- There is good medical care available...even if you don't have insurance, but you have to pay dearly for it.
- It is so easy to cook in the USA with all the prepared, canned, and frozen foods.
- North Americans are very friendly, but lack truly deep friendships.
- There is an abundance of water and even an abundance of hot water here.
- There is wealth everywhere even in the midst of economic crisis.
- The Dollar Tree is my favorite 'dollar store'.
- More isn't necessarily better.
- Faster isn't necessarily better either.....except when it comes to internet connections.
- Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' birth, if you don't like that, don't celebrate it but don't change it into something else.
- Canned biscuits are really good (and stinkin' convenient!)....ditto canned croissants, cinnamon rolls, orange rolls, etc.
- Lindt truffles are hard to beat.
- Kids love to play outside and in the woods
- It's hard to make friends when you aren't around that much and people know you are only here a short while.
- The more I go to Walmart the more I am amazed at all they have....and for so cheap.
- Celebrating American holidays is more fun when you are actually IN America.
- Having all my kids and my parents in my house on Christmas Day was a treat and a memory I won't ever forget.
- Most things work better here.
- Being able to take things back when they don't work is a wonderful thing.
- Home is where your herd is.
- Snickers Candy Bars taste better here.
- Canned sodas are really cheap and there is a huge variety of them available.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Observations from the First Half of our Time in the States
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