Happy Chinese New Year - United Nations Style

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Sunday, January 25th

Tonight was our first party!  We had a busy day beforehand, though, re-arranging our furniture to fit into our new living room.  Where to put the chaise?  (In the corner).  Where to put the rocking chair?  (In one of the spare rooms).  Do we put the books in the bookshelves yet or wait?  (We waited).  I'll spare you the details of all the "discussions" we had in order to decide these things, but the room ended up looking pretty good.  Very comfortable, and Millie has a space for her bed in the corner.

I was nervous on the way over to the party, having to meet so many new paople and all.   Luckily, the whole affair was rather laid back, kid friendly (Guitar Hero and all), and they had plenty of wine, so what else could one want?  I even learned how to play Mahjong... I'll take it back to the US, and it will be the next Bunco, I swear.

The people in our neighborhood are from all over the world.  We are the only Americans as far as I know, the rest are from Hong Kong, Sweden, Russia, Germany, England, Austrailia, Turkey, India and France.  I would have loved to take pictures, but having just met everyone I didn't want to appear... weird.  When we finally get a dining room table and have people over to our place, I'll take some snapshots, that will look more normal.  After all, the people are the most interesting part!

Pictures of our newly arranged living room will not win fans.