My dear friend Kim turns 30 today. The photo was taken the last time we saw each other in Germany back in October. I wanted to create a special photo with frame and embellishments for you, but since my notebook is not ‘available’ right now – this photo is all...
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I had a good weekend. On Saturday I went on a massive shopping tour all by myself. I went grocery shopping – which I personally think is fun, but I’ve known people *wink* who don’t enjoy that at all!- and then I went to IKEA. Have I mentioned before that...
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My ‘baby’ aka notebook is still sick. I haven’t been able to fix the error with the Windows XP CD and the Dell people were NOT particularly helpful. Let me tell you. I was pissed. On Tuesday, I spent 2 hours online [on Jon’s computer] with two different Dell support...
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My notebook crashed. I can’t boot up anymore and I can’t access my files. I have no idea what happened. My ‘baby’ worked perfectly fine when I shut it down on Thursday, and then Friday morning it didn’t boot up anymore. I am worried that I am going to lose...
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I returned to Germany to wait out the Immigration process. I had taken our Immigrant application to the post office that morning and after a quick lunch, J had taken me to the airport. It feels surreal talking about this right now. We both had no idea! that it would...
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for being so quiet over here. I have recently found myself lost in my own thoughts a lot. Numerous hours are spent on the computer, working on my resume, trying to find jobs in the area that would fit my profile. I am a little bit struggling with what my...
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Ok, ok… don’t get too excited [especially over there in Germany], but I have to tell you that now we are actually far ahead of you weatherwise. While you were jealous of the summerlike temperatures last week, now you can be jealous of the snow. Yes, we had real snow...
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What would we do without the phone and the Internet? I know that I would be desperate, that’s for sure. I value the possibilities of communication now more than ever before. Since I moved here, it has become clear to me, and I mean ‘clear’ as in crystal clear, that...
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