Visitor

I just wanted to welcome my beloved husband to this blog. He has been here before but it has been a while.
I don't think he'll show up again today but maybe.
WELCOME sweetheart!!!!! You can comment too if you want to....

Nothing else going on here.
My stomach seems to be better so I hope that'll be it for today.

Ouch!!!!

My stomach hurts now. Great. What else????
I hope I make it through the day.

Wish List

Remember that post the other day with all those books? Well, I made it my goal to read them all. Not right now, but over time. So, I decided to put them on my Amazon Wish List (there's no link here, since I don't ask for hand-outs...yet). The problem is that those are a lot of books and unless I am completely stupid the only way I see I can do is, by looking up the book and adding it to my wish list. I started yesterday and currently I am at Hardy, Thomas - Tess of the d'Urbervilles , so not even half way through. Plus I now have already 9 pages of stuff on my wish list and I still want them all.

Headache

I have a big, bad headache.
It started yesterday right when I was leaving work but it wasn't too bad then. I went home and didn't take anything, since I was going to go to bed soon and I don't like to take pills and medication in general. So, when I woke up this morning it was even worse. I took some Tylenol, but it still hurts like hell.
I hate headaches.

UPDATE: It's all gone!!!!! Seems sometimes pills do the trick but I still don't like them. So, back to work!!!!

HUH???

Now it says 4:30????
I don't get it.
OK, I'm done.
Ciao. Again.

My clock doesn't work :(

I just realized that my clock, or time stamp doesn't work. It says I just posted the last post at 3:38 PM but it was 4:28 PM, but I selected Eastern Time. What the hell is wrong??? Was it like that before and I was just too dumb to see it? Well, that'll be something to mess with tomorrow.
I am getting ready to go. We're having salad tonight. But with Roast Beef!!!! We made a huge roast this Sunday and now we are eating it all week. FUN. But tomorrow we'll shred it with some barbecue sauce and put it in hot dog buns. We'll also have some cole slaw and baked beans. I can't wait!!!!
Ok, I am out of here.
Ciao.

TV is in

Ok, well when I get home this afternoon I get to see the new TV finally in it's right spot. I guess the guySSSS were able to lift the monster up and it is now all connected (don't want to forget that!) and ready to go. Of course, this happens on a Wednesday when absolutely nothing is on TV. But then again the weather is nice (at least once it's dark) that I'd rather sit outside anyways.
Almost time to go!!!!!

Blog Movie

Salem Pax's blog is to be made into a movie.
Interesting.

Comments

With the new template I finally am able to have comments. I use Squawkbox before to have comments but decided to leave it out now. But now I have pretty much lost all of those old comments which really bugs me. I don't know what to do about that one.
The other thing with the comments which I don't like is that you can't leave your URL etc. on there, but I could live with this, since I don't even know how much longer I want to stay with Blogger anyways.
So, that is my little bitch-session for today (or now).
I really do like it and it looks a lot better, but I still want to move.....

New Addition to the Blogroll

I have added David's Medienkritik to my blogroll. Even though it is a German blog the posts are in English. It is a very good source of German News, I think. Take a look and judge for yourselves.

Sad Good-Bye

SilverBlue has a very very good post about the loss of common sense.
Just makes you scratch year head, doesn't it?

Look what I can do!!!!!

I felt like a change and since the great Blogger changed over the weekend I thought about changing as well.
Look I have real comments now! And doesn't it look realy spring-like?
I like it.
And I was able to move all of the other scripts without any problems. I was done in just an hour.

Getting Ready!!!

I'm almost done here.
It's about time. I am getting hungry again. Something is wrong with me.
Lately I have had a huge craving for some good-old McDonald's. Maybe I should convince my lovely husband to stop by there on the way home. That sounds good.
We'll see.
Ciao.

Important Books

I found that over at Muniviana posted by Mookie. I highlighted the ones I have read already. There are three books that I own, but have not read them, which reminds me.....
I like this list since I am always looking for new books to read so now I should be busy for a while after I am done with Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.
Ok, here is the list:

Beowulf
Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart
Agee, James - A Death in the Family
Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, James - Go Tell It on the Mountain
Beckett, Samuel - Waiting for Godot
Bellow, Saul - The Adventures of Augie March
Brontë, Charlotte - Jane Eyre
Brontë, Emily - Wuthering Heights
Camus, Albert - The Stranger
Cather, Willa - Death Comes for the Archbishop
Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales
Chekhov, Anton - The Cherry Orchard
Chopin, Kate - The Awakening
Conrad, Joseph - Heart of Darkness (I read that one about three time. I have as many books too, one is in German though)
Cooper, James Fenimore - The Last of the Mohicans
Crane, Stephen - The Red Badge of Courage
Dante - Inferno
de Cervantes, Miguel - Don Quixote
Defoe, Daniel - Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles - A Tale of Two Cities
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor - Crime and Punishment
Douglass, Frederick - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Dreiser, Theodore - An American Tragedy
Dumas, Alexandre - The Three Musketeers
Eliot, George - The Mill on the Floss
Ellison, Ralph - Invisible Man
Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Selected Essays
Faulkner, William - As I Lay Dying
Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury
Fielding, Henry - Tom Jones
Fitzgerald, F. Scott - The Great Gatsby
Flaubert, Gustave - Madame Bovary
Ford, Ford Madox - The Good Soldier
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Faust
Golding, William - Lord of the Flies (That ones is sitting on my bookshelf)
Hardy, Thomas - Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Hawthorne, Nathaniel - The Scarlet Letter
Heller, Joseph - Catch 22
Hemingway, Ernest - A Farewell to Arms
Homer - The Iliad
Homer - The Odyssey (I have those ones)
Hugo, Victor - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hurston, Zora Neale - Their Eyes Were Watching God
Huxley, Aldous - Brave New World
Ibsen, Henrik - A Doll's House
James, Henry - The Portrait of a Lady
James, Henry - The Turn of the Screw
Joyce, James - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Kafka, Franz - The Metamorphosis
Kingston, Maxine Hong - The Woman Warrior
Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
Lewis, Sinclair - Babbitt
London, Jack - The Call of the Wild
Mann, Thomas - The Magic Mountain
Marquez, Gabriel García - One Hundred Years of Solitude
Melville, Herman - Bartleby the Scrivener
Melville, Herman - Moby Dick
Miller, Arthur - The Crucible
Morrison, Toni - Beloved
O'Connor, Flannery - A Good Man is Hard to Find
O'Neill, Eugene - Long Day's Journey into Night
Orwell, George - Animal Farm
Pasternak, Boris - Doctor Zhivago
Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar
Poe, Edgar Allan - Selected Tales
Proust, Marcel - Swann's Way
Pynchon, Thomas - The Crying of Lot 49
Remarque, Erich Maria - All Quiet on the Western Front
Rostand, Edmond - Cyrano de Bergerac
Roth, Henry - Call It Sleep
Salinger, J.D. - The Catcher in the Rye
Shakespeare, William - Hamlet
Shakespeare, William - Macbeth
Shakespeare, William - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare, William - Romeo and Juliet
Shaw, George Bernard - Pygmalion
Shelley, Mary - Frankenstein
Silko, Leslie Marmon - Ceremony
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Sophocles - Antigone
Sophocles - Oedipus Rex
Steinbeck, John - The Grapes of Wrath
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Treasure Island
Stowe, Harriet Beecher - Uncle Tom's Cabin
Swift, Jonathan - Gulliver's Travels
Thackeray, William - Vanity Fair
Thoreau, Henry David - Walden
Tolstoy, Leo - War and Peace
Turgenev, Ivan - Fathers and Sons
Twain, Mark - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Voltaire - Candide
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. - Slaughterhouse-Five
Walker, Alice - The Color Purple
Wharton, Edith - The House of Mirth
Welty, Eudora - Collected Stories
Whitman, Walt - Leaves of Grass
Wilde, Oscar - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Williams, Tennessee - The Glass Menagerie
Woolf, Virginia - To the Lighthouse
Wright, Richard - Native Son

I hate this Time

You know when something is about to come up and it's ok when you're busy but when you just finished something really important and you feel like you have been working really hard and you look at the clock and you still have so much time. I hate that, because it makes you think you didn't really do anything.
But I don't want to complain. Today was a good day (is a good day). I got so much done without stressing out. I feel so much better than I did yesterday. I actually can't wait to get home and enjoy my evening.

Oh and the TV is still not where it's supposed to be. I guess FOUR(!!!!!) people will come over tomorrow morning and get that sucker up there. Stupid. Why do people need big TVs? I like the other one just fine. But then again, I know I'm inviting all kinds of comments about the necessity of big TVs here. Bring it on!

Sie kommen!!!!!!!

Was wir hier alles zu bekaempfen haben. Gar nicht lustig. Gar nicht.

For my English-speaking readers:
The cicadas are coming!!!!

Got 'Em

Just got my Powerball tickets (I'm on a roll). Since I won $7 I figured I re-invest my winnings. A $10 Million jackpot wouldn't be bad either.

ohhhhhhhh

That is so nice.

Hole in the Shirt

Ok, so I just realized I have a huge hole in my cardigan, right at the elbow. This sucks because I wear it at work all the time since it is so comfortably cool in here.
While I was wondering how I got a hole in my cardigan, resting my elbow on the desk I realized that this is why. Now, I really understand all those geeks with elbow pads on their jackets.

Well, it's time to go shopping!!!!!

International

I really do like the new statcounter. Especially now, that my Sitemeter has ran away, but the statcounter also lists the countries my visitors come from and after not even a month I am pretty surprised from where all those people are coming.
Just look at it:



The last one was from Poland. Now that they're in the EU and all.....

Much Better

I slept so good last night. I feel so much better.
Let's hope this day will be more productive.

It is Time

Felt like I worked twice as much today, but it is finally over. What a day. The worst Monday ever.
I'll be back.
Ciao.

Nonsense

That's what most of today's post have been, but I really was not able to put any thoughts together.

One funny thing though. Remember I said we'll get a new TV. Well, my husband went and got it and now he can't get it in the TV niche, or whatever the hell you call that opening above the fireplace. I fits but it weights a ton and so tomorrow he'll try it again with more help. I wish I could see that.

Other than that, I feel better but I am still very tired. I really don't want to go outside in the heat but if it takes me home, I'll endure it.

I knew it

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Found over at Pixy's

UPDATE: I knew I was tired and all that, but stupid? Well, I just realized that I used the same title as Pixy. Well, OOOPS I didn't mean to. Maybe I should start reading posts better rather than just scanning them when I'm in a hurry or tired or both. Sorry.

More Bitching

To keep the trend of negative posts up for today, I figured I'd better complain again about how tired and without any energy I am today.
I was going to go outside and take care of some things but it is way too hot outside and that won't help me either.
I had also planned on staying a little longer today but I am starting to think that the opposite will take place. Usually I am all fine by this time when I have bad Mondays, but I don't think I'll get over this. I can't wait for my bed tonight. I hear it calling already.

Hungry

Well, I seem to be doing not as bad as thought. I am still tired as hell, even after three cups of coffee, but I am getting hungry and we all know, if we can eat, we're doing fine.

That was a nice long sentence.

Love

Did you ever hear the question, if you ever loved somebody so much that you could cry?
I just think that is the most wonderful way to describe the way you love somebody.

New TV

We are going to get a new TV today!!!!
While I would write an extended description here right now, I just don't have the energy right now.
I have absolutely o idea what is wrong but I don't seem to get over it.

Also, I got kind of depressed last night, thinking about my mom and how much I miss her. If I could I would just pack everything up and go back to Germany. It has been almost 5 years since I moved here. It must be so saddening to not have your child close to you. Weekly phone calls and e-mail don't really help. You can't really hug somebody over the Internet.
Sometimes life just sucks.

Bad Monday

I am soooo tired. I wish I could just go back to bed.
I woke up at about 2:30 and it seems like two minutes later the alarm went off. I hate Mondays. Even though it is warm and nice and sunny outside it did not help me today.
And I'm grumpy.

I won!!!!!

Told you so.....I won $7. At least I got my money back and some change.

Note: I believe this would be a rare, if not my first weekend post.

Gotta Go

Ciao.

Something's fishy

I had ONE visitor today and for the last 3 hours or so I did not receive one single Spam mail in either my hotmail or gmail account. Now, something is going on here.

My new favorite song

Well actually it's two. One, that's on the Radio right now (Radio Hamburg from Hamburg Germany), is "Fuck It" by Eamon. I am trying to find the other one right now. I can't find her name but the song is called "Endlich" (German for finally) and it's kind of jazzy, hip hop -ish. I like it. I looked her up yesterday and now I can't find her name anywhere.
Well, I'll find it.

Who stole it????

Somebody took my Sitemeter and I want it back!
Believe me, you don't want to see me mad.

Would it be possible?

To just sneak out of here and start the weekend just a little early? I don't think so, but at least I can dream about it. Whatever I thought earlier is not true. This day is yet another slow one. I think I am just way too full of energy in the morning and I get so much stuff done and then once I ate lunch I feel like taking a nap and end up just looking at the clock. Well, I do some work, but all of the morning energy is completely gone. Especially on Fridays.

Hello?

Anybody out there?

UPDATE: Thanks to the one person finding his or her way over here through Ted.
Ha, I knew it was you.

Almost there!

I just hope that the rest of the day passes as quickly and quietly as it has been. I really can't wait to get home and relax. I finally got my adapter for the Ethernet Port yesterday so I get to hook up my Router tonight.
This weekend we'll clean the house. I do the bathrooms and laundry (as always) and y husband will do all the floors and some cabinets. I hope we're done with this by tomorrow afternoon so we can enjoy the rest of the weekend.
other than that nothing big is planned this weekend. My mom already got her flowers and loves them, although she is mad at me for spending money....but then she says that with everything because she "never" wants any present. Right.
So, so far it's been a good day.

No More :(

Too bad, but there will be no more Friday Five.
I can understand it though. Who knows, maybe somebody else will come up with something.

Kids in Wet Clothes?

I swear. Somebody searched for that and somehow ended up over here. People do the weirdest things.

.....

After painful waiting and unendurable work, I am finally ready to go home and actually enjoy the rest of the day.
Something is wrong with the trains though. Nothing delayed but they said to expect crowding. Well, I better be getting a spot to sit or I am gonna go postal. Poor me.

Ciao.

S-L-O-W Day

I am telling you. I am either starting a new phase or the last couple of weeks are just passing by way too slowly.
Do you remember when you were little and time just flew by? And now that you're older it just takes more time. See, I think I am at the next step where time goes by slower. Whatever, but lately I really feel like I am too much away from home.
Weird.

Time to say Good Bye

Well, tonight is the last episode of our beloved Friends and I figured I better post something to bring a little entertainment in here.
James has a very good list of links that you guys might enjoy.
I don't want to dwell on how great Friends is and how much I will miss it and now my Thursdays are just going to be bleak (not! CSI is still on). I just wanted to say that it is kind of sad but it's a TV show. I like it but I don't depend on it.
I must confess though I do have all of their seasons on DVD, that is up to the 7th, since the rest is not released yet. I also just pre-ordered their farewell DVD or whatever the heck it is, but I am not going to cry...really. Well, maybe a little.

Ok, there goes the entertainment post, but at least I posted something, right?

Look at the Time!!!!

Oh am I glad. My stomach started making all those weird noises and I was getting worried I wasn't going to make it. I'll have a nice salad, my husband made for me last night. I didn't want to eat it then (no green food for me, thank you very much) so he made me take it to work today. Isn't he sweet? But to balance all that healthy food out I also have a big bowl of mac & cheese. Did I ever mention that I put lots of ketchup in my mac & cheese? It is so yummy.
Ok, better get ready. LUNCH TIME!!!!!

Got 'em

Ok, I just went to get my Powerball tickets. Jackpot's at $205 Million. I got five tickets this time so maybe I'll get at least a couple of bucks. The store was packed too. It wasn't even open for more than 40 minutes and there must have been about 10 people in line. It's gonna get full there. I almost want to go there at lunch just to see how many people fit in there....
So, if you won't hear from me for a while after Saturday, I'll be traveling the world. But first I have to get a lawyer and financial consultant. I take applications now.

Almost the weekend!!

This week seems slow somehow.
I don't know why but I keep thinking it's Friday. Oh well, it is really beautiful outside today. It's supposed to be in the upper 70's this afternoon which sounds like an evening on the porch to me.
I have to call my insurance company AGAIN today since they keep changing my address back to the old one. About every day I get policy change letter in the mail because of the address.

I am almost done reading my book, which will complete the Vampire Chronicles for me. I am getting anxious though because my Amazon order hasn't arrived yet, so I might have to go to Borders across the street. We'll see. At the latest I'll go tomorrow and then I am sure tomorrow evening I'll get my shipment.

Don't forget that Mother's Day is coming up!!! You better be nice! It's kind of funny because I am "just" a step mom, but I do get a little something and I think it's so sweet. Last year they got me a new flat screen monitor!!! Cool, ey?
I am so happy because I ordered those beautiful flowers for my mom. I had to have them delivered tomorrow though, since they don't deliver on Sunday's in Germany and on Saturday my parents won't be home. But still. Gotta love the Internet. It's cool too, because I always though it would cost way too much to order CDs at amazon.de but it really isn't that expensive so I'll be putting an order together over there. The stupid thing is though that the wish lists are different. I have to keep two separate ones, but oh well.

Ok, that's it for now. I really need to get some work done today or else I feel worthless.

No Money!!

Not even a buck. Stupid Lottery. I was so sure I would win. But luckily nobody else did either so I guess Saturday is the big day!!!!!

The end is near

Well it's actually here.
Had a great day although it was long. I can't wait to go home and EAT! I am starving. Maybe I'll have a nice glass of wine or two. There should be an open bottle somewhere, but then there's always a bottle open at my house.
Ciao.

All gone

Ok, well no more gmail for all of you out there...at least not from me.

Schade

Ist es wirklich.
Ich bin aufs Kaifu Gymnasium gegangen und war somit immer gleich um die Ecke. Wir haben frueher die Turnhalle des ETVs benutzt. Ich glaube ich waere sogar fast mal Mitglied beim ETV geworden, aber bin dann doch zum TSV Stelingen gegangen. Komisch wie sich alles aendert.
Dabei faellt mir wieder ein dass ich immer noch nicht den Neubau am Kaifu gesehen habe, obwohl ich letztes Jahr in Hamburg war.

I know why

Just found that article via The Drudge Report.

A 14-year-old girl was beaten unconscious by several other girls at a chaperoned dance for middle school honors students, police said.

This happened at a dance for honor roll students. Not that they are any better, but usually you find that those students stay out of trouble because they concentrate on school and don't have any time for teenage bullshit. Note, this does not apply to my stepdaughter. She still gets in trouble. More on that later.
But You know why? Because of the "everybody-wins policies". They let almost the whole school go to those dances because almost everybody makes honor roll. Not just A students or A/B students.
Back to my stepdaughter, she made the A, B, C+ honor roll! Not that wasn't great effort and we are proud but it doesn't teach anything to kids. So what's next? ABCDF? Stupid.

One to go...

Ok you people, I only have one gmail account left now.
Doesn't anybody want their privacy to be invaded???
Remember, you can never have enough e-mail accounts.

Slow Down!!!!

Not everybody at once. So many people want those gmail accounts. NOT.
Well fine then, I keep 'em all.

No More

I am drained and ready to go.
Ciao.

I'm gonna be rich!!!!!

Just bought some Powerball tickets!!!!!
For tomorrow's drawing the jackpot is at $170 Million.

Anybody want gmail?????

I just saw that I can invite two people to join the wonderful and great world of gmail.
Anybody interested?
If not, I could sell it on ebay, not?

UPDATE: Just e-mail, me at Blogeline@gmail.com

Chaos

Do you know that when all of a sudden everything turns chaotic???
Ok, so last night we get ready to go to bed. 10.5 is over we turn the TV off and my husband remembers to take the trash out since tomorrow is trash day. I say that I'll get the new trash bags from the basement since we're out upstairs. Well, where did I put them? See, we had a roll of trash bags when we moved, but I buy those in bulk so I usually have a box full of those, but I can't find them. So, we look all over the house. ALL over. But no trash bags. I feel bad because I know there were there but I must have misplaced them and we look for something that we could use instead for now. After a while we decide we look in the garage again since we had all of those boxes sitting there and maybe we missed that one. No. No trash bags. So, we decide that it really was time to go to sleep now and.....locked the garage door.....no keys!!!! Fun, ey?
So, what shall we do? Daughter sleeps upstairs but hardly ever wakes up with an alarm clock. It's raining outside. So, my husband goes around the house and rings the door bell, calls for his daughter and after about 15 minutes I hear that he is inside. He opens the door, let's me in and we go to bed an hour after we planned to do so without accomplishing anything. Boy, did I have a good night sleep.

It's Time

I'll go bak to my screwed up computer at home...
Ciao.

Dumb!!!

That is all I can say. I feel really dumb. So, I went out and got my cable modem and because I am very "safe" I decided to get a Router too, since that one has a firewall as well. Well, wouldn't you know that my stupid f*****g computer doesn't have an Ethernet port thingie. How stupid am I, so I bought an adapter today. But my USB Hub is acting up, my PC doesn't see it anymore. It says that the connection speed is too low. I had that before and all I did was restart the computer and unplug the hub and then plug it back in when I needed it. Well, surely I will not run modem using that hub. After all I do have two slots, but I have a printer that uses a USB cable, pus I only have one printer port but two printers and then I have my digital camera. So many things and I am the stupid idiot trying to figure it all out. Soon, I will have that whole computer completely destroyed because I don't know anything about it but act like it.
And what was my solution? I am looking around for a new computer, but I don't need an extra monitor since I already have one extra one in the basement. I don't know.
I need a really good book to read that'll teach me something more about all that. All those "Computer 101" books at home just don't do it for me....or maybe I just never really read them.

????

For some reason I thought I ahd posted a very witty post already, bu NO, I forgot!!!!!! So of course now I am completely thoughtless and have absolutely nothing to write about.
Nice weekend. Got my cable modem and installed everything just fine...well a little trouble but I figured it out and fixed it.

DONE!!!

I just have to go...
Great too that today we had new locks installed in our house and I don't have keys and my husband just left, warning me that I might have to wait for a couple of minutes....Right.
Ciao.

I can't wait

I feel like this week was twice as long as usual. I was not able to get to bed on time all week. My right shoulder/arm hurts like crazy. I am staring to get cranky and I still have to spent way too much time here.
I wish I could just sneak out of here, but that'll never happen.
Oh well, I am thinking about getting my cable modem this week and getting hooked up with my Internet crap. But there are sooo many other things I would love to get done. I need new shoes, and I am not one of those people/women that buys new shoes every week. The shoes I wear at work are about 7 years ole, but they look good. I clean them all the time. But since I have been walking so much lately I really need some good running/walking shoes. The ones I am wearing now are too loose and I HAVE to wear them like that.
I also would like to get some summer clothes, some pants and jeans and a couple of shirts....a bathing suit wouldn't be bad, but then I don't even know if I'll get to go swimming this year, but you never know.
I know what's gonna happen. I won't be able to make up my mind and then I don't want to waste the money on anything and I'll just sit at home and sleep and read and eat and drink and...do whatever. Sounds good.

Money, Money, Money!!!!

I was so scared to pay the first mortgage payment and didn't want to have to get all of the money together, so I put aside the complete amount of the payment. Well, a couple of days ago I finally was able to revise our budget to make sure that each pay day the right bills get paid and to even the expenses out over the month. Well, I realized that I don't need to put that much aside to pay the mortgage and so I have a lot of money saved up now...this means that we'll be able to finish the basement sooner than expected!!!!!
I love it when everything works out.

It's funny because I remember just a little over a year ago everything looked a lot different. When the end of the month came and I had to get groceries I paid with credit cards or deposited money from my credit cards into the checking account. I had to wait to get clothes for the kids until the next month etc. It sucked. I don't ever want to be there again. Never.

??????

I don't even know why I was thinking that today would be nice and relaxing since it is Friday.
The week started with a big boom and that is how it'll end.
It's almost time to eat already.

already

I swear, this was the week from hell and it's not even over yet!
Well, I am packing my bags then I'll go home to (hopefully) relax and prepare for the last work day of the week.
Ciao.

Big Decision

I have decided to apply for the American citizenship. I have putting it off for so long and I just can't stand not being able to do the things I would like to do. I can't vote. I think that was one of the most important points, but there are so many other reasons. I just feel like I should. I live here, pay taxes, I am eligible for social security, and have so many other benefits here. The least I should do is to become a citizen.
So, I have been looking around online trying to find all the information etc. First thing is that I have to be a legal resident for at least 3 years if I'm married to an American citizen, which I am. However, even though I have been here for almost five years I didn't get my "Green Card" until two years ago. So I have to wait, but I can prepare everything and study!!!! I didn't think they still test you, but I think it's good. It'll force me to learn more about the US. Who knows maybe I'll go into American History afterwards??? Just kidding.
I already have a plan of what I'm going to do once I am a real American, but I keep that a secret for now.
INS here I come!!!!!

Again

Why all that stress at the end of the day???
I am so glad I get to go home now.
Ciao.

Nightmare

Those are a NBC4 BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!

Just read it here:

The snakehead is back.

What to do??

How about another stupid movie???

Answers Part 1

OK, SilverBlue was the first one to ask me questions.
here we go!

1. You lived in Germany and in America, traveled to 4 continents and many countries. Where would you like to live that you haven't so far?

I absolutely loved China. I think I could live there for a coupe of years. I was there in the Fall and the weather was really good. Beijing has a huge smog problem so the summers must be horrible. Also, it gets really cold there during the winter so I don't know if I would like that too much. But Beijing always was a place I wanted to go back to.


2. What is your favorite type of music?

I like a lot of different type of music. I have a huge collections of tapes back when I didn't have a CD player and so I recorded everything I could get my hands on. So those tapes are always playing in the car. Right now I have some Techno/House music. It's just a great kind of music to drive to. But then at home we usually listen to Jazz. I love German HipHop. I could never really get into the American R&B because I never could relate to the lyrics but for some reason they make more sense.
I am also a huge Janet Jackson fan. She is my hero.
There is so much more that I could list here but I would say it pretty much depends on my mood and what I feel like.
I don't like country though.

3. On a daily basis, do you find yourself being rude to people who snap at you, or do you attempt to be a "peace maker" that smoothes over problems when they occur?

Well it depends on who it is. I tend to snap at people too when I am stressed or in a bad mood. I always have stupid comments for people that I know better and sometimes that doesn't help the situation. Other people, like strangers on the street that are rude always get to hear an earful of German name calling. I just hope they don't understand me.
Overall I am probably more rude to people. But aren't Germans rude anyways?

Three Questions

OK, SilverBlue has a little fun activity thing going so I figured I participate.
He are the rules:

1. Ask me three questions (use the comments below, or send an email). These questions can be about anything at all. No subject is taboo.
2. In a future post (or posts if it takes more than one) I will answer your questions and be as honest as I can possibly be.
3. Along with your questions and my answers I will post a link to the person's weblog who asked me the questions.
4. After you ask me your questions cut and paste this text on your own weblog allowing other to ask you questions, which you will answer honestly in future posts (etc.)
The more people participate, the more it will spread.
Fun for all!

OK, any questions?
Good.
Let's go!

ebay???

Ok, I just looked through my sitemeter thingie and someone was referred through ebay??? and it just aid ebay.com...nothing else. Weird.
Also, a warm welcome to the user who found this blog all the way from Iran. Too bad I couldn't see how you got here...

They're watching us....

While looking around in the blogosphere, I came across this post over at Ted's linking to this article.

Very interesting. Well they can collect all the intelligence they find here.....and if they find any, just let me know because I could use some ;)

Good Morning

Today should be better and less stressful, which I really need.
It was really cold this morning. If I had balls I would have frozen them off (did I say that right???).
But now I got my coffee, I still have some energy left for the rest of the week. I'll leave early today and this should make this day a good one.
We'll see.

Meeting

Yeah!!!!
And then I am so out of here....
Ciao.

No Time

This week is just going and going...
I hardly have any time to breathe. It's great too that they moved a meeting up to 30 minutes before I am going home. Seems to me like I will be taking the next train. GREAT! Well, rest assured that I will be leaving early tomorrow.
At least, I feel like I got something accomplished today. Not everything yet, but there's still time.
I still can't wait for the weekend, but who can?

Another Day

Good Morning Everybody!!!
Well, another day another problem....NO.
Everything is going great so far.
No new car, which is good because I'd rather keep my old(er) little baby. Who needs a new car? It was just too much they wanted for that.
Anyways, I am cold again and I don't think that this will ever change. It just means I have to go run my hands under hot water more often today and the rest of the summer. I am still wondering that if I was to get sick because of the temperature in here...would that fall under worker's compensation????? Technically, yes.
Well, maybe I should have a chat with out HR manager.

Four to Go

Monday is finally over for me. Just four more days and then it's the weekend. I really need that after this day.
How much can you do in a single day? And then walk home thinking that nothing was done. Absolutely nothing.
Ciao.

Men

That's s good statement...
Anywyas, so we initially wanted to keep the cars the way they were after we moved but lately the "gotta-have-a-new-car" bug bit us. BUT, we only want one instead of two cars because now, that I walk to the train I hardly ever drive anymore and why spend so much money on something you hardly use? So, my husband had the great idea of buying a nice bigger car for travel etc. and an old tiny MG. So, for the last week he has been sending me links to various websites that sell them and now he found THE ONE!!!
Stupid thing is, I don't want to drive it. Well I do, but ever since I got my driver's license I haven't driven a car with a manual transmission. So, I get to learn how to drive again with my husband at my side...that'll be fun!!!!

Food

I was just about to dwell on my wonderful lunch and how hungry I was until I realized that I write about eating and being hungry a lot.
So, that got me thinking about how others might interpret that and see me.
Now, I also know that many people think Germans are big, round people that talk like Arnold.
So, I just wanted to state here that I am not like that. I eat a lot and I despise everything that is low-carb, fat free or anything other than the way it was supposed to be.
BUT I don't look like that...YET!!! And my accent is hardly there, except to my husband who constantly makes fun of me.....but who cares about that???

Holy Shit

I swear, I have not been able to read two lines in a y article or blog since I got here.
Everybody wants something and I am trying to get it done, but then the next person comes and I just keep writing notes to do this pr that....
Well, now is LUNCH time and that is holy to me so I am in "ignore" mode.

I GOT CABLE!!!!

Damn it.
Well it took only a little over four weeks but I am hooked up.
Of course, the guy came yesterday at about 2 PM and when he finally was done and I got ready to sit down and watch some good-old TV....NOTHING was on. Absolutely nothing.

Other than that we had a great weekend. Lots of rest.
Not much happened, I think.

Reflections

Well it is that time of the week again. Time to reflect on everything that happened this week. NOT.
I am so out of here and will enjoy my weekend. I am so looking forward to Sunday. Nobody will be able to get me away from the TV again.
Have a great weekend!
Ciao.

Hell froze over

Well I never actually said that it will freeze over but it did (and I can feel it because I hardly feel my fingers anymore it is so damn cold in here).
On Sunday I will finally be part of civilization again. The cable guy is coming!!!!! Well, that's what they said anyways, so we'll see, but it's a good start. According to G. at Cox Cable the line was fixed....I didn't see anything being done, but then I wasn't home either. Also, no note was left at the door as promised.
So, we all have to patient now and maybe, just maybe I will be as happy as a little school girl when I get into work on Monday.

Thunderstorm and Lightning....

...very very frightening...ME!!!!!!
(I love that song)

It seems we'll get hit...well, a little thunderstorm s coming...that's what my weatherbug says anyways. With hail too!!!!!
Time to call the hubby and get him to pick me up tonight...I am not going to walk in this.

They fixed the AC

Too bad.
After everybody complained about the heat in our offices and me being finally comfortable, I am cold again. And I mean cold.
My jacket doesn't even help anymore and it's 81 degrees outside. I need to petition for working outside. They should issue laptops and because I'm so special I get two...well I have two PCs at work.
Whatever. Fact is, I am cold and will be for the rest of the year or summer. It sucks. I hate it when I go outside it takes about one hour until I am warm again.

In other news: I am glad I did not go to the Big M for a second lunch. Seems they have problems with fries today.

Bathroom Conversation

Ok, just heard it when I went to the restroom:

Two girls, young women, whatever. Let's call them A and B.

A: Do you like those jeans?
B: Yeah, they're cute.
A: I think the pockets are too big.
B: Oh, I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out.
A: Do they flatter me? (NOTE: They are talking about pockets)
B: Yes they do.
A: They don't make my butt look big?
B: No, they flatter you.
A: Maybe I should go back and see if they have them with smaller pockets.

What the hell is worng with people??????
Sometimes you just have to wonder if they have any real problems.

BUSY!!!!

Man, why are Fridays so busy now???
Finally I have minute to eat lunch, but that doesn't really do any good either. Salad sucks. I hate salad. Even if it has couscous in it. I don't think that'll do it. Maybe I have to go to the Big M around the corner....

TGIF

This week was loooooooong.
I have a headache this morning but that'll go away soon I hope.
Not much happenin' over here. Another beautiful morning, but they're talking about rain. We'll see.

It's Time

Well people. It's that time of the day again. I will take my leave and enjoy a nice cool bottle of Pinot Grigio, which is alread chilling in the fridge at home.
I really like today. A LOT of people came over to see what this is all about and I want to thank everybody that had to do with it. It feels kind of funny knowing so many people read what I had to say..well hopefully they did.
Anyways, thanks guys.
I'll be back (that was a la Schwarzenegger, because that's how I say....I'm GErrrrrrrrrrmann)
Ciao.

School

I need to go back to school. It's been more than a year since I graduated and I need to start on my Masters soon or I'll never do it.
Problem is, I wasn't really able to figure out what exactly I would like to do.
No MBA, that's for sure.
I know I want to get a Master of Science which means I probably need to take some extra courses anyways because I will not fulfill the requirements.
I was thinking about something in Computer Science, but to be honest I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of different degree programs I have come across and I have no idea whatsoever of what I need to study. I know there are a lot of IT professionals out there so if you have any kind of insight, feel free to comment.
Also, what fields need staffing? I don't want to go to school for something just to graduate and not find a job because everybody else did the same. I am also unsure about online studying. I really think that'll be my only option so that kind of limits the field.
As you can see, I am a really decisive kind of person. I know what I want...well, usually.

Lunch

Ok, a little time during my lunch break, but that's already halfway over...bummer.
I am reaching my low-point of the day again. But that'll be over as soon as I get going again.

Downtime

I really have a lot to do at work today, so might not post as much.

I am also looking around for another host. I was approached by Ted and Tiger to join the Munuvians. But Ted only wants to see my legs, so I don't know if I want to go there.
Anyways, I have been looking over at Munuviana and I really like it.

Sad, sad weekend

Well, as you may be aware of, I am still without cable TV AND still alive.
Sad but true this weekend will be the second Formula One race of the season we, or my husband will miss.
I don't think he ever missed a race. Hell, he even drove up to Indianapolis two years ago.
Anyways, what is sad about this weekend is that 10 years ago Ayrton Senna, one of the greatest drivers ever died in a horrible accident in Imola, Italy. By that time he had already won three championships and surely would have won many more. Well, it came different, Michael Schumacher won his first championship that year and has won many since (I believe five so far).
There are still questions as to who is to blame for that accident. A court is going to open the case again, which will probably not find anything new. Many believe though, that it could not have possibly been a mistake by Senna himself.

I know that Formula One is not as popular as Nascar in the US, but at least they don't drive in circles.
If anybody is interested to learn more. You can go to Formula1.com. If you want to watch the race, SpeedTV is always showing it. This weeks schedule is as follows:

San Marino
Practice Fri, Apr 23 8am LIVE
Qualifying Sat, Apr 24 8am LIVE
San Marino Grand Prix Sun, Apr 25 7:30am LIVE


Also, if you want to see more about the race ten years ago there is a F1 Decade showing highlights of that race on Saturday, May 1st at 11pm ET/8pm PT.

And, if anybody has a lot of time and wants to record all of that and send it to me, I know somebody that will be very happy...

It's Thursdeeeee

Well, it's another beautiful day outside.

I feel so healthy lately because I walk to the train and then to work. I am telling you I am going to have legs to-die-for this year. Not that they weren't already.

Other than that, not much seems to be going on around here. I should spend some quality time trying to find something interesting to post. Or maybe I should spend that time on some work-related stuff.....oh, too many choices.

Guess what I got?????

As I sign into my wonderful blogger account this morning I get a invitation to sign up for a spankin' new gmail account. So, if you want to see how it is to receive e-mail from someone with a gmail account just contact me at Blogeline@gmail.com.

Where did it go???

All of a sudden time just went by and I am sitting here wondering where it went.
Oh well, screw it.
It's time to take my leave and enjoy a wonderful commute home to be reunited with my wonderful family and have some pizza and beer (adults only, of course).
Can't wait.
Ciao.

Nodding off

I am having a really hard time keeping my eyes open. I need to find something that'll keep me busy for a long period of time.
I really don't know what's wrong. I usually don't have any problems being tired or without any energy.
Maybe I should go to a fancy Starbucks to get some wake-up medicine.

Cable TV Update

As I have done before, in an attempt to receive some pity, I just wanted to let everybody know that I am still living without cable TV. Now that makes it about 4 weeks since I have last watched TV. Now, I watched a couple of movies, but not TV, which means no news, no NOTHING.
But, to my surprise, I still feel pretty peaceful though. I haven't hurt or even killed anybody yet, but that is only because nobody from the cable company came over....yet.

What do we need men for anyway?

Proving that males are a biological frill, Japanese and Korean scientists have created a healthy mouse born with no male genetic material at all.

See, if mice can have babies without a male, we will be able to do the same. So what's the need for men then????

Just kidding.

I think this is a great discovery. However, I would prefer the traditional way, if it was possible.

There it goes again...

Just like a clock. About two hours after I finished breakfast and one hour before linch I am getting hungry.....Great.
Let's see...there might still be some of that Easter candy......

Book Update

I finally updated the book I am currently reading.
It is Blackwood Farm byt Anne Rice. I believe I have only one left after that one and then I am done with the Vampire Chronicles.