Finding more little things

This weekend, we decided to explore a couple of places that we have known about for a while but have yet to explored.

First, we went through a local thrift store.  While there are several around, this one seemed quite large and diverse from the outside, selling plants, furniture, glassware, and paintings.  Inside, it was a lot of little, practical things: glass and ceramic kitchen dishes, furniture shelves and tables, lamps, lots of different alcohol drink glasses, a good section of books (a rare few in english), lots of records, clothes, old speakers, very few old computer parts, wooden figurines, and VHS tapes.

J found lots of glasses that she liked and a decorative Norwegian plate.  I found a gardening section in the books and while I could read very little of it, I did take a picture of a little item I found interesting in a Hydrokultur gardening book.  Apparently, one can regrow another pineapple with the cut out stem.  I may have to try this some time.

We also perused a local "American Video and DVD Store."  We were unsure of the selection, the prices, or of the currency, but we were curious and have been tiring of both our poor home selection and the high prices and equally poor selection of the on-base DVD's for sale.  First, this store was very close to the Vogelweh Air Force Base, so it was nice to discover that all prices were in american dollars.  Second, the selection reflected the clearly targeted audience: LOTS of action flicks, very little else.  Third, selection was ok.  They sold a decent number of titles we were familiar with, but the vast majority were B or C list movies (if that's even possible).  We did not recognize the vast majority of the movie titles being sold.  Fourth, the prices were all crazy low.  The highest priced items were $17, and there were only about 20 of them.  The average DVD price was $5.  There was also an entire room of $1 DVD's.  We actually found quite a few movies of interest there.  We bought a handful of movies, and will probably get more there in the future.  Neither of us have an issue with searching a handful of minutes for a $1 DVD.

J decided to spend this weekend cooking and baking like crazy.  She put together pumpkin-cheesecake bars (still in the oven), shepard's pie, chocolate wafers, tacos with every possible fixing, apple pancake egg bake, buffalo chicken salad (still in the crock pot), and acorns and pinecones (for an Autumn wreath).

Also, stay posted.  J has expressed interest in making appearances on this blog every once in a while.  We've been getting quite crafty and been doing a lot more in the kitchen than we had in the states.  She is interested in sharing some of our endeavors.  We have also discussed posting a link to this blog on our facebook pages, so be ready for that too!