shopping, chocolate, and turtles, I mean tortoises.

Yesterday we went to a second hand store where all the princesses donate their clothes!!! All of it was designer, and really odd, and much of it was picked over already, but I did get a cute brown sweater-shrug. Plus probably a princess wore it before I did...at least that's the story I'm sticking with.

We also went around town to some shops around the mall, not in the mall, that will be another day. There were tons of really "posh" stores with designer stuff, not at all interested since I'm a total bargain huntress...but there were also some cool places. I bought some really beautiful scarves/head wrap/shawl/table runner. I love when things get to have multiple identities! I also got a cute pair of Italian shoes, brown flats-so cute for 5 JD (Jordanian dollars, or Dinar) which is like 7.50 US dollars. Sadly my feet are hunormous compared to folks' feet around here, and the man helping me was glad I likes the brown ones I did because he said he didn't have much to choose from in my size...how embarrassing! Everything in Jordan as so expensive! Jenni, my sis in law, bought some Cheerios for Amelia, and they costed 9JD!! Which is like 13.50 US dollars! FOR A BOX of cheerios! Dang. I don't know why she bought them, but baby's don't understand making do I guess. :) SO I was pleased with my shoe purchase. I know their not like Italian leather or anything, but I love them.

I haven't had any chocolate since I've been here ( a whole 4 days!!!) And I was really craving some, luckily we found this great chocolate shop, and the man inside was very friendly and let us sample many of the chocolates before we bought some. Chocolate is the same in every language...YUMMMY!!!!

Inside the chocolate shop, he gave us some free samples, YES!

How to choose....?

Outside the Chocolate Shop

Our delish findings

Around our house live 9 tortoises. Some big some small. Debbie said she thought that they had all burrowed in to hibernate for the winter, but Shameela (not how it's spelled but It's how it sounds) our maid found four of them and fed them some lettuce. Two of them were tiny and cute! It was really fun to watch them for awhile, and Amelia was fascinated with them, they were really cool. And I would like to give a shout out to Danielle and Clay, because when I saw them I thought of how much you would love to see them in their natural (backyard?) habitat. And I never thought turtles or tortoises were that cute, and I thought you guys were really funny for having and loving them so much, but they really are fun to watch, I will give you that.:)

I never saw little turtles like this one, he's so cute! Shameela said at the beginning of the year there were tons of hatch lings, like the size of a quarter, and she said they were practically clear, like their shells and stuff. Interesting! Sadly most of them died she said.





A few bigger ones too...

Today is Friday and we went to church, the branch is really cool, and it's fun to attend with such a diversity of saints. I especially loved Relief Society. For Muslims Friday is the Sabbath, so that's when we observe the Sabbath too. I'll write more about it in a later post. Oh yeah and last night I went to what's called a "Hail and Farewell" where all the folks who work at the embassy in the military had a Chile and corn bread feast. Most were American. It was really fun to talk to everyone, and here at church and in the military everyone is so happy to have you here, and so welcoming and kind and ready to put you under their wing. It's a nice sense of community.

Also I really like being here with the Lances, we're having a ball. Yesterday I played Basketball with Jeremy (15) and Jared (12). It was awesome. And Debbie does a lot to make sure I have the right foods to eat and am taken care of. Its weird but since I'm closer in location to Afghanistan, I feel waaay closer to John, plus being here with his fam helps.

I miss everybody, love you!