Wow It’s Been A LONG Time!!

So I’ve been a really bad blogger, but I really haven’t had anything very interesting to blog about. But I figured it was time to get rid of the Christmas background! So here goes a post about some very random things…

So, I got my haircut about a month and a half ago and got BANGS. I haven’t had bangs in over 10 years so that was quite a change.

 

This is Coco Bean’s weekend ritual when it’s sunny and we have the windows open. She starts out on one side then flips over. It’s like she’s trying to get a tan or something.

Steve is headed back for his third trip to Shanghai in a week and a half. He was gone for 3 weeks last time!! It was supposed to be a 2 week trip, but things didn’t exactly go according to plan. Hopefully this time it will only be a 2 week trip. 3 weeks got a little long for both of us.

That’s about all the excitement we’ve had…now you understand why I haven’t bothered to post anything :)

More from Shanghai

Steve went to the TV tower and the Financial building on Saturday then again on Sunday because the people who flew in Saturday night wanted to see them. They are on the other side of the river from where he is staying so he took the sight seeing tunnel which had a cable that pulled a small train car that held around 15 people. There were all sorts of crazy lights in the tunnel. Sunday was a sunny and much clearer day, so it was worth it to go back.

The Financial Building is 100 stories tall. Steve said it took maybe 60-90 seconds to get from the ground to the 100th floor. It is in the Guinness Book of  World Records, 2009 for the highest observation deck. It also had a glass floor. Below are some pictures.

  

Sight Seeing Tunnel

 

TV Tower

  

 

   

Views from Financial Building

 

Views Through the Glass Floor

Thanksgiving & Shanghai

Well, I didn’t pull my camera out at Thanksgiving this year so no pictures, but it was a really nice Thanksgiving with Steve’s family. Good food and good company. I think Steve got our nephew Shawn hooked on some zombie shooting game on the computer.

Friday we had a few errands to fun…but no “Black Friday” shopping for us!!

Saturday we headed up to Rancho Murieta to see Trisha and family. It was really great to see them…we miss having them closer and wish we could see them more!! Hopefully we’ll be able to visit them up in Idaho soon…maybe after the snow :)

Sunday we headed to the airport so Steve could catch his flight to Shanghai. He’s there for 2 weeks for work. I dropped Steve off at the same time my parents landed, so I parked and ran in to say hi to my parents for a few minutes before their ride showed up (my uncle).

Steve and I chatted on the computer last night. So far things have been pretty good. He survived the 14 hour flight and his hotel is very nice. He’s still trying to adjust to the time…he’s 16 hours ahead of us. His first day of work is actually Wednesday. Below are some pictures from his adventures yesterday.

His hotel room

  

Shanghai Skyline

What Steve referred to as “touristville”…where all the really cheap knockoffs of just about anything you want can be found.

Yuyuan Garden - Steve said this place was really interesting www.yugarden.com.cn (this site doesn’t load very well, but it has a little video running that shows the place)

Praying Station

New Car

So, our lease was coming due on our Volvo, so last weekend we went car shopping (again…we’ve been doing this for about a month just to see what was out there). Well we ended up with a BMW 135i (3 year lease). This is Steve’s car, so it has to be fast and fun for him to drive…this wasn’t so easy to find in a reasonable price range. We started the process of returning the Volvo, but it will probably be another week or so before we actually return it. This is our first car with navigation, so that is something we’re really looking forward to having.

So here’s to saying goodbye to the Volvo…

 

And hello to the BMW…

On another note, we had been debating on whether or not to give Coco Bean the meds…well early Saturday morning (5:30 am) she had another small seizure, so we made the decision to go ahead and start the meds. We found Greenie’s Pill Pockets at Petsmart yesterday afternoon so we gave her the first dose last night. If you have to give your cat (or dog for that matter) pills, Pill Pockets are the way to go. She loves them (and she’s picky). It makes giving her pills super easy!!

Hope everyone has a good week!