I know you are wondering why in the world I have a photo of milk. Well, in keeping with the original purpose of this blog, which was to share the difference in our day to day lives, I need to tell you about my trouble with milk. I have always loved milk but since coming overseas I rarely drink it. Here it comes as shelf milk, meaning it doesn't need to be refrigerated until its been opened. It lasts a really long time like that. Unfortunately, it doesn't taste that great. I only use it to cook with and in my cereal. So, why I am I telling you this? The other day a new brand of milk popped up in our local store. Since I've never given up on trying to find milk I like here I thought I'd try it. The good news, it was the best milk I've had here! The bad news its is $8.50 a gallon. Its also a good chance they won't keep it in stock. I have become excited about other products that have shown up on our shelves only to be later disappointed that they didn't restock it once it ran out.Anyway, the long and short of it is this-We must learn to be thankful for the things that we have and be content when we don't have those things. That is easier said than done. I know, I know some of you are thinking "Good grief, it's just milk, is that such a big deal?" Well you're right, it's just milk. I just happen to love milk and a nice tall, cold glass of skim milk(out of a jug) sounds really nice right now. So, all I ask is the next time you are enjoying a nice glass of milk with your morning breakfast, remember us and our boxed milk dilemna and be thankful for the simple things of life that we often take for granted.
This is just one of those differences I was talking about in daily life. In America I never gave a second thought to milk. Here, I've thought a lot about it and drove all over the city, and visited many different groceries to get the most tolerable, affordable milk. After all this talk about milk I think I'll go have a nice tall glass of my very expensive milk before the kids drink it all.
