I know it has been a while since I updated the blog, but there just hadn’t been a lot going on. However, we have purchased a car at long last. We picked it up about a week and a half ago. We decided to go with the black 98 BMW 520i. It is of course an automatic and it drives so nicely and it only took minimal Bates cleaning/disinfecting to get it smelling nice and clean. The poor car sat for 6 months, totally unused, unloved and disrespected. Now we are trying to bring him back to his glory. He just needs a good detail job, an oil change and all will be well. It is just too bad that Eric can’t come and spend some time with Bim (yep I named the car Bim). I think he is happy now that someone appreciates him again and relishes the long weekend exploratory drives where he can stretch his legs (or tires if you will) on the Autobahn at a break neck pace.
Marshall and I also wanted to share the good news with all of you that we are now the proud uncle and aunt to Tate Howard Thomson. Marshall's brother Trevor and his wife Tasha just became parents for the first time last Monday. They are doing well and it sounds as though they are settling into parenthood nicely. I am just happy to have yet another child to play with. lol We wish them all the best!
Last Thursday Marshall, our friends Helena and Olga and myself went to Bad Staffelstein for attempt number two at the rope course. We had gone the previous weekend but there was a ridiculously long waiting list ahead of us. So we got all suited up in our harnesses and sat through the very brief training session and walked to the ladder leading up to the first and easiest level and clipped in. Olga went first, then Helena, and then I began to climb the ladder. I got about half way up the ladder when I realized I was shaking uncontrollably and got my ass back down on the ground. Call me chicken, call me a sissy, call me a wimp even, I don’t care. I am just glad that I had enough sense to realize that it was not a good idea before it was too late. So from then on I kept these feet of mine planted firmly on the ground where they were meant to be and took pictures of my crazy friends and husband as they clamored their way across the obstacles dangling from tree limbs and took video of them as they went screaming down zip lines (okay only the girls screamed, but it would’ve been great if Marsh had too). In the end a good time was had by all and we finished the afternoon with a trip to Mc Donald's where poor Olga was stalked and attacked by a very persistent bee. lol
Rope Course Pictures (Just copy and paste the link.)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=291557&id=850095227&l=633c294b2a
After a very lengthy and exhaustive search we have in fact found a couch. We had been looking for close to two weeks and nothing was quite right. So I called Helena and asked her to suggest some other furniture stores. This past Saturday we got up earlier than we normally would on a Saturday and headed out. We sat on so many couches and visited so many stores and at long last we decided on a lime green corduroy sectional with very deep seating and a chaise on one end. We tried to fit it into Bim but it was no use. So the sales woman told us to go ahead and take all the cushions, pillows and half of the legs and we could pick up the rest later or have it delivered next Monday. Well I don’t want to wait that long, nor do I want to pay 80 Euros to have it delivered so tomorrow we will be renting a van to go and pick it up. Now all that is left to do is find a new home for the little red comfy couch. Any takers? lol
Aside from those exciting revelations we have just been continuing with our German lessons and attempting to rid our apartment of whatever cardboard boxes we can. We have plans to do something with Chris this weekend and Stephan will be driving up from Munich on the 21st to visit for the weekend. We have a canoe trip in the planning stage for August 22nd as well. So we are looking forward to that. As always we will post more when there is more to post. Hope everyone is doing well.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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