Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Stressed


After work...I tried to
wrap presents,
make cards,
write cards,
fit everything in a box (to mail to Germany) and
most importantly.... get to the post office before closing.
Check out the mess.
I'm happy to report that I made it on time ( I wasn't even the last one there), however, I broke 2 nails in the process, misplaced the scotch tape numerous times, and forgot to include some items and cards in the packages.
I'm still not finished with everything and will probably make several more mad trips to the post office this week....my usual pre- Christmas routine.







Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Look what's under the tree


First present under the tree.
Wir haben schon ein Geschenk unterm Baum.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Nice surprise

My friend Minnie brought me these guys tonight.
Ein Geschenk von Minnie.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Throwing in the towel

...I've been trying to uplaoad pictures of Silverdollar City repeatedly without success, they always disappear somewhere in cyber space.
Hab schon mehrmals versucht Bilder von Silverdollar City auf den Blog hochzuladen , leider ohne Erfolg. Jetzt reicht's erst mal.

Heute...auf dem Rueckweg

I was able to capture a little snow in the images taken today on our return journey from Branson. They had a heavy snow fall last week. At Hillbilly Junction seems to be the cut off line....no more snow after we passed there.
Ein paar Bilder von der Rueckfahrt heute. Der Schnee ist noch von letzter Woche.

Wieder zurueck

We are back from Branson and Silverdollar City. We had a great time enjoyed the shows as well as Silverdollar City.
Bin wieder zurueck aus Branson and Silverdollar City. War sehr schoen, besonders die Weihnachtsauffuehrungen. Am besten hat mir "Charles Dickens Christmas Carol" gefallen,( als Musical aufgefuehrt von einer Gruppe aus New York) und der Japaner Soshi auf seiner Geige.

Friday night in Branson


First we drove through the "Port of Lights"..later we visited the Shoji Tabuchi Christmas show .






Friday, December 08, 2006

In and around Branson today

Click on image to enlarge.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Snow




on the way to Branson. Very pretty.

Der Schnee von letzter Woche, im westlichen Missouri, liegt immer noch, wie man hier auf dem Highway nach Branson sieht.

Wir sind uebrigens gut in Branson angekommen, nach 3 1/2 stuendiger Fahrt.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Branson..click here

Fahre Morgen nach der Arbeit mit einer Freundin nach Branson . Das liegt ca 200 Meilen westlich von hier und ist in ganz USA fuer Country Music bekannt...grosse Attraktion fuer Country Music Fans. Wir wollen uns die weihnachtlich geschmueckte Stadt und auch ein paar Weihnachtsshows anschauen. http://www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com/mini-section/default.aspx?id=55

Poplar Bluff


is decorating for Christmas.

Weihnachtslichter in Poplar Bluff.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Advent, Advent...



Selbst gebastelter Adventskalender.

Mall in Jonesboro



Pictures from last sunday

Erik is getting ready to leave for Michigan again on sunday, Nov. 26th. ( He arrived at 11:30 pm that night )
Kurz vor Eriks Rueckfahrt nach Michigan am 26.11. Er ist um 23:30 h dort angekommen.

The new mall in Jonesboro...decorated for Christmas.
Ich war dann spaeter mit Minnie in der weihnachtlich geschmueckten , neuen Mall in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Dort sind die Leute viel freundlicher als in Missouri ( ist weiter im Sueden).

Sunday, December 03, 2006

It's official, you can search for Erik if you click here..

Erik is now an official member of the Michigan Bar Association. His swearing in ceremony was in November.
Erik ist jetzt Mitglied der Anwaltskammer in Michigan.

Problems

Having problems posting pictures to the blog. Kann im Moment, aus mir unerklaerlichen Gruenden, keine Bilder hochladen.

Friday, December 01, 2006

It missed us again

We didn't get any snow at all, just a little ice. St.Louis got enough for us too. Julia said , they had 10 inches in Chicago and her work was cancelled. Erik said Detroit remained free of snow also.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Snow coming?

Here's an update from the KFVS12 Heartland StormTeam.Tonight: Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories for the northwestern half of the Heartland, Rain changing to freezing rain, sleet and snow with lows in the 20s. Friday: A.M. Flurries, then partly cloudy, windy colder. Highs: 31-38. Winds: NW 10-25.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Beautiful berries


Now that the leaves are all gone, only a few berries remain.
Es bleiben nur noch ein paar Beeren...

More leaves


Heute werden die restlichen Blaetter von Erik vorm Haus aufgesaugt.
Today Erik is vacuuming up the leaves in front of the house.