Harvest!

Harvest Time! In the churches here they celebrate the fruit of harvests and crops. They decorate the church with all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Then, there is a HUGE meal... Lots of interesting foods. I wish I had some pics of the foods that were part of the celebration. I'm not sure what everything was that I tasted, but it was all edible and some of it was even tasty. Some of the churches give away the food to residents of the community. The best way to describe all of this is to say that it's kind of like our Thanksgiving celebration. Yay!

The Apartment (Part 2)

washing machine...

and dryer!!

OurKitchen....

The Apartment (part 1)

Living Room. Sitting area for company. This is our tv and book shelf.

Fold-out couch...

Maybe I will post pics of different rooms in the apt. each week. Maybe that would be fun.

Cooking in Moldova

So, if you know me well at all, you know that I am not a cook. I have never had to cook for myself. I had my mother's wonderful cooking through high school, the school cafeteria(which I actually enjoyed)in college, and then the wonderful kitchen of Nancy here in Moldova. So, now that I am in an apartment, I am learning to cook. We do not have a microwave, so I am really learning to cook! So, last week I made chicken pot pie. It turned out pretty good. I think I shocked myself and my roommate. So, due to this exciting new development of learning to cook, I took a few pictures. Hope you enjoy....we sure did, well the taste that is. (oh, I made some 'K's' out of the dough for my roommate, Kelly). This cooking experience was especially interesting because at the time we did not have any measuring cups. It was all guess work, but everything turned out just fine. I won't even tell you how long it took me to prepare this dinner, but let's just say that I hope my cooking gets faster. Overall, this cooking experience was probably a 7 out of 10. It was definitely a confidence booster.

An Update: New Haircut

So, I have some access to the internet in the apartment now. I am very behind in my updates. I am going to try and update at least once a week-maybe more until I get caught up. So, my hair was getting longer and harder to deal with. So here's my new haircut/style. Hope you enjoy the before and after pictures. Have you ever gone to get a haircut in another country? Think about this for a second....think about the words you use for a haircut... words like: highlights, layers, shoulder-length, trim,(esp. girls) etc. To say the least it was a very interesting event for my roommate and I. Thankfully, the hairstylist did know some English words like: color, highlights, cut etc. My roommate also helped a lot since she knows more of the language than I do. We were pleased with the results of our first "haircut experience" in another country. It was fun!