Moved and such
Yep, another 2.5 weeks since I updated. So busy. And a little lazy. Sorry, it's who I am :)
GP and I have moved to the new apartment. I want to get some photos up, but first I need to figure out Flickr. Since Yahoo Photos closed, I moved all my photos there, but haven't dug in to understand how it all works. Between moving, busy at work, slow internet at home and plain laziness, it hasn't happened.
I have moved a lot over the last 20 years. First to college, then to the apartment on 4th St, then the apartment on South 4th, then to North Ames, then to the duplex in Ames, then Ankeny, then Doylestown, Horsham, Hatboro, Bayside Apts in Suzhou, Landmark Apts, now Bailing Mansions. This move was relatively easy (contrary to what GP thinks, we don't have that much stuff, at least not by US standards). And 3 men with an open truck carried most of the things down the elevator, 2 blocks to the new place and up the other elevator (2 hours work for $20 US and they don't expect a tip).
We are officially settled in, though we have a few more small things to buy and some small repairs. Most of what we need to buy is knick-knacks to put on the shelves - probably 35 or so little shelves for display. The new place already seems cozier, though we miss the great sofa from Landmark.
I'll close with Happy Birthday! to Chad. We are toasting you from afar with Tsingdao :)
I'll really close with two language funnies. First, we spent the entire weekend with our friend, Lu Yan Hong. She is great - fun, nice, and always helps us move. The three of us were walking somewhere and I wanted to pay both the girls a compliment. I thought out a sentence in Chinese and got it all out pretty well. Then they both looked at me confused. I apologized quickly when I realized I called them men instead of women :( I have a lot of practice ahead of me.
GP's wonderful, inadvertant funny was during a toast. We each had a drink and GP raised her's declaring: "Cheers! Shut up!" I thought she meant it and so I laughed. I laughed harder when she said she meant to say "Cheers! Bottoms up!"
Thanks to KBF, GP is constantly squishing my head, ala "Kids in the Hall". I even found some clips on YouTube so she could see the source.
GP and I have moved to the new apartment. I want to get some photos up, but first I need to figure out Flickr. Since Yahoo Photos closed, I moved all my photos there, but haven't dug in to understand how it all works. Between moving, busy at work, slow internet at home and plain laziness, it hasn't happened.
I have moved a lot over the last 20 years. First to college, then to the apartment on 4th St, then the apartment on South 4th, then to North Ames, then to the duplex in Ames, then Ankeny, then Doylestown, Horsham, Hatboro, Bayside Apts in Suzhou, Landmark Apts, now Bailing Mansions. This move was relatively easy (contrary to what GP thinks, we don't have that much stuff, at least not by US standards). And 3 men with an open truck carried most of the things down the elevator, 2 blocks to the new place and up the other elevator (2 hours work for $20 US and they don't expect a tip).
We are officially settled in, though we have a few more small things to buy and some small repairs. Most of what we need to buy is knick-knacks to put on the shelves - probably 35 or so little shelves for display. The new place already seems cozier, though we miss the great sofa from Landmark.
I'll close with Happy Birthday! to Chad. We are toasting you from afar with Tsingdao :)
I'll really close with two language funnies. First, we spent the entire weekend with our friend, Lu Yan Hong. She is great - fun, nice, and always helps us move. The three of us were walking somewhere and I wanted to pay both the girls a compliment. I thought out a sentence in Chinese and got it all out pretty well. Then they both looked at me confused. I apologized quickly when I realized I called them men instead of women :( I have a lot of practice ahead of me.
GP's wonderful, inadvertant funny was during a toast. We each had a drink and GP raised her's declaring: "Cheers! Shut up!" I thought she meant it and so I laughed. I laughed harder when she said she meant to say "Cheers! Bottoms up!"
Thanks to KBF, GP is constantly squishing my head, ala "Kids in the Hall". I even found some clips on YouTube so she could see the source.
posted by Matt aka Maxiu at
10:00 AM
1 Comments:
I love cheers, shut up! We'll toast to that tonight at Flemming's for Chad's bday ;) At home the kids say Cheers! Take a drink!
You need nicknacks? My home is chochkie heaven ;) Stop by and take something!
KBF
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