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It been one of those crazy end of the school year. Hosting a party forces me to completely de-cuttler my home…it is good for me, but it takes time. The last few weeks have been cleaning and preparing for parties – birthday, going away and year end parties at school. Emersyn turning a teen […]
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It is time to say good-bye (Zai Jian) to another good friend – the Bishops are moving to Michigan. We HAD four families that spent many school days and holidays together – the Bishops, the Jenkins and the Humes. The Humes left in 2011 for Michigan and now the Bishops are following. It is […]
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Last year on the dive trip, one of the students had a birthday so his Mom sent a brownie mix. Of course, there is no oven on the boat. Jim, being the good Eagle Scout, made brownies in a wok. Jim wants to continue the tradition this year. He was going to pick up […]
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Concordia has a charity of the month.This year Concordia’s theme is “Serve”. Emersyn charity of choice is Baobei. Baobei means “precious childâ€. Emersyn’s home room teacher, Mr. Stone, has an adopted Baobei daughter. Baobei is an organization that provides surgeries for children with special needs. Baobei places many of these children into […]
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Our Shanghai blues are from the lack of blue skies. Shanghai winters are cold and grey. The grey sky with no sun makes for a long winter. We are ready for Spring Break and a chance to escape to the sunshine…count down to our Spring Break in Bali! Average Rating: 4.8 out […]
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Faith and her girls had watched American Idol, Season 8. Therefore, they were all excited to see Adam Lambert Live in Concert in Shanghai. We borrowed Faith’s disc to watch season 8 – there are hours and hours in ONE season. We had a week to watch American Idol so we skipped to the […]
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The Lion King was playing in San Francisco. I was thinking we did not need to go to the performance as we have seen it many times. Well, not many times in Eleri’s life as she doesn’t remember seeing it except at HK Disneyland. The Lion King was Emersyn first performance at the age […]
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The girls and I flew home for the holidays a week ahead of Jim. We had doctor appointments to get through the first week since many doctors are closed between Christmas and New Years. Sunday was a rainy day so we skipped the farmer’s market for tree trimming. No Jim meant I had to […]
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We have a saying here in Shanghai, some days are Shang-highs and some days are Shang-lows. Most of the Shang-low days are due to some event that should be simple, but is difficult because we are in Shanghai. It is usually something you wouldn’t experience in America and it can be frustrating. I used […]
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We generally have a deck party at the end of the school year in May. Since May is crazy with school year-end, we moved our party to September – a much better time. We have this amazing deck that is fun to share with our friends. The bar is set up […] |