Dear all gentle spiders,
I've been catching up with my reading of digests (still have umpteen lace ones to read) & strangely enough I can sympathize with Tamara's & Weronika's observations about the way things are & done in the USA.
The house that we have lived in here in Massachusetts for the last 13.5 years has casement windows which is not typical of most New England houses. But I like the screens which keep out the pesky black flies & mosquitoes which this year are giving me huge welts. Thankfully this will be the last summer I'll have to tolerate them as we are moving to the city of Tartu in Estonia. We visited the country in April & found that there all the houses don't have screens as there are no annoying insects around to bother you. As our current house is different from the ordinary NE variety we got an offer last weekend before it even went on the market. Now I just need to finish sorting & decluttering all our STUFF.
In return for helping getting the rubbish & recyclables to the dump, I took both my sons to the local mall where I am still flabbergasted with how many of the shops just sell accessories & high priced stuff for those that have nearly everything they need & are up to their eye-balls in debt. The only things that I bought were a refill for the Coco perfume atomizer (so I'm reusing the container), a lullaby music CD to send to the girl who use to live next door when we lived in Canberra & is expecting her first baby soon, & a card for a friend's son's graduation party.
If anyone wants to see the house that we are going to live in for the next phase of our lives, you can go to : <http://oruvilla.ee/eng/index.html> DH is wearing a blue shirt in the 3rd photo on the History page. A few things that appeal to us about living in Estonia, are the simpler lifestyle, more exercise & less driving, healthier food & less candy & junk food, & no mortgage to pay off!! We think that we are very lucky to have this adventure ahead of us. The boys don't like the idea of moving but they'll adjust in time.
With regard to petrol prices (& I refuse to call it GAS also) most Americans don't realize how long they have been paying low prices for it. I'm sure that the majority of Americans don't even know how much citizens of other countries have been paying for the last 20+ years. It sure is time that those who drive their big SUVs (& they keep getting bigger) had a wake up call to what their vehicles are doing to the environment with their unregulated fuel emissions.
BTW I met 3 lacemakers in Tartu, Narva & Tallinn in April & I am looking forward to July 2005 when the Estonian Bobbin Lace Society celebrate their 10th anniversary. For those that receive the New England Lace Group you might see a few articles from me, about my "lace" encounters in Estonia.
Penelope Piip Originally from Sydney, Australia, Now a resident of Groton, MA, USA. Soon to be moving to Tartu, Estonia.
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