I can happily (and a bit proud) announce another cooking success!
I got SO.DARN.FRUstrated... with my insurance company I felt like BOSE.
(All turned out well, I hope)
These headphones (I get no money for saying this!!!)... they make me forget my broken ear and ... boy.
They were expensive. But SO worth it. And I love to cook (and dance) away.
Languages...
Champions .. Champignons in German are mushrooms.
OK, before the earworm kills you here goes:
Side-story: The Braunschweig Lions won the German Bowl in Hannover (2005) (again! and they still are the German Bowl Defender).
This song was playing to celebrate and guess.
We had to leave cause Ingo was in pain, what else.
Everybody cheering happily and we run to the car.
A visit to the dentist and then to the hospital, in emergency. Wasn´t the teeth ... tonsils were swollen so much he could hardly breathe.
And btw... who can run around in front of so many people in just shorts (and a tiny scarf)?! 🧡🧡🧡
Oh, Freddie, my dear.
Well. So. I bought mushrooms. Chicken Breast.
Had, you can guess it... something open that had to go (I don´t throw food away) - yoghurt -
And some Indian paste etc.
Made that for lunch.
When Ingo came home later he said it smells yummy and if he can have some - I cook with this butter stuff now, so he can - and did.
You know.
He uses to say he "has to eat", so it´s a great joy for me when he likes to eat!
He fell sick 2008 and is chronically ill since. So... a success. If a small one.
I even later wrote down what I did!
He made Soljanka (YUM!), but ate my second version of the "Champion" instead. Buh.
Art-wise. I´d really like to join the languages-theme.
Bare with me, I did my best.
Maybe you know I learned at age 14 from my Dad how to drive our BMW (5 gears)...
There are many words we use that you use differently!
A beamer... we watch movies with that/use it at school/uni - to you it´s my family car! A BMW!
Hey, how about - males preferred - take me to a restaurant (just in this example! Any girl I´m happy to join, too!! )
Please were a smoking.
???? (The name is from back then when men went to a separate room to smoke... in their tuxedos).
You call that "tuxedo"!!! Dumb us call it "smoking". And mind you, if I asked my lille Bro to wear a tux - he´d had no clue. it´s just not known here...
@ our parent´s silver wedding.
There are many.
The most embarrassing is...
See why I´m not into soccer.
Languages...
Mourning is a painful thing, I sure do know. To loose a loved one.
The dumb soccer guys .. you want to run and hide.
With "public viewing" they mean to gather in front of a public screen and watch a game of soccer.
I sometimes "hide" I am German when being somewhere else.
In Germany open coffins in public are ... not allowed, I guess.
Here is the German link, you can switch to English, I put it on because I think you would not believe the dumb- and respectless-ness...
One we did not share, as times are tough. He offered me, though.
27 years together and we had a fight over a drawer that was not OK according to Ingo.
And he even was right!!! I threw some stuff out, stuff we never use anyways!
Very sad. Is it Corinna, me not working and him hating me for that, hating his own work - I have no clue.
I sometimes (?) want to give up.
And certainly!
It´s like living in the past, things are simply not available!
I got a Ninja (post to come) - and happy mail, received and sent!
My dear Gurri is washed and put away. Summer???
Well... Henry 🦁
He is confused.
Some burn away... we "freeze our butts off" - not really, but "too cold for the season" I hear since years and years...
Addendum! Elizabeth speaks of a whisk today.
I remember one day in summer a friend called me whilst I was looking for such a thing - I was into flat sharing, you always look for stuff!
"What are you DOING?!", she asked on the phone, as it was noisy.
I said, "I´m looking for the Schneebesen!"
Her: "In SUMMER?!"
We call that whisk a "snow-broom" - and don´t ask me why.
(maybe cause you can make milk to "snow" / froth for also sweet stuff, know what I mean?)
And,.... I have the TV running on my right monitor and had to laugh.
"His aorta was broken". Yes, I laugh about that (also in German it´s called "aorta").
My friend M said, when we first met, "nice name, beautiful flower".
I said, "no, it´s due to the eye, the retina, Iris scan etc, my Dad was an optometrist."
Him: "Glad your Dad was no heart surgeon, you´d ended up with Aorta as name 😂"
Yours, Aorta.... Have a nice T-Day!
24 comments:
The story of your name always makes me smile Iris 😊 There are so many differences in meaning to the words we/you use, it can be both confusing and funny. Only Freddie could get away with those short shorts and scarf :) I read somewhere that he did that because they were told to all wear the same thing, that was his protest. You should look on eBay to see if you can get a copy of the Neal Preston Queen photographs, it is a beautiful book to have, I got mine for $50, brilliant series of photos over many years 💙
...BOSE should be great, they sure cost enough!
Hi Iris, I love to read your posts, funny the different names for things, here in Spain Thursday and Eggs can be confused if you aren’t careful with the pronunciation as my husband found out when we first came here, ha,ha,
we also call it a Beamer, I had one in England, I loved that car..
I love Queen and yes only Freddy could wear those shorts and scarf, he was an amazing singer too, Our GS who is five loves that song and knows all the words too.
Happy TDay
Jan x
Grace, really, that´s it about the shorts?! Thank you - BIG LOL!
Book is ordered, thank you !
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Tom, they are! My ear is good with those!
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Jan, Thursday and Eggs, LOL. Eggs, please! So sad I learned French!
Yay to your GS - so good another generation comes to love Queen / Freddie!!!
I love your idea for your journal page Iris. There are so many words like that, aren't there? Even here in the US we have milkshapes and frappes. Depending where you live one has ice cream and one does not.But mostly I am so happy you joined us at Art Journal Journey. Thank you. Yes those Bose headphones are expensive but aren't they wonderful? I have some and I got some for my husband as he likes to fall asleep with a book going. (OK, it takes him weeks to get through a chapter and we joke when he finally makes it to a new one). But I don't hear him. And if I can't sleep, he doesn't hear me. Aren't they great? Your meal looks yummy except for mushrooms. No thankful. They taste good but have such a weird texture. Enjoy and hope you are having a super T day. Hugs-Erika
So that's where your name originated from.
Erika, the language is a wonderful thing! And so much fun discovering the different meanings!
MUSIC...! Another language!
Oh.wait... book. Should resume (still Holocaust, tough...). To BOSE!
Mushrooms have a weird texture?
Ever tried tongue?! Go, visit my FIL for that, brrrr.... hugs, no tongue-wise ;-)
William, yes, Aorta. My I introduce myself :-)
Language is a tricky yet amazing thing. I only speak English but even that is a feat at times. I still don't use everything correctly. I love your journal page that you made to explain the language difference of several words.
So glad that Ingo is finding foods to enjoy that you make. You sound like me, I don't like to throw food out unless it is bad. The yogurt and indian paste combination sounds creative.
So sorry to hear that it has been tough with you both being stuck inside and not working. Yes, Corona has messed up a lot of things and made life difficult and different for so many people. Hopefully all this madness will be over soon and life can return to something of what we remember.
I loved hearing the story about your name.
Happy Tea Day,
Kate
Love reading your stories. Nice to know where your name came from. Your meal looks fantastic! So glad hubby like it. I really enjoy your art journals too. Have a great day.
what an all around interesting post- and I love how you tied in food, language, and song!! :) Your melon drink sounds very refreshing. Happy T day!
Fascinating read today, Iris. Really enjoyed that you had another successful meal. I always LOVE reading your calendar and all the great images you draw.
Your language entry for Art Journal Journey is wonderful. I think of sofa, divan, couch all mean the same thing depending on what part of the country in which you live. Thanks for sharing and linking to AJJ.
Happy anniversary again and I liked the drink you chose to celebrate it. Thanks for sharing your meal, Freddy, your calendar pages, your AJJ entry, and your watermelon bubbly with us for T this Tuesday, dear Iris.
I enjoyed your post and the different translations from one language to another. I like Schneebesen. Snow whisk. We use a whisk broom to brush lint off clothes. So, there's another meaning for you. I hope your weather improves. Take care and Happy T Day
I enjoyed your post. I admit to getting lost a couple of times. Perhaps because I don't know the back story. The virus lockdown had been very hard on people. I know I miss the real in person interactions. We are still masking up and just beginning to go out and about.
Your meal and melon drink both look yummy, I'd be happy to join you 😀. I love your language page and the calender pages as always are such fun - wonderful! Happy T Day wishes! Hugs, Jo x
I love your language observations. Yes, we call BMWs affectionately Beamers.
Congratulations on another successful meal. Ingo liking it is the icing on the cake. And I had not heard the word Schneebesen. I have learnt something again.
I'm sorry you had a fight. Corinna certainly has a lot to answer for! I hope you have made up by now.
Happy T-Day,
Hugs,
Lisca
I, too, loved learning about your name. Language is just fascinating! And three cheers on the dinner, too. I'm sure it felt good that Ingo liked it. I'm so sad you two are having a rough patch. Stress does that to people. I hope it will soon ease.
We are big mushroom fans here, sometimes i stuff them with breadcrumbs and cheese. Other times we make a white sauce and add the mushrooms to it.
To me aorta is the main artery carrying blood from the heart and a whisk is what I beat eggs with.
I think of you every time I see iris in someone's yard.
Perhaps some of Ingo's frustration is also because he has his own health issues and he wishes he was 100% well?
Kate, yes, some starve and others throw good food away, I cannot do that.
My neiighbor as kid had to witness how people ripped off the meat of horses that died in the bombs and ate it raw. Hunger hurts. As "Corinna" does...
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Nicole, thank you.
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Linda, thank you, I just rolled around ;-)
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Elizabeth, oh, a) thank you, b) sofa .... Teppsch?! LOL. It´s a fun theme for sure!
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CJ - I think... lints... ew.... can I ever use a Schneebesen again, LOL!
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Darla, sorry, reckon I just blog too long and have some things explained looooong ago!
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Jo, hugs, if not for Corinna, I´d invite you happily!
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Lisca, languages are wonderful. Corinna, not so much. Hugs from here...
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Jeanie, thank you, I hope we´ll get along again soon. I could whisk him up, kidding ;-)
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Amy, hmmmm cheese, good idea!
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River, you made me laugh. My Dad indeed painted the flower for the second Mother´s Day as my Mum got sick of the eye-story. I so hope my Brother finds the card.
Yes, Ingo has a lot of issues himself... As do I. Not getting younger, having no job....
lol Aorta, that would have been an interesting name but you probably would have been teased mercilessly at school. Iris is a beautiful name for the flower or the eye part. Loved reading your post and your pictorial explanations on your page! Thanks for joining me for the Language theme at Art Journal Journey this month Elle xx
Language difference and translation fascinate me. I work with many children that English in their second language. When we try to say things in Spanish they laugh because we are messing it up either with the way we say it which gives different meaning or just complete failure to say things that we mean.
Happy T day
Your posts are always so fun. Interesting stories, cooking, Henry, and just life. Hubby and I seem to get snippier lately too - I think we all have Corona fatigue. Hoping that subsides and we all get back to our old normal or something better. Love your journal page and your calendar. Happy T-day late.
Your Chicken and Mushroom dish sounds great - I hate wasting food too. I need to get creative with some Creme Fraiche delivered today with a 'use by' date of 31st - fruit pancakes I think!! Pleased that Ingo enjoyed it too! We sometimes have different ideas about things - it happens - no need to give up.
I love the language page for AJJ - there are so many ways to confuse words!
Your journal diary always looks so colourful!
The snow broom whisk has made me smile too!
Very belated Happy T Day wishes, Chrisxx
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