Awwwww, my #student got me this beautiful bookmark for #Christmas. It looks like the Traditional Chinese cut-out #art – with #bamboo leaves and simple window pane style. Love it!
Christmas Balloons!
#Christmas is here with trees and Christmas Light #balloons !!!!
They make the ballooons by taping lights on the outside. They are so beautiful and awesome!!
Spicy Beef Soup!
Spicy Beef #soup with noodles, cabbage, peppers. and other veggies. 🍴
Creepy cat!
I can’t decide if this guy is #Awesome or McCreepy . . . . The head is HUGE and those eyes. . . . staring. Waiting to pounce. Waiting to KILL! Imagine that massive stare at night, in the dark!
The Jelly Mystery
The #German Metro #market has every jelly known to man (plum, prune, marmelade, strawberry, apple, blackberry, raspberry. . . . ) All of them EXCEPT Grape! The one I like. The one that is EVERYWHERE in America but the #Chinese have never heard of. I miss grape jelly! PBJ is not the same without it. 😭 Met a guy from the #Netherlands the other day, he had never heard of grape jelly either. What is wrong with the world! 😱 Grape jelly is a staple! A foundational part of biscuits and #breakfast!
Toad Bellies!
Strange #salad at the steakhouse the other night 😜 Back in #America when I was a kid, we use to blow in the leaves and make ‘#toad bellies’. 😂 Had no idea you could #Eat them!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Delicous treasure from one of my adorable students today – another gave me some Bon Bons. Since I had to work on #thanksgiving (not a Holiday abroad 😭), this was quite the treat!
Grocery Shopping
Street Market in #Changchun!
Scrabble Night!
Scrabble night at the #university! The #Chinese students first time ever – we hosted a big #competition! 😃 They had a ton of fun – one group earned 38 points in a turn!
Singles Day
Apparently I spent ‘too much time #shopping’ according to my #Huawei mother phone. Over 3 HOURS. Well, no duh! Silly!
November 11 was #11/11! #SinglesDay in #China and a very big Shopping day. #Shopping around for great #sales is a must! Here are some of my #hauls yesterday!
1. A #JYJ pillow ❤️ (25% off)
2. A new #bed frame (25% off)
3. A meat grinder for #cooking (40% off)
4. A #nut gift set (50% off)
5. Set of Glass Jars for #homedecor (80% off)
Did you go out and #shop? What did you get!?!
A Life Savored 