Frannie is doing better and better. She slept for 10 hours last night and may have slept more if we didn't have to wake her up. Today we are off to the Muslim? market for shopping. Can't wait! We went to the terra cotta store yesterday (the one where they make the "official" replicas and we bought this cute embroidered print of a little Chinese baby in a tub for 240 yuan framed. We thought that was just fine -- about 30 dollars? We got back to the hotel later in the evening and the hotel gift shop has the same ones -- ha ha, for 80 yuan. We got another one which is adorable. We had dinner last night at the chicken place, as Sally called it and one of the seemingly innocuous dishes almost killed us. We thought we had picked all the chili peppers out of it, but we each got a few mixed in and yikes. This region is known for noodles instead of rice which is fine with me -- but eating long spaghetti shaped noodles with chopsticks is a treat.
Kevin sent a picture of himself and Frannie in their Gator gear to the director of the SEC show this Saturday in Gainesville. Watch or tape the Lincoln Financial game of the week for a potential Tex and Frannie sighting! Someone please Teevo (sp)? this for us?
Kevin got a few cell phone calls in the middle of the night -- fyi people, we are not home and guess what? 3:00 pm EST is 3AM Xi'an time! Thanks for the wake-up call two mornings in a row!!
Tex's Two Cents Worth
Frannie Fay has declined a University of Tennessee offer to become the chairperson of the school's Engineering and Architectural Program. Her bold thinking and innovative ideas made her a natural fit for the program. We can do a lot more with blocks than just putting a '74 Malibu on top of them. Negotiations broke down when the UT administration balked at replacing Rocky Flop with Molly Hatchet's "Gator Country" as the school song.
Kevin sent a picture of himself and Frannie in their Gator gear to the director of the SEC show this Saturday in Gainesville. Watch or tape the Lincoln Financial game of the week for a potential Tex and Frannie sighting! Someone please Teevo (sp)? this for us?
Kevin got a few cell phone calls in the middle of the night -- fyi people, we are not home and guess what? 3:00 pm EST is 3AM Xi'an time! Thanks for the wake-up call two mornings in a row!!
Tex's Two Cents Worth
Frannie Fay has declined a University of Tennessee offer to become the chairperson of the school's Engineering and Architectural Program. Her bold thinking and innovative ideas made her a natural fit for the program. We can do a lot more with blocks than just putting a '74 Malibu on top of them. Negotiations broke down when the UT administration balked at replacing Rocky Flop with Molly Hatchet's "Gator Country" as the school song.
7 comments:
Don't feel bad, we bought the terra cotta set for 200 yuan and they were selling the same sets for 10. It was great to see a picture of Sally. I will try tape the game for you all. Frannie it too cute!!! I have been checking the blog several times a day. Thanks for posting, I know it is hard to do sometimes but we love it. I love Kevin's columns.
Doug
Ellen, I am counting down the days until you come home! She is adorabale in that gator outfit. Has she gotten her gator tatoo yet? Or maybe a matching shamrock like mama has? Anyway excited as can be for all of you! I love reading all your messages and seeing all the pictures. Love to all, Denise and Kent
I love the look as she is stacking those blocks!
Watch those phone calls -- I called before we left and Cingular said that even messages that come in (whether you check them or not) still charge at international rates! Ouch. We too the battery out of my phone and only put it in to call the grandmas after gotcha! Hope all is well - can't wait to watch the SEC game!!!! How fun will that be?
Enjoy your last couple of days in Xian - you'll be hotter in Guangzhou! The pool at the WS doens't require a swim cap! HA HA!
I absolutely loved the picture of Frannie smiling. What a beautiful little girl - it makes me well up just thinking about what a blessing she is to your lives. Can't wait to see you back here and meet Frannie in person.
Carol
Ellen you have two Carols on here!!
Just wanted to say that we got LOA today for Ms. Bin Li Qin!!! Please hug those nannies tomorrow and tell them THANK YOU from some happy parents!!!!
The Woods
Bruce and Carol!!!!
LOA in 19 days!!!!!!!!
Frannie is adorable - and you two certainly look like naturals. As for the Gator indoctrination . . . what else should I expect. She does make orange and blue pretty cute. . .
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