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- Feb
Compared to the insanity of the current northeastern US snowfalls, I consider our snow here to be a mini-snow. Or even a mini-mini-snow. But anyway, we got 1 or 2 inches the other day. It may snow a bit more this week, but of course nothing like the 2 feet + other parts of the world are getting!
But the girls were excited about the mini-snow so we took out some cookie sheets (we later bought big round plastic “washing tubs” that people use to wash their clothes and used them… they were even better…).
We have a great area to walk around in the new place. There are several pedestrian only zones that make for a good safe walk. Right in the middle of the complex there is an oblong “pond” thing that is currently ice. There are some restaurants and other things that overlook the water that might be good to try in the spring. The red round building below appears to be the apartment management facility and it sits in the middle of the pond. Our apartment building, btw, is the white building on the far left side of the photo below.
There are lots of little stores on the first floors of the apartment buildings, so going for a walk has built-in entertainment.
We particularly like this toy store- and Eric James (Keith’s brother), I think this means you have to come visit!!
Side note: Nice Santa!!
So, I have one more set of outside pics that must be shared, but first I’ll show a few pics of inside our apartment.
This is the dining room. The boxes were gone about 2 hours after I took this pic but I was too lazy to take another one. Just imagine no boxes, ok?
On the left side at the end of that hallway is our kitchen…. we don’t have room in the kitchen for the refrigerators, so I have them in the entry hallway there. I tell myself it isn’t that my kitchen is too small… it is that I have a wrap-around kitchen. It is the latest in home design, you know?
I haven’t shown our office yet because it isn’t very interesting. And it still needs some love. Like, a lot of love. It is where our dryer is for now (they forgot to put an outlet on the balcony for it) and it is also where everything we haven’t sorted yet is currently living.
Our bedroom… in case you are wondering, the green thing is a frog-shaped humidifier. Gotta love living in Asia. It can be hard to find things that are “boring” looking when it comes to your appliances!
Our living room… I was aiming for a celery green/chocolate combo here. I hope it works with the orangey-yellow floors.
Finally, the outside pics. There is an exercise facility/gym in our apartment complex. It is called Just. I don’t know why the name is Just. It JUST is. Haha.
They have 3 mini-slogans at Just. I will share them with you.
So that’s not bad, right?
And stretching isn’t a bad thing…
Ahhh, yes, my favorite. I’m thinking about making this the motto of our home. We could greet people at the door with this gem. It would make them feel, I don’t know, welcome?
Have a great day. We’re enjoying our Chinese New Year break and trying to completely unpack and settle in. Well, between fireworks, that is. They’re slowly starting up and I’m sure they’ll be full scale by next Sunday (the 14th) which is both Valentine’s Day AND Chinese New Year this year!
February 8th, 2010 at 9:18 am
LOL - always love it when you share chinglish signs:)
Your new place looks gorgeous!!!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:20 am
I lOVE the way the apartment turned out! It has come a LONG way since those first dirty pics you shared. =) I love all the colors and decor. You have done a great job with what you have to work with there. It really feels like a home. =)
February 8th, 2010 at 11:53 am
LOVE the new place. Everything looks so nice, clean, and spacious. Sherry Walters was asking about Guacamole…his he paper trained or do you have to run him downstairs to potty all the time? Do many people have dogs there? Thanks for the look around “the neighborhood”. I know that you will have fun exploring more when the weather warms up. Is there much in the news there about the Olympics coming up? Your Uncle Bill and Aunt Trish are official volunteers for the games. COOL
February 8th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I love the blue on your bedroom walls. Gorgeous! Makes me want to paint my bedroom the same color. I don’t suppose it was a paint color I could find in Texas?
February 8th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Your new apartment is so lovely. It looks like it will be a really comfortable home for you all.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Thanks for the tour of the apartment - it is already looking great.
Enjoy your holiday and get those earplugs ready for the fireworks.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
LOVE IT!! It looks better and better each picture. And your neighborhood looks so nice. How fun to be able to go for a walk and go shopping at the same time!!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
The new place is just gorgeous! What a change from the last neighborhood to this one! It must make it a little easier to stay in China now that you’re in a better/different place.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:15 am
Kimberly –your home looks amazing. Very American if you will….lol. Love it. Have I mentioned I am thrilled you haven’t given up blogging? heehee.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:05 am
I’m so glad you are blogging again. Your new “digs” look great. I love the chocolate living room. It looks as if your new neighborhood has lots to explore.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:41 am
Kimberly,
You don’t know me, but I found your fonts on dafont.com and found my way to your blog. You are amazing and so brave to commit fully to what the Lord wants you to do. I am going to use one of your fonts for a tattoo (a verse from my favorite psalm, it’s going to be beautiful) Keep updating your blog! I’ll send you an end result after I get it.
Ali
February 10th, 2010 at 5:58 am
Hello Kimberly
We would like to use your font (King Cool) in some advertising. How do we go about acquiring rights and sending payment?
Thanks
February 11th, 2010 at 3:55 am
so that last one still has me giggling. And they have that humidifier at Target - a hello kitty one too! LOVE LOVE the colors! You should have picked out our paint. I’m so boring…..just white and gray for me. Except the Carribbean Blue bathroom!
I am glad that Katie is liking school more now and that she has found some friends there. Miss you guys!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
See, I might have to take a day off to catch up on your blog-o! Nice place! We’ll be doing this when I get to the UK next month. The green humidifier got me rolling. I love it! I remember how some things are in Indonesia. Hubby made a comment one time, he asked me if most Asians are like my sister… Hello Kitty-ish