http://jimmiescollage.com/2008/11/household-in-china/ homeschooling with a Charlotte Mason approach Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jimmiescollage.com/2008/11/household-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-8921 Alex Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:46:16 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=388#comment-8921 I can sympathize. My washer is great fun---I have to manually empty it, since the bathroom drain is broken. I then get to put my clothes into a spinner, which gets most of the water out. It still takes two days for my clothes to dry, so I really need to plan ahead. I will never complain about doing laundry in the States again! I can sympathize. My washer is great fun—I have to manually empty it, since the bathroom drain is broken. I then get to put my clothes into a spinner, which gets most of the water out. It still takes two days for my clothes to dry, so I really need to plan ahead. I will never complain about doing laundry in the States again!

]]> http://jimmiescollage.com/2008/11/household-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Kim Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:42:23 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=388#comment-75 Wow -- does this post ever bring back the memories! We lived and worked in China (Zhengzhou, Henan) for several years back in the early 90's, and the things you've described were even worse then. *No* dryers, *no* hot water, frequent power outages, no butter, no spaghetti -- oh dear, I'd better stop, this is ridiculous. ;-) In any case, we loved it and hated to leave. I had two (and then three) small children while we were there, and people were always whispering "san ge, san ge" as we passed... but they loved our kids, and I still am in contact with some of my Chinese lady friends today. My kids would love to go back and visit. Me, too. ;-) Wow — does this post ever bring back the memories! We lived and worked in China (Zhengzhou, Henan) for several years back in the early 90′s, and the things you’ve described were even worse then. *No* dryers, *no* hot water, frequent power outages, no butter, no spaghetti — oh dear, I’d better stop, this is ridiculous. In any case, we loved it and hated to leave. I had two (and then three) small children while we were there, and people were always whispering “san ge, san ge” as we passed… but they loved our kids, and I still am in contact with some of my Chinese lady friends today. My kids would love to go back and visit. Me, too.

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