Finally, My Apartment!

So, for some time now, I have wanted to show you what my apartment looks like since it has all the furniture and pictures on the wall. I took pictures of it about a month ago and am now finally getting them posted here. I have pictures from every room except my room and the bathroom. I am also including these pictures of laundry drying because it is a realistic picture of my life. Flying in the breeze. My room is not pictured because, it is not fit for company's eyes. So someday I will have that posted as well. Love you all. Thank you for your thoughts. I am feeling much better and like school again.

Office Wall

My bulletin boards are the only part you get to see, because the rest of the room is a disaster. It is pretty amazing that the rest of the house is as clean as it is. I love these boards because they are also filled with beautiful people and encouraging notes from many of you.

Kitchen.

The refrigerator is one of my favorite places, one because of the food and the other is because I have so many lovely faces on it. The yellow paper on the front is the last pinochle game scores that my parents and brother player together in Lincoln. It was kinda like a mini tournament, because we kept switching partners, but I am proud to announce that I won the majority of the games. I keep it on my fridge for good memories.

Kitchen part two.

You get a sneak peak at the living room from the kitchen.

Spare Room!!

This is the lovely space you will stay when you come to visit, as long as there are only two of you. :) The pictures were painted, in water color, by my brother, Ben. Aren't they awesome??

My Living Room Furnished

Snow and Sunshine!!

As I write this I am re-listening to all the lovely Christmas greetings I received from loved ones. The snow is really piling up in your neck of the woods and most of you have had snow days from school or been snowed in somewhere. I cannot say that I am sad to be missing those events. But thinking about that much snow makes me really homesick. The sun has been shinning for most of this month and it wasn't until today that it has been real cold for a while. I know that I haven't had much to say lately but I wanted you all to know that I am a little under the weather with a cold and lack of voice but that my spirits are up. I am enjoying my crock pot. I have soup for every meal and just keep adding more water and more veggies. Yum!!

At school, I am speeding through these language lessons like there is no tomorrow and my only concern is if I am actually learning it or only surviving. I have gone through two lessons in two weeks which is too fast I fear. I am not sure how to slow it down though.

The two major concerns of my life right now include a little guy named Henry and the 175 bus. So my dear, sweet, beautiful nephew was born right before Christmas and almost daily I spend at least 20-40 min gazing at all the pictures I have available to me. Usually they are the same 100 shots but occasionally I am gifted with a new picture or two. I spend a good portion of my day thinking about him and his parents to Father. All three are so precious to me.
The second major concern in my life being bus 175 is this: my favorite bus was also the most convenient (fangbian). It traveled to all the most important places and made the least stops. For some unreasonable reason it no longer is running. There is a sign on the bus stop sign that says something about the 175 bus--but since I do not yet read well it is useless to me. Let me tell you how (mafan) troublesome this is. I waited last sunday for a good 45min before wondering where it could possibly be and then looked at the bus stop sign and saw that they had removed 175 from the list of buses that stopped there. CRAZY!!! And just like that my life is in turmoil.

Anyway I just needed to gush about Henry, my love,and rant a bit about 175. Thanks for listening/reading. Take care and Oh!!! Happy New Year!!!!!!