Weekend

We spend every weekend at Moss Lake to work on the Guesthouse. It has to be finished by April when our first guests will arrive. We still have enough time left and don’t have to rush!
Our little Duck “Daggi” is like a second dog for us, she follows us everywhere we go and wants to get cuddled.

Super Bowl

Like every American, we watched the Super Bowl Game too, Chicago Bears vs. Indiana Colts . We were for the Colts, but don’t ask us why. Jason watched the game at his girl-friends house and Janina and I watched it at home.

Whatchamacallit … Promkleider!

After Jasons Appointment at his Orthodontist in Dallas, Janina, Jason and I went to a huge store only with Promdresses. Janina and I got very exited when we entered the store because they had more than 100,000 dresses. Jason went to look for a nice couch to sleep on for the next two hours, while we went to look for dresses. After trying on various dresses in different styles and colors, we got very exhausted and left the store after two hours with nothing but cash… LOL.
And I had to spend a big meal for Jason at Chick-fil-a ... poor guy!!!

Senior Parent

I am a Senior Parent and it is pretty exiting about all the new things around us at this time. At the end of 2006, Janina had her Senior Pictures taken in a big photo studio in Fort Worth. Two weeks ago we ordered her Cap & Gown for her Graduation. Every second Monday a month, I attend a Senior-Parent-Meeting to talk about every event for our Seniors within the next months. The picture shows all the Signatures of all Seniors of the Class of 2007. See if you can find Janinas!!!

Valentines Day

Unlike almost everyone else, we don’t really care about Valentines Day!
While we were watching TV, Janina got a package delivered by UPS from her Prom Date. He sent her 12 Roses with a card and a Teddy-Bear. Isn’t that cute??????

Bank-Projekt

This upcoming Presidents Day is not a day off for Landmark Bank Bankers from Oklahoma and Texas. Because we will have a Training-Day instead! It is planned to have Training lessons and of course some fun too. They asked every branch to make a “Spirit Sign”. The best out of all will win a fabulous prize! I designed ours! So keep your fingers crossed for us.

SNOW!!!

Snow in Texas... at the last day in January!!! I took the picture today at work. But it didn't last very long. Only a couple hours. Well, I don't want any snow... I want spring. Flowers, birds, sun, ....! I can't wait!!!!

no truck... and homesick

my pick up truck is still broken but I got my hubbys big black truck! It is huge, compared to mine, but I love to drive with it! We are still working on the guesthouse to get it ready by april! And the weather is still... ugly cold!!!! I'm very homesick right now. I miss my friends in Germany a lot... A LOT!!!! I wish I could just take the next airplane to visit them for a few weeks!

Christmas, NYE, my truck, MySpace,....

Sorry about doing no updates since Christmas... I know, I'm sooo far behind.
We are already 20 days into the New Year!!
Well, let me tell you, our Christmas was fabulous. At December 23rd we
put up our Christmas Tree and it was my turn this year to decorate it.
Our Christmas dinner was at the 24th and we had Turkey, Potatoes and Red Cabbage. My hubby is the best cook in the world! It was delicious!!!
And guess what, Santa Claus came down the chimney and had cookies and milk and left a lot of presents under the tree!!!!
We must have been pretty nice last year! LOL

New Years Eve
One day before New Years Eve we put up lots of lights at the lake and
Konny and Jason built a sun-deck at the boat house. We had invited some
friends and we had a really great time!

MySpace
I'm addicted to MySpace!!!! After Janina and Jason already had their
own myspace... now it was my turn to create my own one! And, it was
easier than I thought! I had so much fun that I also did one for my best
friend Uta too.
My red pick up truck...
Finally, after weeks with having trouble, the transmission of my truck
died!!! I'm so lost without my car. I need a ride to work, I need a ride
to Wal-Mart - I always have to ask somebody... and I hate that!!! A few
days ago we went to a car dealer in Fort Worth but he wanted just too
much for a piece of crap. I can't afford a nice and fancy car. It has to
be old, cheap and, I bet, ugly! But I don't care how it looks like - it
has to work! This coming weekend we have to find me a car. Or one for
Jason. We are both looking for a car. He needs some more driving lessons
and as soon he turns 17 next month, he will be a proud owner of a
driver's license!!!
New Years Resolutions...
ok... it's on TV every ten minutes... and it is my biggest New Years
Resolution too: getting back into shape!!! Man, let me tell you, I
gained so much weight over the last months, I need to buy some new
clothes OR to change something!!! Since I quit my job in the casino and
started working in a bank, I don't move around a lot anymore. I got so
lazy and eat all the bad stuff! As soon I get a new car, I wanna start
going to the tracks again every day after work and to check out Curve's.
No chocolate, donuts, cake and all that bad stuff anymore. I'll keep you on track!

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!

Holiday spirit...

Saturday we felt into the Holiday spirit!
At six o'clock we went to the Christmas Parade of Lights in Gainesville. I just love it and it gave me the first Holiday spirit this year!

Santa Claus was last in the Parade and brought lots of Holiday spirit!!! (sorry for this bad picture)

After the Parade we were invited from our Real Estate Agent to the State Theatre for some Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Hot Chocolate and drinks and a Movie. We watched "Ice Age2".

And Sunday we had a good time at the lake. Konny worked at his bus and we cuddelt with Daggi (after we worked just a little bit!)!!!

LET IT SNOW...

Welcome Winter in Texas....
The weather is really crazy. Yesterday we wore T-Shirts, Skirts/Shorts and Flip-Flops and over night it became very cold!
Janina, Jason and me went to Dallas yesterday to got a check-up for Jasons braces and on the way back we made a stop at my favorite store: IKEA! I just love this store and I always leave with a shopping cart full of stuff! This time we bought new beddings, bedspreads, lamps, a footstool, fabric, plant pots, and nic nacs. While we were at IKEA it started raining. We know it was supposed to get very cold that night. On the way back to Gainesville (usually an one-hour drive) we got in heavy rain and storm. It took us almost two hours to get home! It was just terrible!
Today when I got up, the rain already turned into ice-rain and my car had a skin of ice. I couln't even get the doors open!
Janina and Jason went to school and only had two classes, then they were dismissed to leave. Konny left his company around 10am and our bank closed at 4pm. There were a lot of accidents and the NEWS says it is getting worse tomorrow! Let's see! I know for sure, I will get up very early to defrost my car!!!

Our back porch at 5:30pm

ROAD TRIP

Sunday (11/26/2006) we did a ROAD TRIP with Konny's School Bus. We had a lot of fun, good music and it was so comfy! We visited some friends for a late Thanksgiving BBQ.

MOSS LAKE

Look at these pictures... isn't that a great place to live at? After the house is finished next year, we will have that view every day and not only at the weekends when we go there to work at our new place!

JUST SOME FAMILY PICTURES...

After breakfast: Konny, Erwin, Manu, Daggi, Janina, Jason and Murphy

posing infront of our school bus:
Konny, Erwin, Manu, Daggi, Janina, Jason and Murphy

GUESTHOUSE REMODELING...

Konny is still doing some work at the Guesthouse porch and me and Janina started painting the livingroom.

HALLOWEEN

I LOVE HALLOWEEN! I love to get dressed up in different costumes but my favorite one is Mortisha from the Adam’s Family!
Last year I had a knife sticking through my head and this year I wore a witch hat. Konny and I got dressed up before the first kids arrived. We had some scary background music with noises like chainsaw etc. and look at the picture below to see our house decoration!
Two bowls of candy were waiting for the kids.

HALLOWEEN AT WORK

All of us at work dressed up in different costumes.
We had a lot of fun and took some pictures!

Recipe of the week: Lemon Lime Cake

This cake is one of my favorite summer cakes. I got the recipe from our neighbor Ida.

1 lemon cake mix - according to directions.
1 pkg Lime Jello - dissolve lime jello in 3/4 cup
boiling water.
add 1/2 cup cold water.
let jello sit a few minutes while cake cools.
poke holes all over cake and spon jello overcake.
refigerate
1 pkg Whipped Cream - mix 1 pkg Cream Whip with
1 pkg Lemon Instant Pudding and 1 1/2 cups cold milk.
whip until firm and frost cake
refigerate
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fuer Deutschland:
ihr braucht eine Zitronenkuchen Backmischung (nach Packung zubereiten),
1 Pkg. Limone Goetterspeise (mit weniger Wasser zubereiten),
Loecher in den fertig gebackenen und abgekuehlten Kuchen machen und die Goetterspeise hinein loeffeln,
Sahne steif schlagen und mit kaltem Zitronenpudding glatt ruehren und auf den fertigen Kuchen streichen, kuehl stellen!
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Abwandlung: Das Lime-Jello weg lassen und vor dem backen Mandarin-Orangen auf dem Kuchen verteilen.

My new job…

Last Friday was day 10 in my new job as a Fulltime Teller! I started September 25th!
Right now I feel a little bit more comfortable about everything.
Things are going to make sense to me!!!! Almost everything is new for me because I never worked at a bank before. My previous job in the casino was way different!!!!
We still have 2 weeks training to go but that is a good thing for all of us! It feels so good because everybody is so nice and everybody cares about the others.

Our new little bank will open at October 23rd and all the employees are brand new in this business, even our Manager. That will be fun!!!! And when the first customer walks in and nobody remembers what to do!!! LOL

Monday, October 9th is my first holiday and I have a day off (it is Columbus Day). I already like my new working hours a lot more!!!