Home, Holidays, Friends and Fun Times.

Wow, it's hard to believe that we have been in Scotland for 4 months already.  
(And it's been 6 weeks since our last Blog, oops!) 

Well, in the past 6 weeks we took a road trip down to England to visit our English friends that we met while they were living in Florida.

It was great to see familiar faces so far away from home. 

Tony and Angie own an Inn and Pub 
in Higham

The Crown Inn
The village of Higham and the cottages that house the Crown Inn date back to the 11th Century and William the Conqueror.  

Friday night we had a great dinner in the restaurant, and a few pints in the pub with roaring fires and some of their friends.

Saturday we got up and went for a walk around the beautiful English countryside across the road from the inn.  It was a beautiful walk, aside from the fact that we almost got attacked by some crazy cows and a young bull. 

                                     

 We had such a great time visiting with them and meeting new friends that we are going back again next weekend for their Christmas party and their 1 year anniversary of owning the inn. 

Around the House

We still have been working on projects around the house.

We added a fireplace surround and finally found the clock we have been looking for to finish the living room.

The bookcase we stained and fitted to store our game systems in the upstairs lounge 

Upstairs Lounge  

Couch folds flat to provide extra bedding for additional guests.

Next project is staining this old pew from a Scotland church to match the other furniture in the dining room.

As a few of you have pointed out I haven't posted any pics of the kitchen so here are a few. 

 

Thanksgiving

It was very strange to be in a place where they don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but we made the best of it.  John had to work on Thursday and 1/2 a day on Friday.  

I cooked all morning on Friday so we could have our Thanksgiving dinner when he got home. 

Have you ever seen a 10 lb turkey? 

Kinda looks like a chicken in this pic.

A mini feast for 2. 

 Around Helensburgh

We are getting settled into our new town and are having fun exploring and finding our favorite restaurants, stores and pubs.  

 Helensburgh had a Winter Festival that included a parade, Christmas tree lighting ceremony, music, a Christmas Market, Santa dash, Fireworks and other various events for 
2 weekends in a row. 

We could watch the Fireworks from our upstairs window. 

We attended a party in the neighborhood last weekend and got to meet most of our neighbors.  We had dinner and drinks with a really nice couple and got invited to coffee, drinks, dinners and lunches with some of the others.  We are looking forward to getting to know them and making some new friends. 

In other news
As of November 27th, we are no longer Florida Homeowners.
 We made many great memories there 
and will always cherish "Our First Home."

Planning to visit?  

We are working on putting together a calendar of visitors, trips and events, so if you think you want to visit us next spring/summer please let us know of your dates so that we can be sure to fit everyone in. 

So, get those calendars out and passports ready. 

We hope to see you all soon!

Cheers!