Community Living and Friends from Texas

An introduction to the 'community' in the Community House:
T still gives me rides on her scooter, even though I have a bike.

L napping in the sun. (Note: no pictures and curtains.)

Installing my new mattresses (aka foam).
 I walked in and found K like this, I may or may
not have been scared.

I get to help and appreciate new hair styles.

LM following behind the scooter : )

T cooks a lot of yummy Western food which is very comforting.
I get to help.

She does cool things like turn this...

...into this.

I sometimes make the salad and cut veggies if needed.

But I always get distracted by random beauty. They have the most
beautiful and delicious carrots here. I think I might paint this for art class.

Here is our table, set and colorful.

So happy.

After dinner we usually hang out here, laptop party!
(Note: the new additions)

Filling the kitchen with goodies while welcoming our friends from Texas.

Whole wheat and oat pancake batter, yum!

China has some weird bacon, kind of looks like ham...

...and tastes so good.

Here is a little tutorial: How to make omelets for a crowd (14).
We got really creative with our eggs.

Here is our omelet bar, we precooked everything the night before.

You gather everything you want, along with 2 eggs and some milk, and
put it in a plastic bag. You have to get all the air out and make sure it is
sealed tightly. 

Then you put about 6 at a time in a pot of boiling water for about 1 mins.

If all goes well, you still have the names clearly written on the bags and
are ready to open and taste!

                            

Voilà!

Botaem did all the dishes, bless his heart.

And lastly, one can never overlook a Korean's feet.

I'm enjoying community living, as you may be able to see, we have a lot of good times. More to come: BooBash International, the details of language learning and pictures from the past! Stay tuned.

Linds

Moving Day

We finally finished cleaning everything from
top to bottom. It looked great!

The floors gave us a bit of trouble, but slowly
we are conquering the dust. Here is a view from
the hallway outside my room. The colors are really
neat, they look different in the day and at night.

We started packing up the other house. I packed
 the night before moving day : ) So did L. M.

K's mannequin dismantled and her bed gone.

They only left dust behind. A moving company called Ants (aptly) moved
everything, sometimes unconventional, but oh, so worth it. You can have
an entire apartment moved for under $300. They even brought everything
up the 5 flights of stairs and put it, with some direction, the new place.

Here is a pic I took from K's room. These men took everything down the
elevator and up a flight of stairs and carried/used dollies everything to
a truck, a 3 min walk away.

Empty and clean. We made a statement by cleaning the apartment, normally,
they never leave an apartment clean. T said that her friends cleaned their's
and when their landlord saw it he cried! What a statement. 

After many hours of moving, and waiting for the movers to move,
wack-a-mole could not be resisted!

A fond farewell to the old home.

AHHH! Stuff. We had to tape the lights out of the way because they movers
have somewhat of a reputation of chipping paint, breaking legs off tables, etc.
Here the 'Ants' are putting together our old pantry shelves for our new one.

We covered the freshly painted steps because we did not have time to put
a coat of polyurethane on them.

From the 2nd floor.

We all pretty much felt like this.

He made it!

So did she, and her bed. 

As soon as we finished wack-a-mole and made
it to the new place, I went to bed because I was
sick. BUT, I got to sleep in my room! In my window
seat! It was exciting. Later, when I felt better I
was able to help unpack.

Our first morning in the new apartment! L. M. made us a delicious breakfast
of pancakes and eggs with WELCHES grape juice! Yum!! It was a good start.