yet our roots remain as one.

This year's model

It seems every year we "adopt" a racoon as our special friend.

You may remember "Babe" from last year.  (Babe can be seen on You-tube if you take a peek at the corimtnest postings.)

This years friend is "Three legged Joe". Joe doesn't seem to have the use of his left front paw.  He scoots around on three legs but can climb trees and seems to be doing OK.

He travels alone and often comes to the door in the morning for breakfast and then again for an early dinner.

The extremly harsh (for us anyway) winter seems to have thinned our racoon population.  The most we've seen this spring is 4 in one night.

Last yeat we had up to 15 on a regular basis.

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Cheeseheads!

Here is Yaya with my two little Cheeseheads! I couldn't bring the kids to Wisconsin, so I brought Wisconsin to the kids.