Mommies Gone Wild

Saturday night me and 6 other moms (Leslie, Misti, Stacey, Jennifer, Paula, and Jamie) went out for Misti's birthday. We started out the evening having dinner and margaritas at the Holy Grill. It is a Canadian restaurant that serves Greek and Mexican food (well they think it is Mexican food). After cake and singing we headed into downtown on a mission to have fun. The first place we stopped was a little stand (as seen above) that sold liquor in a bag. They fill this plastic bag half full, put in a straw, and release you on the public. Holy crap! This was not normal alcohol. I think this stuff might have been grain alcohol with a touch of flavor. I am not kidding when I tell you that this stuff had one heck of a kick. Needless to say, within about 5 minutes we were all making each other taste the other persons drink and figuring out that drinking from more than one at a time made it taste better! At our next destination we opted for the drink they called the rainbow. It ended up being a shot with like 5 layers of different colored liquor. The bartender lined up all the shots and then slid Bacardi 151, that she had lit on fire, down a long knife into each drink. Soon all the shots were on fire. It was so cool. She handed us all a straw and told us to stick it into the fiery liquid and drink quickly. Woooooow! I am not ashamed to admit that I might be getting to old to be drinking that kind of stuff. Last we headed to another bar that most of the Americans call The Ice Bar. When you order a beer they bring it to you in a mug made completely of ice. As soon as you finish your beer you are supposed to take the mug of ice and throw it at this target. If you hit the target you win a prize (like fries or a free beer). We all decided to call it a night at around midnight. Most of us were exhausted and I for one had blisters on my heals from wearing cute shoes instead of comfortable shoes. Two of the girls headed home in separate cabs and the rest of us all piled into one cab to head home. As soon as I got in the house I took two Alleve, drank a glass of water, and fell asleep. As strong as the drinks were and can you believe it, I woke up without a hangover! I had a wonderful time with some great women! I laughed myself stupid and I cannot for next month when we can do this again.

Yeah me

Today was one of those days where you realize you should just go back to bed and wake up tomorrow. First thing this morning my cell phone decided that it wanted to go swimming in the toilet. Yeah me, I now get to have a pee phone! I swear if they were not so expensive I would just get a new one, but since they are I got to go fish it out with my hand. Later in the day, Marley comes to me saying yuckies and spitting into her hand. I smelled something funny in her mouth and told her to show me what she got in her mouth. My genius daughter had decided to chew on a glow in the dark necklace until it leaked into her mouth. Yeah me. We wash her mouth out and I get to have a conversation with poison control. Luckily poison control said that this happens all the time and that the little bit she got in her mouth would not hurt her, but it would taste pretty bad. Thinking that the worst of the day must be over, I took the children to the park. We played outside for a few hours and came in for dinner. Once we got into the house I gave Marley a cup of milk and we sat down to wait for the pizza to get here. (yes we have pizza delivery here, but it is like rubber cheese on cardboard.) Marley comes across the room and tells me to rub her back. Apparently I did not get what she was trying to tell me and next thing I know she is projectile vomiting all over the living room. Yeah me, I love a good puke bath. Now I have bathed the two of us and mopped the floor just as the pizza man arrives. Marley opts for bedtime, so just as I am pushing play on her movie I hear her blessing me with another round of vomit. I pick her up and we race to the bathroom where we get to take ANOTHER shower. Her bed is stripped and she is back in bed on a towel watching her movie when I finally get to sit down to my pizza. Only a mom would still have an appetite after all of the mess! The house is finally quiet and I have my fingers crossed that Marley is finished with whatever bug she had. (FYI I did call poison control back and they said that the vomiting was not related to the necklace incident, just a wonderful coincidence that they happen on the same day.)

Korean Musical

One of my friends here got free tickets to a Korean musical and I was lucky enough to be able to go with her. I have to say that this was an extremely cool experience. I was not able to take pictures or I would have posted some. All of the dialog was in Korean (with English subtitles), but all of the singing was in English. We had a great time giggling at the translation goofs and some of the subtle humor of the musical. Apparently Koreans like their humor to be very over the top slapstick, whereas Americans appreciate subtle humor. My friends and I would find ourselves laughing yet the Koreans would be straight faced. I have to say I thought this was an awesome evening and I will be going back when they have a new production.

TMI

Today when Jackson got home from school he walked into the living room, very nonchalant, and said he wanted to know what a word meant. He hands me his little note taking spiral and at the bottom of the page, in his own handwriting, is "hikey." I decided I better find out the context the word was used in before answering him. Jackson begins to stumble over his words, I can see that he is pretty uncomfortable, so I calmly wait for him to finish. He tells me that he has overheard a kid ask the teacher what the word meant and the teacher refused to answer. Damn it..........my fear was correct. He really was asking me what a "hickey" was. I decided to take the scientific approach in answering his question. I googled "hickey" and found a picture for him to see and then began my explanation. As soon as I start giving him details his hand immediately goes to cover his mouth. He is completely appalled, yet still morbidly curious to hear the rest of the explanation. Not two seconds after I finished talking, he ran to his room and I could hear him dry heaving. I know that I need to have "The Talk" with him about sex soon, but I am not sure either of us can stand the embarrassment of me telling him! Poor kid will never be the same!

Gotta love her

Marley came in with her diaper on, a t-shirt, a dress-up hat, backpack, and her animal hotel to tell me that she was headed off to school. She cracks me up sometimes!

Italy Italy

Apparently we have been away from home just long enough for Jason to want to eat Italian food! We took the kids to walk around downtown and then to have lunch at Italy Italy. Instead of chairs you get to sit on loveseats next to the second story window and people watch. It is a design your own pizza or pasta style of restaurant. You get to choose three pastas, a sauce, and then what additions you would like. For the pizza you get to choose the shape, sauce, and toppings. I took pictures of the little salad that they bring you that has the most awesome honey mustard dressing. You are also able to see the pasta dish that I ordered. I chose the fettuccine with spinach, fresh garlic, black olives, and chicken. They put it in a deep dish, cover it with cheese, and bake it. Sorry, but I had to take a few bites before I took the picture. OMG it is so good! Jackson ordered a pizza, but he had already started eating before I could take a good pic. I will try to remember my camera when we go eat Korean food so that you can see what it looks like.

Market

This is a Korean market that we went to on Saturday. This one has a wide walkway compared to some of the markets that we have been to. These are a great place to get huge fresh veggies and fresh fruit for so cheap. We can buy our food and stuff at the commissary here on base, but by the fruit and veggies don't last very long once you get them home. I guess the travel time to get here makes everything less fresh. Most people here go ahead and buy their fresh food from street vendors and markets since it is much cheaper and totally fresh.

Taxi Ride

Here is a picture I took the other day when Marley and I went for a taxi ride to the grocery store.

Korean Tooth Fairy

For days now Jackson has been working on one of his baby molars, trying to get it loose enough to pull. He has had his hand in his mouth wiggling that tooth as much as possible. The rest of the time his face looked like that of a stroke victim as he wiggled the tooth with his tongue. I am happy to announce that the tooth is no longer in his mouth. Since he is 10, his younger sister is too young to figure it out, and we are in a foreign country, we decided that we should have a little fun with the tooth fairy. Jackson went to sleep with this tooth under his pillow just like he always has and Jason and I sat outside reminding each other to put money under the pillow. Eventually we decided that we would make it a bit more fun this time and put Korean money under his pillow. We snuck in his room and replaced the tooth with 1 dollar bill and 1000 won and then laughed ourselves to sleep. Jackson woke up this morning and brought me the money with a confused look on his face. We proceeded to tell him that the Korean tooth fairy must have taken his tooth, to which he shook his head and laughed back to his room. I would bet you anything that he is in his room right now trying to figure out how he can keep the Korean Santa Clause from visiting and get the American Santa Clause to make a special trip.

On a stick

One of Jason and my favorite things here in Korea is the food on a stick. I will have to take a picture of the actual food sometime, but for now you get the idea. We love how it is set up like a booth at the State Fair.

Only In Korea

Only in Korea will you see a plastic surgery office directly above a McDonalds!

Downtown Korea

My friend Leslie and I took the little girls downtown today for lunch and a bit of shopping. I took some pictures but it just does not translate all that well. Downtown Daegu is very different than the markets that I have been to so far. It was a grid of like 15 square blocks with more upscale shops everywhere. Since real estate is at such a premium all of the stores go up and no space is wasted. Some of the stores are three stories tall and some just have stores on top of stores. It is not dirty or cramped at all. We wandered around for about two hours and there is no way that we saw it all.

Fireworks

Last night the base put on a fireworks show. What we heard is that the 4th of July fireworks got rained out, so they decided to do them for Labor Day. Works for me because this way we were here to see them. I have to say, they were not Lakewood CC fireworks, but for a small military base I was very impressed. I wanted to take pictures, but Marley screamed the whole time and cowered in my arms. We found a great spot on the golf course and soon were joined by friends. It was a pretty nice evening. I just wish that Marley would have seen the fireworks. I understand why she is afraid of the noise, but she refuses to look at them.