Two stories...
Just before we went on holiday, we suspected that our bank card had been compromised. When we came back we were sure of it. So we met with the bank and set about to change our cards etc. Waiting those few days to get our new cards, we caught yet another transaction on our statement that we didn't recognize. So we decided to hold off activating our new cards and watch our account for a few more days. Even though we could not draw any cash, we thought it no problem as we had some checks to cash that could tide us over. Only it took us longer than we expected to weave our way through the unknowns of being a foreigner trying to cash a check...
By the time we managed to get cash to go grocery shopping, the fridge was pretty lean. In fact, it had less in it than when we purposely tried to empty it before our holiday! Those last few meals were... interesting :) I finally learned how to make congee - after a fashion as we didn't have many of the usual ingredients. It was touching to see Daddy's enthusiasm for it as despite its unsimilarities to what he used to eat, it still reminded him of his childhood breakfasts.
Now we have our new cards our account seems safe, and our fridge is comfortably full. But we'll be using cash much more often from here on, I think. We still don't know if we get our money back.
A story Grace dictated to me this week (her words and grammar as much as I could get down - she didn't wait for me to write often!):
A long long time ago there was an egg lying in the grass. then the egg cracked. Out came an ugly duckling. It started walking in the driffles of long grass. Then the ugly duckling reached to a poor house with one woman, one husband, 8 girls, and 3 boys. When one boy saw the ugly duckling he said, "Mother! Look at that ugly duckling!"
The 8 year old girl said, "Father, that duckling looks ugly." The ugly duckling went away from that house. It reached to a farm.
The farmer telled all the animals, "I think a ghost is coming near this farm."
When it came nearer, the cow mooed, " I think it is an ugly duckling coming." Then, when the ugly duckling turned around and went to the right. Then he was going to a field where people were planting rice.
One who was putting in the seeds said, " Look something is coming. Maybe it is telling winter is coming."
The one who was making holes for the seeds yelled, "plant the rice quick! I think it will eat the rice!" When the ugly duckling heard all that he turned past the field to a graceful pond with nothing in it just right for him. The ugly duckling was a boy.
Suddenly when the ugly duckling stepped in and swam half way across, something came in and the ugly duckling didn't know what it was. Then he saw big snow flakes coming. This meant winter was coming. If he didn't find a place to stay he would freeze. Then, suddenly when he reached the end, a big snowflake flurried on him and he froze!
As soon as spring came his wing was sticking our like this. He said, "Oh! I didn't know that!" Then he did the other wing and flapped and flapped and flewed. He said, "Maybe I am a beautiful swan."
By the time we managed to get cash to go grocery shopping, the fridge was pretty lean. In fact, it had less in it than when we purposely tried to empty it before our holiday! Those last few meals were... interesting :) I finally learned how to make congee - after a fashion as we didn't have many of the usual ingredients. It was touching to see Daddy's enthusiasm for it as despite its unsimilarities to what he used to eat, it still reminded him of his childhood breakfasts.
Now we have our new cards our account seems safe, and our fridge is comfortably full. But we'll be using cash much more often from here on, I think. We still don't know if we get our money back.
A story Grace dictated to me this week (her words and grammar as much as I could get down - she didn't wait for me to write often!):
A long long time ago there was an egg lying in the grass. then the egg cracked. Out came an ugly duckling. It started walking in the driffles of long grass. Then the ugly duckling reached to a poor house with one woman, one husband, 8 girls, and 3 boys. When one boy saw the ugly duckling he said, "Mother! Look at that ugly duckling!"
The 8 year old girl said, "Father, that duckling looks ugly." The ugly duckling went away from that house. It reached to a farm.
The farmer telled all the animals, "I think a ghost is coming near this farm."
When it came nearer, the cow mooed, " I think it is an ugly duckling coming." Then, when the ugly duckling turned around and went to the right. Then he was going to a field where people were planting rice.
One who was putting in the seeds said, " Look something is coming. Maybe it is telling winter is coming."
The one who was making holes for the seeds yelled, "plant the rice quick! I think it will eat the rice!" When the ugly duckling heard all that he turned past the field to a graceful pond with nothing in it just right for him. The ugly duckling was a boy.
Suddenly when the ugly duckling stepped in and swam half way across, something came in and the ugly duckling didn't know what it was. Then he saw big snow flakes coming. This meant winter was coming. If he didn't find a place to stay he would freeze. Then, suddenly when he reached the end, a big snowflake flurried on him and he froze!
As soon as spring came his wing was sticking our like this. He said, "Oh! I didn't know that!" Then he did the other wing and flapped and flapped and flewed. He said, "Maybe I am a beautiful swan."
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