Hockey mates !

In the last post I mentioned how lucky I am to have found friendship here in China. Today I must also mention just how thankful I am for my friends back home in Australia. I always value my friendships very highly even though I have never been a very social person.
Most of my friends from my hometown are from the local Hockey team..I miss my Hockey and I miss my friends from the team...today I walked into the office at school to find another huge parcel on the desk, this time from my friends back home :-)
My special friends from the team had got together a Christmas/Birthday parcel for me and sent it over.
Henny, Marjo, Kazz and Jude...Many many thanks! and a big special thankyou to the kids for the homemade cards...I love them very much.
Look at all these goodies



I have hung the Christmas cards along the window in my loungeroom (That is Yichang City outside the window but it is wintery weather today as you can see)
I have not opened my birthday cards yet...I am saving them for my birthday.

I haven't put up Christmas decorations yet...I will post a picture when I do :-)
The wintery weather that has set in here today reminds me of Saturdays standing on a hockey field in the wind and rain :-)

Thankyou all so much for being so thoughtful, it means a lot to me.