Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

6.04.2010

up and running

Raegan's India blog is now up and running! So, if you want to see some pretty cool pics and read about humongeous bugs, birthday cake, lice infestations, homemade caramels from mom, hissing chameleons, and adorable Indian children then click here.

raegan and brooke white
*Raegan with Brooke White last Fall.

5.23.2010

i love technology

"Yes, I love technology,
But not as much as you, you see.
But I still love technology,
Always and forever.
Always and forever."

The first time I watched Napolean Dynamite, I just could not figure out what all the fuss was about. It was fine and kind of funny in some spots and I laughed, but only a few times. But then I watched it the 2nd time and Oh. My. Cow. It was a different movie! This is when I learned the meaning of ROTFL. I have no idea why it changed for me, but it did and the 3rd time was better and the 4th time even better and the 5th......


So....
one of my favorite parts of the movie is the end, after the credits are done rolling. Kip's love song to his bride is unsurpassed in classic-ness. Click here to relive Always and Forever it in all its awesomeness.


So....
Raegan is in India for the summer. She just left this last week. Our communication with her has been spotty at best. But last night we were actually able to hook up with her on Skype.


Skype. What a glorious thing. Who's idea was that anyway? Who is responsible for the greatest invention of this half century? I want to shake hands with, hug, kiss this person. I. Love. Skype. I could actually SEE my daughter, SEE that she was well, SEE that she was ALIVE. It was one of those monumental moments for a mother.

So.....
here is Raegan last night as we Skyped (this pic taken of our computer screen with a cell phone - you can see me and Haylie in the bottom corner). She gave us a tour of where she is staying. She turned her laptop around and showed us her room, her roommate, the bathroom - complete with squatter toilets and bucket showers. She went out front and showed us the big elephant statue. She took us up the stairs to the rooftop and showed us the view. We could hear the strange Indian birds squawking in the background. We could see the sweat on her forehead. I could see food stuck in her teeth! (Which actually turned out to be a dirt spot on my computer screen. Oh well, I'm sure if she'd HAD food in her teeth I would have been able to see it.) And all this from HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD!!!

Yes, I love Skype.

I love technology!

Raegan in india

Doesn't she look good?! Healthy, happy, and ready to work her butt off for the next three months!