Winter Adventures

This winter I am very excited to be in what I would call a real winter.  However this is a learning process for me seeing as I have never really lived in a place that winter starts early and gets really cold.  I have learned that carpet floors make for a much warmer house.  I miss those because my floors are freezing.   

I have learned that slippers are a must in order to keep your feet from freezing every time you walk around your house.   I am learning that there is no such thing as too many sweaters or Jackets.

I am loving the fact that I get to wear scarves and gloves and most of all I love to wear hats.  they are so much fun!  I love them.  I love that I have found a million wonderful pairs of cheap leggings that go under pants to help make me stay warm or on warmer days they make for delightful pants to a longer sweater.  

I love that boots are acceptable here and needed because it is actually cold here.  I love that I have now seen more shorts on girls here than I did in the summer.  They wear the leggings underneath the shorts and then boots.  

I love that the leaves have changed colors and now are falling off the trees so on my walk to the metro I get to stomp on them the whole way.  Nothing better than crunching leaves and stomping through piles of leaves....never gets old hearing the sound of a crunching leaf.  

I love that even though we are in China Christmas trees are going up like crazy everywhere I look there is a giant beautiful Christmas tree.  

I don't love that every morning I have to coax my Gas into working because it apparently doesn't like the cold and so there for has to warm up before lighting and heating the water.  I also don't love that I can't sit in my living room because it is too darn cold cause the heater doesn't well enough in there to heat the room!  

I will be buying another heater for that room when I get paid again :) 

I love winter and I love the change.  I am excited for the potential snow and fun that is to be had with a real winter :) :) :)