Getting Acclimated 2

Yes, folks, we have a Wal-Mart!  It's within walking distance from our house and will probably be where we get our groceries on a regular basis.

 

 

Inside, though, they all tend to look the same (there's Layne in the pink shirt).  Oh, and just to mention, in Wal-Mart here they give samples.  I'm sure you've seen that in your own local Wal-Mart.  However, have you ever seen them give samples of liquor?  Yep, that's what they were doing today in this Wal-Mart.  We were surprised to see that.

 

 

And look at this....I was thinking about buying some rice and this is the brand I found...

 

 

Walking home...we saw some pretty sights...a little stream and then the way the clouds hung around at the top of this mountain...was really pretty

For dinner, our landlady told us about a "house restaurant" that is just 6 houses down from us.  I wasn't sure what that was, but it ends up being just what it sounds like.  A lady opens her home for dinners.  You go ring the doorbell, say you've come for dinner, and you eat whatever she serves you.  We were served a Shitake soup (I didn't like it...not a mushroom fan, but Layne...boy oh boy did Layne LOVE it!) and then...the entrée was a bit bizarre.  It was one dish (like a casserole) but had mac and cheese on the bottom, topped with bacon, then with mixed greens, and then with cheese puffs.  Yes, I said cheese puffs.  It looked very unusual but it tasted wonderful!  She actually has a few tables set up like a really small restaurant.  And it was only $6 for each of us.  We'll definitely be doing that again!  (I took a couple of pics of that but couldn't get them to load for some reason...maybe next time.)  Tomorrow is my first day at the school...I am super excited to start student teaching!!!