Pop Chinn Stew. That's what Ken called his circumstantial evidence case he tried in 1983 as a young Deputy DA. I listened as he painted a wonderful word picture of his father putting together various ingredients to make a delicious pot of stew. It's been 30 years but that image of his father making the stew hasn't left my mind. In honor of Ken's dad, Vernon Chinn, we want to make some Chinn Stew of our own. Stop by from time to time and enjoy some Chinn Stew as we share some of our family happenings.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Home Sweet Home!


Thu, February 7, 2013 11:06:20 AM
All the travel was fun, but there is always a sense of happiness when you arrive home.  Our last night in Bangkok was spent at a hotel which we selected because they had a pool.  They allowed us early check in (the night train from the Laos border arrived at 8:30 a.m.) and also late check out the next day.  There were sights we hadn't seen in Bangkok, but we wanted a place where the kids could spend their time in a pool before returning to the Korean winter.  After lots of pool time, we headed off to the airport the next day around 4:00 p.m. to wait for our flight that left at 2 a.m. the following morning.  That is a long time to wait at an airport and it didn't help that the flight was delayed an extra hour.  Of course the kids were all sound asleep by the time we boarded the plane.

Korea now feels like our home and we are all glad to be back.  Arriving home was particularly exciting because of the changes while we were away.  Our apartment no longer seems so sterile with the arrival of new (to us) furniture from the moving sale of another professor's family returning to the states before debarking on another mission to another part of Asia.  We now have couches that aren't built just off the ground, a bed that actually has a soft mattress (unheard of in Korea from our experience - here the mattresses are little more than boards with some padding on top.  Particularly exciting was the arrival of drawers, cabinets and shelves that give us places to put things and the loan of a dining room table we can all sit around for meals.  The finishing touch was a used room air conditioner (called "air con" in this part of the world) that will make things so much more comfortable when summer and the monsoon season arrive.

Yesterday Susan and I took off for Costco to replenish the pantry with food supplies.  It was the first trip driving on our own to Daegu about an hour away.  I was a little nervous about finding the Costco.  We only had to stop once for directions and were delighted on a successful mission.  The freezer is now stuffed with corn dogs and chicken nuggets for Robert, our picky eater who also has a fresh supply of peanut butter.  We also laid in a supply of hamburger for a group of students coming over tonight for dinner.

Susan is hip deep in laundry and I'm off to the office to prepare for next semester's classes.  The kids are happy to see all their friends and catch up on all that happened while we were away.  It is good to be home!
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