Three weeks and counting!

Thank you for visiting our blog! We are finally set up with internet and....I've finally finished designing our blog, so, without further ado - here we are! I apologize for being three weeks late, however, I am picky when it comes to the design and also, the whole internet thing! Again, thank you so much for reading up on our new life over here in England.

So, we have some major news....it is with great excitement and elation that I inform you that we have purchased a FREEZER! Yes, it is the size of my college refrigerator, but certainly beats the 5 inch x 10 inch freezer we have in our current "refrigerator." I will never understand, by the way, why the English continue to use such small refrigerators and why they feel ice is an unnecessary accoutrement. Something to strive to discover, I guess. Anyway, we are currently cooking a masterpiece - lamb shanks and potatoes - smells heavenly! We have staved off our hunger pangs for the moment with some fresh haggis and baguettes. Very delightful once you get over the fact it's sheep stomach and.....well, lets just say miscellaneous other internal organs.

We are excited for the soon to be aired Colts game on our handy dandy sling-box! Go Horse! It is small little things like this that make us appreciate technology and well....being American. It's so funny how much we stick out - even at Costco! We are always asked if we are "American." I really don't mind it though, because I am proud to be an American. However, it is the opinion of the Brits that concerns me. Some are very friendly, and some are....well....not. It doesn't bother me, but makes me appreciate home even more.

We are finally all settled into our town-home - we were fortunate enough to have had our liaison for our landlord purchase all of our new dishes, pots and pans and crockery since ours didn't fit into the "amazingly large" freight container RR provided us. No hard feelings though - I am glad we didn't bring our good dishes and it's fun to have something new.

Among other new things, we also purchased a new plasma television - nothing against the provided 1990's box TV with some unknown brand on it, but we were in need of something we could actually....to put it nicely.....see! Fortunately for us, we were given an allowance to purchase some things for the house, and this afforded us the opportunity to peruse the plasma aisle at Costco. Although I would say I'm not a huge TV watcher, I am an avid fan of "background noise" - especially when cooking, cleaning or.....blogging! Just another touch to make us feel more at home. Another thing we purchased was a British "King size" bed! I really don't know how we made....excuse me, Dave made it....sleeping in such a small British "Queen size" bed for the past three weeks! The British Queen, I am pretty sure (without measuring) is the American version of a full-size bed. So the thought of a 6'6 tall man scrunching into a full size bed is well...hysterical! We are just thankful that IKEA is so close!

We miss you all very much and hope everyone has a great Sunday!