Froggy New Year

Our newest addition to our (!! still can´t believe it!) apartment - a pic of glass, featuring a ... yep, a frog :-) *

Actually Ingo was supposed to have a holiday like me - last day: 22nd.
Last day was: 29th.
And since then - pics are to follow - wardrobe, sideboard and many little features were added. (gah. I am very, very happy the doctors in Hannover recovered my arm. And my hand. I just wish they´d been able to do a better job, I could´ve done much on my own).

Anyhows.
We´ve got PLUS! 2C plus!
Wish us ten more and the darn snow´ll melt away, and all the ice, too. We´ve had the coldest December since 1969. And the winter will stay, I fear.

Buuut... we need to look bright into the future, which will be 2011 for a start, no?



Have a "fresh" New Year everybody!
Full of veggies an all! (receipes of our grocery-store Rewe are right in there and no, I don´t get paid for this).
Heck, I don´t make resolutions, but maybe I should get away from instant meals (my generation) and live more healthier like Ingo (his generation).
Yay to being fresh, huh? And green :-)

*yes. We did cover up that litle window with styrofoam. It´s ccccc..old

Iced Bike

There you have it :-(
The main cycle paths are free, my bike is frozen up. No gear (which wouldn´t matter much), no brakes, no-thing.
All of us lazy guys who didn´t care to take the bikes inside (which means some steps up and heaps down again) can now walk.
Please keep your fingers crossed I didn´t ruin my hardware-store-super-bike.

Need to find some solution for the future. Maybe ask the guys from the next house if I can put my bike in their place (there is a roof over the bike-shed).

I.Hate.Winter!
Seriously!

Usually if snow fell at all it stayed for about two weeks and the "spook", as we called it, was over.
Is this Global Warming or what?!
Since end of Novemmber we have this horrible weather, that´s four weeks and it doesn´t look like changing soon.

Late Santa

... brings only food.
Except for the Santa who is a Salami, and the Lion who is marzipan, it´s all Brunswick Mum-based food.

Yikes, it seems I really have to drive to my family´s place.
Up to 5 more cm snow is expected.
Only one lane will be cleared, and who knows how good? Friday we used the highway and found the right lane full of really big holes due to the frost and trucks. How long will it take me to get there?
Will I make it without an incident?
For the first time in 4 years even the tram cannot run. And we only have December.


I really, really hate to risk my life just to sign at the notary.

It would be so much easier if they simply send the dokument here and I just sign it. Why do I have to be there in person?! Darn law! Give Bro the shop, house and garden and that´s it, I don´t want it.
Please keep your fingers crossed I make it in one piece.

Hmmm. I seriously think about taking the train. IF the train goes, it´ll presumably take me 45 minutes one way (plus the time to get to the train station).

Addendum: I can stay here! They found another solution, yay!
Now I need to eat the Salami myself, is only best before 09.01.2011...

You Promised...

to never grow up - but you ARE Peter Pan!

Just watching the movie, all alone in front of the PC.

Once in a while I think, oh, don´t forget to bring this to school - and then I think: School?! Work!!

But... thing is.
I have responsibility. This is my project - from the very early start on, about 9 years ago.
Customer says in case... it´s your decision, you always make the right choice (yeah, me, huh?!).
Still I do not feel mature, adult. I still think of school (cause, well - you keep on learning all the time, huh?).

This is one thing that occupies me a lot.

Do you feel mature/adult/grown up?
Is it the lack of having kids?
Is it good?
Is it bad?

Right now I fail one huge thing, partnership.
I feel like on the third day of school. Just. I lost.

Did I mention Ingo´s Dad´s name is P.?

Most People

... Are A Big Disappointment.

What a classical saying in Big Momma's House.

I wanna laugh, feel ok.

As soon as there is something to do, I loose out (with him! Other, I´m quite doing ok).
The weapon to kill me: Go away.

Not talking, not making up, not going to be ok kills me, and he knows it.
Tomorrow, he´ll be on the road again. A good chance to kill oneself.
He´s a very good driver, but who knows?

Tuesday I have to drive to the Harz Mountains (Mountains = snow) - I am not a good driver.
I´ll spend the night alone. He took his blanket away.

Who screw it up anyways?

I did not loose the darn screws. But Christmas or fun-time is just gone.

Feel like running away.
But I have to be strong and learn that love is not what I want it to be.

I forgive quickly. But that´s just me here.
I wanted to get some strenghts from this "holiday", but I´m more exhausted than ever.

Maybe I need to accept loneliness. No-love.

I need no comments on this, please. I just feel sorry for myself because I just don´t unterstand all this.
But... I need to get it out.

Would I run away if it wasn´t that cold and snowy/icey?
No idea.
Bro had called - I could call back. But I´d just cry and make him sad, too.
Merry Christmas, Dude. I let you have one.

Guess, ... hopefully... we make it, Ingo and I.
If this is the case - from now on: A box for all accessories kit - we both sign it - for each darn, stupid item. So he cannot claim me for loosing anything.

Ya know. It hurts even twice/double cause I am careful with stuff like that.

The Main Principle

It all started so well...
Ingo got an sms the wardrobe is finally there!
So we went there. The sideboard we wanted, though, was gone.
But... we found it! It was nearly 50€ less! (Yeah, we buy the stuff outta style, ha-ha.. see?! I try to be positive and funny, hard as it is)

I asked, how much for delivery? 42.
Heck, we give 8 for working between holidays, a round 50, and all is well, huh?
We get the furniture before the snow is gone, which might be March!

Sat in the kitchen, watching a documentary, relaxing. Took the pic from last post, all well (love it, if I may say so).

Then I said... stupid me.
I feel like crying (do), cause I fail to understand the term "friend". Talkin bout Principle, huh?
Said, let´s do some work!
Ingo´s right hand seems to be good again. Drilling possible again.
Before drilling we needed some screws, special screws.
Screws that were put outta the package some weeks ago, placed somewhere (guess windowsill).
I put EVERYTHING in a salad-bowl.

Two screws are missing.

It is MY fault.

Automatically.

And Christmas is gone.

All the yummy food I´ve bought...
He does not talk to me. I am stuck here, due to the weather, and even if I was not...

I went over and said, hey, two dumb screws! We/I can get them at the hardware-store!
Who´s failure was it, after all?! Your, mine, delivery? We cannot tell anyways!

He let me down for this.
First Christmas in our own home.

Sorry this is such a negative post. Hope no one reads it anyways.

Back to the title, huh?
The Main Principle

The "love of my life" sits in the next room and I know he´ll push me away if I asked for being ok (because it happened yesterday).
What is love?
Trust?
Faith?
Friendship????
Ich kann nicht mehr.

A Principle...
The Principle is: it´s always my fault.

Sorry, hope no one read this. These are my thoughts and they needed to get out cause I feel so damn hurt.
For the future:
A box for every tiny, stupid, ### thing with name on, because this man does not trust me. This will be my new Principle. Merry Christmas. I am so darn sad and lonely.
And without a friend.
Because.... a friend loves you.
Even no matter what - and in this case we even don´t know if it was one of ours fault!!!

He can be the sweetest. And the meanest. For Christmas he choose last.
I am beyond anger. I only cry. I find it too sad we are not real friends, I cannot go over and ask for a hug. I cannot tell him how bad I feel but POST it!

The Principle... is it a screw or a feeling, I will never know.

Sent me "Freddie Mercury - The Last interview Sub Ita" via yahoo - means he will never talk to me?
being stupid, I know.
Hurt is bad.

Merry Christmas

... everyone! :-)

My hat says "Braunschweig" - and Ingo´s head-decoration was bought in... huh? Guess?



Yep, Wanneroo/Perth, in 1999. My... would I love to trade all that darn snow against some 40C right now!

Due to the weird weather we stay home.
Trains got stuck, drivers got stuck, many, many accidents happened...
So... this is the second time I´m not with my family for Christmas.
Aww, well. Won´t risk my life for this, will visit one more time in summer instead.

We - though being not into sweets - had Stollen today, after all, it´s Christmas, no?



Wishing everybody a happy one!

Back Home Safely

See last post - that´s why I´m happy Ingo is back home safely!!! Yay-yay-yay, he, too, he can even dance on the darn ice! :-)

Just look at the streets here:



Just horribly dangerous.

The layer of ice on Ingo´s car:



Some abandoned bike:



Mine... yesterday I was still driving it (very carefully) - look at the ice hanging down from my saddle (bike with green stripes) - you can enlarge for a better view:



Santa, can I make a wish?
Please, make the snow and ice melt away and don´t let it come back for more than any one day like Sunday, k?

Mum said yesterday: "You´re just not used to these winters anymore!!!"

Yes, Mum, that´s right - and I wanna keep it that way!

It was 1976 when last time people needed to put socks on their shoes to make it over the icy pavements. I don´t want that again!!!

And Ingo has to work from Monday on again. Oh, seesh.
(this is not nice due to two things:
1) he needs a holiday
2) he has to drive by car and take a dangerous highway)

How are we supposed to feel like Christmas? Wet, wet, icy, gah!

But, yay, home safe for now!

Bike? Skates, Rather

Yes. It´s warmed up a bit. With these ugly, dangerous results. Just went grocery-shopping, yikes, it´s all ice!



Ingo drove to Salzgitter to work.
Since I didn´t receive a call I hope and suppose he´s arrived safely.



Coated in ice!
I am supposed to get my car into our street - it´s a short street with little traffic. But, the heck - I won´t in this weather!
Let´s just hope nobody bumps into him.

Guess I´m sane and leave the bike.
I´ll walk to the gym now. Will take like forever, but riding the bike would be just dumb.
Let´s hope Ingo makes it back home safely...

Stupid, ### weather!

Frites van Holland

So. This was my first day off. Not until January the 5th will I have to drive to Wolfsburg.

Ingo, though, has to drive to Salzgitter every working day :-(
Some dumb### aka "business manager" told one customer, oh, sure, we can get it done til Christmas!, and drove to his Christmas-holiday-destination.

There are huge problems (new project), everybody has to work between Christmas and New Years and maybe they still don´t get it done. Thanks, big dumbhead, hope your holidays are great!

We couldn´t get done too much either anyways. Too much snow to take the risk and bring in new furniture :-(

So, what did I do today?
Bought a last Xmas-Card and sent it away, got the dishes done, vacuumed and wiped the kitchen (getting everything out and partially in again, chaos still reigns), went to a good pharmacy to get something good (like also an explanation - why are doctors not able to explain?!) against my dry, running eyes, went to the gym (yep, if you´re really careful you can still ride a bike), got home before Ingo.

Who´s sad about his dying coffee-machine.
So... we went into the city. Today! People are mad!!! Christmas came for too many as a sudden surprise again...
Choices for espresso-machines?! Ummm 3-4 only!
The shops are full with Nespresso-machines! God and George Clooney obviously do a great job!

I loooove the ads! Cute and clever they sure are! But even if I still drank coffee, I´d never go for that darn capsules! Heck, people really pay that much money for a cuppa?!

So... we got nothing.
"Luckily" - the lines at the checkouts were endless!

What we got was Frites van Holland (German), the "best" French Fries in town.
Which is true. Just gotta remember next time: normal size is too much, take a small one.
Yum they were!

Sat On A Can

Off topic: Lots of new snow. This morning was the worst drive ever so far. Am I glad we made it home safely.
Ingo even called me at work to be sure I arrived there without incident.

I´m so fed up already by the darn snow!

Anyhows we went into the city, was like walking through sand (again! Gah!) - beautiful decoration, no?



I had Tarte flambée on the Christmas Market - my, hot really meant hot, phew, next time I take a traditional one again!

Talkin bout food... our first time Beer-Can-Chicken was a great success! Here we go - Ingo fills in beer in a small can (yay, found one! Usually we have 0,5l-cans here!):



Please, take a seat, chicken!



It´s too cold to sit around naked on a can? I agree, let´s bring you to a warm place, hehe (the joy of having a real oven!!!):



Look at all the fat that ran out, yikes!



So, we had the perfect chicken!
And it wasn´t too much work either!



Yes. Mum would say: Are we in the United States?! You watch TV whilst eating?!
Yep. The Simpsons :-)
See how jealous/hungry Homer looks?

One more drive to Wolfsburg - then I´m on holiday.
Sadly, Ingo has to work longer.

Last time was 1976 we had a winter that strong that early - make it stop, pleeease! I frickin hate it!

This Is What We Think

... of the darn snow:



No worries, Ingo can do that - it´s my car :-)

These pics show: low-pressure area Petra didn´t hit us too hard. Keep dancing, everybody! :-)

Car, btw... haha! Do you know the (here) new function of Google (maps) with the little guy you can drag into places?
Just enter Germany, Braunschweig, Karlstr. 72 and you can see in one of the three offered pics... tadaaa:



To the right, the red Polo - MINE :-)
K, my old one, but still, funny, huh? (I can identify him 100% due to the stickers)
We used to live in that yellow house until November.

Went to Rewe today and I had to take this pic, Potatoes from our region:



Next time we´ll buy those.
Is it the same in your place? We get ordinary stuff like milk and potatoes from Southern Germany. Ordinary milk! The supermaket-chains do it like that, how dumb and unnecessary! Guess the milk from here goes there, then.

Did.I.mention... we have a real oven now.
Soooooooooo... we try Beer-Can-Chicken for the first time today!
Keep your fingers crossed it´s a success!

Like The Early Days

We just had to buy Kukki´s soup - look at that tin! Cool style, huh? You can choose English, even!! It´ll tell you "What's the matter with it, you'll know it here" - the Logo suggests we´re all Cowboys and Trekkers, exploring the New Land, no?!

Oddly enough the place where you can get those "homemade" soups and also stay overnight(s) is called "Harzhaus Elend" ... Harzhaus, ok. The house is situated in the Harz-Mountains.
But Elend?! That´s the town´s name... ummm... "Elend" also means "misery/distress".
(Does that say anything about that place in the first (and last) place?)

I´d rather be like Moe Szyslak who changed his name to "Moe" so it fits to the tavern!

Anyhows... was yummy:



... that added sausage was necessary, though.

Hmmmmm.
This is the first time I am alone in this apartment for hours!
Yesterday Ingo had to work longer, so I was alone here for half an hour.

Today he has to attend a Company-Christmas-Party in Wolfenbüttel. So... my first evening alone. Feels odd!

Did anyone really dance?! So far low-pressure area Petra spared this area - THANKS! (haha, guess what my dear friend with that name got sent links with newspaper-titles like this one today: Germany is looking in anxiety at low-pressure area Petra ;-)

No, really, Mum and Bro both called/texted me if I´d arrived home safely from Wolfsburg - they nearly knocked over when I told them I went to the gym by bike :-)

The main cyclepaths are more or less free. The rest I either pushed or... a-hem... drove (slowly!) on the sidewalk.

Please dance some more, k? In the early days, sun-dances always worked, right?
(Gotta come back to the post-title, no?)

Dance The Sun-Dance

Please, pretty Please, could you? For us?

It took me 30 minutes to work - and over 1 1/2 hours back due to the darn snow!

I got so bored that, yes, I took these pics while driving.
Doesn´t this weather just make one kinda sad?



I won´t ever say I´m a "good driver", but people drive me nuts!
You need only one who´s afraid, right? The ### is always the first in row.

We could´ve driven at 80km/h for the most part, but thanks to ### it was 40... 45 ... with 60 being top-speed.
Ok, that was still fast enough - the first 2 km alone took me half an hour!!!
That´s because I have to drive past the VW-plant with heaps and heaps of workers adding to the looong lane of home-drivers.

I.Hate.Snow.

Mind you, the cycle paths are useless again. This adds to my frustration!

Here a funny pic from last Sat at Alldi´s:



That poor, poor pepper, no? A veggie we call Paprika btw. Pepper... huh, why?!

This is what you get when you ask for Pfeffer here:



Now... please could you get up and actually dance a bit for the sun to come and melt our darn snow away?