Adjusting to the new life in America

[Tim n Irina 29]

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Things our girls say when they first get here?

 

Well, I married a city girl with a country girl's heart, which is good because we're building a small house (not a tiny house) on a dirt road, in rural Maine.  What does she do?  What any self respecting Ukrainian gal would do, go mushroom hunting of course.  "Hachu les. hachu les."  We're surrounded by woods, knock yourself out babe.  We now have several lbs of dehydrated shrooms (reduced to several ounces) in the pantry and now she wants an old cheap blender to make some shroom powder for soups.

 

I took her kayaking (sit on top) at one of my favorite local lakes.  Now its "kagda go baidarka apyat?"  Next time we're taking the sleek sea yaks out.

 

Almost every time we get in the Ram to go to town I hear "Kak horosho" in a very contented voice.

 

And yesterday when we returned to the apartment (10 mins away from the cabin site) on a rather humid day I hear "switch on the conditioner".  SCORE! 

She has 2 jackets and 2 or 3 sweaters in the Ram so I can crank the AC. 

 

I'm actually a little nervous about when she finally opens that 6 CD set of Pimsler - Eng for Ru speakers sitting next to her laptop.  She's still binge watching shroom hunting and thrift shop videos, so I'm safe for now. 

 

Her SSN and Green Card have both arrived.  Now if I can get her to understand she needs to have these things WITH her when we go out (and her fishing license).  I want to go to DMV and get her State ID card and open a bank account for her.

 

Life is good

 

So to sum things up.  My gal's transition is going quite smoothly.

 

[Vladislav667 60]

I’m just so pleased by simplicity and the exact tone and manner of you replicating her phrases in Russian. Adorable😭

[Tim n Irina 29]

Spacibo Vlad!

[Tim n Irina 29]

Anyone else have some interesting or humorous stories to share about your spouse's initial settling in?

 

Right now we seem to be in a bit of a cold war over US vs UA canning methods.

 

"Honey you can't just pour hot water in, drain and repeat then seal the lids like in UA."  

"This how I do it"

A couple days later I decide to check the seals on the lids (US Ball canning jars) and start removing the bands/rings where she can see it.

"WHAT YOU DOING????"  Actually it was something like "SHTO TII DELAT????? and and bunch of other words that I have no freakin clue. 

 

Its been kinda quiet for a few days now.

Btw, I found two lids that didn't seal.