New things since I arrived - Repeat

This is a repeat from March 2009.

US vs NZ list

I was thinking the other day about things that I never  would  have done if I hadn't moved to a whole new life on the other side of the globe.  As I wrote them down, Hubby reminded me of more.

I'm sure it will lengthen as time goes by, but for now, here's the list of things I never thought I would do:

• pull weeds
• worry about balanced meals
• buy brown eggs at the store
• snuggle on the sofa (I didn't own one in KS)
• be chased by waves
• watch the Simpsons
• dust
• recycle
• hang clothes out to dry
• consider myself responsible for wild ducks
• grow my own tomatoes
• see dolphins swim alongside a boat
• take a zillion pictures
• grow flowers in an old work boot
• do the 'titanic' pose on a ferry boat
• do the 'titanic' pose on a charter boat after my wedding vows
• hike through woods to see a waterfall
• stand on the beach at midnight
• wonder if flowers need moving for more sunlight
• check homework
• look 200 feet straight down while standing on a window 
• compost
• turn a plot of grass into a flower bed
• watch BBC programs
• search for John Deere tractors
• buy furnishings from the internet
• see sea anemones up close
• read the back of a seed package
• text proficiently
• sit in a tennis-court size hot pool
• chase trains
• kick a soccer ball around
• hear about--much less actually see--glowworms in a cave
• ride a train for pleasure
• learn some English history
• buy Swan plants to attract caterpillars
• drink instant coffee on a regular basis
• have a pet cat
• call the bush beside the pond 'George'

Looking back over this list, it seems I was saved from a life of boredom.