Yabadaba-do-something!

As promised, here I am on my 50cc with my sweet kids and their backpacks... Where are we going? We're on our way to school. See Abby... she can barely sit there. Her knees are being banged up to the front of my scooter and Isaiah is hanging off the end there. Well, the good thing is that the ride to Isaiah's school is only about 5 minutes. Once he gets off, I can scoot back and give Abby a little more room. Now, I'm not even wearing my big London Fog. So, when it is really cold and raining, we look really crowded on that scooter. And yes, I had to keep my legs down as I am about to ride up the parking lot ramp and we're like the Flintstones... hence my scooter's name! I never thought I'd be riding a scooter in Taiwan. But it is so convenient and a great way to get around, especially when I need to run errands. Riding a scooter is the way to go!

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The A-Team Mode of Transportation

Yes, we did it... We said good bye to our soon-to-be-13-year-old scooter and bought a SPANKING NEW 150cc scooter for Alan. It was way more than my new lap top and the ignition alone has like five functions... And it's even computerized. As you can tell, it was difficult to say good bye to old "faithful", but the kids were already enjoying riding on the new one. We haven't named the new one yet... but I will let you know with my next post. I am going to upload a picture of what it's like for the two kids to be on my 50cc... The name of my scooter -- Yabadaba-do-something! Because when we are all on it, I have to use my legs to help get the scooter up the ramp of our parking structure, just like the Flintstones!

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All Things New

Well, I hope you enjoyed all the pictures I had uploaded on those previous blog entries... These pictures were just taken moments ago from my new lap top computer... yes, you read that correctly. What an amazing thing! This year it seems as if we will be buying several new things. (Maybe my next post will be another one of our new items!)

I had received my royalty payment in August and prayed for a lap top that would be within the amount that I had received. I wanted a lap top so that I can be working in the living room where my kids are doing their homework. Or I can bring it to the States and be writing things. (And our desk top is really getting very slow and very unreliable!)

We looked and lap top computers aren't cheap. With the small amount of money I had, I was thinking that I might have to buy a 10.1 inch "mini" computer. Alan didn't like that idea as the screen will be tiny and my eyes will be strained and there is no DVD drive.

Last Saturday night after speaking at Evergreen, we went to this area in Taipei where computers are sold. The place we wanted to go to was closed. So, we walked down another alley. At the second shop, there was an assortment of lap top computers on display. I started looking at all the 10.1 inch ones. The salesperson came up and I told him about my dilemma. He introduced a couple of the "mini" computers -- one that had a 10.1 inch screen and another that was 11 inches. We looked at the ones with a bigger screen and the listed price was way over my budget. As we looked at a 14 inch Asus, he asked if I was interested in that one. I hesitated and told him my limited funds. He said, "Let me ask the manager." You should already know the end of the story as the figure he punched into his hand held calculator was 46NT$ less than my set budget.

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(Oh yes, my new hairstyle -- nice and short!!! I love it!)