Well we have made it through the first week of living in the UK. Some things have been a struggle like making sure we say trousers for pants. Their pants means underwear to them, so you can only imagine what kinds of looks we have gotten. We have gotten into our house although we are not living their yet. We have been staying at the Marriot hotel until we get our beds which should be Thursday. Can't wait to sleep in my own bed since it has been over a month since we have.
I don't want to hear anyone complain about how bad the gas prices are...we filled up for the first time yesterday and paid 65 pounds (which is $130). Enjoy your $3-$4 a gallon fill ups.
We did attempt to do some grocery shopping and it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. The only bad thing is that they do not have the same brands as we do and some things were hard to figure out what they truly were. Can you believe they do not have baking soda (the arm and hammer kind that you stick in the fridge to get the odors out). I looked everywhere and not one person even knew what I was talking about.
The weather has been very nice. It has been in the 70's all week and so we luckily still get to wear shorts.
The kids are doing great! They start school tomorrow and are very excited. Hopefully it stays that way. The hotel has a wonderful pool and hot tub so we have been taking the kids their daily. We also just bought our first TV so when we are at the house the kids can play the Wii.
Tomorrow we get our sea shipment!!!!! Looking forward to seeing and using our stuff again. We won't get internet until this weekend, so hopefully we will get our Morton number up and running and I can start making some phone calls. Don't worry I'll keep in mind the 6 hour time difference. Hope all is doing well and we will try to get some new pictures up by next week. Miss all of you!!
9 years ago
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Hello Laurie, Steve, Bryce, Tyler, and Kylie!
Glad to hear you are getting settled in and adjusted. Your story about "trousers" and "pants" reminded me of the scene from 3 Men and a Little Lady when the butler comes out of the "water closet" wearing only his long johns ... English :-)
How is the new car treating you;was it more expensive then in the US?
Fall is definitely in the air as it has been down in the 50s at night the past week. The days are getting shorter and the rain is coming; enjoy the 70 degree weather (definitely not Florida, but no Hurricane's either).
Stay in touch and glad to hear everyone is doing well.
Glad to have you here now...baking soda is called bicabonate of soda here...they looked at me funny as well when I first asked about it!!!
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