Now That I Can See Again

First a cold which was a flu, then an eye-flu, this really was no holiday.
Today at the eye-specialist we found out I can see pretty well again. Just some last, nasty white cells blocking a bit of my sight.

So, how about a short review of 2012 in pics I finally was able to do today.
Actually they´re about be printed out for a calendar this year.
But my immune-system is absolutely down, so I got high meds. Two flus straight one after another was just too much. I just feel so weak... I sure will not walk into the city.

January we buried our Mum.
It was cold, but luckily no snow.
And I found this Lion with his heart outside.

Febuary was very cold, but at least just little snow.
Ingo gave my car a heart.
And our living room got a reminder that every day could become the best of your life.

March, yay, Spring is there!
The trees are still naked but first thing those students did, was heaving a bbq in the park.
We, instead, went to El Gaucho, best Steak-house in town.
And Ingo gave me a piece of a meteroite for a necklace.

April we bought a sewing-machine so Ingo can shorten my trousers a bit.
Being too lazy to put everything away from our small kitchen-table, he went outside on the balcony.
Ingo bought little Niece her own BBQ and checked it out, too.
We went to the Strand, the beach on top of a parking house high above the town`s roofs.
And, yay for playgrounds and warmth!

May, the BBQ was a big hit, Niece recognized the sausage immediately.
Again, yay for playgrounds!
Those signs with our names sat side by side, funny cause usually it´s sorted by male/female and even if not so N and R are far away, no? We didn´t buy those ugly things, though.
Another beach, the Okercabana (named after river Oker).
The slide which was a horror in August is now a great toy, too.

June was very Braunschweig-orientated, see helmet, T-Shirt and keyholder.
That couple just looked so peaceful.
Another visit at Omi, who now lives in heaven. Niece knows where the watering-can belongs.
And another cycling-tour.

July I brought Niece the talking mower Mike. To her parent`s dismay he was a huge hit for a long time.
We found a bridge full of love-locks.
And I was in Cologne for a further training. The secretary had booked me a hotel in that very street Bro lived back then. Where we had a lot of fun over ten years ago. The training was at the other end of town
And, yes, we love Elmo and our town.
The Okercabana once more, Niece loves sand.

August. Playground. Niece was playing in the sand, not Ingo.
This "knive" is a comb and made Niece really freak out when first Ingo used it to comb his hair, then went on to Bro´s beard and then Bro took that thing and wanted to comb her.
Everybody laughed but her. Mean.

September, Niece, being a Lion on a Lion. And my, this girl loves soup.
So many people wear the Braunschweig Lion on their Shirts, nice to see.
We were way too early buying that playmat, but, well...
And the fly agaric is a sign for luck. Saw him on the worst trip ever.

October. Getting cold. We dicovered we like to puzzle (map of our town, ah, what a surprise).
Guess this was the last time for this year I went to Bro´s place to sort out the house (night-blindness).
This bathing cap makes Bro look like Marge Simpson.
Ingo made Grühnkohl the first time and has a cool new Shirt.

November we finally attended the Udo Jürgens-concert.
We visited the Mumme-Mile.
Ingo got a new cooking-toy and made filled paprika.
I finished my Advent-calendar and we went to IKEA.

In December Christmas-tree George Bailey came to us from the street. He´s still decorated and lives on our balcony.
Sadly I only got this pic of Niece, thanks to my eyes I couldn´t visit.
We got our own love-lock and I found this chocolate on Nikolaus-day in front of our door. Nothing big, but I like the pics.