Washer/Dryer

We have one of those new washer/dryer combos. It is wonderful because it saves space, which is the theme in Korea. Before I came over I heard other wives talking about these combos, saying that it didn't really dry the clothes and so on. So before Charles left for Korea we stopped at Lowe's and asked to look at one. The employee told us that they didn't sell them in the US because the are to unreliable, great... But we ended up getting on in our lease (Which is a blessing, I have heard other wives saying that they have nothing, even though they have been here for a month. Dragging my laundry to Post with three kids is not my idea of a fun day!) But trying to use it correctly is a bit of a struggle.

First, the load size has to be much smaller than I would do in the states. Our Realtor mentioned to Charles that us Americans tend to stuff the washer and therefore nothing gets dry. So we tried our first batch of laundry, with our Korean dictionary in hand we figured out how to do a wash/dry cycle. (Not knowing what setting the water temperature is at is kinda annoying.) But the cycle took four hours! So this week I have been trying to do as much wash as I can and hang my clothes out to dry, or lay them on the floor and let the heat dry it out....Lol! It is a new experience and something I need to master, hopefully very quickly!

Pizza?

So today I spent the day at home, trying to get the house in some kind of order while Charles went on post to take care of some business. (Thankfully he didn't go into the field today, we will have to see about the upcoming days.) So we decided to go out to New City to walk around and grab a bite to eat. Well, we got in the cab and our taxi driver didn't seem to understand where we wanted to go. Charles ended up pulling out some Korean and navigating us to our destination. Once we got out we walked for about half a minute and I was already freezing! (I am totally missing the 80 degree South Carolina weather!) Charles wanted to go to a Korean restaurant, so we started to look around for a good one. After a couple of minutes I saw a BBQ chicken place (with English writing, familiar looking food, and a WARM atmosphere!) and asked Charles if we could just go there. Once we got in Alethea saw a picture of pizza and asked Daddy for some. Granted the entire menu was Korean, so Charles picked out a pizza and we waited to be served. I knew something was up when the server brought out a thing of pickles with our plates.... A couple of minutes later she brings out this Hawaiianesque pizza with corn and some sort of drizzly sauce on it. It was quite weird and I immediately regretted my decision for "American" type food. We thought South Carolina pizza was different! It tasted like a quiche with cheese and a sweet sauce on top. It was quite an experience! Next time I will just go where ever Charles wants to eat! I learned my lesson!

We are here!

Yes, I know it has been about a month and a half since I have posted any updates! But we are finally here! We flew out April 8th and have spent the last couple of days trying to get all the "Army" stuff done for us. But I will post some of those stories later! We love it here so far! Just trying to get our sleep cycles back to normal. :o)