Hanks 2.0 Across the Pond

So much catching up to do - even though our last 6 weeks look very similar to each other!  Let's start with something fun about the UK!  You may be a bit curious about some of the differences we have found so far living in the UK.  I posted about the dyer a couple of blogs ago, so today lets talk food...  Ranch dressing - no where to be found!  Ranch dry powder mix to make Ranch Dressing - no where to be found! Luckily Amazon comes to the rescue, but at a cost, I probably paid 2-3x's what I would have, but well worth it!  Half & Half - not here Miracle Whip- nope Applesauce here comes with full on chunks in it- so I have to puree it if I am using it to bake with!  The verison of "jello" I was pointed to at the grocery store by the kind worker, was already "jello" in a cube form. Which I then desolve in boiling water/ cold water method (like we normally do in the US), to then reset the "jello" for whatever I am using it for.  Here it is called ...

It was the "fastest" of times and the "slowest" of times ! In reality, these first six months have just flown by way too fast We are now to the point where we will begin to say.. this is the last sping, the last summer, the last fall and the last christmas before we go home.  So lets start off with our MOVE !  I think he is figuring out his tetris plan for our little Hyundai!  We have offically been in Wales for 15 days now. We have settled in to our little seafront town of Aberystwyth (Aber- ist-with). We can pretty much walk to all the places we want to go. It's nice when I need something quick from the store, its a 7 min walk up the street, as well as the dr.'s office and the hardware store and a clothing/home store called Next!  The seafront is a 15-20 minute walk from our house with cute shops, botuiques and cafe/restaurants to pick from.  Here's our terraced house!    We serve the young adults dinner before the Institute lesson, so we have the fi...