Day 332

Just a quick post tonight, I should have been in bed ages ago, but I wanted to get some presents wrapped and parcels packed!

So we were all home today, Robert apparently still had earache, Richard a headache, and me I'm Mum, I'm not allowed to have bronchitis, so I haven't!! So there, cough - go away!
I spent the morning working from home, and the boys were really good and played upstairs until I said they were allowed down, by which time it was time for lunch. They built this with the lego whilst up there (thanks Mum for giving them the idea, it worked!), it is a farm and a city.

In the afternoon Robert did his homework, and whilst he was doing that, Richard did a layout in photoshop on my computer! He had a super time! I decided that we all needed a change of scenery so the boys did get to go to artschool, and I had a wander at the mall nearby (got another couple of Xmas presents).

Back home it was time for tea, but first it was time to finish off the Xmas lists for Santa and post them (and yes, Santa has remembered and picked them up! ;o)

So once the boys were in bed, I got to wrapping and packing, and now I am off to bed
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Day 331

This morning I had both boys complaining of something hurting but I just dosed them up with medicine and sent them off to school and Kindergarden. I didn't go to work, as they had sent my work home to me yesterday and staying home I could try and get rid of my annoying cold. Well, that is what I thought...

I quite enjoyed working and watching/listening to TV at the same time, but at 11am I got a phone call from school - could I come and pick Robert up. Yep, he had been complaining about his ear hurting and his teacher had the secretary call me to come and pick him up. It probably was hurting him, but when you see all the fidgeting he could do at home, you wonder why he couldn't have lasted out for one more lesson at school?! (Does that make me a mean Mummy!??)

Richard was at Kindergarden all day, and I went and picked him up at 4pm. Then his headache was all gone and he was feeling fine, but come teatime his head was hurting again. So it looks like the next one is coming down with something! We'll see!

Richard was so proud when he came home, they had made some Xmas decorations out of salt dough at Kindergarden and they were allowed to make themselves something with the left over dough, and today he brought home his cat

Isn't it cute!
Off to bed now!
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Day 330

Today started at 3.30am with Robert calling for me, when I got in there half asleep, he was sat up in bed with one hand over his ear, and crying "My ear hurts, even worse than last time, but I want to go and see my friends again!" - poor thing. I gave him some nose spray and he did settle back down to sleep (I took a lot longer). When we finally got up, Robert still had earache, so we took Richard to Kindergarden and went straight to the doctors (cause last week, she told us, we needn't call ahead, but just to come! Bad idea! When we got there, there was a sign on the door, that the doctor's was closed - the doctor is doing some sort of course...So back home we went. I wasn't really sure what we were going to do, but whilst on the phone to Mum, the solution came to me. I phoned up an Ear Nose and Throat doctor and booked him in there. We had to leave straight away!
We had to wait a little while there, but Robert didn't mind, he somehow managed to get my phone off of me and play Angry Birds!

The doctor said that his right ear really is still infected and that we needed to clear his nose passage for the infection to clear up. The nose spray I have been using is good to keep the nose "wet" (not sure what the English term is) but it doesn't take the swelling down. So I now have that sort of spray for him. We also have to finish the bottle of antibiotics, and depending on how he feels, he can go back to school tomorrow. He sort of wants to, so heres hoping he isn't in pain in the morning!

Whilst I was cooking lunch, Robert was a bit bored (I wasn't letting him watch TV, play on the Wii or play on my phone) and he decided to try what Richard had tried on Friday. So I showed him how to knit. He was a bit more confident about it, and I was able to leave him with the needles and go and grab the camera!

After lunch, Robert had plenty of new homework to do, and when he had finished we played Yahtzee together and then it was time to go and get Richard from Kindergarden. He had had a good day, but wasn't that talkative today. Also just before bedtime he complained about his head hurting...uhoh I hope he isn't coming down with something now!

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Day 327, Day 328 and Day 329

Day 327 - Friday

I kept Robert home for another day, he would have only had half a day at school anyways, and rather than risk him going back too soon, he got an extra day off. BUT he did have to come with me to Kindergarden for the English lesson I had postponed! He behaved ok, but he got so excited about some of the games we play, that he forgot, that he isn't actually the one learning the language!

After lunch Richard went back to Kindergarden, on Fridays he is only there til 3pm, so it felt like I was only backwards and forwards to Kindergarden today. At 4pm we were back up there again, only this time for football. But between getting home and going to football, Richard wanted to learn to ....KNIT! Yep, knit, we got home and he said, Mummy can you knit? Erm, yes darling... I want to learn it too, can you show me, I want to knit a scarf with light swords on!
He couldn't quite understand, that we wouldn't be knitting a light sword scarf first! Anyhow once indoors (the conversation was on the doorstep!) I had to find wool and knitting needles. He then sat on my lap and together we knitted this

as it was me wrapping the wool around the needle it looks quite neat. Now to find out how long it will take him to master it on his own!

I left both boys at Richard's football training, Robert wanted to watch them. After the training Richard went home with his friends and Robert with his friend. And Florian and I picked them up at the different homes when we got back from the station!

Day 328 - Saturday
Today I got to play professional photographer, I went to a friends house and took some family shots for them! It was good fun, and I think I got quite a few good ones for them. When I got back from that, we all went out to the Xmas market in town. They have just redone the main square there, and the Xmas market there looked good. I especially loved the Xmas pyramid

We had our lunch there, I had a sausage, and for the first time EVER we found something vegetarian for Florian on a stall. He had vegetables in a cream sauce. The boys only wanted a crepe with Nutella on, in fact we all had crepes, the boys and I Nutella and Florian one with cheese. We also had something warm to drink, Florian a Glühwein, Richard and I a Kinderpunsch, and Robert a hot orange juice. Love these pics of my boys!

After the Xmas market we headed to Media Markt for a new external harddrive for my pictures, my computer is so slow at the moment and we hope by freeing up some space on the laptop, that it might speed up again! There is a little bit of improvement tonight, but I would love some more! We'll see!
Then it was on to the DIY store for a sensor for the light outside by the front door. We now have light when we come home at night!

Day 329 - Sunday
I'm full of cold now - a chesty one, so my voice sounds really weird, but I still went to my second "professional" photoshoot! More family photos, this time 9 grandkids ranging from 25 down to 1. They were fun to get pics of. Only the 4-year-old didn't want his picture taken, note to self, next time take something to bribe them with!!!

In the afternoon we went to the advent market in the village, I had baked a cake for the occasion and I wanted to try a piece! Strange to buy a piece of your own cake, but it was for a good cause!

When we got home, we played a game of Sorry! Florian had never played before, but the boys and I soon taught him, he had to leave half way through the game (this week he has to be at work on Monday by 8am, so he had to travel today), we finished the game, and he came second! The boys were quite upset at Florian leaving, so I promised they could say nun night on the phone at bedtime. That helped!

My computer sped up a bit after moving 100GB of photos and 80GB of scrapbooking zip files to the external harddrive, but it is still not right, maybe a good nights sleep will help it!

So I took nearly 200 pics today, but not one I can post, so I'll just go and see if Lucky will be my model....

If he is not on my lap or on the chair with the big teddy rabbit, then he is laying under something, Florian reckons its cause it feels like being in a cave or so. Whatever it is, I think its cute! But when I have finished typing, I will only have to call him, and I'll have my lapwarmer back!

CU tomorrow

Day 326

Another day at home for Robert and me today, but we did all have a much better night's sleep. Even if we were up by 7am! So much for a lay in, which I know would do us all good!
All in all there isn't much to tell about today, Robert watched a good amount of TV and I was busy around him. After Richard was back at Kindergarden after lunch, Robert and I played a game of Qwirkle, then when we had finished his homework had been delivered, so he got to be busy doing some maths.

Part of my Amazon delivery arrived today, I had to lie to the boys, I told them that the parcel was for the man across the road, who picks it up when he gets home from work, which is after they are in bed! I'm surprised they didn't notice my nose grow!
So once they were in bed, I wrapped all the presents up,

so far so good, now if I could just get myself motivated on the Xmas card front, I would be ahead!
Maybe when I have finished blogging!

Robert is still having problems with his ears, so I won't be sending him back to school tomorrow, but I will have to take him to Kindergarden tomorrow for my English lesson, at least having had the antibiotics he isn't catching!
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Day 325

Another rotten night for Robert and me, he started waking up at about 4.30am and he never really went back to sleep properly again. I knew then that it was doctors as soon as they were open, so I didn't want to give Robert anything before going, so all he got was some homeopathic nose spray, didn't really help with the pain he was feeling!
At 8am I phoned the doctor and she said, come right away, you don't need to phone first. So we dropped Richard off at Kindergarden and headed to the doctor. When we got there the nurse was on the phone telling someone that they could come right away, but that it would be a long wait. oh dear. But when she came off of the phone she looked at Robert and said, so you're the one with bad earache? Robert nodded, and then she took us straight in to see the doctor! Wow!
The doctor took one look in his ears and said "yep, that would hurt me too", he has a full blown ear infection in both ears, and he now has antibiotics, ear drops and something for the pain and fever. Once diagnosed, though the poor thing couldn't go straight home and relax, nope I had to drag him round the village. First stop chemist for the medicine, then petrol station (the car was running on empty), then school to give them his sick note, then Aldi, we need to eat and then finally home! Sorry about that Robert!

I had another bit of work to do at home, so he got some more TV. Richard was a bit upset that cause Robert is poorly they had to miss art school. But he quite enjoyed spending the afternoon back at Kindergarden, plus when he got home, they both were allowed to watch Ben 10 (not my choice of viewing really, but no nightmares so far!)

My picture today

oh dear, my stacking on Saturday was not as it should have been by the looks of things! There were no freak winds today, so I think I have only myself to blame! Oh well, it will keep me busy at the weekend!

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Day 324

Robert and I didn't have such a good night last night, the poor thing has earache. So this morning I made him have a bit of a lay in - well, I tried, he was still up and downstairs by 7.30am. And no school for him today.
Here he is this morning with onions on his ear, apparently onion helps clear the infection, no luck so far though.

When he went to bed this evening his temperature was right up again and his ear really really hurt! Looks like a trip to the doctor in the morning!

We did some reading, some maths, after lunch he did his homework and we played a couple of games, but mostly he did watch TV, I was sent some work home to do, and it is easiest to do, if he is occupied by the TV.

When Richard got home he was all excited, he had drawn this picture at Kindergarden today, he says he copied it from a jigsaw

It is 4 cats, the yellow one is hard to see on the scan, but it is the one with the tail of the black cat wrapped around him! At home he then went and found a picture he could copy, and here he is hard at work! there is no stopping our little artist!

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Day 323

Work, school and Kindergarden this morning. Richard was so proud and so excited about taking the picture he made yesterday in to Kindergarden to show everyone, and everyone there was duly impressed! He was there all day today, so it was just me and Robert for lunch. We had "Geschnetzeltes and Spätzle" (pork strips with  like we so often do, when Richard isn't there, not Richard's favourite, in fact he moans everytime I make him have it, so this way is stress free for all of us!

After lunch and homework, Robert went off to play with his friend at his house, and I waited for my student, and waited and waited... she never did come, I still need to send her a facebook message and find out if she is OK...

When I got home with Richard, he instantly wanted to go and make something. I had a brainwave and got him the old Xmas cards out and he was off! I also found some "Cars" Xmas cards so he wanted to use both for his friends and so he did the making inside of the cards, I left one closed so you could see the outside of the card as well as his insides!

Off to bed now
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Day 322

OK, I got a bit snap happy today, so be prepared for a post full of pictures! First of all after breakfast my boys all watched Star Wars (the original) the boys couldn't quite work out where Anakin had gone, but we are not going to let them watch the third part for a long, long while, much too scary! They did enjoy it though, here they all are totally engrossed in a fighting scene (I think)!

Whilst they were watching I made us a potato and carrot soup for lunch -the boys weren't very impressed and only tried 2 spoonfuls before declaring "Yuck", but Florian and I enjoyed it! Doesn't look too bad, does it?!

After lunch they all went in the garden and cleared the back lawn of all the leaves, they had a great time. At one point Richard knocked on the window, could I come out and take some photos, so here is a selection of them all!

He is going into the chicken run backwards to deposit the leaves there!

Can you see Richard?!

They had such fun in all them leaves, and look some others from our family were having fun too!

When they had finished the leaves the boys came back in, and Richard brought me the Quilling packet, and we tried it out! He loved it!

And this is what he made, first he made the bits for the big flower - that is summer Mummy, he said. I want to do all the seasons, now I need Black, silver, blue and white for winter...I was speechless, talk about creative. He went on then to do all the seasons, and this is the finished picture!

He is going to take it in to Kindergarden tomorrow to show them all there.

Later on we went to the Chinese restaurant, where we met with Florian's sister and family. At the end we all got a fortune cookie, mine was all burnt, and the quote inside was hilarious - "can't cook, won't cook" that must have been just what the cook who made it was thinking!

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Day 321

A family day today, although not quite what the boys had in mind! First thing after getting up and having breakfast was a trip to a furniture store. One of the stores in Fulda has moved into an old train shed thingy, you know one of those round buildings, where they used to let the steam engines sleep. It was really impressive there, the boys loved the look of it, and the thought that there might be train tracks under the carpet! The furniture store had a nice play area for the kids, so we were able to wander the store without the boys whining, plus we were looking at the crockery, not a good idea with our two!
From there we went to a DIY store where Florian got a hoover type thingy to attach to the table saw, to help when we saw all that wood we got last weekend! And then I wanted to take everyone to the new shopping centre. The boys got to spend the money they got last weekend from Nanna and Pop. Richard knew exactly what he wanted, he wanted something crafty and he got some jewels, some lollypop sticks, some pompoms and some feathers, and he took all of 5 minutes to decide. Unfortunately life isn't that easy for Robert, he struggled with only having €2.50 to spend. We walked around and around and around the toy area of Woolworths, most things he thought looked good were much more expensive. In the end he decided on a couple of matchbox cars, but it seemed to take forever for him to do so!
We then had lunch at the centre, they have a pasta bar there, where you can choose your pasta and your sauce. It was very nice, much too much but nice!

Back home we went in put the shopping away and then it was back outside again. Today it was 12°C - unbelievable for November! It was even too warm for our winter coats, so we were back in the in-between coats! The boys started out by sorting all the bark from the wood out from the leaves that were also delivered with the wood and I stood in the sun cutting up all the branches I cut off the bushes at the beginning of the week, Florian was busy with a neighbour trying to get the new light above the front door to work. Apparently we need a new sensor for it, the old one is no longer working, so it looks like another trip to the DIY store soon!

Then Florian started sawing the wood, when I saw him start, I thought it might be a good ídea if I started stacking the wood he had finished, and we got quite a rhythm going, I stacked and handed him a new log to cut, he cut, I stacked and handed him a new log to cut, etc...
In the end we had cut and stacked this much wood!

And here it is indoors waiting to go on the fire

and here it is hard at work! Lovely and cozy

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Day 320

So today I decided that I really didn't need to put up with my bladder any longer, and that maybe I should go to my doctor. Well, I phoned at 8.10am and by 9am I was out of the doctors again! How's that for service! (This is the new gynaecologist that I started going to last week!) I have some herbal tablets to take, as it really is on its way out..thank goodness!

After the doctor, I went shopping for some cheddar cheese for the recipe I was going to be making for lunch! I was in luck today too, so for lunch I made "Chicken Broccoli Bake" (linked) it was delicious, even the boys loved it! And they are normally quite critical of anything new! I forgot to take a picture of it, but the blog I got the recipe from shows it off nicely!
Anyway back to this morning. I went to Media Markt after that to pick up Richard's camera, and they hadn't repaired it after all, they had exchanged it for a new one. I was relieved about that, I don't think I would have trusted it too much if had just been pushed back together! Richard was over the moon to have his camera back again!

Richard went back to Kindergarden after lunch, he loves going back and seeing all his friends again. And today when I picked him up, he didn't come back with me, but went to his friends to play! Bless him! Robert had football, and at 4pm his friend came to pick him up. So it was just me picking Florian up today!

And when we were home Florian went and picked Richard up as a surprise! He had had a great afternoon, but I think it wore him out, he was a bit grumpy right before bed. He wanted to wear his glasses in bed and got in a right grump, when we wouldn't let him! Silly boy!

Oh Robert bought his school photos home today, here they are! We are keeping all of them this time, as this photographer costs only a third of what the kindergarden photographer cost!

If I can prize myself away from Children in Need on the TV, I'll be off to bed in a minute!
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Day 319

Remember the photos I took on Saturday of the children's prince and princess, well Dad has been working on them and this morning I took the finished pictures round to the Mum, she was over the moon with them. And Dad can be well proud of his work. You see he took the pair out of the hairdressers and put them in a palace! Isn't it cool!?!

After popping round with the photos, it was time for my English lesson at Kindergarden, and I swear, it was the full moon last week, cause this week, they were much easier to handle and seemed to be lapping up the new words (zoo animals this week).

After that I popped into Lidl, I wanted some English cheddar to try out a recipe I found on Pinterest. Last week was English week at Lidl and I was sure I would still get a lump of cheddar, but I was wrong, they sold out either today or yesterday. Oh well, change of plans for lunch today, and I will try to get my cheddar tomorrow in town! I'll share the recipe if it is any good tomorrow!

Richard was all excited to be going back to Kindergarden this afternoon, cause today he got to take some fudge in for the children there to try! It was fun to see just how excited he was. Robert had every reason to be proud today, he got 34 points out of 35 in his maths test! Well done Robert!

Robert was picked up just before 4pm for his sports lesson and I picked Richard up and we headed for some more English tutoring. This girl wrote her exam today, no results yet, but she didn't look as happy as she would if she had thought it had gone OK. We'll see! We practised writing today, as in not just filling in the gaps, but making up whole sentences...mmh we need to practise that a LOT more! Richard helped her in a couple of places! So cute!

I spent the evening blogging on my other blog (check the side bar) all about the free calendar I got, its in German, but you can see the pictures!

Then I realised that the only pictures I had taken today were of the calendar, so I leaned back and got a picture (on my mobile, too close for the real camera!) of Lucky relaxing on my lap!

I love that he is now a lap cat! Perfect timing with winter coming up! Oh and here he is back again for another cuddle, he is just waiting for me to lean back and move my arms from the keyboard. Better not keep him waiting...!

CU tomorrow!

Day 318

I feel much better today, still drinking lots and not quite right, but MUCH better than yesterday. So this morning it was off to the library. As always it was a lovely morning. I love chatting with the other Mums that help out and seeing the kids eyes light up when they get the book they wanted! After that I went straight to Aldi and got some shopping, by the time I had finished there it was time to pick up Richard from Kindergarden.

After lunch, I watched Cliff Richard on Loose Women - he's a great looking 71 year old! And he's still got it, when he sings. I enjoyed it! Then it was time for my next student. Whilst I was tutoring her, Robert was sat with us doing his homework and Richard was in the lounge making things. When he asked for the "runny" glue, I decided that the lounge was not the right place for it, and made him come into the kitchen to finish his project off! Robert had finished his homework by then, so he was helping Richard. And I got a picture of them when my student left.

After that it was time for art school. The boys did a picture of a face with pastels and then they had to cut it up and fix back together but a bit wrong and then it looked like a Picasso painting. Very clever! Whilst they were there, I went for a browse around the new shopping centre and spent my tutoring money and bought myself a new hat and scarf to go with my smart coat! (I took this with my mobile phone)

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Day 317

Today didn't go quite according to plan, when I went to bed last night, I had the beginnings of a bladder infection - GRRR. It unfortunately did not magically disappear overnight, so on my way to work, I stopped at the supermarket and picked up 3 bottles of cranberry juice. By 10.30am I had drunk 2.5 of them

And I thought/think they are working their magic. I am still very uncomfortable, but not running every 5 minutes anymore! If it is still there in the morning though, I am not messing around and will be off to the doctor, but I'm hoping that all the juice and water I have drunk today will have an effect over night, we'll see!

Bearing that in mind, I didn't get much done today. Robert and I did pop to the shops to stock up on Cranberry juice, but that was about it. When Richard was home too, I let them play on my computer, but the game they wanted to play kept freezing up on them, so instead they got to watch "Ice Age 3" and I got a bit of a rest.

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Day 316

Well I wasn't stressed at work today, well unless sitting around trying to look busy can be classed as stress! I left at 11am and went to Media Markt to take Richard's camera back. Somehow it seems to be coming apart in the middle, I was hoping that as it was only 4 weeks old, they would just exchange it, but nope, it is being sent away and it will take 10 to 14 days before we get it back! Cheek really!
When I got home, it was still quite early so after texting Florian with the outcome of the Media Markt adventure, I put on a coat and went out in the front garden and cut the bushes that needed cutting before the winter. Speaking of winter, it is now officially time to get the hats, scarves and gloves out, it was -5°C this morning when we left for work, kindergarden and school! Still at least it was a lovely sunny day!

This afternoon my student came round for tuition, if what she did today is what is going to be in the exam on Thursday I don't really see a problem, but last time, I said the same and she got a bad mark, so we will just have to wait and see. When she left we went and picked Richard up, who was wearing the Kindergarden teachers hat - see, I told you it was time for hats and such! He got to take home what he made at Kindergarden today. He is so proud of it. Here a series of pictures of it.

Showing Lucky the portrait he did of him!

Showing Mummy!

And a close up!

They are beads that you iron so they stick together. Unfortunately when he was home he didn't want to leave it alone and the back leg and tail broke away and I had to try and repair it. NOT an easy feat! It looked better beforehand, but it is all in one piece again!

I managed to finish all the ironing today (watching loose Women at lunch time and watching Nina and the Neurons at tea time!)
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Day 315

We started the day today where we left off yesterday, we were all out in the barn stacking wood. Florian gave it to the boys (handing it down from the trailer) the boys took it to me in the wood shed, and I stacked it! That is what you call team work! And here is the finished result!

That will keep us warm for a while! (in fact it is right now as I type!)
We finished just in time for Mum and Dad's visit! And the first thing we made them see was our hard work! Then Mum and I made lunch, whilst the boys played with their new 99ct toy Nanna and Pop brought them. It is a piece of car track, that tiny cars drive and crash on, a well spent 99ct!

After lunch we all sat down to watch Formel 1 and we think that Robert jinxed poor Vettels race. As soon as Robert had finished saying "No one can beat Vettel - he's the best", Vettel span off the track - oops! Still a good race though!
I took a picture during the race - not sure Mum and Dad will thank me for posting this one, but it is the only one I took!

Mum and Dad also got to taste Florian's surprise, which I made him on Thursday and then forgot to tell you about on Friday! Well, I made him some fudge - lots of it in fact - doesn't it look yummy! It is - and as the recipe says certainly NOT part of a calorie controlled diet!!

Spent the evening watching XFactor and I'm a Celebrity
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Day 314

It was quite a busy day today, this morning Robert went off to a birthday party (another trip to Takka Tukka Land) and after dropping him off I went and got some shopping in. When I got back Florian and Richard were in the garden taking down the trampoline, so I put on a warmer coat and helped too! Once the trampoline was all put away for winter we then had to make room where the wood goes, as we were getting a delivery in the afternoon. You see, when we did the Halloween party we put a lot of stuff that was in the way in the wood place. I'm going to jump ahead a bit and show you just how much wood we got today!

We have now put over half where it belongs, we'll try and get the rest of it unloaded before Mum and Dad come tomorrow morning!

So after lunch I was supposed to be taking family photos for a friend and I spent quite a bit of the morning willing the sun to break through the high fog (thats what they call it in Germany, not sure if they do in England), well it did break through, but the "date" fell through, we have postponed it until in two weeks. So instead of taking pictures I went to a "thermomix party" at Katrins. The machine is quite impressive, but at that price it should be. I think if you really can commit to using it every day for every meal, then it is worth the money, but I think I would have to change my life around too much. But we got some good food there and had a good time, so I am not complaining.
At 4pm I had to rush off, so I missed tasting the freshly baked rolls and the vegetable soup, but I had another photo shoot! I was asked last night if I could come and take the pictures of the "Kinderprinzenpaar" (carnival children's prince and princess) of course I jumped at the chance! Here are a couple of the pictures I got, I don't have the professional equipment, so I am going to have to use photoshop (well Dad will for me) to get rid of the bad shadow on the indoor picture, but I think they are OK otherwise!

When I got home I found Florian and the boys in the barn with the wood, so I helped there with the unloading.

This evening I had to do the ironing I have been ignoring for way too long. But Florian needs shirts for work next week! Still ironing and the XFactor and Strictly went quite well together!

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Day 313

Another busy day today, get ready for the ride. Once the boys were off at school and Kindergarden, I went into the next village to go to the post office and get some chicken food - they had to live off of leftovers yesterday, cause I was all out of corn and such!
To get there I had to go past yesterdays accident spot, ooh even though I didn't know the person it was just heartbreaking all the flowers there and on my way back, I witnessed someone who did know her, greet a relative - heartbreaking...

Back home I tossed up between going into town and having a look for a new coat, or mopping the floors - well, the floors won! I know silly me, but I decided that my ski coat is really the best sort of coat for the winters we have here, and there really is nothing wrong with it! Once the floor was done it was off for my woman's MOT - all fine there. I tried a new doctor (recommendation from Sabine) and she was GREAT, I didn't even have to wait 5 minutes, after the receptionist had put everything into the computer system it was my turn. Wow, at my old doctor I have had to wait 3 hours before!! And not only was there no waiting time, she was really really nice. So I now have a new doctor!
I had organised Katrin to pick Richard up at Kindergarden, cause I didn't think I would be back in time, but I was! Incredible!

After lunch Florian had sent a message that he was on his way home and would be home an hour early, so that was GREAT news.
Today is St. Martins Day in Germany and at 5.30pm the Kindergarden performed in church for the parents and families. This is Richard saying his piece of the poem! So proud of him!

Then after that it was off outside to walk through the village with the lanterns and singing. Here is the band that came along with us.

After that it was sausages and Brezel outside of Kindergarden. oh and mulled wine or hot orange juice. Florian had the mulled wine and I had a hot juice. All very yummy!

We left about 7pm, cause Richard was getting too cold, and I think they were already really tired. Now we have the fire on and are watching Simon and Garfunkel on TV. A great way to end the day!
CU tomorrow