The weather here lately has not been the best to say the least. Today is no exception, in fact the weather is down right strange. This morning we woke up to clouds and on occassion the sun would peek out. It then progressed to clouds, thunder and lightning! It then cleared up completely so the dog and I sat outside for and hour in the SUN. It was SO nice, in fact, my cheeks are pink. It is now cloudy, thunder and RAIN!!
Back in Beijing, went out with another Indiana person and expat. Saw his apartment, very nice; it is in center of Beijing. Went to a traditional, small, dumpy chinese BBQ place ~ you cook the food yourself on a grill at the table. We ordered way too much food, but we only had pictures to order from. The other guys knew chinese numbers and the word for rice and of course beer! It was a fun experience and the food was good. {this is not his photo, but one from Google}
Then we went to a bar area, that had hundreds (not quite!) of small dumpy bars. Interesting experiece. Everyone kept asking me if I wanted to go to this one bar, must be quite popular, it was called Lady Bar. We never found it, but boy, was everyone inviting me to go for only 100RMB! :-) {this converts to about $10, I think}.
What I want to know is WHY would they even try to find the place?
Here is this weeks Britain's Got Talent highlight for this week.
There were actually a couple I could have posted but this is my favorite. Sad I know, but I really do like reality TV....good thing there is PLENTY of it to be seen. It's a good thing that my friends like it too ~ this way I know I am not alone with my addiction :-}
Thank you AGAIN to Diana for sending me this! She was at the house today while the new fridge{it is not blue, that is protective film} and cooktop were delivered and took some photos for me. I am amazed at how green everything is in the yard...I can't wait to go back. As I LOVE my washer and dryer, she took a photo of them too! Good thing she likes to take photos don't you think??
You can also see my van in a photo too! A few months ago this post had me asking for opinions on what type of van to get. We ended up getting a Dodge Grand Caravan, the sister car of my original thought, the Town & Country. It is the same color as my other one and that it ok...it hid dirt well. This one has a sunroof which I REALLY wanted, as well as a few other bells and whistles, so I am a happy mom.
I am going to see the Phantom of the Opera in London!!
Myself and two friends are going for a girls weekend in London the early part of June. Actually it is not a weekend but a day and half, but that doesn't matter. Anyway, I have always wanted to see this so it was a perfect opportunity to get away and go to the theater. The funny thing is that prior to moving here I would have NEVER gone away for a weekend without the family. Maybe it was because the kids were younger or the fact that everything was so much further away when in the states. Either way, I am glad I am doing this and hope to be able to do things like this when we move back.
What makes this happen is that Tim is flexible, for the most part, with work so he is able to get kids to and from school.
A big thank you to Cara for sending these to me today. I was struggling trying to think of a post as nothing really exciting is going on at the moment.
Who would have thought a KOHL'S tag...I have to admit I did smile when I saw it. See, even here I can get a touch of home when I least expect it.
Our lawn boy, AKA Nicholas, was at the house the other day and while there Diana took a few photos for us ~ THANK YOU!! We have also imposed on her to take delivery of a few things for the new kitchen and for that we are grateful.
In response to Karen's comment on the post below I thought I would take a few moments to discuss the English language here in the UK. Prior to our move here we had the false sense of security of speaking the 'SAME' language. Well, as we soon found out it is not the same but similar!
Well, this weeks episode of Britain's Got Talent auditions did not disappoint! I have to give credit where credit is due and BRAVO to this woman for having the courage/mindset/stupidity to go on this show to WOW us with her dance talents. As for her choice of outfit?? That is cause for concern.
OK, as Dr. Phil would say "let's get real about this" she doesn't really have that much as far as talent goes but she sure knows how to put on a show. . I could not help but to smile during this....Simons face is priceless!!
This past week at the boys' school they had a bring a friend to school day. Basically, it was a day to bring a friend to show them the school and maybe they would want to attend. It was mainly for the junior school, ages 5-12, but Andrew and some of his classmates brought their 'friends' to school too!
Oh the humour of 8th graders! Obviously, this is not Andrew's hand as he would not let me take a photo as he thought it was DORKY for me to do so. You get the basic idea of what they did...they used ink pens!!
Well the weather here is still cool {upper 40's} but today the SUN did come out so I was able to get a few photos of the spring flowers blooming in the yard. Unfortunately, the sun will be short lived as we are expecting more rain and winds later in the week. I am SO over this weather, it is spring....hello, the weather needs to cooperate.
The new season of Britain's Got Talent has begun and so we get to endure 7 weeks of auditions. I doubt I will watch them all but last night I did watch and was AMAZED by this boys voice...he is only 13 and his natural talent amazed me.
Hope you have had a great weekend and hopefully this coming week will be more exciting than the last for our family.
