Well, as I believe I've said before, it's always obvious in blogland when Madeleine's waking up early because I never blog. And such has been the case over the last couple of weeks.
Today is Sunday and since my husband told me to stay home and rest that's what I'm doing. M and P are at fellowship.
The new news is that we're moving! Yes, we're moving within Xi'an to a brand spankin' new apartment. We're excited about having a place with lots of natural light and beautiful grounds. We're on the 8th floor which is why we get so much natural light but also means we have to look down to see all that greenery. It's a great apartment though and we're very happy with it. Of course, we haven't lived there yet so who knows what we might run into. That's something you just have to keep in mind when living in this lovely land. I can't think of any big thing we've done here that didn't have a few unexpected twists and turns.
We sign the lease tomorrow, Monday the 20th, but the lease won't start until May 1st. However, we've already had some ladies cleaning it and we'll start painting this week as well. Hopefully, we'll be set to move in on or around the 1st. I can't wait!
The funnest part has been picking out the paint. I've never gotten to paint a place we've lived in and although Phil would rather use the money for soccer cleats and jerseys I'm pushing ahead with painting. If we had more time during the week we'd paint it ourselves but instead we're hiring a young guy to do it for us. He's got a good reputation and I'm confident he'll do a good job.
We're doing accent walls in the living room and our bedroom and doing all the walls in the girl's rooms. Grape leaf green in the living room, aqua teal (matches a blue in our Thai bedspread) in the bedroom and sunny yellow in the girl's. Our couches are being reupholstered as well and will be done in a chocolate color. I think it will all look great.
There's still some work to be done by the landlords. They'll be putting AC units in every room and finishing up some bathroom stuff. As we get stuff done we'll post pictures on http://madeleinesteiner.blogspot.com .
Yesterday afternoon I started sorting through clothes and the medicine cabinet. Yali will start packing tomorrow for us.
Such fun!
Today is Sunday and since my husband told me to stay home and rest that's what I'm doing. M and P are at fellowship.
The new news is that we're moving! Yes, we're moving within Xi'an to a brand spankin' new apartment. We're excited about having a place with lots of natural light and beautiful grounds. We're on the 8th floor which is why we get so much natural light but also means we have to look down to see all that greenery. It's a great apartment though and we're very happy with it. Of course, we haven't lived there yet so who knows what we might run into. That's something you just have to keep in mind when living in this lovely land. I can't think of any big thing we've done here that didn't have a few unexpected twists and turns.
We sign the lease tomorrow, Monday the 20th, but the lease won't start until May 1st. However, we've already had some ladies cleaning it and we'll start painting this week as well. Hopefully, we'll be set to move in on or around the 1st. I can't wait!
The funnest part has been picking out the paint. I've never gotten to paint a place we've lived in and although Phil would rather use the money for soccer cleats and jerseys I'm pushing ahead with painting. If we had more time during the week we'd paint it ourselves but instead we're hiring a young guy to do it for us. He's got a good reputation and I'm confident he'll do a good job.
We're doing accent walls in the living room and our bedroom and doing all the walls in the girl's rooms. Grape leaf green in the living room, aqua teal (matches a blue in our Thai bedspread) in the bedroom and sunny yellow in the girl's. Our couches are being reupholstered as well and will be done in a chocolate color. I think it will all look great.
There's still some work to be done by the landlords. They'll be putting AC units in every room and finishing up some bathroom stuff. As we get stuff done we'll post pictures on http://madeleinesteiner.blogspot.com .
Yesterday afternoon I started sorting through clothes and the medicine cabinet. Yali will start packing tomorrow for us.
Such fun!