Saturday, August 29, 2009

Life Here...

So I have been here almost 2 weeks and here is what I have noticed:

People are always smiling and laughing here. I am serious when I say I don't think I have smiled this much in the past year. I am really serious when I say that I don't think I have so many people smiling all the time. People are just HAPPY here. So comfortable.

I have never seen so many skinny in shape people in my life!

People are very eco/health conscious if that's what you call it. How do people afford all this organic food?

Still have not found a discount food store...still looking... I miss Marc's (never thought I would say that).

Ok the biggest difference I have noticed is the weather: it has been sunny everyday except maybe one. If you know me you know that I am not the biggest outdoorsy type but I want to be outside all the time here. You can see these cool rain clouds but it doesn't mean it is going to rain. It just means it raining in another spot and it might not even get to where you are. If it does rain it's for 20 minutes and half the sky is still sunny. The nights and mornings are cool and the days are warm.

Oh and yesterday we were watching the news and the weatherman said there was a storm coming from the Pacific...the Pacific??? Oh ya we are closer to the Pacific!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Even thought I have weight to lose, I'm very interested in green living and live foods. We eat organic as much as possible and do other things like sprout my own alfalfa for sandwiches, make raw dishes and green smoothies. Best suggestion is to find an organic food co-op. Ask around and see what others are doing. Our local co-op pick up is every 2 weeks. For $50 we get a bin filled with organic fruits and veges. It takes the whole 2 weeks to consume. Sure beats going to the grocery store for produce and it's cheaper too.
Glad people are smiling and happy there. It's the sunshine! They say that Clevelanders have wonderful skin b/c there isn't much sun but there's something to be said about cheerfulness and the sunshine. You'll probably never permanently move back to Ctown.

My Movie Minute said...

Were you able to find the Pacific on a map? You aren't guessing its location are you?

JJ said...

Hey did you know the Pacific touches all continents except 2?
What are they? (uh ya I looked that one up)

JJ said...

Maria you are right- sun and cheerfulness must go together. There is a food co-op. I don't think they have anything like that though. I will go check it out. I eat a lot of fruit and veg but not organic mostly because of the cost.