Shopping is fun in any country.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Got to have a ladies day out today.  Went shopping with Caroline and two of her friends ( Lauren and Claire) with the goal of finding a dress for an upcoming Ball.  Lauren, Claire and I had a great time picking out dresses for Caroline to try on, and she was willing to try anything we brought ( including a pretty oddly constructed green dress that I picked out - it was pretty bad but we got a good laugh out of it.)  Eventually we found an elegant emerald green dress that I think will be perfect and will be both beautiful and easy to wear. Can't wait to see the picture of her in the dress and Booker in his uniform.

Then on to a delightful lunch, more shopping for the other ladies, and home.

I am glad Caroline has made good friends here in Germany. : )



Friday,  April 8, 2016

Happy birthday Grandpa!   Today is my dad's birthday!  Hope he is having a wonderful day. Love you Dad!

 I love shopping in grocery stores in general, but especially in other countries.  There are always foods I already know and like - and many new ones to discover and this afternoon we got to go to Rewe, the local grocery store that we use.  And then home to cook.

Booker is working some pretty long hours right now so you may not hear much about him as I talk about our days activities - he is gone early in the morning and coming home around 10 or 10:30. So sadly, he is missing much of our fun.  Caroline tries to have healthy food for him to take for his meals when he is working this rotation and since she is a good cook, he is eating well.    Whenever I am visiting them,  I always go home with new ideas for foods that I want to prepare, and I can already tell this trip will be no exception.