Yes I know there is a question mark at the end of the title..all will become clear, maybe...
This afternoon was spent pulling weeds in the garden. While we were away my lovely landlords took it upon themselves to cut my grass, however they weren't gracious enough to pull the weeds from the flower beds and it looked like the triffids were taking over... for fear that my poor child would be eaten, I armed myself with a bucket, trowel, scraper, cushion to comfort my rear (I'm a luxury gardener) and set to work... At about 4pm my neighbours started flocking home, not sure why they all finish at 4pm vs 5pm, and soon enough, as I am perched precariously on the wall between my garden and my neighbours driveway, along comes my neighbour... and this is where it gets a little "interesting"
Neighbour - "I see you have been doing your husbands work"
Me - "In more ways than one..." snicker... OMG did I just say that out loud to my German neighbour.... I immediately start to feel my face flush....
Neighbour - laughing with knowing smile "well looks nice, you are doing good job, if you need help I send my son over"
Me - glad we are talking about the garden.... "that's very kind of you, hopefully I will be done soon, but if he'd like to help he can come over"
Neighbour - "OK, Tschuss"
..... and back to pulling weeds I go...... an hour or so passes, no sign of the neighbour and I need to make dinner... it's going to take me the next few days to finish up the rest of the weeding so if I see him while I'm out there I'll rope him into helping me....
FAST FORWARD to 8:45pm....
Sophia has been asleep for about .2 seconds when the doorbell rings.. you have got to be kidding me... if she wakes up I will kill the person on the other side of the door!
I open it up and who is standing there..... my neighbours son... now you may have read this far and are thinking that the son is probably a young kid looking to make some extra pocket money.. well you are wrong... as it's so expensive to live out here in Germany, many people live with their parents well into their 20s.. while they attend university... my neighbours son is one of them... anyway.. open door...
The Son - "Hallo"
Me - "Hallo"
The Son - " I am here to do the work of your husband" and he F-ing WINKS....OMG
(I'm sure he is trying not to laugh)
Me - "ummmm ahhhh well it's getting late and dark out, maybe another day would be better"
The Son - "YES, I will come back and ask again tomorrow evening, maybe you need me then"
Me - "ummmmmmm the baby is asleep, the evening is not so good"
The Son - " Thank you, see you tomorrow night" and he walks away...
so we weren't talking about the garden after all....tomorrow night I have a hot date with the son of my neighbour... he's coming to do my "husbands work"... should be interesting....he he
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
REALLY Think I Should Write Something....
anything, you're going to get bored, but it will waste 5 minutes of your time reading this!
When I started this new blog I promised myself I wouldn't slack off and let weeks go by without writing, and here I am, I've been back home in Germany for a whole week already I haven't blogged one.single.word argh!
This week has felt like a month, I'm still technically on vacation time since my sister and nephew are visiting (vacation time i.e. still eating like shit and not doing anything productive!) we've been super busy, other than today, lazy Sunday spent eating pastries and napping, but I am trying to squeeze as much into their vacation time as I can - sight-seeing/shopping/swimming/eating yadda yadda... but it also leaves me in a predicament... when my Mum and nephew visited at Easter, we did much of the same stuff, Miramar pool, Farmers Market, Brunch etc etc.. so NEXT time they come visit I really have to give it my A game and come up with a new routine for their visit... which sucks but at the same time, means I get to go and see (test out) new fun places to take visiting relatives.... so stay-at-home-Mum... is REALLY find-cool-things-to-do-in-the-area-when-people-visit..... oh the joys! Luckily for all of us, Germany is HUGE and has so much history and culture I could show people around for years and not get bored and find new/interesting things each time... yippeeeeeee
The fam-damily departs Tuesday, which will bring my 6 week summer holiday to a close... it also means we are nearly half way done with the deployment, it's all downhill from here.. in every which way!
When I started this new blog I promised myself I wouldn't slack off and let weeks go by without writing, and here I am, I've been back home in Germany for a whole week already I haven't blogged one.single.word argh!
This week has felt like a month, I'm still technically on vacation time since my sister and nephew are visiting (vacation time i.e. still eating like shit and not doing anything productive!) we've been super busy, other than today, lazy Sunday spent eating pastries and napping, but I am trying to squeeze as much into their vacation time as I can - sight-seeing/shopping/swimming/eating yadda yadda... but it also leaves me in a predicament... when my Mum and nephew visited at Easter, we did much of the same stuff, Miramar pool, Farmers Market, Brunch etc etc.. so NEXT time they come visit I really have to give it my A game and come up with a new routine for their visit... which sucks but at the same time, means I get to go and see (test out) new fun places to take visiting relatives.... so stay-at-home-Mum... is REALLY find-cool-things-to-do-in-the-area-when-people-visit..... oh the joys! Luckily for all of us, Germany is HUGE and has so much history and culture I could show people around for years and not get bored and find new/interesting things each time... yippeeeeeee
The fam-damily departs Tuesday, which will bring my 6 week summer holiday to a close... it also means we are nearly half way done with the deployment, it's all downhill from here.. in every which way!
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Sophia's Party
Everyone has gone home and the house is so quiet.... Sophia is snuggled in bed with her new BFF Goofy (Thanks Megan & Max) - she had an AMAZING Day! Time for a sip of wine.... well you know.. a bottle.
Bouncy castle arrived at noon and for 8 hours straight Sophia bounced... and bounced... and bounced only stopping to scoff a quick tea and blow bubbles with her very favourite "Ray Daddy" - move over Josh.. you've got some strong competition! LOL
The cake looked amazing, don't want to even think how many hours I spent slaving over it.. but it looks wonderful and from what I have been told tastes divine! YAY!
The Vanilla Bakery catered the rest of her party... less stress for me, I would recommend them to anyone.. never seen such beautiful and tasty food.. Mum now also has a freezer stocked that will last her to our next visit at Christmas (I have a tendency to be a "feeder" so ALWAYS over-order... oops!)
But for now I'd like to thank everyone who came and made Sophia's day so special xx
Glug glug zzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZ
Bouncy castle arrived at noon and for 8 hours straight Sophia bounced... and bounced... and bounced only stopping to scoff a quick tea and blow bubbles with her very favourite "Ray Daddy" - move over Josh.. you've got some strong competition! LOL
The cake looked amazing, don't want to even think how many hours I spent slaving over it.. but it looks wonderful and from what I have been told tastes divine! YAY!
The Vanilla Bakery catered the rest of her party... less stress for me, I would recommend them to anyone.. never seen such beautiful and tasty food.. Mum now also has a freezer stocked that will last her to our next visit at Christmas (I have a tendency to be a "feeder" so ALWAYS over-order... oops!)
But for now I'd like to thank everyone who came and made Sophia's day so special xx
Glug glug zzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZ
Thursday, August 11, 2011
A Young Life Lost
It's been 3 days and my heart is still breaking, it's all that I think about. I can't even begin to imagine how my dear friends Sara and Turbo (Darrain) are feeling. Their beautiful daughter Amantha was taken from them Monday night in a tragically fatal car accident, she was 18. Amantha was to start college this autumn and had the whole world at her fingertips. Not only was she beautiful, she was extremely talented, smart, funny and kind. The kind of girl who would give up her Saturday plans to watch the neighbours kids.
Amantha this post is for you.. I know you will always watch down on your friends and family, your love will surround them.
The tears may stop, but the love will not......
xx
Amantha this post is for you.. I know you will always watch down on your friends and family, your love will surround them.
The tears may stop, but the love will not......
xx
Sunday, August 7, 2011
aaaahhhhhhhhh
I just realized today that my blog is partially named "Deployment Days" and as yet I haven't really written about our current deployment, so I figured a lazy Sunday is the perfect day to do so....
This deployment is pretty much 28% done, and I say "pretty much" because technically I don't know when Josh will be back, so as a good wife always should... I err on the side of caution and add a few extra days to the countdown just in case... so we could be sitting here at 30%... but who knows!
28% has gone by in the blink of an eye. I think it's because I have had stuff to do and plans to see through... the first few weeks were gearing up to leave for England.. then since I've been here in Blighty, I've been busy with shopping & organizing our trip for my cousins wedding, get back from that and then into Sophia's birthday party planning... this week will be spent finishing bits up and making her cake.. then next week will be our last week here to go do stuff and then the trip home....
The REAL deployment will start in September, once we're settled back in our home, my sister and nephew have departed and it's just Sophia & I, one loooooong day after another....! Thank goodness I am part of MOMS club (Awesome group of Women) and they have activities each week to keep everyone entertained, kiddos and Mummies alike, it also means I get to chat to real grown up people every few days.. which is an added bonus... after a few days of just chit chatting with Sophia & Odie, I often feel my sanity drifting away...
So far it really hasn't been much to write about... I send a few care packages, make sure the bills & rent get paid, cut the grass once in a while.. and go about my life as I usually would.. I just know thought that I am going to hate it when the first snow hits and I have to shovel the damn driveway and sidewalk every.freakin.day...... 2 is too young to have Sophia out there doing it.... right!??!!
Before I sign off, I should probably mention Josh in this post... since I am sure he is part of this deployment somewhere..... my poor DH stuck in 120+ heat and 20-90% humidity each day..... sleeping on the top bunk in a room with 2 other guys, surviving on a diet of grilled cheese, cereal and twizzlers... getting sunburned to hell when he attempts to spend his day off at the pool... having to hear about his wife having a good ol' time with her family and friends, and about how awesome his daughter is and how much she's learning and growing each and every day.. but not actually being able to see if for himself.... Selfish me...I thought I would have the raw deal when he left, but not in a million years would I want to trade places... he's a good kid and doesn't bitch too much... but I think that's because he knows if he did I would pretend like Skype had a bad connection and would drop the call....
This deployment is pretty much 28% done, and I say "pretty much" because technically I don't know when Josh will be back, so as a good wife always should... I err on the side of caution and add a few extra days to the countdown just in case... so we could be sitting here at 30%... but who knows!
28% has gone by in the blink of an eye. I think it's because I have had stuff to do and plans to see through... the first few weeks were gearing up to leave for England.. then since I've been here in Blighty, I've been busy with shopping & organizing our trip for my cousins wedding, get back from that and then into Sophia's birthday party planning... this week will be spent finishing bits up and making her cake.. then next week will be our last week here to go do stuff and then the trip home....
The REAL deployment will start in September, once we're settled back in our home, my sister and nephew have departed and it's just Sophia & I, one loooooong day after another....! Thank goodness I am part of MOMS club (Awesome group of Women) and they have activities each week to keep everyone entertained, kiddos and Mummies alike, it also means I get to chat to real grown up people every few days.. which is an added bonus... after a few days of just chit chatting with Sophia & Odie, I often feel my sanity drifting away...
So far it really hasn't been much to write about... I send a few care packages, make sure the bills & rent get paid, cut the grass once in a while.. and go about my life as I usually would.. I just know thought that I am going to hate it when the first snow hits and I have to shovel the damn driveway and sidewalk every.freakin.day...... 2 is too young to have Sophia out there doing it.... right!??!!
Before I sign off, I should probably mention Josh in this post... since I am sure he is part of this deployment somewhere..... my poor DH stuck in 120+ heat and 20-90% humidity each day..... sleeping on the top bunk in a room with 2 other guys, surviving on a diet of grilled cheese, cereal and twizzlers... getting sunburned to hell when he attempts to spend his day off at the pool... having to hear about his wife having a good ol' time with her family and friends, and about how awesome his daughter is and how much she's learning and growing each and every day.. but not actually being able to see if for himself.... Selfish me...I thought I would have the raw deal when he left, but not in a million years would I want to trade places... he's a good kid and doesn't bitch too much... but I think that's because he knows if he did I would pretend like Skype had a bad connection and would drop the call....
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