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weekend edition

Saturday night turned into a really fun night with Rhoda, Ally, and Hope (co-workers). They came over for a chili supper. We had fun eating Western food together. Rhoda's from Canada. Her grandparents are from Hong Kong so she blends right in here but she's definitely North American. Ally and Hope are Chinese. I guess they're all in their 20s. They all love Madeleine so it was fun for everybody.

We sat in the living room to eat because we have the smallest dinning room table ever made. Maddie sat in her highchair in the living room with us so that we could all eat without her grabbing everyone's dishes. Along with the chili we had a big salad with ranch and Italian dressing. The dressings were made from those nifty spice packets from the States (thank you, Colemans). Rhoda, especially liked having a salad with ranch dressing. Salads are just not that common here. And if you do get a salad it's not anything like what you'd expect when you hear "salad". It'll probably be a lettuce leaf, a cucumber slice, and literal salad dressing - like Miracle Whip or Mayo. I know some people like that sort of thing, but I do not. So anyway, it was good food.

After Maddie had her bath and went to sleep the girls laid on the bed and watched "The Princess Bride" while Phil cleaned dishes. He watched the 2nd half with us. We made him sit in a chair beside the bed.

Today's been good. Mandy went to fellowship with us. One of my students, Lucy, came up to us at the start of the service and asked to watch Madeleine for us. She kept her entertained with Sunday School, cookies, cake and apples for 2 hours. Lucy's expecting a baby next year so I guess it was good practice. Phil and Maddie went home afterwards and Mandy and I went to lunch. We ended up at KFC which was good and one of Mandy's favorites. Mandy and I had really good conversations. I'm really happy to see our friendship deepening.

Phil, Maddie and I went for a walk this evening and then had our usual delivery Chinese dinner. Phil and I just finished watching the latest episode of The Office that we downloaded from ITunes. We download the episodes each week. It's so worth the money.

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