Green Bay Slowly Becoming Home

Slowly but surely, we are starting to become "settled" in the "Frozen Tundra."  We are trying to adjust to many, many things.  First off we have this thing called "marriage." It is fun to be able to spend every minute with each other.  As you can see by the picture below, we are definitely learning each other's boundaries.  (You can decide on who is Jenny and who is Matt.)

In all seriousness, things have been enjoyable this past week.  As Matt would wake up in the morning to get ready for work, Jenny was getting up too; making coffee, dragging Matt out of bed, and figuring out what all she needed to do that day.  I think the unpacking process has been a little slower than what we both expected, but it has been interesting.  Jenny has been trying to figure out where to put everything in our apartment.  Our place started out big, but as boxes started to be unpacked and things placed where they needed to be, we are realizing that we might need to find a bigger place.  But that is for a different time and a different blog.

The weather hasn't been too bad this past week.  When we rolled into town at 1:30am on Monday morning, the temperature was showing -2.  It really didn't get much warmer as the day grew older.  I think it topped out in the high teens to low twenties.  However, each day got warmer and warmer.  We finished the week off on Saturday in the 40's.  We aren't sure yet if that is "short's weather" up here but we were definitely enjoying the warmth and the sunshine.  However, things can change suddenly here in Green Bay as much as it can change back home in Arkansas.  Sunday morning started out overcast and brisk.  I believe that the temperature was in the mid to upper 20's (which is somewhat typical for this time here in the GB.)  We went to church and then stopped at a local coffee shop to see what kind new things we could find.  The girl behind-the-counter was very helpful in helping us find a nice flavored coffee to try in our wonderful new coffee maker.  Even without us trying, she pegged us as "not being from around here."  Even though thoughts were racing through Matt's head of what "new thing" can we tell her that ISN'T the truth, Jenny stepped in and told her we were from God's Country (that's my wording, not Jenny's.)  As Jenny started to trot around the shop to see what cool knick-knacks she could find, I was chatting with this girl about the area and the horrible winter that has faced this area over the last 3 months.  She calmly told me that after noon it is suppose to start snowing 4-6 inches through the rest of the day.  She didn't even bat an eye.  This, to her, is what they may call "a dusting."  I think to myself that most people in Arkansas would treat this as the end-of-the-world type weather.  Fortunately, they are more well equipped to keep the roads somewhat clear and not much would be said about "this dusting."  As we proceeded home, just like the girl said, snow starting falling.  It started pretty gentle at first, but the wind decide to pick up.  Right now it has been snowing for about 6+ hours now with the wind blowing 20-30 mph.  We thought we were "Yankee enough" to transport some of our trash to the dumpsters on our property, but after two car loads of trash (and many more still needing to happen to clear out place of trash) we decide to retreat inside and finish turning this place into "our home" with a few breaks to eat lunch and to play some Wii Mario Kart.  

This will definitely be the first of many posts to inform everyone of our doings, our outings, and our antics up here in the "Frozen Tundra."

With that we will leave you with some pics that were taken this afternoon from our balcony and from the door that leads into our apartment.  This is the view we have out our back door.  There is a pond right out side and it is frozen.  We already have it in our plans this week to go by a sporting store, buy some ice skates, and work on our mad ice skating skills.  Maybe before it thaws, we both would have mastered the triple toe loop.