A Weekend in Paris

Keeping up a blog has been a bigger task than I thought it would be. I guess taking 5 classes, working, quilting, and traveling has been taking up most of my time.







So this weekend we went to Paris, it was a whirlwind trip but we had a great time.
Some things I learned about Paris:
1. It is difficult to catch a cab at 2 AM in the Champs-Élysées district on a Saturday night.
2. Do not leave a bag unattended in the Louvre when there are bomb threats from terrorists. Security will FREAK OUT trying to find the guy who it belongs to.
3. If it is cold on the ground, it will be extremely cold when you go up the Eiffel Tower.
4. If pan handlers ask if you speak English, just shake your head no. They don't know any better, and you wont have the burden of reading their sappy letter about an uncle or cousin or step mothers second daughter being sick and needing money.
5. Apparently French people think Lady Gaga is the only pop culture icon right now, and will call you Lady Gaga to try and get you to buy their crappy Eiffel Tower key chains.
6. Escargot isn't too bad, but nothing to splurge on.
7. You must see the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night, beautiful!

Why I hate German doors

So today I have been feeling kinda icky and just sat around the house in sweats all day. Well, I decided I should take the dog for a walk because both of us can't be lazy allllll day. So we walked and got back home, I took him off the leash in the house and put it up. I planned on cleaning the kitchen next, so i go to take out the trash.

Well I closed the door behind me so the pup and cat couldn't escape and. . . jiggle jiggle. . . I was LOCKED OUT! German doors are tricky. They are either unlocked all the time or locked all the time. They have this little switch inside the lock to choose which option. There is no turning the door handle to open the door, you just push it open. Well we had our on the unlock option, which means you have to use the key inside to lock it. So I leave my key in the door on the inside so I can lock it when I come in. Well I left the keys in the door while I threw out the trash, and they somehow got turned a slight turn and the lock was engaged.

AHHHHHH. I spent an hour calling hubby, because he is at work and none of the neighbors that speak english are home. I tried putting screwdrivers in the lock, jiggling it, sticking wire through the mail slot to try and hook the keys. NOTHING! I then went to the backyard to the one window that was tilted open to try and get in. Hubby advised me I better not break the glass because that would be expensive. HELLO do you want me to sleep outside in the cold while dog and cat are inside? Well I tried to tilt the window back and jimmy the handle to pop it open. No success. Finally I got a screw driver and stuck it in the bottom of the window and pryed it open, breaking part of the window sill.

I may have broken the window lock, but at least I got inside! Now I am going to eat some ice cream and go to bed, I'm not even going to clean the kitchen at this point! Grrrrr German engineering sucks!

Dear Blog,

It has been a while! I am sorry for neglecting to fill you with wonderful words and pictures; but life has gotten in the way. A trip to Mainz for Bank Teller Training took up the last two weeks of my life, but at least it was a beautiful town. I will try harder this time to pay more attention to you, granted life doesn't get too crazy. Cheers!

Here is beautiful downtown Mainz, Germany. Enjoy.

As planned. . . An Update

Things have been slightly hectic around here. We got our household goods, and are still in the process of unpacking. I started a job at the bank, and we FINALLY have two vehicles. It was no fun waking up at 630 in the morning to get ready adn then go pick hubby up from work, or drop him off depending on the day, and then drive back home jsut to finish getting ready and head back to go to work 30 minutes later. Wheew, glad that is over.

We did get a dog.

His name is Rusty and he is a 2 year old mutt. Some cross between a yorkie, schnauzer, and poodle possibly. He is a great dog so far, hopefully he will stay this way.

Husband took him for a walk in the woods on Ramstein. Yes, there is a forest on an Air Force Base!


Other than that nothing too interesting has been going on. We are finally getting settled, and I have my sewing machine all hooked up so I am working on my first tutorial: The Amy Butler Weekender Bag. Hopefully I will have it done this week, so we will see how that goes.

IT'S BEEN TOO LONG. . .

Since I have posted anyting, my blog is getting boring I am sure. Tomorrow I will update everything, I promise.

Day 15 What I want

So I am halfway through this favorites blog, hopefully you have learned a little bit about me. This entry was supposed to be a "Fanfic" but I had no idea what the was, so I googled it (and still didn't know anything about it) so I am improving today. It's my blog, so I can do that.

As soon as our household stuff gets here (which is supposed to be tomorrow) I can finally start creating again. There are so many things that I want to do and make, but i don't have the tools to do so. I want my sewing machine so I can start an Amy Butler bag for Leslie, want to try and make some dresses for the neighbor's baby and my niece, work on a quilt center for an International Round Robin, and start a quilt for Kendra's baby.

Also, i want my kitchen stuff so I can cook properly. You never know how much you will miss pots and pans until you are trying to make soup in a tiny frying pan, or fry bacon with a plastic fork. The bacon tasted like burnt plastic, probably because the fork melted halfway through cooking the bacon. I have plans to try some new recipes. The first one being some Triple Berry Jam.

So look forward to some tutorials for sewing and cooking in the near future. If anyone has any requests for things I should try and make, or that they would like a tutorial on, let me know.

Day 14 A Non Fictional Book

The Glass Castle By Jeanette Walls is a great book about her life growing up with a nomad father that she thought could do no wrong. It is a book of adventure and realization, trust and confusion. I would recommend this for a short summer read.