We brought home with us a total of 3 checked pieces and our two carry-ons.
So the first thing we had to do was go to Wal-mart to buy some basic toilettries and groceries. We filled two grocery carts, but keep in mind that some of the goodies were for our daughter and son-in-law who are staying with us and who have also been living out of the country (they've been living in France) for the past 5 1/2 years. We had so much fun oohing and ahhing over all the new stuff! We couldn't get over how many different types of Cheerios there were!
Pretty quickly I noticed something we've never seen before, and for the life of me, I can't figure out the point of it. Somebody evidently did a great marketing job to convince all of Marietta that they needed these!
Funky rubber bands! In all shapes (letters, animals, geometric shapes, and various shapes like houses, cars, bikes, books, etc.) and colors. Some are small enough to be worn as rings on fingers, and some are called bracelets, I suppose for the wrist. Americans have more money than sense!
Kari is a great cook and enjoys cooking more than I do so she has taken on most of the responsibilities for our dinner meals, for which I am extremely grateful! The weather has been ideal since our arrival and so we've eaten most of our meals outside in the screened-in porch!
The table on which we eat on the porch is large and solid; it doubles as a dining room table and an osteopath table!
Jonathan has worked on both Glenn and me.
My sister Karin came into town from Columbia, S.C. to celebrate my Dad's birthday with us. She took us all out to eat at Longhorn's Steak House! That meal alone caused me to go jogging and to the gym for the next 3 days!
Dad and Emogene shared the free ice cream sundae for the birthday boy!
On Saturday we walked from the house to the Marietta Square to check out the Farmers Market and browse through the booths at Art in the Park, a festival where folks sell their handmade items. A large, but expensive craft fair, you might say.
This is a sign belonging to a church located across the street from FBC Marietta.
This is a new sight to me in Marietta! We've seen rickshaw's in several of our European countries, but never before in Marietta.
We attended the WMU meeting at FBC Marietta and then went out to eat after the meeting with 6 or 7 of the ladies. We also went out for lunch one afternoon with Grandma Whitfield and Anne, two ladies who have meant a lot to our family through the years, and with Glenn's parents. I am having to work so hard not to gain weight with all these meals eaten out!
One of the things we enjoy doing when we come to the States is to help our families. My sister Elizabeth and brother-in-law Brennon asked Glenn and Jonathan to help him lift and place a concrete slab he made for a counter top. I think it weighed about 250 pounds!
Brennon is making the cabinet himself, and he and Elizabeth are blocking one of the two entrances into their bedroom with the floor to ceiling cabinet. Brennon does such beautiful work!
Now our family is on vacation for a week with Kari and Jonathan and Glenn's parents. I'll let you imagine where we are until I get around to updating this blog with more pictures!
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