I'm happy

You may ask what are some of the things that I am happy about. Maybe it's because I haven't told you in a while or maybe it is because it's good for me to think about all those things. I think there are quite a few.

1) This post. Maybe because I feel the same way and I'm not just saying that.

2) This song.

3) Wonderful friends. *Fēi cháng hǎo. 非常好.

4) An upcoming trip to Shanghai.

5) New, black backpacks and the fact that my friend has the same one. Oh yeah, we bargained for them together. :)

6) Fresh ginger + hot water.

7) Dates with Leah at McDonalds.

8) Burger King dates with Lydia.

9) The color gold.

10) The Chinese language!

And much more than that.

I'm going to elaborate on #4 a bit.

On Sunday night Lydia, Leah, Becca and I are jumping on a train and heading to Shanghai until Tuesday! We'll spend the whole time with my big sister Rachael and the five of us girls will do some more galavanting around humongous Shanghai. Can't wait.

What are you happy about?

With much love,

love, a

*The Chinese I used means "very good" or "very wonderful" and the characters mean the same thing. hehe.

at three

Today's sounding sweet. It's 1:40 pm and I'm heading to coffee with my dear friend Lydia at three. I love coffee. The smell is most irresistible, and probably one of my favorites ever. Starbucks will be cozy, what with rain dripping down the windows and a big, comfy chair to sit in and a friend to talk to. I think it'll be lovely. I'll pop on my jacket and gloves (and I might just throw on my new, red hat) grab an umbrella, and head out into the grey.

Oh Suzhou

Listened to this amazing song as well as this one while writing.

I find this picture rather hard for my eyes to look at. Hope YOU like it though. It's the view from our living room window.

This song has been my constant companion for the past few days; I'm kind of in love with it. What do you think about it?

Oh man... this post :)

And this is happening in our little home town New Castle!

I love you all.

Love, a

{life}

Today was just a normal day. Actually I started school again. After our morning at home a couple of us went to the park in the freezing cold and did some workout stuff. 

After that we obviously needed something sweet and something to warm us up. We headed home (lots of laughter along the way) and I made myself hot chocolate and watched the Office with my siblings. Good combination, yes? I think so. 

Tonight we made our weekly trek to "Melrose" the pizza place where we enjoyed pizza yet again. We took the bus home like normal (I've figured out that I've been on approximately 800 bus rides. You know, just about two a day!) and now we're home in our cozy house.

Those little lines next to my watermark mean 2012. (?)

What's going on in the life of you?

Anything new and exciting?

I'm sure there is something you could tell me about in a comment?

Love, a

Give this song a listen. I love it.

Lovely, new blog over here. (I linked the whole sentence, hehe.)