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Meme and intro
Please copy and post your own, I would be so happy to get to know others here better.
1. First name: Yvonne
2. Age: 36
3. Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
4. Hometown: RIchland, WA
5. Occupation: Public Affairs
6. Partner: evil_firmware7. Kids: 2 wonderful kiddos 4 and 21 months ( Read more... ) -
the spaniards show their colors
... Imust say I spoke too soon. I hear much honking of horns. We live in a fantastic apartment right around the corner from the center of town. Unfortunately, we're near the road that runs through the center of town. :) But they are usually done with the honking in about 30 minutes or so ... it's a small town, there's only so far to drive lol -
world cup
... we have one lonely spaniard running around below in the streets with a bell and a bullhorn celebrating the win. lol QUite refreshing after all of the hooliganism from previous Turkish and german wins ( Read more... ) -
pflantzen
boy oh boy, do we have pflantzen. Gots me two small-tomato plants, one big-tomato plant, basil, chives and rosemary (per request of morningmoon, 6 currently-growing $15 cantaloupe plants, a row of porree (not sure if they are green onions or leeks), a row of lavendar plants, and a bunch of other stuff. Was gifted more than a dozen houseplants by my neighbor ( Read more... ) -
happiness is ...
warm, toastyed banana-carrot-zucchini-apple bread with yummy butter.
knowing tomorrow is Friday.
having a sort-of date tomorrow night ... well, a babysitter at least! :)
listening to Enya. Hell, evil_firmware put the Enya on. Can't beat that in a husband ( Read more... ) -
Sad for friends ...
We left Hawaii (Hickam AFB) last August and in early September heard that a friend from the countyard in which we had lived had been killed in a horrific accident - he had been loading his motorcycle on a trailer on the Nimitz highway when a van crossed 5 lanes and ran him down; hit and run. It was very sad, and devastating for his wife and all ( Read more... ) -
heeeere basil, basil, basil ...
Tuesday, we (myself and the kiddos) rode to work and school, rode home, then went oh-so-quickly to herr doktor's to get a label on the little man's anti-bs so the child care center would give him his medicine (instead of mom or dad interrupting the day ( Read more... ) -
incredible
dare I say only in Japan?
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/japan.closet.ap/index.html -
nostalgia ... (did I spell that right?)
I love the "random" feature on the left column of LJ (you know, when you're in the Post or Settings screen?) but hit some serious age nostalgia this evening when I "randomed" into some 20 year old girl's LJ page, anguishing about college life, homesickness, a boy, and other whatnots full of angst pain and confusion ( Read more... ) -
friends
Friendly friday. Thanks to all me friends out there. There are some of you, and some of you who re-friended me too which is nice. 'preciate the words to read online and in hard copy. :)
And morningmoon will proof me on this - if anyone is hankerin' for a Deutsche care package, I'm your gal.