I found It

I now have it all, I found Chinese food with rice and egg noodles in a Macro Store (kind of like our Sam's and Costco Clubs) in Larissa about a hour and half away. We drove through Larissa on our way to the beach about a half hour outside of Larissa on the East Coast of Greece. The beach was nice but the waves were a little bit rougher than our hidden cove in Milina. It is a great beach for kids to go to because you can stay ankle deep and go fairly far out, I tried to take a picture of how far Arthur could walk out at mid chest hieght but it's so far that on the camera you can't even see him anymore (the black dot).

Pictures

Here is a picture for Kelly, the last 2 weeks have been very big in the belly area. I am wearing glasses because I had an eye infection and the drops made me have a metallic taste in my mouth so I stopped taking the drops and am now just wearing my glasses.
These picture are for Rhonda, here is our kitty. He was sleeping in the flower pot but decided to wake up for the photo shoot.

Trip Plans

Our trip plan for March 2008 is extensive, the original plan was to come to the States for Thanksgiving and fly to Washington and then Texas and drive to New Mexico. But Arthur feels more comfortable with me traveling after the baby is born rather than being 7 months pregnant, so our new plan is to come in March after the baby is born.
We will fly into Texas first (whoever is cheapest DFW or IAH), then we will hop over to Denver for about two days before jetting off to Seattle WA. Arthur and I thought it would be a little more entertaining to either drive or take the train down to Sacramento and do a little stop over in Portland. Of course it would help to know "Where In The World Is Mom/Waldo" because right now I have no clue to where she is hiding, will she still be in New Mexico (we will need to change plans) or will she be living in Washington by this time. Of course, the trip should be fairly entertaining traveling with a one month old so if anyone would like to join us and help out you are more than welcome (MOM!HELP!). I am just hoping for no words starting with the very large letter of P. So we will see everyone in March, except our family members hiding in Pennsylvania.

Little Post Its

Greece is burning, but we are fine here in the middle of Greece. Most fires are set on purpose (arson) and are in touristic areas (Kalampakians are smarter and don't start fires) near the coast or on Islands.

I found Brown Rice.

We had a visitor from Mauritius Country, if you know where this is you get an A+.

I am making Bar-B-Q Ribs today, and the family has never experienced Bar-B-Q Ribs before, wish me luck that it will taste good.

It's still hot here.

Arthur says Hi! and we can't wait to get the gag gift. We are coming in March with the little one, keep a beer cold in the fridge. (Australian thing, he made me write it)

Love Mara

YEAH!

Yeah!, another package from the states, I am a popular girl. This one came from my friend in Sacramento, Renee Corpos, she sent me some yummy soba noodle snacks. Of course, I did ask her to send them to me because I knew that she would be able to find organic foods and I am so excited that she sent them. Greece has Organic shops, but they are very small and the choices are limited with a lot of organic wheat pastas and I was looking for non wheat products. We did find one fairly large organic shop in Karditsa but it is undergoing a construction phase and wasn't open yet. It is also hard using Arthur as an interpreter since even he doesn't understand exactly what I want, but one day I will be able to explain exactly what I want in Greek.
Thanks Renee for the awesome package. I should explain that we have plenty of organic fruits, vegetables and dairy products, I was looking for non wheat products since they eat alot of bread, pasta and rice (no brown rice available) here.

Celebrity News

Okay I know I am a little behind on American celebrity news, but did you know that Nicole Ritchie is 4 months pregnant too. Maybe our kids will be BFF, of course this is if her kid lives through the Drunk Driving mayhem Nicole is into.

Green Chili Stew

I made green chili stew, yummy, yummy, yummy, it was soo good I had 2 bowl fulls, for my shrunken stomach that was very good. Not only is the kid on California time but he also enjoys New Mexican food. I can see in the future he will be in the States alot.

Kitty

I now know for sure that Arthur loves me. Today he went to a Veterinarian and asked for pills to make our little feral kitty feel better. For a Greek man this is like, unheard of, (I can't think of a word to go here). Greek people do not have cats and dogs as pets, some dogs are used as hunting or shepherding dogs, but most are homeless, feral, and lonely. Animals in the house, SORRY not in Greece, they are outside animals only. They are well taken care of to a degree, people will feed them leftovers and on the Islands I saw a women giving out cat food and in Athens there is a corporation who puts dog food out in certain areas. The government in larger cities will also catch dogs and give them shots and place collars on them.
Our little kitty has been sick for the last couple of days and hasn't been able to eat. Arthur risked being scratched by the kitty in order to give it the medicine the vet gave him, he was very brave to do this and this is why I now know for sure that Arthur loves me. Because he did all of this without asking me, he just knew how I felt about letting our little kitty die on his own naturally. The way most Greeks feel about animals is "If they can't make it on their own then oh well there will always be another dog or cat to come along".
This is the story of Greek Life for Today.