(Well 3) Holidays down and a move…an update!

Sorry it has been so long since the last time I blogged, but a lot has been going on. We of course had 2 (technically 3) holidays pass and then there was a major move involved and there was really no time that I could seriously sit with my thoughts and write until now.

HOLIDAY #1: Thanksgiving

Obviously Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Europe at all, but I haven’t ever gone without celebrating so I decided to bring the trimmings to Belgium. We invited over the in-laws who have never celebrated Thanksgiving ever (husband came to the US last year to celebrate with my family). I bought a small turkey from base which I made along with green beans, cornbread dressing served with cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, ham, and yams. My in-laws were very intrigued, but they really enjoyed the food especially the ham. I split the meal into courses and we also served a cheesecake for dessert. I found a great video on the history channel website which explained Thanksgiving to them and overall it was a great day. I will post pictures on my American Chocolate facebook page.

HOLIDAY #2: St. Nicholas Day

In Belgium and a few other countries on the 6^th of December St. Nicholas Day is celebrated.  We went over to my in-laws for a small meal and exchanged small gifts. Here is a link to a page to tell you all about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

A CHANGE IN SCENERY

So on the 17^th of December we were set to move from our apartment to our new house across town. Everything was going to plan until Wednesday the 14^th. My mother-in-law came over to help get some things ready for that Saturday and she received a call from the moving company that they would be unable to move us on Saturday due to they were attending a funeral, but they couldn’t move us on Friday and Thursday THE NEXT DAY was the only day they could do so. At this moment we went into panic mode and started just throwing things into boxes. My husband and I worked late into the night to get things packed and brought over to the new house.  The next day was crazy and we moved 2 days ahead of schedule which worked out quite well because it ended up snowing that weekend. We are very happy with our new house and it is nice to have a lot more room.

HOLIDAY #3: Christmas

We celebrated Christmas in our new house. My husband’s family does Christmas Eve dinner and so we went next door to his parent’s house for Christmas Eve dinner and opening presents at midnight. We received some great things which are very helpful to have in the new house. I bought my husband the full bluray collection of Star Wars and he has started turning me into a Star Wars nerd.  Pictures from Christmas will be on the facebook page soon.

Overall things are very good and the new year is upon us.

I also received some sad news from home. My neighbors who live next door to my mom back home in California lost their youngest son the Wednesday before Christmas. Keep them in your prayers.