A good day
3/28/06, 7:47 am.
33º F., Sunny, NNE wind 5 mph.
Good morning,
Yesterday was an interesting and good day. We received a package from the other side of the puddle - filled with Stroopwafels and Zoute Drop! Stroopwafels (syrup waffles - very much like a cookie only better) I really like and there were 6 packages of them in the box.. They are not available here so have to resort to other providing us with them. Our church secretary picked some up in Chicago (I think) some time ago, but other then that, we get them only when a package comes this way. The Zoete Drop (very salty candy which has a licorice flavor which is a favorite of Margriet’s. She also has 6 bags of them to chew on. Because of the high salt content I don’t care for them, but Margriet I think is happy about that. I ration the Stroopwafels out, one a day with a cup of coffee, but Margriet is less disciplined, so probably will have the Zoute Drop gone long before I am out of Stroopwafels.
There is a story about how we got the package of goodies. We sent a tee-shirt to Astrid some time ago. On the front of it had the face of a pig and the word Piggly. On the back was a pig’s curly tail and the word Wiggly. It is an advertisement for the Piggly Wiggly grocery stores here. One of Astrid’s friends saw the shirt and wanted one like it, asking if we could send one to them. We did. They wanted to know how much it cost, we told them, but said that it would be neater to get some Dutch goodies in payment. So we picked up the box at the post office yesterday. We are a bit sad though, as the postage on the box cost €52.00, about $60.00 U.S. to send That is very expensive for bags and packages of goodies that cost only about $2.00 each, I would guess. To say the least, we will enjoy the gift very much.
This morning Margriet got an email from a Dutch gal who spent something over a year here with her family, while her husband worked in Algoma. The world stopped until Margriet had a chance to reply to her. Not too excited! It is the first since they left right after Christmas. Betsie I said she is having a hard time getting back into small everything, having gotten used to everything so big with a lot of space here. Betsie is a sweet gal and has a nice family. She, another friend in Kewaunee (who had spent some time in The Netherlands), and Margriet would have "tea" every once in awhile while Betsie was here. All three girls totally enjoyed the time and were able to speak Dutch for a short time.
We still have no resolution for Margriet’s computer. Waiting for a response from Microsoft. Sure hopes it comes soon. Need to get the dad-gum thing up and running again!
We are going to Bible Study this morning and then off to Green Bay on a supply run. We have to make a pot of soup and some sandwiches for tomorrow night’s supper at church. We will pick up some supplies for that too. Really not that much to get this trip.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
33º F., Sunny, NNE wind 5 mph.
Good morning,
Yesterday was an interesting and good day. We received a package from the other side of the puddle - filled with Stroopwafels and Zoute Drop! Stroopwafels (syrup waffles - very much like a cookie only better) I really like and there were 6 packages of them in the box.. They are not available here so have to resort to other providing us with them. Our church secretary picked some up in Chicago (I think) some time ago, but other then that, we get them only when a package comes this way. The Zoete Drop (very salty candy which has a licorice flavor which is a favorite of Margriet’s. She also has 6 bags of them to chew on. Because of the high salt content I don’t care for them, but Margriet I think is happy about that. I ration the Stroopwafels out, one a day with a cup of coffee, but Margriet is less disciplined, so probably will have the Zoute Drop gone long before I am out of Stroopwafels.
There is a story about how we got the package of goodies. We sent a tee-shirt to Astrid some time ago. On the front of it had the face of a pig and the word Piggly. On the back was a pig’s curly tail and the word Wiggly. It is an advertisement for the Piggly Wiggly grocery stores here. One of Astrid’s friends saw the shirt and wanted one like it, asking if we could send one to them. We did. They wanted to know how much it cost, we told them, but said that it would be neater to get some Dutch goodies in payment. So we picked up the box at the post office yesterday. We are a bit sad though, as the postage on the box cost €52.00, about $60.00 U.S. to send That is very expensive for bags and packages of goodies that cost only about $2.00 each, I would guess. To say the least, we will enjoy the gift very much.
This morning Margriet got an email from a Dutch gal who spent something over a year here with her family, while her husband worked in Algoma. The world stopped until Margriet had a chance to reply to her. Not too excited! It is the first since they left right after Christmas. Betsie I said she is having a hard time getting back into small everything, having gotten used to everything so big with a lot of space here. Betsie is a sweet gal and has a nice family. She, another friend in Kewaunee (who had spent some time in The Netherlands), and Margriet would have "tea" every once in awhile while Betsie was here. All three girls totally enjoyed the time and were able to speak Dutch for a short time.
We still have no resolution for Margriet’s computer. Waiting for a response from Microsoft. Sure hopes it comes soon. Need to get the dad-gum thing up and running again!
We are going to Bible Study this morning and then off to Green Bay on a supply run. We have to make a pot of soup and some sandwiches for tomorrow night’s supper at church. We will pick up some supplies for that too. Really not that much to get this trip.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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