Arrivals and Departures

We finally made it! Six months after learning Matt and I were being relocated to England, the dogs and I safely arrived to Heathrow Airport on August 13th. All humans and canines survived the flight and nobody really had jet lag. Life in a tiny English village, Sproughton, is pretty quiet. We have met several neighbors and I was even recruited to volunteer at the local community shop! We visited our local pub, "The Wild Man" and Scooter and Kaiser discovered what horses are. (I suspect they think they are giant dogs, but at least the barking has stopped).

Our backyard is a wonderful place, with several old trees and English Ivy growing on the fence. It also had some sort of horrible bull needle plant that I pulled up with my hands  and freaked out when they started to burn really bad. Life with air conditioning has not been missed. The temperature has not broken 65 and it is nice to always have the windows open. At one point I thought there were birds living in our 300 year old attic and Matt bravely climbed up there to confirm there is nothing dead or alive. I secretly hoped we fight mind some old papers or something, but it was just insulation.

All in all things are good. The Neills reunited is a great thing and we are slowly completing the process of furnishing the house completely, painting and getting things sorted.  This weekend we are off to do some furniture shopping and check out the Suffolk Chili Festival.