Capt Jack Sparrow ( what i learned.)

Jack is the one eye cat i adoped from off the streets. Here is a few things he learned.

Well it's been five months in my new home. I've learned a lot. Here is a list of things I've learned.

1. After mom walks and feeds the dog, if i sit in front of the draws in the computer room. She will give me a sparkle ball to go play soccer.

2. If i lose the ball under the couch, she will get it for me, if i keep sitting on what she is doing.

3. The big tall white thing in the kitchen holds a lot food.

4. In the evening between 7:30 - 8, if all of us (Cleo tony and I) sit in front of her she gives us a treat.

5. Tony doesn't like to cover in the litter box.

6. Tony and Cleo has nooo idea what real food is (chicken, beef, seafood, and i loooove feta).

7. If i jump up on the table while mom and dad are eating i have to sit out in the hallway with the door closed.

8. If i wait patiently for them to finish eating i will get a piece of cheese or meat.

9. It's not always wise to run up to the dog and smell her mouth to see what she just ate.

10. Also not wise to play with the dogs tail.

11. If i scratch on the coffee table the dog runs after me.

12. Hitting Tony doesn't mean he will play with me. But if i jump on him he'll run after me.

13. If i sit in front of tony and Cleo they will leave there food bowls and than i get more.

14. If i cry real loud in the back yard. The old man three floors up will come out and throw me some chicken.

15. When Cleo growls it's a good idea not to bite her tail.

16. If my bowl is empty in the middle of the night. I learned from watching Tony i just need to rattle the bottles on mom's make up table and she gets up.

17. When Tony is sleeping in his basket, slapping him on the head won't get him to move.

18. Climbing up mom's pant leg to get at the draw strings, gets my toe nails clipped.

19. If i walk across the key board when mom's writing a letter, i get tossed out in the hall.

20. If i play bite to hard i get sent to my room.

21. Mom likes giving kisses to everybody yuck!!!!

22. Mom, doesn't like me sticking my foot in her coffee.

23. Biting moms toes while she is sleeping will get me kicked off the bed.

24. Banging on the wind chimes when I'm mad doesn't always make mom too happy.

25. Passing gas while laying across moms jewelry parts that she is working on, will get me a slap on the back of the head.




Mom says now that i told u what I've learned i should tell u what I'm still working on. I like helping mom so there are days when I'm into everything. Mom thinks i have ADD. I don't know what that is but this is what u will hear.

1. Jack get out of the cupboard before the door hits u in the head...(yeah it did)

2. Jaaack i can put on my own socks, jack, stop biting the sock! Give me that!

3. Yes u did a good job of helping with the bed now go so i can finish...jack give me the covers, no u can't have them, OFF the bed!

4. Jack don't stick your nose by the dog when she is eating...she's going to snap at u...now didn't i tell u she would...dumb ass!!

5. Jack the dogs tail isn't for jumping at...jack I'm warning u...will u ever learn!

6. I don't care if u want to lay on the blanket. Cleo is on it and she is growling. (That is when i lay next to her and just touch her tail. When she growls i take my paw off. When she stops i touch it again. Usually she gets off the blanket and i have a nice warm spot to lay. )

7. Jack i can hang the wash my self, thank u very much. Get out of the basket jack, your going to get wet. Didn't i tell u, you would get wet? Dumb ass!

8. Why are u hitting tony on the head again? Can't u see he's trying to sleep.

9. Jack get out of the plants before u poke your only eye. (of course that was my first day here and i did poke my eye. Now when I'm in the plants mom sprays me with water)

10. Jack stop tattling on Cleo. (I usually do this when she goes over the fence to see Paris. But when she gets back she usually slaps me for telling)

11. What the hell!! (That was the day mom found me swinging from dads pant leg that was hanging on the wash line) What are u doing? Leave the wash alone! Don't u have a soccer game to play?

12. Jack get out of the dirt. (that was the day when i was digging looking for that lizard.)

13. OK...who just got toe prints across my clean floor???

14. Jack don't rub against the dogs face, i know tony does and than Shelia licks his ears, but i don't think she's going to do that for u.

15. Why are there two sparkle balls floating in the water bowl?

16. Jack i don't think that's a good idea to stick your nose in Cleo's ear. Now didn't i just tell u it wasn't a good idea?? Idiot

17. Jack where are u it's tooooo quite?

18. Didn't i tell u your going to fall in? (that was the day i was trying to get something out of the trash bin, I was on top of the desk leaning over when i slipped and fell in.)

19. Jack did u eat all the food AGAIN??? Look at poor Tony starving.

20. Are u begging from the old man again?

21. Get your foot out of my cereal !! (that could be jack or Cleo)

22. Who keeps rubbing there nose on the window?? That's all four.

Anyways that's just a few things I've been getting into.

Capt Jack

Shopping in Athens

If u want to buy anything as far as supplies goes for something your making. The best place to go is into Athens. There's areas that have blocks of just certain supplies. Like all jewelry supplies, leather stuff, sewing, hardware. I think u get the picture. So this last week end i needed to pick up a few bead supplies, and my husband need a o-ring for his flashlight. Now I'm always complaining about driving and parking. Well this is no different in fact it's worse than where i live. Some streets are still cobble stone, and only room for donkeys to go though. Even with our small cars over here, when parking on these side streets it will take up half of the street. That is why we don't ever drive down there. We either take the metro, or the bus. But this past week the metro has been worked on so we had taken the bus. It's a good thing i had my husband with. It's been a while since I've been down there, so i forgot how to get to the store. The bus this week had to drop us off at a different location, cause of a union and labor demonstration going on. So where we were dropped off is by the center square, where u will find drug addicts, hookers, and illegal immigrants trying to sell or beg from u. Along with homeless that sleep in the parks.

Before i tell u about the stores let me tell u about the bus ride over. It was early so it wasn't to crowded at first. Only problem i had was sitting backwards on the bus i was feeling a little bus sick. Normally i don't sit, i like to stand away from people. I've come to not like sitting in crowded buses with no air. It's hot, sticky and everybody is sweating, so much that the seats are wet. I was no different, as my legs are sweating over the seat, I'm thinking this is gross. Anyways it takes about 30-45 mins to get to Athens cause of all the stops we made. At the one stop i notice these teen age boys standing there. Why is it boys/men are for ever touching them selves? (better yet when we are driving outside of the city it's not unusual to see some guy peeing on the side of the road, Like u can't hold it....couple weeks ago when i went out feeding the cats in the morning there was some guy peeing on a tree...WHAT???? u marking your spot!!!) I know that is everywhere, but over here it seems a little extreme sometimes. So your asking why did i even notice right? Well how can u not when there grabbing at them selves. So i with my wisdom i ask a stupid question to my husband about why boys/men are always doing this. (Your going to love this answer.) "there checking there weapons" ...say what???? ...there c h e c k i n g there WEAPONS!!!! I just look at him with this stupid look, he's laughing of course. I just shook my head. Yeah there checking all right. I think there making sure they still have them. For the most part it's a mans world over here but in the background the women got the men by the balls. Yeah, there checking alright.

Anyways we get to our stop and head for the block where all the hardware stores are. We turn the corner and u can just smell the testosterone in the air. Now like i said it's a man's world specially in this area. Well I'm not like most women, i like working with my hands and i LOVE, LOVE LOVE, hardware stores. I like fixing things or figuring out how to fix them. So where going into all these stores and of course I'm the only woman. After going in several and not finding this o-ring he needs i ask him what it's for. He has this flashlight from the army ( just hearing the army part makes me roll my eyes) that has different color lens, and he needs the o-ring so it's water proof, to go under the water. Say what??? I roll my eyes again and ask him how often he goes under the water to signal somebody, since it's been yrs that it's been laying in the closet. Men are such boys, and than i start laughing, cause I'm picturing him swimming in the sea signaling, what??? a fish??? Than i start laughing harder when this picture in my mind flash's of baby Huey, in my husbands swim trunks playing with his flashlight signaling the underwater creatures. Don't ask me why when ever i think of my husband doing something that a little boy would do that picture of baby Huey flash's in my mind. After ten mins of laughing so hard I'm ready to wet my pants, (of course i can't just go mark a tree.) In the end we do find something that might work.

But before we can leave this area i remember i needed some more chains for the fan pulls. After a few more stores we find one that has it by the meter. So i let him go in to get it. Now this store is like a long hallway, maybe eight ft wide and twenty ft deep. After u put in all the shelves and everything there is only room for one person in the lane. So i stay out and wait for him. There's already six men in there and he calls for me to come in. Great!!! I slide by the first two with being polite and saying sa no me(excuse me) the third guy has this big belly and there's not much room for me to go by. I squeeze by but with my big boobs I'm sliding and knocking things off the shelves. After i untangle my right boob from a key hook i get to the back of the store where my husband is laughing. Oh this is so stupid i can't even believe this is a store! I was so glad we were the only ones left when we were finished. I didn't have to worry about getting hung up again.

OK the next stop is the bead store. This time it was actually nice, it wasn't to busy and i didn't have store personal breathing down my neck to hurry up. Sometimes i can't believe how rude the people are that work in the stores. There always in a hurry to get u out. It's like what??? ..u don't want to make any money? Seriously, i worked retail for yrs. the customers always right. Not over here, your usually a pain they want to get rid of u. But anyways this time it was a pleasant experience. So we got what we needed and decided to stop and get something to eat. We found a subway, so i wanted to try it. Of course all the fast food places that we have here, never really taste like over there. But we wanted to try it. They even had Welch's grape juice. I was going to get it but thought better of it. I could just picture myself with a grape mustache. So i got the tea instead, and of course my husband got his beer. Yes, over here at a fast food place u can always get beer. We go to sit outside to eat. I wanted to stay away from the street, i didn't need a little carbon monoxide in my food. You ever get that feeling somebody is watching u eat? Every time i was taking a bite or chewing i notice i was being watched by the people walking by. So of course i kept wiping off my face thinking it must be dirty or something. I had no idea what was wrong. This was going on for the whole time we sat there. Finally when this woman walked by with her dog and the DOG was staring i was like, WHAT???? What is it, i know i didn't shave my legs in a couple weeks and one foot, had one toe painted (didn't have time to finish the rest) but can u see that????? So i ask my husband he has no clue, he's like in another world when he's eating. So i really don't know what it was about, or maybe like myself they liked to people watch. Who knows!! We stayed there another half hr or so and relaxed before we head back home.

Now we are waiting at the same bus stop as we were dropped off. When we got there, u only seen a few homeless people sleeping in the park. Now the hookers were out, illegals, and the police were after them to move along. That is always interesting to watch. After we get on the bus we are headed home. It's really hot now in the mid 90's and no air again. I was getting ill by the smell of sweat. You know i always heard about how Europeans always smell so bad. I have a theory on this. It's not that they don't shower. It's they don't wash there cloths very often. I'm always washing, and i look like the weirdo on the block. But how can u take a shower and put on smelly cloths, doesn't make sense to me. Anyways we make it home OK, I went into the bathroom and that is where i see in the mirror my top has dirt marks across my chest. Could this be what everybody was staring at me.?? That must have happened when i was in the hardware store dusting off there shelves with my boobs. Do u think my husband would of said anything???? Of course not!! He was probably daydreaming about signaling the fish, while checking to make sure he still had his weapons!!!

Beach adventure!

Well here is the story of the beach. First u need to understand a few things. I live a block from the water. It's by the small port, and five blocks west to the big port, where u catch ferries to get to the islands, to the south of here. There is two beaches within a 15 min walk from here. There not the cleanest beaches around, cause u always have boats yachts and ferries going through. So it's not a place u really want to swim. To sit and watch the water is one thing but getting in is another. So when i say we go to the beach it's between an 1-11/2 hrs to get to cleaner waters. So u need to drive. That's the other thing u need to comprehend, the driving here is not like over there. Remember how u had to learn the basic, driving in your own lane, (what??? u mean the emergency lane isn't for driving in when
traffic is backed up? or better yet i can't STOP in the passing
lane on a highway that is going 80mph) using a blinker, (ooh, that's what that handle is off the steering wheel) or watch out for pedestrians (pedestrians??? what pedestrians???). Well all thous basic u learned now forget it. Doesn't count here. For the most part, it takes between 2-3months salary just to learn how to drive. So many of the drivers find schools where they can pay off the instructors. Scary huh? Now lets add the streets are narrow, with only room for one car, plus u have people parking on both sides of the street and sidewalk. The bigger streets are full of double parking sometimes triple parking, along with this nobody drives the speed limit, if your not going at least 20 over u are the cause of a traffic jam. So u learn to be aggressive and make room to go around other cars within inch's from hitting them. If u think I'm exaggerating, u can ask my friend Julie, i think her finger nails are still stuck in my dashboard. She thought i was making it up
too. So anyways that's how it is here for driving.

So we are headed for the beach. We usually go only on Sundays. We try different areas. I'm not a crowd person, i don't like to be ass to ass with other people. So we look for smaller beaches that are less crowded. We usually go early and only stay 3-4 hrs,...remember it takes at least an hour to get anywhere... we leave before it gets really crowded. So anyways we find this beach, that has u going through the foothills of Mt's on winding roads. This beach is in a small village which is always such a treat since the roads in the villages are usually only wide enough for a donkey to get though. So we see the beach the trouble is where and how to get down to it. My dear husband tells me to take the road to the left (it's going down a hill that makes sense) There are cars parked both ways on both sides of the road. There just enough room for me to pass without taking off a mirror or two. When around the curve there comes a car at me. He has no place to go and neither do i. So we look at each other communicating the Greek way, when i discover I'm going down a one way road the WRONG way. That's what i get for listening to somebody who doesn't drive. But, i will say there was no signs or arrows pointing to stay to the right (which was going UP a hill). So i need to back out about 50 yd.... Did i ever tell u i didn't pass my drivers test the first time, cause when i was to back up in a straight line i was on the other side of the street when i finished.... Yippee, now i need to back up with only inch's on each side, hoping that i don't hit any cars.... oh, did i forget to tell u that on one side of the road the cars are parked on a cliff.... Isn't that special!!!... Well i went slow and made it through without hitting a car and sending it over the edge. So we take the road up a hill and it winds down to the beach. ...you know a sign or two
saying beach this way would of been nice...anyways we park and head for the water. It's not to bad maybe a 150 people are there, mostly family with younger kids running around. We find a shady spot for me, since we forgot to buy another umbrella. So were off to the side, I'm reading my book my husband is swimming. Now the beach is about half a mile wide. How it is that I'm soooo lucky to have the only person that i can see, sit next to me and start smoking. Lucky me!!! Why is it everywhere i go smokers seem to come by me??? Well there isn't much i can do about it so i lay there, and start people watching. I hate crowds but when I'm stuck around a lot of them i like to watch people. Remember i said there was a lot of families here. You know i wonder if sometimes people own a full length mirror. Cause why would u ever leave the house dressed like that??? I'm not wearing my swim suit this yr cause i gained 10 pounds and don't like my rolls of fat. But let me
tell ya i look pretty dam hot compared to the cellulite on the ass and thighs of so many of these women. I'm not talking a little cellulite, I'm talking alot of cellulite. There not my age either, I'm talking YOUNG, maybe early 30's for some. Another thing ladies let me tell u something, if u just had a baby in the last yr, chances are your string bikini DOESN'T FIT!!! That pouch u get from having kids along with the love handles is NOT suppose to cover the bottoms!!! The washing machine shrink your swimsuit??? But, whatever, who am i say your not sexy in somebody eyes. Then u have the women who are in shape, wearing the g- string swimsuit and walking around in stilettos. On a Beach??? Whats the matter there sweetie, u can't figure out why your having troubles walking in the SAND?? There's all kinds out there and people watching is fun.

Now it wouldn't be fair if i didn't mention the men. If your not a swimmer for the Olympics, and your over the age of 12, the speedo's has got to go. Why do men think they look good in speedo??? Specially the ones over 50 and has a belly like there going to have a baby. Did u ever notice there the ones with the over grown body hair that u can comb and they have a chain around there next. Even the thinner men don't look good. Do you really think your sexy looking??? I don't know i guess I'm just being judgmental. It's one of the good things about living here most people are not ashamed of there bodies. That is one thing that is good. As for myself i went this week again to the beach in shorts, but i had a swim suit top on. Maybe next week I'll actually take off my cover up.
So we had stayed a few hours and then went home. It was a nice day and a adventure as it always is. Hope u enjoyed the story...have a nice week!


The other day i couldn't figure out why there was a spot on the wall that didn't come off. Than i noticed it came from the light, I must of missed some mud from our grass experience. Which by the way we bought more sod this week, and we are buying a new refrigerator...yippee!!

Just another day!

I had to buy food for the pets. The pet store is four blocks away. So I'm walking and enjoying how half empty the city seems to be. This coming weekend a lot more will be leaving for the country side or islands. So anyways, I'm noticing how people are dressed. It's been in the high 90's and than u add all this cement that is soaking up the heat and it feels more like 110. Now when it's this hot and your not working why would u wear jeans, and long sleeves? I'm sweating just by walking, and I'm in shorts and a tank top. As I'm looking at this i can feel my body heat raising. I think I'm actually sweating for them. But, whatever. So i cont. to the store.

Even though a lot of people have left there still double parking on the main streets. So crossing u have to come out between the double parked cars and hope u are seen. Well i make it cross the first street. I'm now in the middle island thing (whatever it's called) so now crossing the sec street, I'm half way across when a car speeds up.Yes, i did say sped up. That's not uncommon to have cars speed up on u. I sometimes wonder if they have that same joke we do, with getting so many points! So i have to quick run across to only MISS being hit by a motor cycle, and it's on the SIDEWALK!!!! Like what u didn't see me in my bright green top???? I just about glow in the dark how can u NOT see me????? After i called him a locka, malocka (stupid asshole) i go shopping for pet food. I see the old lady with her hair on end, and only two teeth in her mouth smiling while she is getting food for the street animals. I've talked with her a few times while i was out walking Shelia. The couple times i talked with her i was holding jack. She would stand there and talk to me in Greek and i to her in English, who cares if we couldn't understand each other. We had something in common. The street animals, sometimes that's all u need.

Anyways, i get the food and manage to cross the street without getting hit. So walking home on the street cause the sidewalks are full or u can't get to them cause the cars are parked so close. I watch this woman try to parallel park her car. She is bumping the car in the front and the back trying to make hers fit. She gets it in but how the car in the front of her will ever get out is beyond me. Myself i avoid parallel parking like the swine flu (which I'll explain later). I don't think i told u besides not backing up straight, i also hit a park car while parallel parking on my drivers test the first time. But of course it must be OK over here, cause i seen it often enough. Of course unless u have a smart car and than i see people park it sideways between two cars. The rest of the way home was pretty normal. Between walking on the street and if your lucky a half block or so on the sidewalk, which sometimes is actually safer on the street. When they built the sidewalks they were never meant to have cars parked on them. So a lot of times the sidewalks are broke up or cracked and it's easy to trip and fall or step in dog shit. Not sure which is better, stepping in shit or tripping. Of course there is always the chance that u trip and still land in shit. I think I'll stick to the streets.


PS
Last night on the news they were talking about the swine flu. It doubled in a weeks time mostly from the islands. Like daaa and this surprises u like why???? Take the fact that the islands are crowded right now with tourist from all over Europe. The clubs are full, there dancing, sweating, crowded, sharing drinks and what ever else and u wonder why it has doubled. Than u have the beaches ass to ass, with a lot of them not having any BATHROOMS. Ahhh, where do u think everybody is going??? HAVE U THOUGHT ABOUT IT!!!! So when i hear the news that there surprised at how it is spreading in the summer, u need to ask yourself, who are these dumb shits who are reporting this???? I had told Milto before this happened it was not a good idea to be around a lot of people. But hey, what did i know.

Fixing together.

Alright, if u liked the story of the grass adventure,
> u might enjoy today's fun time. I'm sure there's
> a lot of women who can relate to the next issue. My husband
> is smart, funny, a joy to be around (well most times that
> is) but not mister handy man. Not that he doesn't like
> trying cause he enjoys fixing things i just hate watching
> him do it. He tries so hard but has not realized
> yet he has some physical disability which makes things twice
> as hard to do and five times longer to do it. But i love him
> anyways.. I on the other hand, like figuring things out
> and just do it. But, there's one thing i do
> hate is being a goofer. You know that one who is to keep
> running, getting tools that your mister handy man forgot or
> never thought of having around just in case. Well that leads
> us to today of fixing the refrigerator door. We NEED a
> new refrigerator, but here in Greece if it's not at
> least a thousand yrs old it's still
> considered new. The one we have is
> "ONLY" 50 yrs old, (...just
> kidding it's really six ), doesn't matter that u
> still have to defrost it every couple months, or that there
> is water leaking in the inside so that every other day i
> wipe up a puddle that has settled under neath the veg,fruit
> draws, so when u open up the door water pours on to the
> floor. Or better yet never mind that the handle is
> duct taped on cause it broke off sometime last yr. that
> doesn't matter... it's "ONLY" six
> yrs old, so we need to try and fix anything else that goes
> wrong. Besides the fact to buy a new one will cost us a
> couple months salary.
>
> Now back to the door. It won't close tight cause
> the door on the bottom is rusted rusted through, and now the
> hinge is not holding up right. So i come up with
> an idea to add a piece to fix the hinge. What was i
> thinking!!! We found a metal brace to use but it needed a
> bigger opening. An hours goes by i open the
> door to the back yard to see what is taking so long,
> the yard is scattered with tools that i have no idea
> what there for, and he's working in his underwear and
> tee shirt sweating like it's 100 degrees out. I walk
> inside close the door and hope i don't have
> night mares tonight.
>
> After another 20 min. we are ready to
> try to put the door back on. Now u know nothing can run
> smooth, specially when u have two people who likes fixing
> things. I of course have to just hold the door, while he
> struggles to fit in this small opening with his head resting
> on the floor trying to see where the holes are to line up.
> After twenty mins of the Greek communicating i finally get
> him to let me give it a try. So now he's holding the
> door. while I'm lining up the holes, he's
> moving the door one way I'm moving it another when the
> plastic part of the hing breaks off. GREAT!!! OK now we are
> exchanging words in Greek and English which u don't want
> to hear. (unfortunately the whole building didn't
> have a choice in the matter). So now what???? My
> suggestion was to just duct tape the door in place and
> forget it. I was hoping we would actually buy a new one. No,
> he found a way to get it to work with only half of the
> plastic hinge and it didn't need any duct tape. So for
> now the door closes, till the next thing falls apart on it.
>
>
> So now it's taken us three hours to fix a hinge on
> the door. When we clean up we find an extra screw (it was
> one i brought in) but he looks at me and says 'a good
> engineer always has left over parts' we both crack up
> laughing and go outside to have our coffee.

My sister asked me how we were going to cut the
> grass. Last yr my husband bought a hand trimmer for grass
> (WHY???? i have no idea, we had no grass) anyways with
> my wisdom i decided to put it in a safe spot. I haven't
> found it yet, how i can lose something in a 800 sq foot
> apartment is beyond me...we are going to buy a new one...but
> her suggestion is better, get a
> goat.

Finding Grass

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Some people know that i live in a city of 5 million. In the area i live the only time it's quite is between 4 and 7 AM. That's cause people are first getting home from a night out or starting to get up for work. After living here for almost three yrs I've come to dislike city life. All this cement, traffic, and noise is getting on my nerves. I miss the fresh air, and peacefulness of only hearing the birds. But most of all i miss GRASS. Just to feel it on my bare feet. The only place there is grass now is at some small parks, but they are fenced off so running in my bare feet is out. Only other way of seeing grass is to get out of the city, which will take u anywhere between 1-2 hrs of fighting traffic, just to have to spend another hour or two to get back home. Some days it just not worth it.

So this year we decided to buy some grass (sod) and have it in our back yard. That sounds nice shouldn't be a big deal, right??? Wrong!! After searching for almost three weeks we finally have some grass. Like most things here in Greece everything is so dam difficult to find, and when u do they will make it difficult to buy. What could be difficult about buying grass, u may ask???? Well the stores will order u grass but only large amounts. We only wanted a meter or two. We could have the left overs from other large orders, but they won't take your name and put any a side for u. You need to be there when the order comes in and they never really know what day that will be or time. So that was one frustration. So i said lets go to some nursery out side of the city. SOMEBODY HAS TO HAVE SOME GRASS! After a hour and half and getting mixed up with listening to the GPS tracker... (doesn't always work so well here in Greece, cause there's to many curves and unknown roads...in fact one time if i listen to it by turning left i would of ended up in the sea)... anyways we found a nursery, but no grass, after six more stops, twice almost hitting another car (it's not my fault there was no signs telling me i couldn't cross there or the other one being a one way road, again no signs till u see the cars coming at u)... we finally find a place that will sell us grass. So we take one meter, but i looked at it and was picturing myself laying on it and thought one piece wasn't enough so we had take two meters. Now here comes a problem. When they were rolling it up we find out they just watered it. So of course the underside is mud. But hay who cares it's GRASS we found some. So they rolled it up and set it on a piece of plastic, in the back of the car along with five large bags of dirt, and three more plants and a couple pots.

Great we are on our way home. It's now 11:30 AM i swear every dumb ass out there is on the same highway as i was, but that's OK I'm feeling good i have GRASS, I'm all excited. We get back home now we need to empty the car. There is no parking cause both sides of the street is full including the sidewalk. So i put on the flashers, in the middle of the street and we start emptying the car while cars are stopped behind us beeping the horn (WHAT!!! u didn't see my flashers where on or us running back and forth to the car????) So we finish by setting it on the sidewalk and off i go to drop off the car at the parking lot (we pay for parking a block away from us). Now u need to picture this in your mind. We live in a lower apartment. You need to go down fifteen steps. Now u have to walk through the whole apartment before u get to the back yard (which did i tell u it's tiled). Anyways my dear husband (i love dearly but he is a MAN) decides on carrying the sod only on the sheet of plastic that was layed down in the car. Instead of letting me put it in a plastic bag. I put mine in a plastic bag and never left a drop of mud the whole way to the back yard. Well i can't say that for him, he gets two feet before the back door and drops the sod. Mud goes flying on the walls, windows, white curtains, and of course the carpet. Why don't men ever listen??? So after a few choice words, se me polee scota (i hate u so much u poop) and some more yelling (the Greek way of communicating) we (actually i did the planting) put the grass in. Of course one meter was more than enough. My day dreaming of laying on the grass was just that a DAY DREAM. So anyways we ended up throwing one meter of sod away. So the afternoon was spent planting my beautiful yard. Just need two more plants and I'm done. I HAVE GRASS I HAVE GRASS!!! I might not be able to lay down in it and watch the clouds roll by but i can pull up my chair and rest my bare feet in that soft green earth we call GRASS!

New and learning!

Have u ever wondered what it would be like to live in another country. I come from America. Moved to Greece three yrs ago to be with my now husband. My blog is about living life in one culture and trying to understand it's thinking. Some days it's funny other days u want to pull your hair out crying but, though it all it's an experience like nothing u can imagine. I hope to post often, in the mean time i do have some stories set up that I have already experienced.