Sending out an SOS

If you can read this, please send Velveeta, Nesquick Chocolate milk, and oatmeal.

Kidding.


I'm having a hard time getting adjusted to this. I'm ok with the weather now. It rains everyday, and it hovers around 60, but I'm learning to deal. Oh, and I dont melt in the rain. That's good to know. (LOL). I think we are all finding this place to be a PITA when it comes to food. After endulging in the worlds worst Mexican food yesterday, we decided we are going to open up a Gringos over here. I think I have convinced Chris to open a Fuddrucker's instead. Oh, and a Taco Bell too. I really dont even like Taco Bell, but when you dont have it, you want it. Oh, Super Walmart too. Nothing is open 24 hours, so we have decided we want to pollute the Dutch population wiht a 24 hr mega store.....lol. So we've got Gringos, Fudduckers, Taco Bell, and Walmart. Anything else? Oh....I think Chris said something about a donut shop.....with real kolachies....but we found a bakery that had them (and Chris called them kolachies and the guy laughed at him). I think we should just start our own American city in the middle of this country. Actually, we'll take over the beach. I'll put some heat lamps over there so I can lay out without freezing to death, and I'll put Gringos and Fuddruckers on the beach too. Sounds good!

I'm really missing my American brands. I think I know why many of the people here smell bad....their fabric softener and laundry detergents stink, so they'd rather smell like B.O. thank this crap. When I come home I'm shipping Gain Apple Mango Tango and Downy Orchid Allure back for my clothes. I'm tired of drowning myself in perfume to get on the trams so that I cn only smell myself...lol. I also miss Ritz crackers (cant find anything even close), Motts Apple Juice (I dont even KNOW wth this apple juice is, but when I can juice my own apple, I'll be happy), Velveeta, Rotel, my egg roll wrappers, breakfast sausage, pillsbury, hash browns, cheez its (are yall wondering what I AM eating yet?). For breakfast, I eat a croissont....with cheese and butter. Well, it's actually closer to lunch time because I have to inhlae about 5 cups of coffee to get warm, then it's lunch time. The croissant is brunch. Then I usually cook dinner around 6. Tonight we are having basil chicken and pasta with green beans. I need to learn to cook more things because dining out inst really....what's the word.....possible....with Alexa the Independent and Dylan. Our Mexican food adventure was a nightmare yesterday. We have to get her in school...like yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, we went to the beach to have lunch. It was about 60 degrees with 30 mph winds. It was pleasant (ly cold), but the kids enjoyed it. The seagulls were just drifting (have you seen videos of the indoor skydiving? That's what they looked like.....they werent even flying!) There's something wrong with my camera, but I do have a few pictures here and there from Chris' camera. I'll post them later.

Chris finally got his housing exception, so we are gonna go see where the houses are today. There are very few things open on Sundays (though IKEA is.), so there's not a lot to do. I dont think Realtors are around on Sundays either. Susie will be leaving Tuesday morning, and Chris has to go to London Wednesday (just for the day), so I'll be on my own. Wish us luck!