Settling in...

It is hard to believe that we have only been in Ohio for just over a fortnight!


We have been busy since we arrived here, basically setting up home from scratch; it is very easy to forget the little things that we take for granted when you are planning a move halfway round the world... until you arrive and realise that you have no electrical appliances (everything runs on 110V over in America!), no face cloths, no dusters or polish, no TV, no salt or baking powder... not even an alarm clock!



Needless to say the last 2 weeks have involved arranging the "big" things, like a home to rent, a car to get about in etc, but they have also involved a lot of time trying to find good deals on electrical goods, and the bits and pieces we know we don't have coming in our shipping container some time in the New Year. Heather has spent a huge amount of time in Walmart, carefully examining every pack of food we might need to make sure she has figured out the British translation of the ingredients list... to the point that we can imagine security guards shaking their heads as the "crazy Scot's" arrive back in store for another 2 hour shopping trip!!



So now 2 week's into our America adventure, and we have found a home, signed the lease and moved in. We have bought a car to get us around. (We both now have Ohio driver's licenses too!!) We have stocked our cupboards, and have got our heads around 1/2 Gallon of milk being a "4 pint-er". It has been great getting to know the Coshocton area a bit better, and settling in to life in this part of Ohio, which will be our home for the next 3 years.


Since we arrived in USA, the weather on the whole has been pretty mild - much milder than Scotland has had for the last week or so! The snowy weather is starting to catch up with us however, and this morning saw us waking up to a dusting of snow in the garden. It has stayed cold all day, and the dusting has had regular top-ups with snow flurries dotted through the day. We are told that it isn't normal to see snow this early here (just like Scotland!), so we will just have to wait and see if this is a passing snow cloud, or if we will be shoveling our way to the car soon!!

Our new Chevy, with the first 'snow' of the year.

Thank you once again for your interest, and for "popping in" to our blog to keep up to date!

A