My job at GAP

In October 2008 I startet my new job at the GAP as a Sales Associate in Gainesville. I love my job!!! My wardrobe is about 80% GAP anyways, so I can wear everything I already have at work. In May 2009 I was "Employee of the Month". I only work a few days a week, so it fits perfectly to my busy schedule with College, bookkeeping for Konny-Island, etc..

My first College Semester

This picture showes Janina and me at our first day of College.

Well, actually it was my very first day. I startet College in fall 2009 with WebPage Design. Janina startet College after taking a "little" break. Her major is Film and TV.

To make this day even more special, we made "Schultueten" for each other. I made one for Janina, and she made one for me. And we both didn't know how they looks like until our first College day. So we had a little "Einschulung" :-)

Konny's Tour November 2009

All four of us went to Germany in November 2009 to get on Tour. We were in a different city every day. And let me tell you... we had a lot of fun!!! It was awesome to meet so many people.

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO ONE OF KONNYS SHOWS.

U2 Concert / October 2009

Me at the U2 Concert in October 2009 in Oklahoma.

Pelicans, gulls and ducks

Pelicans at Moss Lake!!!

Since the middle of January we have about 20 Pelicans, lots of gulls and lots of different ducks here. We don't knwo what happend... if they got lost on the way to Florida or what... but we do enjoy them!

Meine Lieblings-Werbung

Recipe: TIRAMISU

TIRAMISU

3 Eier

75 g Zucker

40ml Amaretto

500 g Mascarpone

250 ml Kaffee

250 g Loeffelbiskuits

2 EL Kakaopulver

Zubereitung der Creme:

Das Eigelb von den Eiern trennen und in eine Schuessel geben, nun mit dem Zucker und der Haelfte des Amarettos mit einem Schneebesen schaumig ruehren, danach die komplette Menge Mascarpone unterruehren.

Eiweiss zu Schnee ruehren und unterheben.

Zubereitung des Tiramisu:

Den Rest des Amarettos mit dem Kaffee in einer flachen Schale vermischen, nun die einzelnen Loeffelbiskuits kurz in den Kaffee eintauchen und in das Tiramisugefaess legen. Wenn eine Schicht mit Loeffelbiskuits voll ist, eine Schicht der Creme drueber geben, nun wieder eine Schicht Loeffelbiskuits und danach wieder Creme... usw.. Die letzte Schicht muss Creme sein, darauf dann das Kakaopulver aufstreuen und die Tiramisu im Kuehlschrank kalt werden lassen.

Guten Appetit!

01.January 2010

my first picture, early in the morning on 01.January 2010

I love those kind of pictures... and I do take lots of them...

Silvester 2009/2010

one out of many rockets from our firework. Pic turned out pretty nice :-) It looks like an exploding star
last pic in 2009 (with dessert in front of us).

We had BBQ with juicy Steaks, Bratwurst, Coleslaw, Garden Salad and Potatoe Salat. And for dessert: Dognuts and Lemon cupcakes with whipping cream

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

Hello... I'm back!

... I'm back!

This is one of my New Year Resolutions for 2010... to keep this BLOG alive!

About the others... later!

I will keep you guys updated as much I can. But I still have BLOG "Haus Hamburg" and our Website http://www.Konny-Island.com to do, and still have my job at GAP, work on a new Website "Just Kiddies" , take care of our guesthouses incl. the guests :-) and my family.

That's a lot... I think. But still... this is my New Year Resolution and I will stick to it!

See you later...

Manu

Boatseason...Drivers License... Prom

Boatseason started for us with a ride on our neighbor Ricks Boat. It is a big V8 boat and we really enjoyed it.

Jason got his drivers license!!!

Ready to go to his High School Prom with his girlfriend... (and Mom had to take a quick picture of her cool son!!!!!!!!!!!!) :-))))

Dangerous Dave.......

At our Grand Opening Weekend we also went to Dangerous Dave to get some shooting lessons.

Grand Opening!!!!!!

We finally had our Grand Opening for our first lake-cabin. The party was awesome! Thank you guys for coming!!! We had a great time!!!
After working so hard it was such a relief to be done. Our very first guests were from Switzerland and they were on their honeymoon.

Duck-Rap

Wild Wild West

U2.... meine absolute Lieblingsband!!!!!!

In diesem Video sind U2 zusammen mit Greenday!

"Medal of Honor" weekend

The Medal of Honar weekend, now in it's seventh year, grew out of a "community desire to recognize our nation's veterans by honoring these living national treasures by showing them our best, small town American patriotism," stated Don Pettigrew, president of Gainesville's non-profit, Medal of Honor Host City Program.
Recipients will speak to local schools and community gatherings, as well as the news media while in Gainesville. The focus is on relaxed, casual activities which are "child-friendly" in order to allow the Recipients' message of patriotism, community involvement, and personal success in life to reach the youth.
Other activities include a military-theme parade, a golf tournament, a vintage, military aircraft fly-in, and each year oak trees are planted along a walking trail and dedicated to each Medal of Honor Recipient who has visited the community.
"Currently, there are 111 living Recipients, averaging 74 years in age," Pettigrew said, "noting that approximately 40 Recipients have passed away since his program begain in 2001.
On February 26, President Bush presented the Medal of Honor to LTC Bruce Crandall, US Army Ret, for his heroism and live saving efforts more than 40 years ago in the battle of La Drang Valley. His repeated flights into the Vietnam War battle to save wounded soldiers were protrayed in the movie, "We Were Soldiers."

Prom 1

My son Jason went to his first Prom with his girlfriend Raquel with her school. Let me tell ya'll, he looked sharp in his tuxedo. It was the first time for him to wear one.
Raquel looked like a princess, she was so pretty! There are such a cute couple!!!!
Prom was held at a big Ranch in Sanger. All the couples came with their cars, most of them were Pick Up trucks, and stopped at the entrance were somebody took the car and parked it while the couple walked to the entrance. Jason and Raquel came with a Hummer.
I met her parents for the first time and it was nice to meet them and talk to them!
I guess Raquel and Jason had a good time... and I know: "What happens at Prom, stays at Prom!" ....!!!!

IKEA

Spending a Saturday afternoon at IKEA is so much fun! We went to IKEA to buy a bed, dresser, nightstands, lamps, mirrors, kitchen-stuff, etc. for our guesthouse. I had a long shopping list and we left the store with three shopping carts after we treated ourselves with Hotdogs and Marabou chocolate! Next Saturday I have to go there again, because the bed came with three boxes + an extra box from another shelf and we forgot that box!!! Grrrrr..... ! But, I'm not complaining, because it is always fun to go to IKEA. And it's only a 1,5 hour drive. And that is like around the corner for a real Texan!!!

Jason's Pick Up

Since 03/13/2007, Jason is the proud owner of a nice red Chevy Pick Up truck. We went to Dallas, Fort Worth and other places to find him a truck and where did we finally get one??? In Lindsay, 5 miles away from Gainesville. I passed the truck on a saturday morning on the way to work and it had a "For Sale" sign in the windshield. So I called Jason to tell him about it. Saturday evening we met the owner at the truck and looked at it. We made an offer and left because the owner didn't want to come down on the price. Monday evening we called him again and made him the same offer and he finally came down.
Jason was so happy about it! His first truck! Now he needs a few more driving lessons and then he is ready to get his drivers license. The big day will be May 10th!!!
Until then I'm driving his truck because I still need a new transmission for my truck and Konny hasn't had time yet to fix it!

Saturday Night Live

We went out on a Saturday night to celebrate Jasons, Meiks and Roccos Birthdays!!!
Konny picked everybody up with his schoolbus. We were 11 people and it was so much fun to drive together. First we had dinner at Applebee's and then we went to Shooters, that's a Bar with Live Music in town. That night Kevin Fowler hit the stage (one of his popular songs is "Don't touch my Willie", see picture below!) and it was awesome. We were dancing and had fun! And it was Janinas and Jasons first time in a Bar and they both got a big "P" stamp on both hands. That way everybody knows they are not allow to buy alcohol.

Itsy bitsy Spider...

Sunday evening I almost passed out!!! After we came home from the Lake, I wanted to organize my room because I had a big pile of paper, books, etc. sitting on the floor for a couple of days. So I took a few at a time and put them in folders, took the next few, and so on. Then... I took a few more and lifted the top sheet and there it was... a BIG, FAT, BROWN, HAIRY TARANTULA... right in front of me on my cutting table! I started screaming and ran into the kitchen. Jason and Janina came to see what was going on. We put a big storage box in front of the table and Jason held the lid and I tried to swipe the spider with a broom into the box. Well... I missed! And the little critter ran under my desk. We put the box there again when it showed up next to the desk and I tried again to swipe it into the box. This time we got it and Jason put the lid on quickly and we ran outside to throw it far away!!! The whole thing took us 15 scary minutes. The Tarantula was the size of half of my hand. They are not poisonous but just to see it so close and to have it in my house was enough for me!!!