We are still waiting for our Christmas tree to arrive.....it was supposed to be delivered last night...then we expected it today...and still no tree. We are starting to wonder what happened to it.....I guess we will figure that out tomorrow. In the mean time....we bought a ton of red, clear, and pearl beads at the market today. We also bought some silver wire and red ribbon and we have begun production of our Christmas ornaments. So...tree or no tree we will have ornaments.

It is Sunday evening....Tim went across the street to get a massage...Abi and I are procrastinating doing our homework because playing with the beads is way more fun than Chinese lessons and History lessons.

We enjoyed our mini version of a turkey dinner tonight and are looking forward to a Turkey sandwich for lunch tomorrow. BTW....a frozen turkey....about the size for one family was between Y550 - Y750....that is $75 - $100. YIKES!!! I bought a small turkey breast and it was also $75. Needless to say....we will not be having turkey very often while we are in China and we are REALLY going to enjoy our turkey sandwiches.

FYI...has anyone noticed what is happening to the yuan? When we moved here the exchange rate was about 8-1 US dollar....now it is about 7.3 - 1 US dollar.