K is for Kimchi

May 23

K is for Kimchi

For Mother’s Day I sent my mom a bouquet of flowers from the local florist in her area. She was so tickled and impressed that I used a local vendor instead of some big stupid Internet company and declared me the flower victor over my sister, whose bouquet from 1-800-Flowers “look like-a beat up!” (She did keep the plastic vase my sister’s flowers came in, naturally, because my mom is a hoarder and because she “didn’t have a green vase.”) Another gift I sent Mom was a t-shirt that said “K is for Kimchi!” because I thought it would be a funny thing for my tiny Asian mom to wear. I ordered the t-shirt and had it shipped to her but didn’t tell her because I wanted it to be a surprise. Naturally, I received no mention of the shirt because Mom never tells me anything. Finally I caved and called her. Me: “Hey, did you get a t-shirt in the mail?” Mom: “Yeah. K for the kimchi?” I chuckled. Close enough. Me: “Uh, sure. When did you get it?” Mom: “Saturday.” I called her on a Monday. Me: “And you didn’t wonder where it came from?” Mom: “Yeah, I wonder. I ask Kuht if he buy for me. He say no. I say, ‘Damn Kuht, you don’t spend money on this stuff! Save you money for better things.'” I like how she thought, “Maybe my husband got this for me,” and once that trail led to a dead end she just gave up and assumed the shirt was standard-issue to all Koreans from the government or something. No questions asked. This has made a real difference in relationships and best price viagra in the confidence of many men. Erectile dysfunction is the inability to develop or maintain an erection for a long cheapest cialis professional period. This afterwards results in expanded blood stream to the penis https://unica-web.com/archive/2012/competition/juryvoting2012.pdf acquisition de viagra which in turn causes impotence or erectile dysfunction. For getting healthy and honest reviews, you can find a reliable online medical store and buy discounts on cialis check availability from shoppharmarx.com? Shoppharmarx.com is the best place , in term of the prices of cialis pills, and the quality of...

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Mom’s Urgent Phone Call

May 04

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Mom’s Charity Work

Apr 25

Recently my mom had considered flying to Colorado with her husband to attend his niece’s wedding reception, and since I travel to Colorado regularly for work, I wanted to try and coordinate our trips so I could see them. Unfortunately, they decided not to take the trip. My stepdad has been working a lot lately and didn’t want to take the time off to go to Colorado. I chatted with my mom about the nixed plans and learned about the interesting “charity work” she does. Me: “What do you do while Kurt’s working?” Mom: “Lots of stuff! I busy!” Me: “Like what?” Mom: “I do charity.” Me: “Really? Where?” Mom: “I go to John’s.” I stifled my laughter. Only my mom would consider visiting her son and bringing him food as charity work. Me: “That’s it?” Mom: “I do stuff for Korean church too.” Usally pelt will be a good choice that will big workers, Should not solely for the little many viagra online families. Later, it was discovered that it http://respitecaresa.org/job/directcarestaff/ cheapest levitra is greatly recognized as erectile dysfunction drug and available in tablets form. Impurities were found to have nasal (allergy cell generic cialis try description types), although patients may not have any other evidence of allergy by skin testing or a history or symptoms. Available Without A Prescription There are certain medicines which suites or solves only one purpose so do not take this buy cialis pharmacy medicine for treating erection issue, a man should be aware of – ED is a very common male malaise. Me: “Really? Like what?” Mom: “Lots of stuff! Summer time I grow vegetables and give to them. Winter they have Sunday service and then brunch. I cook for poor. Make them kimchi.” Me: “That’s nice of you.” Mom: “I call them today though, tell them I’m not coming in. I go to mall instead — lots sales. I buy really nice ties.” I love that my mom played hooky from doing charity work so she could go shopping. Me: “Ties? What’d you buy those for?” Mom: “John need ties for principal job! I buy ties for him.” No joke, my brother is 36 years old with a successful job, yet...

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Mom’s Hockey Play-by-Play

Apr 22

Being from Michigan, I’m practically hard-wired to root for the Detroit Red Wings. Unfortunately, after moving to Seattle, my hockey knowledge has dropped off considerably. The Emerald City doesn’t really follow hockey. (Or any team that’s not winning, for that matter – if the Mariners or Seahawks aren’t doing well, nobody cares about sports whatsoever. There’s a recent hipster interest in the Sounders because soccer is sooo euro-chic, but I suspect that’ll drop off once they have a disappointing season.) I don’t think of my mom as a sports fan or even being that cognitively aware of sports, but every so often she manages to surprise me. One time when I was visiting, I watched a Pistons game on TV and my mom would putter in and out of the room, seemingly not paying attention. At the end of the night, however, she called her husband who was at work and gave him a decent summary of the game in her standard 85% English. Last weekend I called her to see what she was up to. It turns out she was watching the Red Wings play the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 2 of the first round playoffs. Me: “Hey, it’s me.” Mom: “Hi honeyyyyyyyy!” Me: “What are you doing?” Mom: “I watching game with Kuht. Red Wings versus Air-e-jone-uh Phoenix Dogs.” I stifled a snort. Dogs, coyotes, close enough. The chief distinguishing factor for the super active low cost levitra is an advanced new generation formulation of levitra. Being a PDE 5 inhibitor, it is regarded to have aphrodisiac qualities as 20mg tadalafil far the Chinese belief is considered. Two major glycosides are provided by the http://mouthsofthesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MOTS-2.27.16-P.-Jonson-Stowe.pdf wholesale cialis canada Tribulus leaves that have been adapted and isolated for the use in treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The second brain and cranial brain 50mg generic viagra are of course in constant communication, however, as the Taoists understand and scientist are beginning to comprehend the second brain is about pure or primal awareness. Me: “Oh yeah?” Mom: “Kuht want to make bet before game but I say no. Red Wings killing Dogs!” Me: “That’s good.” Mom: “…he swish guy ‘cross face. He have to go off ice, get stitches.” (After...

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Twisting the Dagger

Mar 30

Twisting the Dagger

I called my mom over the weekend and got her voice mail, so I left a message that I wasn’t entirely convinced she would get since I seriously don’t know if she knows how to check her phone messages. On Sunday I called her again and still got no answer, so this time I hung up without leaving a message. Later that day, she called me back. Me: “Hello?” Mom: “Rebecca!” Oh crap, what’d I do? Mom always addresses me one of two ways on the phone. If she starts with “Hi honeyyyyyy!” or “Hi bay-beeeee!”, she’s in a good mood and I have not wronged her. If, on the other hand, she begins with a stoic “Rebecca,” either I’ve done something wrong or she’s pissed off for some reason. To my surprise, her stern salutation was a false alarm and she was in a good mood. I breathed a sigh of relief. Mom: “I saw you call — we were at Meijer. What you been doing?” Me: “Not much. We had Jason’s parents over for dinner last night.” Mom: “Oh really?” Me: “Yeah, we made a prime rib roast.” Mom: “Whoa, really? It turn out good?” What this means in simple terms is that your approach and conversation came off like a friend talking to a friend, meaning you failed to discount levitra rx communicate your intentions to her as a man seeking a woman. Do not overdose by taking two india pharmacy viagra or more doses per day. People who do not have any negative side effects reported, which means Acai Berry mouthsofthesouth.com levitra free Supreme Supplements are worth a try. It is a drug that would surely come handy when order cheap viagra mouthsofthesouth.com you in advance that soon is your show time. 1. Me: “Yeah, really good.I made some roasted potatoes and chard to go with it. Today I made some biscuits and gravy for breakfast, and Jas ate so much, he said he felt like he was gonna die.” Mom: “Ha ha ha!” Me, on a roll: “On Friday I made a beef stir fry with spicy peanut sauce and crispy noodles.” Mom: “Wow, you turning into really good cook!” Me on the other...

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