Oklahoma, How I Miss Thee!

So, I was doing some major spring cleaning yesterday and while I was cleaning food out of the sink it made me think about some things I miss about the states. Which made me think of even more things I miss about the states and Oklahoma to be exact, so here are a couple of things I miss on a daily basis.

First and Foremost:

A garbage disposal

Yup, who would have thought I would miss something as small as a garbage disposal. But I do, on a daily basis. There's nothing more icky, than grabbing food out of the sink with your fingers and putting it in a compost trash can that we later have to take down to the larger compost trashcan outside. Germans are huge on recycling compost.

Second:

Closets
We have NO closets anywhere. NO storage closets or clothing closets. NO entryway closet where you keep your coats and random things. NO shelving in closets for storage. NOTHING!
We don't even have storage in our bathroom, no cabinets, no drawers, nada.
When we get home, I am going to build (well not me personally) a ginormous closet just like this picture, maybe two rooms just like this!

Third:
Target
I gave my heart away to this place a long time ago. (Sorry Jon.)

Fourth:
I am missing the second season of True Blood and it makes me want to cry! ;)

Fifth:
CVS/Walgreens:

You can literally buy anything in these stores. I miss being able to buy my prescriptions, smut magazines, toiletries, random goodies and develop my pictures from my camera, all in one place.

Mexican food:
1492 or Ted's to be specific!
Oh how I miss you on a daily basis! You made me the happiest woman in the world!

More food:
Eischens, the best Fried Chicken in Oklahoma
And to top off a night of Fried Chicken:
Our favorite beer
Lions Head
Although don't get me wrong, the beer over here is awesome! We just love our Lion's Head!
I can't wait to see all of you wonderful places and things again!

Don't get me wrong, there are many things I love about living over in Germany, it could always be worse, and I am very thankful and blessed for what I do have. All I'm saying is........... There's no place like home!

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

Summer 2007

Last night I was going through all of my pictures on the computer and putting them on a new hard drive we just got from Tigerdirect.com, (the best site in the world,) and I ran across some pictures from summer 2007. That was such a fun summer for Jon and me, one I think about all of the time. It was when Jon and I first started getting into wine and viticulture/viniculture. We took a class during the summer to learn more about wine. We learned to harvest, de-stem, crush, etc. etc. Our teacher was awesome and he actually owns his own vineyard in Oklahoma called Sandhill Vineyards. His wine is great. We learned a lot from him in the short period we took his class. I wish we could have taken more classes but we can always continue on later once we get back to the states.

That year we also visited several vineyards all over Oklahoma and Texas and bought several bottles of wine from each place so we could be our very own wine connoisseurs! Here are pictures from a few of the vineyards we visited.

This is the vineyard that is owned by our teacher.
Sandhill Vineyards in Oklahoma

Harvesting at a vineyard in Lone Grove, OK

Jon digging into the vines to try and get the best grapes.YumStriking a hot, sweaty pose with my grape hookDelaney Vineyards in Dallas, TXOur best buddy Brian went with us!

Brian and Jon in front of a ginormous barrelGrape Ranch in OklahomaEnjoying some wine on their patioOf course Jon found an animal to play with! I can't wait to visit more of the vineyards and wineries here. Maybe we could even volunteer to harvest at a local vineyard; that would be a so much fun to be able to get out there and learn more. If you've been reading for a while, you know how much Jon and I enjoy good wine and learning as much as we can about it. One day we'd like to have our very own vineyard. Maybe we will someday!

Happy Wednesday everyone!