I have so much time to think about what I'd like to write but no time to write. Such is the life of the 'stay at home' mom. My neighbor, Savoyenne, keeps saying, and I quote "all those people that think we just relax at home all day, if they only knew".
We've been staying busy, with daily life stuff as well as making new friends. Our neighbors are great, we always have something to do. I was invited to go to the grocery store with them last Monday (this is exciting b/c they have a van) so we got to buy lots of heavy things, like soy sauce, diapers, beer, mustard, onions...all the things that I think about buying and then don't b/c I don't want to push a really heavy stroller up the very large hill :) Now we have spices on our rack and sugar to bake with.
Last Saturday evening the neighbors all got together for a pot luck with the excuse being three birthdays to celebrate as well as a guest, a brother and nephew, in town. It started at 16:00 b/c this is the traditional time to get together for keks und tee (cookies and tea). We grilled and drank and talked, then put the kids to bed and have beer and wine together until late. It was quite fun and necessary b/c when you have kids around there is never any time to visit and get to know each other. The evening ended with a discusion about going mushroom hunting the following day.
Here is where I should have guessed that trying to get that many people away from our houses together would be too much to handle. Did I tell you that Tara got carsick on the way to IKEA? Well, it was not that much fun. So I had decided not to go when Savoyenne says that we are going just out of town, just a few km's. So, I pack up and don't think about bringing anything to change Tara into or wipes to clean her up if she gets carsick again :( We ended up driving over an hour, Tara got sick five min's before we got there and everyone in our car was grumpy b/c we'd passed "so many great mushroom forests". We did however have a very nice walk in the forest. I found a beautiful bettle (kefer) and a little toad. There were many mushrooms to look at, but very few edible ones. Tara actually walked in the forest, to my surprise she was not even cranky when branches whipped up to smack her. She liked pointing out holes and we talked about who might live in them. And, I was greatly relieved when the drive back was uneventful.
So on to housewifely duties. Does anyone still iron? I thought not. MPI gave us sheets and towels to use until we bought our own, but they are to be returned cleaned and pressed. So today I got out the iron. Hmmm, I must have learned how to do this at somepoint in my life, but I think my grandmother always took over when we made our first permanent wrinkle. I spent about 45 mins pressing two pillow cases and one sheet, I think I'll take the rest to the dry cleaner, even if this means lugging it down and then back up the hill.
Tomorrow is my next joint english/deutch lesson with Anya, my neighbor, and her 12 year old Johanna. I feel like I should make a lesson plan for what I'd like to accomplish with Johanna over the next couple of weeks. So there is it, my busy life. It is 14:00 and Tara is calling me, she just awoke from her nap. Lots of love from this part of the world.
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